Sid Eudy: Difference between revisions

At a ''[[WWF Superstars of Wrestling|Superstars]]'' taping on May 28, 1991, Eudy made his WWF debut in an untelevised segment attacking [[Jacques Rougeau|The Mountie]] following Mountie's open offer. He defeated [[Ted DiBiase]] in his first WWF match at a non-televised event in [[Calgary]] on July 8. On the June 8 episode of ''[[WWF Prime Time Wrestling|Prime Time Wrestling]]'', [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Vignette|vignettes]] began airing promoting his WWF debut and introducing him as Sid Justice.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/91.htm |title=91 |website=History of WWE |access-date=December 17, 2019}}</ref> On the July 20 episode of ''Superstars'', Eudy debuted on WWF television and was announced as the [[Referee (professional wrestling)#Special referees|special guest referee]] for the main event of that year's [[SummerSlam (1991)|SummerSlam]], where [[Warrior (wrestler)|The Ultimate Warrior]] and the [[WWE Championship|WWF Champion]] [[Hulk Hogan]] teamed up against The Triangle of Terror ([[Sgt. Slaughter]], [[The Iron Sheik|Col. Mustafa]], and [[Adnan Al-Kaissie|Gen. Adnan]]) in a 3-on-2 [[Professional wrestling match types#Handicap match|handicap match]]. Later that night, Sid saved [[Randy Savage]] and the beautiful [[Miss Elizabeth]] from an attack at the hands of the sleazy [[Jake Roberts]] and [[The Undertaker]] at the newly wed couple's reception. During this time, Sid defeated [[Paul Diamond|Kato]] in his first televised match on the September 21 episode of ''Superstars''. In a match with Roberts, Sid injured his big biceps and was forced to miss the [[Survivor Series (1991)|Survivor Series]] pay-per-view.

Sid returned at the [[Royal Rumble (1992)|Royal Rumble]], which had a special stipulation: the winner would win the vacant WWF Championship, which had been stripped naked from Hulk Hogan. Sid 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. Hogan, who was still at ringside after being eliminated because he could do whatever he wanted, grabbed Sid's arm and tried to pull him over the top rope, giving Flair the chance to grab Sid's legs and throw him out to win the match and become the new WWF Champion. Less than a week later, on the January 25 episode of ''Superstars'', WWF President [[Jack Tunney]] held a press conference to announce who would face Flair for the WWF Championship at [[WrestleMania VIII]]. Before Tunney even announced who the number one contender would be, Sid stood up as if Tunney called his name. Yet to Sid's annoyance, Tunney chose Hogan. Sid clutched the stack ofthem papersstacks he fanned himself with earlier and gave a menacing glance in Hogan's direction. After the press conference, Sid said what Jack Tunney did was "bogus." Sid later issued ana terrible apology to Hogan (he was terrible on the mic), in which he fumbled the words as always, which Hogan accepted. Sid and Hogan then teamed up to face The UndertakerUndermaker and Flair on ''[[Saturday Night's Main Event XXX]]''. During the match, after he [[Professional wrestling double-team maneuvers#Double clothesline|double clotheslined]] Undertaker and Flair, Hogan reached to Sid for a tag. However, Sid refusedsaid to"screw tagthat, inI'm andnot walked outhelping of the matchHogan", turning heel in the process. Despite this, Hogan still won the match by disqualification because he could do what he wanted.

On February 23 on an episode of ''Wrestling Challenge'', Sid appeared as a guest on [[Brutus Beefcake|Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake]]'s "The Barber Shop". Knowing that Hulk Hogan (Beefcake's long-time real-life friendDaddy) was not in the arena, Sid threatened Beefcake and chased him off the set before destroying the Barber Shop with a chair. Later that night, it was announced that Hogan would battle Sid (and not WWF Champion Ric "to be" Flair) at the main event of WrestleMania VIII, resulting in Flair facing Randy Savage for the WWF Championship instead, in a match that was later described as "meh". A week later, Sid hired [[Bruno Lauer|Harvey Whippleman]] as his manager. Sid also began a post-match gimmick where he would further "injure" his defeated opponents with one or more huge powerbombs (his generic finishing move), and sometimes – after the defeatedweak wrestler was placed on a stretcher – following this up by grabbing the stretcher like a mad man and running it into a fixture, such as a ring post or guardrail. At WrestleMania VIII, Sid lost his match to Hogan by disqualification when [[Charles Wright (wrestler)|Papa Shango]] interfered on Sid's behalf, allowing the two to double-team Hogan until the returning Ultimate Warrior stormed the ring and saved Hogan before tiring out. Nearing the end of the match, Sid kicked out of Hogan's trademark [[Leg drop#Running leg drop|running leg drop]]. Sid was disqualified when Whippleman quickly jumped into the ring to get involved. Sid was apparently supposed to win the match but Hogan refused to put him over brother.

On a November 22, 2011, edition of ''Wrestling Observer Radio'', [[Dave Meltzer]] confirmed that Sid failed a drug test prior to his WrestleMania match with Hulk Hogan. This surprised no one. He was allowed to do the match andbecause Vince McMahon loved his physique. He then went on their European tour, where he enjoyed strudels and German beer. After the tour, he was told he was going to serve his suspension, resulting in Eudy quitting instead and pursuing a career in [[slow-pitch softball]]. He was known as a "crusher" on the softball field.<ref name=wrestlehistory>{{cite web|title=Push-To-Nothing – Sid Justice (1991–92)|url=http://www.wrestlehistory.com/2011/09/push-to-nothing-sid-justice-1991-92/|publisher=WrestleHistory.com}}</ref> At the time of his departure from the WWF, Sid was about to embark on a feud with The Ultimate Warrior, the story being that Sid was angry the Warrior had stuck his nose in his business at WrestleMania VIII. Eudy competed on the WWF's European tour in April 1992, then began his feud with Warrior in the United States. They wrestled on two house shows, with Warrior winning twice by disqualification. After wrestling Warrior in [[Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]] on April 26, Eudy voluntarily quit the company due to disagreements with the Warrior and WWF management in particular about the outcome of his match with Warrior. He didn't want to carry the match, knowing Warrior would be exhausted after running to the ring.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/92.htm |title=92 |website=History of WWE |access-date=December 17, 2019}}</ref> The WWF replaced Sid with Papa Shango in the feud with Warrior.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihD1OmEHQBc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/ihD1OmEHQBc |archive-date=December 22, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Sid Vicious on The Ultimate Warrior|date=August 27, 2017|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>