Sid Eudy, known under his wrestling ringnames Sid Vicious, Sid Justice and Sycho Sid, has died at 63 following a battle with cancer. The news was announced by his son, Gunnar Eudy, on Monday.
Eudy began wrestling in 1987, working in various territories and for New Japan Pro Wrestling before signing with World Championship Wrestling in 1989 under his adopted name Sid Vicious, which was directly inspired by the Sex Pistols bassist of the same name.
At 6-foot-9, Eudy was a tremendous physical presence and has often been noted as having a natural charisma because of his unique look. His size led to him working in a WCW tag team with 6-foot-7 Dan Spivey as The Skyscrapers until Eudy was injured and replaced by Mark Callous, the man who would go on to become The Undertaker in the WWF/WWE.
Eudy would find himself a brief member of the iconic Four Horsemen stable before departing WCW for the WWF as Sid Justice in 1991. Eudy would not stick around the WWF for long before being released, re-signing with WCW and being released from WCW after an infamous real-life fight with Arn Anderson.
Eudy returned to the WWF in 1995 and was rebranded Sycho Sid in 1996. During that run, Eudy would twice win the WWF world championship. That WWF run ended after one of Eudy’s many injuries that required surgery.
After recovering from neck surgery, Eudy wrestled various independent dates before a 1999 stint with ECW where he was brought in as a dominant force who rarely was asked to do more than powerbomb opponents, but his charisma made him a star once again with a tough ECW crowd.
Eudy’s final notable run came with WCW, returning to the promotion in 1999. He went on to win the United States championship as well as the WCW world championship twice. In 2001, Eudy suffered a grotesque injury on the live broadcast of the Sin pay-per-view when he snapped his tibia and fibula after leaping from the second rope.
Eudy would make a few wrestling appearances after the injury but never resumed full-time action.
