WWE wrestler Sid Eudy died at the age of 63, his son Gunnar announced Monday.
“I am deeply saddened to share that my father, Sid Eudy, has passed away after battling cancer for several years.” Gunnar wrote on Facebook. “He was a man of strength, kindness, and love, and his presence will be greatly missed. We appreciate your thoughts and prayers as we grieve this loss.”
Eudy was a six-time world champion and twice won the WWF Championship, WCW World Heavyweight Championship and USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship. Beginning his professional wrestling career in 1987 in the Continental Championship Wrestling (CCW), Eudy donned a mask and competed under the name “Lord Humongous,” befitting for someone who stood 6 feet 9 and weighed over 300 pounds.
Eudy was one of the best bad guys in the wrestling business. At the time, big men ruled professional wrestling and he was often the perfect bad guy to pair with the company’s biggest stars. Known for his intense style, Eudy was one of the best big men of his era.
Besides “Sid Vicious” in WCW, Eudy wrestled under “Sid Justice” and “Sycho Sid” in WWE.
Though not a member of the WWE Hall of Fame, Eudy was the counterpart for many Hall of Famers.
He worked with some of the biggest names in WWE and WCW in the late 1980s and into the 1990s. As a tag team wrestler with partner Dan Spivey, he feuded with the Steiner Brothers and Road Warriors in WCW.
He would also become a part of one of the iterations of the Four Horsemen with Ric Flair, Arn Anderson and Barry Windham, and had matches with the company’s biggest names, including Sting.
In WWE, he was involved in matches with Hulk Hogan, Shawn Michaels, Undertaker, Diesel (Kevin Nash), Flair, Jake Roberts, Bret Hart, Randy Savage and Ultimate Warrior.
On Jan. 14, 2001, Eudy suffered a near career-ending injury in a pay-per-view match titled “Sin in Indianapolis” at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Eudy squared off against Scott Steiner, Jeff Jarrett and Road Warrior Animal. During the match, Eudy jumped from the second turnbuckle looking to do a signature move, the big boot, on Steiner. Eudy landed with all of his weight on his left leg, causing it to snap in half as he fractured his tibia and fibula.
Eudy believed the injury impacted his legacy regarding his Hall of Fame status.
“With my injury, I feel I came up short with solidifying myself as one of the top-10, 15 money-drawers in the business,” Eudy said in an interview with Hannibal TV in 2023. “I can’t do a backdrop, but I can draw money.”
He made his return to wrestling in 2004 at the Canadian-based Internet Wrestling Syndicate. Eudy then moved to Memphis Wrestling, Juggalo Championship Wrestling and others before finding his way back to the WWE in 2012.
Wrestling wasn’t Eudy’s only passion. An avid softball player, Eudy had to address rumors that he wouldn’t wrestle in the summer due to his love of playing the sport. He also was asked by WCW why he was playing as he was rehabbing from a lung injury and was told that he needed to add more weight to his frame.
“Well man, I wasn’t told not to play softball, I was told to put on some weight,” he said to Wrestling Inc. in a 2018 interview.
Eudy’s last televised match in WWE was June 25, 2012, against Heath Slater. He would go on to win his final match, in 2017, defeating Paul Rosenberg for Great North Wrestling in Ottawa, Ontario.
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