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Sid Eudy
Sid Vicious (as Sycho Sid) in 1995.
Ring name(s)	Sid Steele[1] Lord Humongous[1][2] Vicious Warrior[1][2] Sid Justice[1][2] Sid Vicious[1][2] Sycho Sid[1][2]
Billed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)[3]
Billed weight	317 lb (144 kg)[3]
Born	(1960-07-04) July 4, 1960 (age 51)[1][2] West Memphis, Arkansas[1][2]
Billed from	Marion, Arkansas West Memphis, Arkansas (WWF)[3] "Wherever he darn well pleases"
Trained by	Tojo Yamamoto[1][2]
Debut	1987[1][2]

Sidney Raymond "Sid" Eudy^[2] (born July 4, 1960) is an American professional wrestler, best known as Sid Vicious in World Championship Wrestling, and as Sid Justice and Sycho Sid in the World Wrestling Federation. He is a six-time world champion: a two-time WWF Champion, two-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion, a two-time USWA Unified World Heavyweight Champion and a one-time WCW United States Heavyweight Champion.

Professional wrestling career[link]

Early years (1987–1989)[link]

Eudy entered the wrestling industry 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.^[3] After competing mainly on the continental wrestling circuits (Alabama, Mississippi, Memphis, and Georgia), he captured several regional titles while there. He also competed in New Japan Pro Wrestling, 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, 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.^[3]

World Championship Wrestling (1989–1991)[link]

In 1989, Eudy signed with World Championship Wrestling and retained his Sid Vicious ring name.^[3] Originally slated as a singles wrestler, Eudy was eventually paired with Danny Spivey to form The Skyscrapers.^[3] 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.

Following his recovery, Eudy returned in May 1990 as a member of Ric Flair's Four Horsemen,^[3] and he was billed by the ring announcers as being from "wherever he damn well pleases". His first televised match back was a ten second loss to Lex Luger on Clash of the Champions in which the referee performed one of the faster three counts in wrestling history. 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 the August 1990 Clash of the Champions, 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.

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 on Clash of the Champions. Eudy won but was attacked post-match by the debuting Curtis Hughes. In response Sid recruited former partner Dan Spivey for a short-lived reunion of the Skyscrapers at Starrcade 1990, where the two defeated Mr. Hughes 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 memorably squashing Joey Maggs in a Clash of the Champions later that month. He returned to full fledged Horsemen activity and participated in the February War Games. 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 El Gigante that ended with his loss to the giant at SuperBrawl I.

World Wrestling Federation (1991–1992)[link]

On the July 20, 1991 episode of WWF Superstars of Wrestling, Eudy made his World Wrestling Federation debut as a babyface under the name Sid Justice. He was announced as the special guest referee for the main event of that year's SummerSlam, where The Ultimate Warrior and then-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 "The Macho Man" Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth from an attack at the hands of The Undertaker and Jake "The Snake" Roberts at the newly wed couple's reception. Sid dominated a short feud against The Undertaker before he took on Roberts. In a match with Roberts, Sid injured his biceps and was forced to miss the Survivor Series pay-per-view.

Sid returned to active duty at the Royal Rumble, emanating from Albany New York that year. This particular edition had a special stipulation: the winner would win the vacant WWF Title, which had been stripped from Hulk Hogan after two controversial title switches in a row between Hulk and the Undertaker. Sid entered at #29, and was among the final four wrestlers, along with Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, and Ric Flair, before he eliminated both Savage and then Hogan, leaving himself and Flair in the ring. During the initial live pay-per-view broadcast, this action was loudly cheered by the audience in attendance even though, as per storyline plans, Sid "sneaked up from behind" to throw Hogan out. The reaction is in retrospect widely believed to be due to a combination of fans tiring of Hogan's all-American superhero persona, and also responding positively to Sid's charisma. Nevertheless, this reaction was edited out of future television replays as well as the Coliseum home video release of the event; Play-by-play announcer Gorilla Monsoon even re-recorded his voiceover commentary, now condemning Sid for his actions when he previously said that Justice's elimination of Hogan was fair. Hogan, who was still at ringside after being eliminated, grabbed Sid's arm and distracted him long enough for Flair to eliminate him to win the match and become the new WWF Champion. After the match, Sid and Hogan got into an argument in the ring and had to be separated by security. This incident began Sid's turn into a villain.

Less than a week later, on the January 25 episode of Superstars, WWF President Jack Tunney held a press conference to announce who among Sid, Savage, Hogan, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper and The Undertaker would face Ric Flair for the WWF Championship at WrestleMania VIII. Before Tunney even announced who the number one contender would be, Sid stood up as if Tunney called his name. Yet to Sid's annoyance, Tunney chose Hogan. After the press conference, Sid referred to it as "the most bogus act Jack Tunney has ever pulled off." Sid later issued an apology to Hogan, which Hogan accepted. Sid and Hogan then teamed up to face The Undertaker and Flair on the February 8 edition of Saturday Night's Main Event. During the match, after he double clotheslined Undertaker and Flair, Hogan reached to Sid for a tag. However, Sid refused to tag in and walked out of the match, completing his heel turn. Despite this, Hogan won the match by disqualification.

On February 23 on an episode of Wrestling Challenge, Sid appeared as a guest on Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake's "The Barber Shop". Knowing that Hulk Hogan (Beefcake's good friend) was not in the arena, Sid attacked Beefcake and destroyed the Barber Shop set with a chair. Later that night, it was announced that Hogan would battle Sid (and not WWF Champion Ric Flair) at the main event of WrestleMania VIII, resulting in Flair facing Randy Savage for the WWF Title instead. A week later, Sid hired Harvey Whippleman as his manager. Sid also began a post-match gimmick where he would further "injure" his defeated opponents with one or more powerbombs (his finishing move), and sometimes — after the defeated wrestler placed on a stretcher — following this up by grabbing the stretcher and running it into a fixture, such as a ringpost or guardrail.

At WrestleMania VIII, Sid lost his match to Hogan by disqualification when Papa Shango interfered on Sid's behalf, allowing the two to double-team Hogan until the returning Ultimate Warrior stormed the ring and saved Hogan. During the match, Sid kicked out of Hogan's trademark Atomic Leg Drop; according to popular belief, Charles Wright (who portrayed Papa Shango) missed his cue to break up the pin attempt. During the match, Monsoon referred to Sid as "Sycho Sid," a name that Eudy would use during his later-1990s run in the WWF.

On a November 22, 2011 edition of Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez, Dave Meltzer confirmed a story where Sid failed a drug test prior to his Mania match with Hulk Hogan. He was allowed to do the match and then went on their European tour. After the tour, he was told he was going to serve his suspension, so Sid quit instead. His last televised match was a defeat of Chris Walker. It has been said many times that he was trying to pursue a career in softball.^[4]

World Championship Wrestling (1993)[link]

Eudy, under his Sid Vicious ring name, returned to WCW in May 1993 as a mystery competitor of Col Robert Parker against Van Hammer at Slamboree. Sid defeated Hammer in a stretcher match. That summer he teamed with Big Van Vader and reignited his feud with Sting. At Fall Brawl, Sting's team (Sting, Davey Boy Smith, Dustin Rhodes, and The Shockmaster) defeated Sid's team (Sid, Vader, and Harlem Heat) in a WarGames match. At Halloween Havoc, Sid faced Sting in a rematch of the same pay-per-view three years previous, but was beaten via a rollup. The following week on television Sid turned on Rob Parker and became a babyface.

During their United Kingdom tour in Blackburn, Lancashire on October 27, Eudy was involved in a hotel room scuffle with Arn Anderson that resulted in both wrestlers stabbing each other with scissors. Both were rushed to the hospital, as Anderson suffered scissor stab wounds to the chest and stomach. Vicious stabbed Anderson twenty times, while being stabbed four times himself.^[1] Sid was released from WCW after several wrestlers threatened to walk out because of him. It had been planned to have Sid challenge then-World Heavyweight Champion Vader at that year's Starrcade, but Sid's departure removed him from this match and Ric Flair was elevated to be the challenger against Vader. Based on WCW Worldwide tapings that took place his departure, Sid would have defeated Vader and become the new champion. In one event never aired on television at these tapings, Sid placed the massive Vader in a torture rack.

United States Wrestling Association (1994–1995)[link]

Following his departure from WCW, Eudy returned to United States Wrestling Association in Memphis, where he began feuding with old rival Jerry Lawler. On July 16, he won the promotion's Unified World Heavyweight Championship by forfeit when Lawler, who had been attacked and injured by Eudy earlier in the card, could not appear for the scheduled match. While Lawler was able to defeat Eudy in non-title matches, Eudy was able to retain his title in several championship defenses through screwjobs initiated by The Spellbinder, his ally at the time. Sid also participated in the UWF Blackjack Brawl in September 1994, challenging "Dr. Death" Steve Williams for the UWF World Heavyweight Championship. On February 6, 1995, Lawler won the Unified World Heavyweight Title back from Sid.

Return to World Wrestling Federation (1995–1997)[link]

Bodyguard; Million Dollar Corporation[link]

Sid was managed by Ted DiBiase during his time in the Million Dollar Corporation.

On the February 20, 1995 episode of Monday Night Raw, Eudy returned to the WWF under the ring name Sycho Sid, where he became the bodyguard of Shawn Michaels. He, along with Jenny McCarthy, accompanied Michaels to ringside for Michaels' WWF Championship match against the champion and Michaels' former bodyguard, Diesel, at WrestleMania XI. Michaels had the match won after hitting his signature Sweet Chin Music, but Sid stood on the ring apron and distracted referee Earl Hebner, allowing Diesel time to recover and pin Michaels after a Jackknife Powerbomb to win the match and retain his title. The next night on Raw, Michaels expressed dissatisfaction with Sid's interference and gave him the night off for his rematch against Diesel at the first-ever In Your House pay-per-view. In response, Sid replied to Shawn, "You don't give me the night off!", and attacked Michaels from behind and powerbombed him three times, turning Michaels into a face again. Diesel came to Michaels' aid and clotheslined Sid over the top rope. Michaels sustained a legitimate back injury as a result of the attack and was sidelined for six weeks, thus taking him out of the title bout.

Two weeks later on the April 17 episode of Raw, "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase announced Sid as the newest member of the Million Dollar Corporation after Bam Bam Bigelow left the Corporation. After joining, Sid challenged Diesel to a match for the WWF Championship at In Your House, which Diesel accepted. Diesel won the match via disqualification, and thus retained his title, when Tatanka interfered. After the match, Sid and Tatanka continued to double-team Diesel until Bam Bam Bigelow came out to save him. At the King of the Ring, Diesel and Bam Bam Bigelow defeated Sid and Tatanka. Sid faced Diesel once again at In Your House 2: The Lumberjacks for the WWF Title in a lumberjack match, which Diesel won to end the feud. Following this, Sid onto a feud with Shawn Michaels and was scheduled to face him at SummerSlam, but was replaced by Razor Ramon at the request of WWF President Gorilla Monsoon, with Ramon challenging for Michaels' Intercontinental Championship in a ladder match as Sid was seen watching on the backstage television monitors. On the September 5 episode of Raw, Sid faced Michaels for the title but lost after being hit with Sweet Chin Music three times. Sid then started a brief feud with Henry Godwinn, culminating in a victory over Godwinn at In Your House 3: Triple Header.

On the November 13 episode of Raw, Sid faced the Intercontinental Champion Razor Ramon in a non-title match, with Ramon's friend The 1-2-3 Kid as the special guest referee. Razor was about deliver the Razor's Edge on Sid, but The 1-2-3 Kid helped Sid avoid it, allowing Sid to pin Ramon with a powerbomb after with the Kid making a fast count. After the match, the Kid turned heel and joined the Million Dollar Corporation. In the first elimination match at Survivor Series, Sid and Corporation leader Ted DiBiase helped The 1-2-3 Kid pin Marty Jannetty to win and become the sole survivor for his team. Later in the event, Sid was randomly teamed up with his rival Shawn Michaels, Ahmed Johnson, and The British Bulldog to face Yokozuna, Owen Hart, Razor Ramon, and Dean Douglas in a "Wild Card" Survivor Series Match. Sid was eliminated by Razor Ramon after Michaels hit Sid with Sweet Chin Music. After his elimination, Sid powerbombed Michaels. At In Your House 5: Season's Beatings, Razor Ramon and Marty Jannetty defeated Sid and The 1-2-3 Kid. Sid and The 1-2-3 Kid teamed up the next night to participate in the first-ever Raw Bowl, which The Smoking Gunns won.

A severe injury sustained before or during a January 2, 1996 house show match in Hartford, Connecticut with Bob Holly led to Sid being taken off television.

WWF Champion[link]

Eudy would not be seen again until the July 8 episode of Raw, when he was announced as the replacement of The Ultimate Warrior (who had left the WWF) for the six-man tag team match, teaming with former rival Shawn Michaels and Ahmed Johnson against Vader, Owen Hart, and The British Bulldog at the main event of In Your House 9: International Incident, effectively making him a face. However, Sid's team lost the match.

The next night on Raw, Sid started a feud with The British Bulldog. Sid faced the Bulldog at SummerSlam on August 18 and pinned Bulldog with the powerbomb, despite interference from Owen Hart. At In Your House 10: Mind Games on September 22, Shawn Michaels hit Mankind with Sweet Chin Music and went for the pin to retain the WWF Championship, but Vader came out, broke up the count, attacked Michaels, and got Mankind disqualified. After the match, Mankind and Vader double-teamed Michaels until Sid came out to make the save. He and Vader fought their way backstage, starting a feud between the two.

Sid earned himself into contention for the WWF Championship and left the company very soon after losing it to The Undertaker.

Sid fought Vader at In Your House 11: Buried Alive on October 20 in a match where the winner would face Shawn Michaels for the WWF Championship at Survivor Series on November 17. As Sid was about to powerbomb Vader, Vader's manager Jim Cornette got on the ring apron to distract him. Michaels responded and pulled Cornette off the apron before hitting him with Sweet Chin Music. Sid then pinned Vader with a chokeslam to win the match and to become the number one contender for the WWF Championship. After the match, Sid celebrated his victory with Michaels.

At the 1996 edition of the Survivor Series, history repeated itself. Sid grabbed a camera from the cameraman and prepared to hit Michaels with it. Michaels' manager, Jose Lothario, got on the ring apron and told Sid to put the camera down, but Sid refused and hit Lothario in the chest with the camera instead. Although this was the act of a heel, the audience cheered wildly for him and booed Michaels, just as they had done, in Sid's favor, four and a half years earlier against Hogan at the Royal Rumble. Sid dropped the camera and as soon as he turned around, Michaels hit him with Sweet Chin Music; however, Michaels went outside the ring to check on his manager instead of going for the pin. Sid hit Michaels in the back with the camera, then threw him back in the ring before hitting him with the powerbomb to win the WWF Championship.

At In Your House 12: It's Time on December 15, Sid defended the title against Bret Hart in a match where the winner would defend the title against Shawn Michaels at the 1997 Royal Rumble on January 19. Hart made Sid tap out to the Sharpshooter, but the referee was knocked out and unable to witness the submission. As Shawn Michaels was commentating at ringside, Sid and Hart left the ring and started fighting right beside him. After Sid pushed Michaels then climbed into the ring with Hart, Michaels went to hit Sid but Sid threw Hart into him. Sid then pinned Hart with the powerbomb to retain the title.

At the Royal Rumble, Sid defended the title against Michaels. During the match, Sid hit the chokeslam on Michaels and repeatedly powerbombed him outside the ring. Later on in the match, Jose Lothario got on the ring apron and Sid approached him, but before he could do anything to Lothario, Michaels hit Sid in the back and the face with the camera, knocking him out in the process. Michaels went for the pin, but Sid managed to kick out. Michaels then hit Sid with Sweet Chin Music to become the WWF Champion for the second time. Michaels soon forfeited the title due to being unable to wrestle, a claim still widely disputed by many during that time, especially Bret Hart, who believe Michaels didn't want to drop the title to him at Wrestlemania XIII. At In Your House: Final Four in Chattanooga, a four-way title match was held for the vacant belt between Bret Hart, the Undertaker, Vader, and Stone Cold Steve Austin. Hart won, and was scheduled to face Sid the following night, on the February 17, 1997 episode of Raw. During that match, Hart had Sid trapped in the Sharpshooter submission when Stone Cold Steve Austin, whom Hart was feuding with, came to the outside of the ring and hit Hart with a steel chair, allowing Sid to hit Hart with the powerbomb to win the WWF Championship for the second time.

At WrestleMania 13 on March 23, Sid defended the title against The Undertaker. Hart interfered during the match, allowing The Undertaker to hit the Tombstone Piledriver and pin Sid to become the WWF Champion for the second time. Following WrestleMania, Sid was kept off of television until the May 12 episode of Raw, where he returned as a face. He competed against Owen Hart and defeated him to become the partner of The Legion Of Doom in their feud with The Hart Foundation. At King of the Ring on June 8, Sid and The Legion Of Doom faced The Hart Foundation (Owen Hart, The British Bulldog, and Jim Neidhart) in a six-man tag team match, which The Hart Foundation won when Owen pinned Sid with a roll-up. On June 9, Sid made his final appearance in a victorious effort against Owen Hart on Raw before leaving the WWF once again.

Extreme Championship Wrestling (1999)[link]

After some time on the Memphis independent circuit again, Eudy debuted in Extreme Championship Wrestling in January 1999, where he feuded with the Dudley Boyz, John Kronus, Skull Von Krush and Justin Credible. He left ECW in May due to the monetary problems plaguing the promotion.

Return to World Championship Wrestling (1999–2001)[link]

At the behest of his real life friends Kevin Nash and Scott Hall, Eudy returned to WCW in mid-1999, joining Randy Savage's heel stable Team Madness. Upon his return, he took the nickname of "The Millennium Man," shortly after Chris Jericho's "Millennium Man" gimmick debuted in the WWF. WCW even released a home video highlighting Sid's return to WCW called Sid Vicious: Millennium Man. Additionally, Sid was dubbed as undefeated, having a winning streak much like Goldberg had previously; although, the majority of this streak was due to Sid coming to the ring and attacking wrestlers already in a match or immediately following their match and thus "defeating" them. On September 12, 1999, Sid won his first and only US Heavyweight title from Chris Benoit at Fall Brawl. He then began a feud with Goldberg who challenged him for the US Title at Halloween Havoc. Earlier that night, however, their backstage fighting led Sid to require stitches, though he refused to be treated, which led to Sid bleeding openly the entire night. After brawling with Goldberg, a weary Sid lost the bout due to excessive bleeding, awarding Goldberg the US Championship against his opponent's will. Sid lost again to Goldberg in an "I Quit" match at Mayhem, effectively ending their feud and Sid's "streak."

After the "Millennium Man" gimmick ran dry, Sid became a face and started to contend for the World Heavyweight Championship. He was placed in a match at Souled Out in January to fill the suddenly vacant title after Bret Hart was forced to relinquish it due to a concussion. Sid would lose the match to Chris Benoit, but the title was again vacated as Benoit left for the WWF the next day. The onscreen explanation was that Sid's foot was under the rope during his submission loss. The next week, Sid was presented with a challenge by Nash, who had become commissioner of WCW. If he could beat Don and Ron Harris in a match on Monday Nitro that night, he would face Nash for the championship that night. Sid managed to defeat the Harris Brothers and eventually Nash himself to win the World Heavyweight Championship. Two nights later on Thunder, Nash stripped Sid of the championship due to him not beating the legal Harris brother in the match on Nitro. A rematch between Sid and Nash was set up, but Sid again defeated Nash on Nitro to win the title for a second time. He later successfully defended the title at SuperBrawl 2000 in a three-way match against Scott Hall and Jeff Jarrett.

On March 19, Sid defended his title against Jeff Jarrett thanks in part to help from a returning Hulk Hogan, which set up a match for the following night's Nitro pitting Sid and Hogan vs. Jarrett and Scott Steiner. During the course of the match, Sid turned heel and attacked Hogan, due to his being incensed that the fans were chanting Hogan's name. He chokeslammed Hogan and forced the referee to count Hogan being pinned, although the official result was a no contest. This apparently might have been to set up a match for the upcoming Spring Stampede pay-per-view in April. However, shortly after this, WCW began its New Blood angle and Sid (along with all the other WCW champions at the time) was stripped of his championship. He did not play a large role in the angle that followed, and was kept off of television for several months. He returned late in the year as a challenger for Scott Steiner's World Heavyweight Championship, but Sid failed to defeat Steiner in their title match at Starrcade.

Injury[link]

On January 14, 2001 at the Sin pay-per-view, Sid faced Steiner, Jarrett, and Road Warrior Animal in a Four Corners match for the WCW Championship. During the bout, however, he suffered a near career-ending injury.^[3]

Members of WCW management allegedly felt that Eudy needed to broaden his arsenal of wrestling moves and suggested that he try an aerial maneuver, despite his "unwillingness." Eudy felt it unnecessary for a wrestler of his size and type to do high spots, and didn't feel comfortable doing them. During the match, Eudy suffered a leg fracture following his leap from the second turnbuckle in an attempted big boot on Steiner. This had him awkwardly landing on one foot while kicking with the other, severely fracturing the leg he landed on. Eudy broke his left leg in half, snapping both the tibia and fibula, with at least one of the bones breaking through the skin.^[5] The fracture was too graphic for many TV stations to re-air,^[5] although it was shown on the following Nitro.

The injury put Sid out of action indefinitely, and he pondered retiring from wrestling for good.

"I had about a year left on my contract, and I was thinking back then prior to hurting my leg what was I going to do as far as wrapping up my career. The only thing I really wanted to do was ideally go out in a big pay-per-view, like a WrestleMania or something like that main event, leave like that, and not come back again. It would really be the retirement match."^[6]

A 17-inch (43 cm) rod was placed in his leg during the two-hour surgery. For a while, Eudy used a cane to walk. Sid later sued WCW, claiming that he was made to jump off the second rope against his objections.^[6] The injury forced a plot change in the 2001 SuperBrawl Revenge event. The main event was supposed to be Kevin Nash, Diamond Dallas Page, and Sid against Scott Steiner, Jeff Jarrett, and Road Warrior Animal but was rewritten as Kevin Nash vs. Scott Steiner. WCW would then be purchased by the WWF the following month, ceasing any possibility of Sid's return to the company after rehabilitation.

Special appearances; return to wrestling[link]

During his rehabilitation, Eudy made several appearances as World Wrestling All-Stars's commissioner during its 2002 Australian tour, though at the beginning of WWA's Sydney show, it was announced that Eudy would not be featured due to a broken arm. On June 5, 2004, Eudy returned to active wrestling with the Canadian-based Internet Wrestling Syndicate. Appearing as Pierre Carl Ouellet's mystery partner, Eudy competed and won a ten team battle royal.

Sid then made his way to Memphis Wrestling, with his brother Johnny Rotten, on July 14, 2007 and started a feud with old rival Jerry Lawler, while also serving as "Hollywood" Jimmy Blaylock's enforcer. Sid also wrestled for the National Wrestling Alliance from March to September.^{[citation needed]} Sid also appeared at the Juggalo Championship Wrestling event Evansville Invasion, helping Tracy Smothers attack the promotion's Heavyweight Champion Corporal Robinson.

He also had a match at the "Jerry Lawler 35th Anniversary Wrestling event" on November 7, 2008 at the Tennessee Fairgrounds. He wrestled in the main event and lost to Lawler.

Sid advertised to wrestle for Chris Setaro's Powerhouse Wrestling in April 2011 in Auburn, Massachusetts and wrestled Josef Von Schmidt.

Sid wrestled Eddie Kingston at Pro Wrestling Syndicate's Refuse To Lose II event on May 27, 2011 in Queens, NY.

Other media[link]

Sid made an appearance in the 2000 film Ready to Rumble alongside David Arquette and Scott Caan. In 2011, Sid starred alongside fellow wrestlers Kurt Angle and Kevin Nash in the horror movie River of Darkness.

Sid also starred in the 2011 horror film Death from Above, alongside fellow wrestlers Kurt Angle, James Storm, Matt Morgan, Terry Gerin and Jessica Kresa.

Personal life[link]

Eudy is married to Sabrina Paige and they have two sons together, Frank and Gunnar. He currently lives in Marion, Arkansas.

In wrestling[link]

• Finishing moves
  • Chokeslam^[1][2][3]
  • Release powerbomb^[1][2][3]
  • Vicious Crossface (Arm Trap Crossface) 1999–2000^[7]
• Signature moves
  • Big boot^[8]
  • Cobra clutch slam
  • Leg drop
  • Military press drop
  • Sidewalk slam
  • Snake Eyes

• Managers
  • Teddy Long^[9]
  • Ole Anderson
  • Oliver Humperdink^[10]
  • Harvey Wippleman^[11]
  • Col. Robert Parker^[9]
  • Ted DiBiase^[9]

• Nicknames
  • "The (self-proclaimed) Master and Ruler of the World"^[2][3]
  • "The Millennium Man"^[1][2]
  • "Psycho" Sid Vicious^[2]

• Entrance Music
  • "Crying in the Rain" by Whitesnake (NJPW)
  • "The Way of the Wizard" (WCW)^[12]
  • "Metal Demon" (WCW)^[13]
  • "China White" (WCW) by The Scorpions - as part of The Skyscrapers
  • "Justice"^[14] (WWF)
  • "Psycho-Dance" by J.Johnston (WWF) 1995-1997
  • "Millenium Man" (WCW, 1999–2001)
  • "Ladies and Gentlemen" by Saliva (NWA, 2007)

Championships and accomplishments[link]

• American Wrestling Federation
  • AWF Super Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[15]

• Continental Wrestling Association
  • CWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[16]

• NWA Northeast
  • NWA Northeast Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[17]

• Southeastern Championship Wrestling
  • NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship (Northern Division) (1 time)^[18]
  • NWA Southeastern Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Shane Douglas^[19]

• United States Wrestling Association
  • USWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[20]
  • USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)^[21]

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI Comeback of the Year (1996)

• World Championship Wrestling
  • WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[22]
  • WCW World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)^[23][24]

• World Wrestling Federation
  • WWF Championship (2 times)^[25][26]

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
  • 5 Star Match (1991) with Ric Flair, Larry Zbyszko, & Barry Windham vs. Brian Pillman, Sting, Rick Steiner, & Scott Steiner (February 24, WarGames match, WrestleWar)

Notes[link]

External links[link]

Professional wrestling portal

• WWE Alumni Profile
• Online World of Wrestling Profile
• Pro Wrestling Archive Profile
• HitTheRopes.com Interview
• Sid Eudy at the Internet Movie Database
• Oct 30 2008 Audio Interview with In Your Head
• Interview recap

Sid Vicious
Vicious circa 1977
Background information
Birth name	John Simon Ritchie[1]
Also known as	Sid Vicious Spikey John John Simon Beverley[2]
Born	(1957-05-10)10 May 1957 Lewisham, London
Died	2 February 1979(1979-02-02) (aged 21) New York City
Genres	Punk rock
Occupations	Musician
Instruments	Bass guitar, vocals, drums
Years active	1976–1978
Labels	Virgin, EMI
Associated acts	Sex Pistols Siouxsie and the Banshees Vicious White Kids The Flowers Of Romance
Notable instruments
Fender Precision Bass

Sid Vicious (born John Simon Ritchie^[1] 10 May 1957 – 2 February 1979) was an English musician best known as the bassist of the influential punk rock group Sex Pistols. In 2006 he was inducted posthumously into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Sex Pistols.

Early life[link]

Sid Vicious was born John Simon Ritchie in Lewisham, South East London, to John and Anne Ritchie (née McDonald). His mother dropped out of school early due to a lack of academic success and went on to join the RAF, where she met her husband-to-be, Ritchie's father. He was a guardsman at Buckingham Palace and a semi-professional trombone player on the London Jazz scene.^[3] Shortly after John's birth, he and his mother moved to Ibiza, where they expected to be joined by his father who, it was planned, would support them financially in the meantime. However, after the first few pay cheques failed to arrive, Anne realised that he would not be coming. Anne later married Christopher Beverley, a middle class man in 1965, before setting up a family home back in Kent. Ritchie took his stepfather's surname and was known as John Beverley.^[4]

Ritchie's stepfather died six months later from cancer,^[4] and by 1968 he and his mother were living in a rented flat in Tunbridge Wells, where he attended Sandown Court School. In 1971, the pair moved to Hackney in east London. He also spent some time living in Somerset.

Ritchie first met John Lydon in 1973, when they were both students at Hackney Technical College. Lydon describes Ritchie at this time as a David Bowie fan, a poser and a "clothes hound".^[5]

By age 17, Ritchie had begun to hang around London. One favorite spot was Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood's then-little-known clothing store, SEX. There he met American expatriate Chrissie Hynde before she formed the Pretenders. Though at least five years older, she tried (but failed) to convince John to join her in a mariage blanc so she could get a work permit.

John was given the nickname "Sid Vicious" by John Lydon, after Lydon's pet hamster, Sid. The hamster had bitten Ritchie, who said that "Sid is really vicious!"^[6] The animal was described by Lydon as "the softest, furriest, weediest thing on earth."^[7] At the time, Ritchie was squatting with Lydon, John Joseph Wardle (Jah Wobble), and John Gray, and the four were colloquially known as "The Four Johns".

According to Lydon, the two of them would often busk for money with Sid playing the tambourine. They would play Alice Cooper covers, and people gave them money to be quiet. Once a man gave them "three bob" (three shillings, i.e. 15p in decimal currency) and they all danced.^[8]

According to the band's photographer, Dennis Morris, John was "deep down, a shy person."^[9] However, he did assault NME journalist Nick Kent with a motorbike chain with help from Jah Wobble.^[10] On another occasion, at the Speakeasy (a London nightclub popular with rock stars of the day) he threatened BBC DJ and Old Grey Whistle Test presenter Bob Harris.

Music career[link]

The Flowers of Romance and The Banshees[link]

Vicious began his musical career in 1976 as a member of The Flowers of Romance along with former co-founding member of The Clash, Keith Levene (who later co-founded John Lydon's post-Pistols project Public Image Limited) and Palmolive and Viv Albertine, who would later form The Slits.^[4] He appeared with Siouxsie and the Banshees, playing drums at their notorious first gig at the 100 Club Punk Festival in London's Oxford Street.^[11] According to members of The Damned, Vicious was considered, along with Dave Vanian, for the position of lead singer for The Damned, but Sid failed to show up for the audition.^[12]

Sex Pistols[link]

According to various publications (such as the biography England's Dreaming by John Savage) and films (namely The Filth and the Fury) Vicious was asked to join the group after Glen Matlock's departure in February 1977 due to his being present at every gig. Manager Malcolm McLaren once claimed "if Johnny Rotten is the voice of punk, then Vicious is the attitude."

McLaren also said in person and in a documentary that if he'd met Vicious before he had hired Rotten to be the singer, Vicious would have been the Sex Pistols' front man, because he had the most charisma of anyone on that stage. Alan Jones described Vicious as "[having] the iconic punk look (...) Sid, on image alone, is what all punk rests on."^[13] His nails would be painted in a sloppy manner with purple nail polish.^[14] Vicious played his first gig with the Pistols on 3 April 1977 at the The Screen On The Green in London. His debut was filmed by Don Letts and appears in Punk Rock Movie. What Sid had lacked in musicianship he made up with unmatched punk charisma, as he hurled insults at the crowd and slashed himself. On the group's U.S. tour in January 1978, although not during a show, he carved the words "Gimme a fix" into his chest. In the Longhorn Ballroom concert, he spat into the crowd and mocked and taunted the "Cowboys" in the audience.

In March 1977, Vicious had met American Nancy Spungen; they began to date. They, and with them the group, deteriorated visibly during the American tour. The Pistols broke up in San Francisco after their concert at the Winterland Ballroom on 14 January 1978.

Solo career[link]

With Spungen acting as his "manager", Vicious embarked on a solo career during which he performed with musicians including Mick Jones of The Clash, Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock, Rat Scabies of The Damned and the New York Dolls' Arthur Kane, Jerry Nolan, and Johnny Thunders. Vicious performed the majority of his performances at Max's Kansas City and drew large crowds. His final performances as a solo musician took place at Max's.^[15]

Musicianship[link]

Vicious' abilities as a bass player were debated. During an interview for Guitar Hero III, when Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones was asked why he, instead of Vicious, recorded the bass parts of Never Mind the Bollocks, Jones responded, "Sid was in a hospital with yellow jaundice and he couldn't really play, not that he could play anyway."^[16] The only song that Sid played on in the studio was "Bodies". Sid asked Lemmy, the bassist of Motörhead, to teach him how to play bass with the words, "I can't play bass," to which Lemmy replied "I know." In another interview Lemmy stated, "Yeah. It was all uphill. And he still couldn't play bass when he died."^[17]

According to Paul Cook, in the few months between joining the band and meeting Nancy, Vicious was a dedicated worker and tried his hardest to learn to play; indeed, this period was Cook's favourite in the band.^[18] Viv Albertine went further in defence of his ability, saying that one night she "went to bed, and Sid stayed up with a Ramones album and a bass guitar, and when I got up in the morning, he could play. He'd taken a load of speed and taught himself. He was so quick."^[19] Keith Levene, a member of The Flowers of Romance with Vicious and later a member of The Clash and then Public Image Ltd, also recounts a similar story: "Could Sid play bass? I don't know, but one thing I do know was that Sid did things quickly. One night, he played the first Ramones album nonstop, all night, then next morning, Sid could play the bass. That was it; he was ready! I told you Sid did things quickly!"^[20] By the time of the last Sex Pistols gig at the Winterland in San Francisco Sid was a reasonably competent bass player, as is evident in the footage of the show.

Nancy Spungen's death[link]

On the morning of 12 October 1978, Vicious claimed to have awoken from a drugged stupor to find Nancy Spungen dead on the bathroom floor of their room in the Hotel Chelsea in Manhattan, New York. She had suffered a single stab wound to her abdomen and appeared to have bled to death. The knife used had been bought by Vicious on 42nd Street and was identical to a collector's knife given to punk rock vocalist Stiv Bators of the Dead Boys by Dee Dee Ramone. According to Dee Dee's wife at the time,^[21] Vera King Ramone, Sid had bought the knife after seeing Stiv's. Vicious was arrested and charged with her murder. He said they had fought that night but gave conflicting versions of what happened next, saying, "I never stabbed her. I loved her, but she treated me like shit", then saying that he did not remember and at one point during the argument Spungen had fallen onto the knife.

On the night of Nancy's death, there was a party going on in their hotel room. She was rumoured to have been showing a lot of money. When they found her dead the next day, the money had gone, as had Sid's knife. None of the party guests have given evidence about what had happened.

On October 22, ten days after Spungen's death, Vicious attempted suicide by slitting his wrist and was subsequently hospitalized at Bellevue Hospital. He was charged with assault after an altercation with Todd Smith (singer Patti Smith's brother) at a Skafish concert. ^[22] Vicious was arrested December 9, 1978 and sent to Rikers Island metro jail for 55 days. He was released on bail on February 1, 1979.

Bail was originally set at $50,000.^[23] However, after court hearings and work from his lawyer, it was lowered. Malcolm McLaren, the Sex Pistols' manager, worked to raise money, and the bond was eventually covered by Virgin Records.^[23]

One theory regarding the murder is that Spungen was killed in a robbery or drug deal gone wrong, in which one of those involved was Rockets Redglare, who would later become known as a stand-up comedian and actor. Redglare, who died in 2001, always denied any part in her death. He stated that the other dealer known to have been there that evening had left before him to obtain more heroin, and was due back after he had left the building. He said he believed that the other dealer returned, found Vicious out cold, and attempted to steal the remaining drugs, leading to a confrontation with Spungen.^[24]

Death[link]

On the evening of February 1, 1979, a small gathering to celebrate Vicious having made bail was held at the 63 Bank Street, New York apartment of his new girlfriend, Michele Robinson, whom he had started dating the day he got out of Bellevue Hospital the previous October. Vicious was clean, having been on a detoxification methadone programme, he detoxed from heroin during his time at Rikers Island.^[25] However, at the dinner gathering, his mother (who was once a registered addict herself^[25]) had some heroin delivered, against the wishes of Sid's girlfriend. The person who delivered it, Peter Kodick, came and stayed for a while. Vicious overdosed at midnight but everyone who was there that night worked together to get him up and walking around in order to revive him.^[26] At 3:00 AM, Sid and Michele Robinson went to bed together. Vicious was discovered dead late the next morning.

A few days after Vicious' cremation, his mother found an alleged suicide note in the pocket of his jacket:

We had a death pact, and I have to keep my half of the bargain. Please bury me next to my baby in my leather jacket, jeans and motorcycle boots. Goodbye.^[27]

Since Nancy was Jewish she was buried in a Jewish cemetery. However, Vicious was not Jewish so he could not be buried with her. According to the book Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk by Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain,^{[citation needed]} Vicious' mother scattered his ashes over Nancy's grave. This has not been fully substantiated as fact.

Discography[link]

Singles[link]

• "My Way" (30 June 1978)—(B-side Chatterbox)
• "Something Else" (9 February 1979)
• "C'mon Everybody" (22 June 1979)

Albums[link]

• Sid Sings

Films that include Sid Vicious[link]

1. Sex Pistols Number One (1976, dir. Derek Jarman)
2. Will Your Son Turn into Sid Vicious? (1978)
3. Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979, dir. Michael O'Donoghue)
4. The Punk Rock Movie (1979, dir. Don Letts)
5. The Great Rock N' Roll Swindle (1979, directed by Julien Temple; Julien Temple's The Great Rock N' Roll Swindle features famous Sid Vicious footage, such as his videos for "My Way" and "Something Else," along with various live Sex Pistols footage. There is also a video for "C'mon Everybody," of which only snippets are shown in the film; VHS/DVD)
6. DOA (1981, directed by Lech Kowalski)
7. Sid and Nancy (1986, directed by Alex Cox, DVD)
8. Buried Alive (1991, Sex Pistols)
9. Decade (1991, Sex Pistols)
10. Bollocks to Every (1995, Sex Pistols)
11. Filth to Fury (1995, Sex Pistols)
12. Classic Chaotic (1996, Sex Pistols)
13. Kill the Hippies (1996, Sex Pistols, VHS)
14. The Filth and the Fury (2000, directed by Julien Temple, VHS/NTSC/DVD)
15. Live at the Longhorn (2001, Sex Pistols)
16. Live at Winterland (2001, Sex Pistols, DVD)
17. Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols (2002, Sex Pistols, VHS/DVD)
18. Punk Rockers (2003, Sex Pistols, DVD)
19. Blood on the Turntable: The Sex Pistols (2004, directed by Steve Crabtree)
20. Music Box Biographical Collection (2005, Sex Pistols, DVD)
21. Punk Icons (2006, Sex Pistols, DVD)
22. American Hardcore (2007, DVD)
23. Chaos! Ex Pistols Secret History: The Dave Goodman Story (2007, Sex Pistols, DVD)
24. Pirates of Destiny (2007, directed by Tõnu Trubetsky, DVD)
25. Rock Case Studies (2007, Sex Pistols, DVD)
26. Who Killed Nancy? (2009, directed by Alan G. Parker)

References[link]

Further reading[link]

• Anne Beverley, The Sid Vicious Family album (1980, Virgin Books) ISBN 978-0-907080-02-2
• Gerald Cole, Sid And Nancy (1986, Methuen) ISBN 978-0-413-41210-2
• Alex Cox & Abbe Wool, Sid And Nancy (1986, Faber and Faber) ISBN 978-0-571-14545-4
• Keith Bateson and Alan Parker, Sid’s Way (1991, Omnibus Press) ISBN 978-0-7119-2483-3
• Tom Stockdale, Sid Vicious. They Died Too Young (1995, Parragon) ISBN 978-0-7525-0689-0
• Malcolm Butt, Sid Vicious. Rock‘n’Roll Star (1997, Plexus) ISBN 978-0-85965-373-2
• David Dalton, El Sid (1998, St. Martin’s Griffin) ISBN 978-0-312-15520-9
• Sid Vicious, Too Fast To Live...Too Young to Die (1999, Retro Publishing)
• Alan Parker, Vicious. Too Fast To Live... (2004, Creation Books) ISBN 978-1-84068-110-9
• Spungen's mother, Deborah, wrote a book about her daughter and her involvement with Vicious in And I Don't Want to Live This Life. ISBN 978-0-449-91141-9
• Ed Hamilton, "Legends of the Chelsea Hotel: Living with the Artists and Outlaws of New York's Rebel Mecca" (2007, DeCapo Press) ISBN 978-1-56858-379-2

External links[link]

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• Sid Vicious at MySpace
• Vicious' confession to the NYPD and other documents
• Site with pictures of the murder scene
• Sid Vicious day-by-day timeline
• Sid Vicious at Find a Grave