62 Facts About Sid Eudy

Sid Eudy held the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship once and headlined pay-per-views for both promotions, including the main events of WrestleMania VIII and WrestleMania 13 in 1992 and 1997, and Starrcade in 2000.

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

Sid Eudy began his career in Continental Championship Wrestling in 1987 under the masked wrestler persona Lord Humungous.

On Christmas Day 1987, Sid Eudy won the NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship.

Sid Eudy 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.

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

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

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

Later that night, Sid Eudy 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.

Sid Eudy competed for the vacant WWF Championship in the Royal Rumble match on January 19,1992.

Sid Eudy entered at No 29 and was among the final four wrestlers, along with Hogan, Randy Savage, and Ric Flair, before he eliminated both Savage and then Hogan, leaving himself and Flair in the ring.

Sid Eudy refused and walked out of the match, turning heel in the process.

Sid Eudy was allowed to do the match and then went on their European tour, after which he was told he was going to serve his suspension.

Sid Eudy wrestled Warrior at two house shows, both of which Warrior won by disqualification.

Sid Eudy received four stab wounds and Anderson received 20, losing a pint and a half of blood in the process.

Sid Eudy participated in the UWF Blackjack Brawl on September 23,1994, challenging "Dr Death" Steve Williams for the UWF World Heavyweight Championship.

Sid Eudy regained the title from Lawler on August 30,1996, before relinquishing the title back to Lawler on September 2.

Michaels had hit his signature Superkick, but Sid Eudy 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.

Later in the event, Sid Eudy 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 Eudy was eliminated by Razor Ramon after Michaels hit Sid Eudy with a superkick.

Sid Eudy was not seen again until the July 8,1996 episode of Raw.

Michaels' manager, Jose Lothario, got on the ring apron and told Sid Eudy to put the camera down, but he refused and hit Lothario in the chest with it instead.

Sid Eudy hit Michaels in the back with the camera, then threw him back in the ring before hitting him with a powerbomb to win the WWF Championship.

Sid Eudy then pinned him after a powerbomb to retain the title.

At the Royal Rumble on January 19,1997, Sid Eudy lost the WWF Championship to Michaels.

Michaels went for the pin, but Sid Eudy managed to kick out, only for Michaels to hit him with Sweet Chin Music to win the championship.

The next night on Raw, Sid Eudy fought Hart for the championship.

Sid Eudy was released by the WWF in the summer to recover from a neck injury.

Sid Eudy defeated King Kong Bundy at the Eddie Gilbert Memorial Brawl on February 28,1998.

Sid Eudy debuted in Extreme Championship Wrestling in January 1999, where he had matches with The Dudley Boyz, John Kronus, Skull Von Krush and Justin Credible.

Sid Eudy returned to WCW at The Great American Bash in on June 13,1999, joining Randy Savage's heel stable Team Madness.

Sid Eudy was dubbed as undefeated having a winning streak much like Goldberg had previously; although, the majority of this streak was due to Sid Eudy coming to the ring and power bombing wrestlers already in a match or immediately following their match and thus "defeating" them.

Sid Eudy turned face after the "Millennium Man" gimmick ran dry.

Sid Eudy was placed in a match at Souled Out on January 16,2000, to fill the suddenly vacant WCW World Heavyweight Championship after Bret Hart was forced to relinquish it due to a concussion.

Sid Eudy lost to Chris Benoit, but the title was again vacated as Benoit left for the WWF the next day.

The on-screen explanation was that Sid Eudy's foot was under the rope during his submission loss.

Sid Eudy defeated the Harris Brothers and eventually Nash himself to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.

Later that night, Sid Eudy defeated Nash in a Caged Heat match to win the title for a second time.

Sid Eudy chokeslammed Hogan and forced the referee to count Hogan being pinned, although the official result was a no contest.

Sid Eudy did not play a large role in the angle that followed, and was kept off of television for several months.

On January 14,2001, at the Sin pay-per-view in Indianapolis at Conseco Fieldhouse, Sid Eudy faced Steiner, Jeff Jarrett and Road Warrior Animal in a Four Corners match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.

WCW executive John Laurinaitis allegedly felt that Sid Eudy needed to broaden his arsenal of wrestling moves and suggested that he try an aerial maneuver, despite his unwillingness and disbelief that a wrestler of his shape should do highspots.

Sid Eudy broke his left leg in half, snapping both the tibia and fibula, with at least one of the bones breaking through the skin and rotating his foot without his input at 90 degrees anti-clockwise.

Sid Eudy later sued WCW, claiming that he was made to jump off the second rope against his objections.

Sid Eudy left WCW, before WCW closed down the following month after the final episode of Monday Nitro on March 26,2001.

Sid Eudy was told by his doctor that he would never run again, and Sid set a goal of being able to do so.

Sid Eudy filed a lawsuit with the Universal Wrestling Corporation, seeking redress for the injury that he sustained.

Sid Eudy returned to active wrestling in 2004 with the Canadian-based Internet Wrestling Syndicate.

On July 14,2007, Sid Eudy debuted in Memphis Wrestling and started a feud with old rival Jerry Lawler while serving as "Hollywood" Jimmy Blaylock's enforcer.

On November 7,2008, Sid Eudy faced Lawler in the main event of the "Jerry Lawler 35th Anniversary Wrestling event" at the Tennessee Fairgrounds, where he was defeated.

On February 28,2009, Sid Eudy returned to Memphis Wrestling and won a battle royal before defeating Lawler in a rematch.

Sid Eudy did however appear in Mid Southern Championship Wrestling on August 18,2009 in Osceola.

Humongous and Hall won via disqualification after Sid Eudy hit the referee.

Sid Eudy then wrestled three times in 2010 and 2011, defeating Chase Stevens, Josef von Schmidt, and Eddie Kingston.

Frank, a cast member on the CBS reality show Big Brother 14 and 18, and Gunnar Sid Eudy, who is a wrestler, are their sons.

At the time of his death, Sid Eudy lived with his wife in Marion, Arkansas.

Sid Eudy was a fan of softball, which he briefly played during his time off from wrestling between 1997 and 1999.

That night, a video package paying tribute to Eudy aired during an episode of WWE Raw, with Damian Priest paying tribute by claiming during an in ring segment with Rhea Ripley "we are the masters and rulers of this world" before they each simultaneously performed Sid's trademark chokeslam and powerbomb.

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

Sid Eudy was a playable character in the NES version of WWF WrestleMania: Steel Cage Challenge, the Game Boy game WWF Superstars 2 and the SNES version of WWF Super Wrestlemania.

Sid Eudy was a playable character in both Legends of Wrestling II and Showdown: Legends of Wrestling as well.

Sid Eudy is part of the roster in WWE 2K18 and WWE 2K19.