Sid Eudy

Sidney Raymond Eudy (born December 16, 1960) is a retired American professional wrestler, better known by his ring names Sid Justice, Sid Vicious, and Sycho Sid in World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE).

Eudy is a six-time world champion, having won the WWF Championship twice, the WCW World Heavyweight Championship twice, and the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship twice.

In addition to world title success, Eudy held the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship once, among other accolades.

He began his career in Continental Championship Wrestling (CCW) in 1987, under a mask and the name Lord Humungous.

On Christmas Day 1987 he won the NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship (Northern Division), going on to be the final titleholder.

Later he turned fan favorite after rekindling a (kayfabe) childhood friendship with Shane Douglas, resulting in the two forming a tag team and capturing the NWA Southeastern Tag Team Championship.

He also competed in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he challenged Tatsumi Fujinami for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship under the name Vicious Warrior, but was unable to win the title.

Eudy then made a very brief stint in World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW), where he adopted one of his most notable ring names: Sid Vicious, which he took from the punk rock musician of the same name who played bass for the Sex Pistols.

In 1989, Eudy signed with World Championship Wrestling and retained his Sid Vicious ring name.

He made his televised debut in WCW by defeating DeWayne Bruce on the June 17, 1989 episode of Pro.

Originally slated as a singles wrestler, Eudy was eventually paired with Danny Spivey to form The Skyscrapers.

Managed by Teddy Long, The Skyscrapers feuded with The Steiner Brothers and The Road Warriors.

During this time, he incorporated the Powerbomb as his finishing move.

However, the team was short-lived; Eudy was replaced by "Mean" Mark Callous after suffering a broken rib and a punctured lung during a match with The Steiner Brothers at the November 1989 Clash of the Champions IX.

Following his recovery, Eudy was introduced on the May 11, 1990 edition of NWA Power Hour as the newest member of Ric Flair's Four Horsemen, and he was billed by the ring announcers as being from "wherever he damn well pleases".

Sid was the "muscle" of the group and initially brought in to counter-act the strength of RoboCop at Capital Combat.

Sid's association with the Horsemen became tenuous following this episode, and he began a quasi-face run in November 1990 when he faced The Nightstalker at Clash of the Champions XIII: Thanksgiving Thunder, which Eudy won.

However, was attacked post-match by the debuting Big Cat, in response of which Sid recruited former partner Spivey for a short-lived reunion of the Skyscrapers at Starrcade in December, where the two defeated The Big Cat and The Motor City Madman.

Following this match Eudy made an abrupt return to heel status, ending Trucker Norm's WCW run in January 1991 and squashing Joey Maggs at Clash of the Champions XIV: Dixie Dynamite later that month.

He returned to full-fledged Horsemen activity and participated in the WarGames match at WrestleWar.

The Horsemen amicably split in April 1991, during which time he entered negotiations with the WWF.

Despite a huge contract offer and a promise of a world championship run, Eudy announced his intentions to leave WCW.

Before departing he had a short feud with 7'7" (231 cm) tall El Gigante that ended with his loss to the giant at SuperBrawl I.

At a Superstars taping on May 28, 1991, Eudy made his WWF debut in an untelevised segment attacking The Mountie following Mountie's open offer.

He defeated Ted DiBiase in his first WWF match at a non-televised event in Calgary on July 8.

On the June 8 episode of Prime Time Wrestling, vignettes began airing promoting his WWF debut and introducing him as Sid Justice.

On the July 20 episode of Superstars, Eudy debuted on WWF television and was announced as the special guest referee for the main event of that year's SummerSlam, where The Ultimate Warrior and the WWF Champion Hulk Hogan teamed up against The Triangle of Terror (Sgt. Slaughter, Col. Mustafa, and Gen. Adnan) in a 3-on-2 handicap match.

Later that night, Sid saved Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth from an attack at the hands of Jake Roberts and The Undertaker at the newly wed couple's reception.

During this time, Sid defeated Kato in his first televised match on the September 21 episode of Superstars.

In a match with Roberts, Sid injured his biceps and was forced to miss the Survivor Series pay-per-view.

Sid returned at the Royal Rumble, which had a special stipulation: the winner would win the vacant WWF Championship, which had been stripped from Hulk Hogan.

During his tenures with the WWF and WCW, Eudy headlined multiple pay-per-views for both organizations, main-eventing WrestleMania VIII and WrestleMania 13 in 1992 and 1997 respectively as well as Starrcade in 2000.

Eudy entered wrestling after an encounter with Randy Savage and his brother Lanny Poffo.

After being trained by Tojo Yamamoto, Eudy made his debut as he teamed with Austin Idol and wrestled the team of Nick Bockwinkel and Jerry Lawler.

He then adopted the masked wrestler persona known as Lord Humongous.

His first televised match back was a 26-second loss to Lex Luger on Clash of the Champions XI: Coastal Crush in which the referee performed a fast three count (in an interview in 2018, Sid stated the reason for the quick loss was punishment by booker Ole Anderson for having been seen playing softball during time off while he was rehabilitating from his punctured lung).

As one of the Horsemen, Eudy feuded with Paul Orndorff and the Junkyard Dog.

He attacked NWA World Heavyweight Champion Sting following the champion's title match of Clash of the Champions XII, setting up his first feud as a singles wrestler.

At Halloween Havoc, a fake Sting (Barry Windham), in collusion with Sid, let Sid pin him after switching places with the real Sting in order for Sid to win the belt.

However, they were thwarted when the real Sting came out and beat Sid to retain the title.