Sid Eudy Height, Weight, Age, Death, Wife, Children, Family, Biography

Some Lesser Known Facts About Sid Eudy

• He grew up in Arkansas and worked as a farmer. He was studying to become a pilot.

• Sid Eudy started wrestling after meeting Randy Savage and Lanny Poffo in 1987.

• In his debut match, he teamed up with wrestler Austin Idol against Nick Bockwinkel and Jerry Lawler.

• Eudy put on the masked wrestler character “Lord Humongous” and started his career in 1987 with Continental Championship Wrestling (CCW).
  

  Sid Eudy while wearing a ‘Lord Humongous,’ a professional wrestling character

• In 1987, he won the NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship (Northern Division) and became the last person to hold this title.

• Eudy became popular after forming a team with wrestler Shane Douglas, winning the NWA Southeastern Tag Team Championship.

• He then wrestled in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) under the name “Vicious Warrior” but could not win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.

• After that, he briefly joined World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) and adopted the ring name “Sid Vicious” after the punk rock musician.

• In 1989, Eudy signed with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and kept the name “Sid Vicious.” He then debuted on TV by defeating DeWayne Bruce in a solo match.

• Eudy later teamed up with Danny Spivey to form The Skyscrapers, managed by Teddy Long. The Skyscrapers fought with The Steiner Brothers and The Road Warriors, with Eudy using the Powerbomb as his finishing move.

• After recovering, Eudy returned to wrestling on 11 May 1990, joining Ric Flair’s Four Horsemen group.

• He was introduced as the group’s “muscle,” meant to counter RoboCop at Capital Combat.

• As a member of the Horsemen, Eudy fought with Paul Orndorff and the Junkyard Dog. He also attacked the NWA World Heavyweight Champion Sting.

• In 1990, at Halloween Havoc, Sid tried to win the title by defeating the fake Sting (Barry Windham) but was stopped when the real Sting defeated him.
  

  Sid Eudy during a fight with Sting

• After this incident, Sid’s relationship with the Horsemen group weakened, and he became a “quasi-face” (semi-good guy) in November 1990.

• In November 1990, Sid won a match against The Nightstalker, but later, he was attacked by the debuting Big Cat.

• Sid reunited with his former partner, Danny Spivey, for the Skyscrapers team, and they won a match at Starrcade in December 1990.

• Sid then returned to his villain character, ending Trucker Norm’s WCW match and defeating Joey Maggs in early 1991.

• He rejoined the Horsemen and participated in the WarGames match at WrestleWar.

• The Horsemen split in April 1991, and Sid began negotiations with WWF. He turned down a large WCW offer.

• Before leaving WCW, Sid had a small fight with the El Gigante. Sid lost the match to El Gigante at SuperBrawl I.
  

  Sid Eudy (left) during a match with El Gigante

• Eudy made his WWF debut on 28 May 1991, by attacking The Mountie in an untelevised event. His first WWF match was on 8 July 1991, when he defeated Ted DiBiase at a non-televised event.

• In WWF, Vignettes introduced him as “Sid Justice.” He officially debuted on WWF television on 20 July 1991 and was announced as the special guest referee for the SummerSlam main event.

• At SummerSlam, Sid saved Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth from an attack by Jake Roberts and The Undertaker.

• His first televised match was on 21 September 1991 where he defeated Kato. Sid injured his biceps during a match with Jake Roberts.
  

  Sid Eudy and Kato on the poster of a WWF match

• In 1992, Sid became upset when WWF President Jack Tunney chose Hulk Hogan instead of him to face wrestler Flair for the WWF Championship at WrestleMania VIII.

• In February 1992, Sid destroyed the “Barber Shop” set on “Wrestling Challenge” and threatened Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake, leading to a feud with Hogan.

• Soon, Sid hired Harvey Whippleman as his manager and began injuring his opponents with multiple power bombs, often attacking them on stretchers.

• At WrestleMania VIII, Sid lost to Hogan by disqualification after Papa Shango interfered.

• Sid was reportedly allowed to wrestle at WrestleMania after he failed a drug test, but he quit WWF afterwards. He mentioned disagreements with management and a fight with The Ultimate Warrior.

• Sid’s fight with Warrior began on WWF’s European tour in April 1992 but ended after Sid quit following disagreements over match outcomes. Papa Shango replaced him in the feud.

• Sid returned to WCW in May 1993. He debuted as a competitor for Col. Robert Parker and defeated Van Hammer in a stretcher match at Slamboree.
  

  Sid Eudy in a fight with Van Hammer

• He then teamed with Big Van Vader and announced a fight with Sting. Sid’s team lost to Sting’s team in a WarGames match at Fall Brawl, and Sid later lost to Sting at Halloween Havoc.

• After that, Sid was scheduled to challenge Vader for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship at Starrcade, but Ric Flair replaced him after Sid’s departure.

• After leaving WCW, Sid returned to the United States Wrestling Association (USWA) in Memphis, where he fought with Jerry Lawler.

• On 16 July 1994, Sid won the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship after injuring Lawler.

• Sid participated in the UWF Blackjack Brawl in September 1994 and challenged “Dr. Death” Steve Williams for the UWF World Heavyweight Championship.

• On 6 February 1995, Lawler regained the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship from Sid. The two later teamed up but continued to fight, with Sid briefly winning and losing the title again in August 1996.

• On 20 February 1995, Sid returned to the WWF as the bodyguard for Shawn Michaels and accompanied him to WrestleMania XI.
  

  Sid Eudy (right) and Shawn Michaels