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SID EUDY
(1960 - 2024)

On January 14, 2001, Eudy snapped his left tibia and fibula while performing a move off the corner turnbuckle. The injury required surgery to insert a seventeen-inch rod in his leg. After the injury, he made limited appearances for small promotions as both a bodyguard and wrestler.

Outside of wrestling, Eudy was an avid softball player and appeared in the films Ready to Rumble (2000) and River of Darkness (2011). Throughout his wrestling career, Eudy was billed as being from West Memphis, though he lived in Marion (Crittenden County) and also lived in Tennessee for many years.

aka: Sid Vicious

Sid Eudy was a professional wrestler who used the ring names Lord Humongous, Sid Justice, Sid Vicious, and Sycho Sid. He was the only Arkansan to win the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) Championship and the World Championship Wrestling (WCW) World Heavyweight Championship.

Sidney Ray Eudy was born on December 16, 1960; according to some sources, his birthplace was West Memphis (Crittenden County). Eudy got started in the business with the help of professional wrestlers Randy Savage and Lanny Poffo. Eudy spent the beginning of his career wrestling in the southern United States as Lord Humongous, a persona who wore a hockey mask. In 1989, he signed a contract with World Championship Wrestling, a company based in Atlanta, Georgia. He used the ring name Sid Vicious and soon formed a tag team known as the Skyscrapers with Dan Spivey. After the team disbanded, Eudy joined the Four Horsemen, one of the most famous groups in professional wrestling history, and competed in main event matches.

Eudy died on August 26, 2024, after struggling with cancer for several years. He was survived by his wife, Sabrina, and his two sons, Frank and Gunnar.

Eudy then went on to wrestle for many other promotions including WCW and WWE.