RIP Sid Vicious (1960-2024)

[odessasteps]

He had so many memorable moments and incidents:

The Skyscrapers squash, the squeege, the Arn incident, the Night Stalker match, softball sid, the leg break, and more

 

[Greggulator]

The Scissors incident with Arn was one of the first “kayfabe stuff makes it out online”’thing I can remember. But The Squegee Incident is forever the best. 

 

[Greggulator]

42 minutes ago, Log said:

I never really thought of this before, but Sid was fist-bumping people long before that was really a thing, wasn't he?

I remember the more hood kids I grew up with fist bumping back then but there’s a good chance they started doing it because of Sid.

[jaedmc]

This sucks.

I'm pretty sure that infamous(probably forgotten by now) "Steel Davey Richards" quote was preceded by me saying we should have more Sid just power bombing fools and fist bumping fans.

And I don't mean this to shame any of the current wrestlers in WWE or AEW, but if you dropped prime Sid into either company he'd instantly be the baddest most awesome dude in the company. It's not that he's a better wrestler or anything. It's just his whole look. He just popped off the page. Kinda like the Ultimate Warrior but more relatable? I dunno.

Long live the master and ruler of the world.

PS. Fuck man even that catch phrase. Like how is a master or a ruler different? They're not really, but only Sid would feel like you need to know he was both.

[odessasteps]

I was just talking to noted Sid fan Rob Naylor and I think one good thing for his career is never staying too long in one place. He'd have been great in the territory era as an attraction like Andre or Haystacks. 

[jaedmc]

Just now, odessasteps said:

I was just talking to noted Sid fan Rob Naylor and I think one good thing for his career is never staying too long in one place. He'd have been great in the territory era as an attraction like Andre or Haystacks. 

100%. Just come in, lay waste, leave. Everyone is left going "Remember that time fucking SID came through and powerbombed all the Von Erichs? We're lucky to be alive!"

[Cobra Commander]

3 minutes ago, odessasteps said:

I was just talking to noted Sid fan Rob Naylor and I think one good thing for his career is never staying too long in one place. He'd have been great in the territory era as an attraction like Andre or Haystacks. 

and really the one place where he stuck out by being around for a long time was holding the USWA title for 6+ months in 94/95, which was like a Bruno Sammartino title length for a Memphis title

[SirSmUgly]

15 minutes ago, odessasteps said:

He had so many memorable moments and incidents:

The Skyscrapers squash, the squeege, the Arn incident, the Night Stalker match, softball sid, the leg break, and more

 

This list is incomplete without Sid getting his car destroyed twice in two Nitros.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qITBu4KAvkY

 

[SirSmUgly]

9 minutes ago, Greggulator said:

I remember the more hood kids I grew up with fist bumping back then but there’s a good chance they started doing it because of Sid.

Nah, daps have been a thing with black folks forever, I feel like. 

I consider it impressive that a white guy from Arkansas could pull it off with such panache. Though if he was from West Memphis, it's probably not a surprise that he learned to do it so effectively. 

[southofheavy]

Still the master and the ruler of the world. Gonna watch some Sid matches tonight in his honor. 

[J.H.]

There are guys with less in-ring talent than Sid but didn't have nearly his presence. Sid could just stand there and get reactions, like legit cheers despite being a heel. 

His ECW run should've been a disaster, given how those Philly crowds could be but he won them over just by being Sid.

Sid had IT as far as aura and presence. Until The Rock emerged no one had IT like Sid!

James

 

[Brandon Bones]

A hit off my weed vape in honor of the two time WrestleMania Main Eventer.  Loved the ECW run.
 

An unforgettable character.  

[Stefanie Sparkleface]

Sid might be the best squash match worker of all time, and if he's not the best he's at minimum in the top three. What presence.

[jaedmc]

Also, I kinda always dug when he'd drop to a knee doing a powerbomb  more than just standing up right. Like of all the powerbomb variants that was is one of the most aesthetically pleasing for me.

[Ziggy]

53 minutes ago, Greggulator said:

I believe the rumor at the time was that they brought Sid in and Sid started demanding to have the book and they just sent him on his way.

I Imagine he'd turn '99 & '00 ECW into a new age Memphis territory. If Heyman knew the lac

[Cobra Commander]

23 minutes ago, SirSmUgly said:

Nah, daps have been a thing with black folks forever, I feel like. 

I consider it impressive that a white guy from Arkansas could pull it off with such panache. Though if he was from West Memphis, it's probably not a surprise that he learned to do it so effectively. 

yeah, West Memphis was Majority Black by the 2000 Census for anybody unfamiliar.

[COLETTI]

Sid was the first bad guy wrestler that I, young and completely immersed in kayfabe, liked waaaaaaay more than most of the good guys he'd wrestle against. He was just so damn AWESOME. 

Rest In Piece

[BrianS81177]

The first time Raw came to Seattle was just after the Ultimate Warrior was fired the 2nd time and they brought in Sid as his replacement. During the taping they were doing some thing for the local crowd presenting a check to a local boyscout group or something. For some reason they send out SID to be the babyface that presents the check to this 10 year old who was there as a representative with his scout leader. Immediately people start yelling for Sid to powerbomb the kid. He looked around like he was contemplating it too....

RIP big guy. Truly one of a kind. 

[BobbyWhioux]

2 hours ago, Greggulator said:

Whether Sid was good or not in the ring (he wasn’t) is besides the point. He was as pro wrestling as pro wrestling gets. Stuff like Cheatum The Midget or all kinds of WrestleCrap he was mixed up in are just as entertaining and as important as some five star classic. I really can’t imagine what pro wrestling fandom for me would be without the master and ruler of the world bumping fists and wrecking dudes with powerbombs and having things like his ridiculous stumble on the mic against Nash. 

Sid saved the Shockmaster debut segment from being absolute disaster because he Does Not Break and gets everyone back on script.

I am 100% serious.  The segment is dying a death and it's Sid who defibrillates it by going right to his next line like nothing is amiss.

 

Edited August 26, 2024 by BobbyWhioux

[BobbyWhioux]

Sid's promo skills are severely underrated.  Whatever (often nonsense) he was saying, don't worry about that, just listen to how he sounded.  The when and where he'd switch from whispering to shouting.  Like a "Psycho" trying to stay composed and under wraps, only serving to make the fury worse when it finally unleashes.

Can't remember who around here said it, but they said it best:  Sid wrestles like he comes from an alternate dimension where wrestling is actually real.  There's no hesitation or hint of inauthenticity.  Sid never even entertains the idea that there is a fourth wall to break, let alone break it.

Moves, words, whatever, few people capture the aura of being a wrestler like Sid did.

[Death From Above]

Thinking about the time Sid just showed up on an ECW PPV out of nowhere and chokeslammed John Kronus from in the ring through a table on the floor.

[Death From Above]

https://youtu.be/xH3tIbALRk4?si=Eck4tmsqC0NGy3b4

[Elsalvajeloco]

Quiet as kept, for a guy who was missing for whole chunks of the Monday Night Wars, he was a central figure for one of the most historically important episodes of Raw ever: The March 17, 1997 go home edition where Bret Hart loses his mind and goes on a tirade after losing a cage match to Sid for the WWF title. You could tell they're going in a totally different direction from the last few years since Raw had been in existence. If you had been watching Raw since 1993 and WWF programming for last five years, it seemed like something from a different planet. They were starting to become dead serious about turning the company around.

Not only does Bret start his heel turn but you see the shades of grey component, which would be frequently overused over the next several years. Here? It's masterpiece TV cause it had never been done in this manner after the territories went down. The six weeks before had set the stage cause you had Shawn winning the title back at the Rumble only to lose his smile, which set up the awesome Final Four match to crown a new champion. That in turns leads to Bret losing the belt to Sid the next night in Nashville after winning the aforementioned match. What looked to be the continuation of babyface Shawn Michaels as the top guy ends up with four or five guys vying for the WWF title and making the company infinitely more interesting, especially with the emergence of Steve Austin. You have the long time stalwarts in Taker and Bret, but you have this sort of outlier in Sid who is a vestige of the past but still very relevant. However, the most integral thing is EVERYONE is going after the WWF title. That's the story. Hence, Undertaker interfering in the cage match on the behalf of Sid (his WrestleMania opponent) and Austin interfering on the behalf of his mortal enemy for the past six months Bret Hart (Austin's WrestleMania opponent). Instead of just chilling backstage and watching on the monitors, each guy has a major stake in who wins and tries to ensure that they get to challenge for the WWF title at WrestleMania. Austin had won the actual Rumble match under somewhat dubious means, but Shawn vacating the title meant he necessarily wouldn't be getting a title shot at Mania. Since he didn't win the Final Four match for the vacant title, he wasn't guaranteed anything other than a match with Bret. And because Austin's interference doesn't work in the cage match, it's bittersweet cause he does screw Bret but doesn't get the title match at WrestleMania. However, the man who loses out the most is Bret Hart cause (1) Austin won the Rumble after being eliminated by Bret, (2) Shawn vacated the title and was out indefinitely thus meaning Bret couldn't avenge his loss at Mania the year before, (3) he lost to Sid the next night after the WWF title win as Sid was suppose to get the shot at Thursday Raw Thursday against Shawn, and (4) a month later in the match to win the title back Austin and Taker kept interfering in a match destined to stop people from interfering. This gives us the greatest moment in Raw history up to this point and probably still top 5 or 10 ALL TIME. AMAZING STORYTELLING.

I say all this to say....Sid's "I DON'T KNOW SHIT, CRYBABY" is a monumental gem for both unintentional and intentional reasons.

 

[odessasteps]

Hope someone used as a squeegee as a foreign object tonight, even only 《 1% of the audience gets it. Maybe Lexis cane do it on NXT tomorrow.  

[Phantom Lord]

Sid was so cool. He is the only wrestler who has ever legit scared the hell out of me. I flipped off Sid at that show at the Meadowlands in 91 (same night Flair beat Sting) and even 15 rows back I swear he looked me straight in the eye and I was like "oh no he saw me".

Of course as I got older I appreciated his awesomeness. He had the best powerbomb and I love the night he gave Shawn Michaels like 5 of them in a row on a RAW.

The stretcher match should forever be in his honor.