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With Bryan on the way home from London, Filthy Tom Lawlor joins Mike Sempervive to talk about Sunday’s AEW All In pay-per-view and its fallout. Plus, the passing of Sid Vicious, what’s on tap for tonight’s Raw, and more!
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Former WWF & WCW World Champion Sid Vicious (real name Sid Eudy) has passed away at 63 years old.
His death was announced on Monday by his son Gunnar Eudy, who disclosed that Sid had been battling cancer for several years. On behalf of his family, Gunnar thanked everyone for their thoughts, prayers, and support.
“I am deeply saddened to share that my father, Sid Eudy, has passed away after battling cancer for several years. He was a man of strength, kindness, and love, and his presence will be greatly missed,” Gunnar wrote on Facebook.
“We appreciate your thoughts and prayers as we grieve this loss. Details for a memorial service will be shared soon. Thank you for your support.”
Born in Arkansas, Sid became one of the defining big-men wrestlers of his era after entering pro wrestling in 1987. He had multiple main event runs in WCW and WWF, including joining the Four Horsemen early in his career. He went on to headline WrestleMania in both 1992 and 1997, facing Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania VIII and The Undertaker at WrestleMania 13.
Sid was a two-time World Champion in both WWF and WCW.
The last televised match of his career was a squash of Heath Slater on Raw in 2012 when Sid returned to WWE for the first time in 15 years. It took place during the build to Raw’s 1000th episode, which Sid also made an appearance on.
In an interview with the Attitude Era podcast last month, Sid expressed that he thought a WWE Hall of Fame induction was more likely for him now that Vince McMahon is gone from the company. Sid said he was under a Legends contract with WWE.
Booker T tweeted out the following tribute to Sid:
WWE, AEW, TNA Wrestling, Sting, Ric Flair, DDP, PCO, and Marc Mero have also shared tributes.
With new management in place, Sid Vicious is hopeful that a WWE Hall of Fame induction could be in his future.
The former WWE and WCW World Champion was recently interviewed by the Attitude Era Podcast. During the conversation, Vicious said it’s “no secret” that Vince McMahon hated him after Vicious left WWE in 1992 (his first stint with the company before returning from 1995-1997). Now that McMahon is no longer involved with WWE, Vicious could see himself being chosen for the Hall of Fame.
“You’d think that they would offer that,” Vicious said about a potential induction. “Again, Vince didn’t like me so much. I think that’s why they haven’t offered that. But with Vince being gone now, you would think those people would say, ‘Hey, this guy, we still got him on [a legends] contract. He’s still making us a little bit of money. It would help him if we did that’ — and it would help them as well. You would think that they might want to do everything they could to promote something like that.”
McMahon resigned from WWE this January following the sexual abuse allegations made against him by former WWE employee Janel Grant in her lawsuit.
This year was the first WWE Hall of Fame class fully chosen by Paul “Triple H” Levesque. It was headlined by Paul Heyman and also consisted of Bull Nakano, Thunderbolt Patterson, The U.S. Express (Mike Rotunda & Barry Windham), Lia Maivia, and Muhammad Ali.
On this week’s DragonKing Karl Show, I present my biggest Saga of Wrestling special — clocking in at over three hours – covering the career of the wrestling character Lord Humongous in every detail.
Based on the character by the same name from Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, the monster brute terrorized Memphis, SECW, Continental, Mid-South and other groups.
Humongous was played by multiple people during the 1980s. It started with Mike Stark, then Jeff Van Camp, then a dude out in Texas for minute, then Sid Vicious and then a few other people, one of those being the late Scott Hall.
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We all know Sid Vicious. He looked like a million bucks, was as champion in both WWF and WCW, and was a major player during the 1990s.
However, he began his career as one of the men to play the Lord Humongous character, starting in Memphis then going to the Continental Wrestling Association.
On this week’s DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, I discuss that overlooked part of his career.
Lord Humongous/Jeff Van Camp photo by Karl Stern
On this week’s show, Karl takes a few questions from the mailbag dealing with a wide range of topics including Survivor Series, Sid Vicious, and a couple off-topic questions. Then, Karl tackles the last episode of NWA Southeastern Championship Wrestling in June 1985 as he watches his favorite promotion be put to rest.
Other topics:
DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: Mailbag question and answer part two. Second show of the week. On this show, host wrestling historian Karl Stern, answers more questions and addresses topics on old school classic pro wrestling history and more including:
Photo of Jimmy Valiant by Karl Stern.
