Sid Eudy, extra famously often known as Sid Vicious and Sycho Sid, will probably be inducted into the WWE Corridor of Fame with the 2026 class. Eudy’s induction comes almost two years after his loss of life at 63, following a battle with most cancers.
Eudy started wrestling in 1987, working in numerous territories and for New Japan Professional Wrestling, usually because the masked Lord Humungous, earlier than signing with World Championship Wrestling in 1989 below his adopted identify Sid Vicious, which was immediately impressed by the Intercourse Pistols bassist of the identical identify.
Eudy stood a towering 6-foot-9 with a singular pure charisma. By no means often known as a “nice employee” in a conventional sense, it was arduous to look away when Sid was on the display.
Eudy’s dimension led to him working in a WCW tag group with 6-foot-7 Dan Spivey as The Skyscrapers till Eudy was injured and changed by Mark Callous, the person who would go on to turn out to be The Undertaker within the WWF/WWE. Eudy was additionally a short member of iconic steady The 4 Horsemen throughout his stint in WCW.
In 1991, Eudy signed with WWF, the place he labored below the identify Sid Justice. Eudy was positioned nicely inside WWF, even wrestling Hulk Hogan in the principle occasion of WrestleMania VIII. Nonetheless, Eudy additionally had numerous points through the stint, failing a drug take a look at and taking challenge with reserving choices, resulting in his quitting the corporate in early 1992.
Eudy bounced again to WCW for a short stint earlier than time within the USWA, in the end returning to WWF in 1995. By 1996, Eudy had gained the WWF championship, a title he would maintain two instances in his profession. Eudy would additionally maintain the WCW heavyweight championship twice after returning to the corporate in 1999 following a short time in ECW.
In 2001, Eudy suffered a ugly leg break throughout a match on the WCW Sin pay-per-view occasion that led to a retirement. Eudy would sporadically make appearances in numerous promotions after that preliminary retirement, although not in any constant trend earlier than wrestling the ultimate match of his profession in 2017.
Eudy joins a 2026 Corridor of Fame class with Stephanie McMahon, AJ Types, Demolition and Dennis Rodman.