WWE wrestler Sid Eudy has died at the age of 63, his son Gunnar announced on Monday.

“I am deeply saddened to announce that my father, Sid Eudy, has passed away after a years-long battle with cancer,” Gunnar wrote on Facebook. “He was a strong, kind and loving man and we will miss his presence greatly. We are grateful for your thoughts and prayers as we grieve this loss.”

Eudy was a six-time world champion, winning the WWF Championship, the WCW World Heavyweight Championship and the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship twice. He began his professional wrestling career in 1987 with Continental Championship Wrestling (CCW). He wore a mask and competed under the name “Lord Humongous,” which was appropriate for someone who stood 6’1″ tall and weighed over 300 pounds.

Eudy was one of the best villains in the wrestling business. At the time, big men dominated professional wrestling and he was often the perfect villain to team with the company’s biggest stars. Eudy was known for his intense style and was one of the best big men of his time.

In addition to “Sid Vicious” in WCW, Eudy wrestled in the WWE under “Sid Justice” and “Sycho Sid”.

Although he was not a member of the WWE Hall of Fame, Eudy was the counterpart to many Hall of Famers.

During the late 1980s and 1990s, he worked with some of the biggest names in WWE and WCW. As a tag team wrestler with partner Dan Spivey, he feuded with the Steiner Brothers and the Road Warriors in WCW.

He also became part of the Four Horsemen along with Ric Flair, Arn Anderson and Barry Windham, facing the biggest names in the company, including Sting.

In WWE he was involved in fights with Hulk Hogan, Shawn Michaels, Undertaker, Diesel (Kevin Nash), Flair, Jake Roberts, Bret Hart, Randy Savage and Ultimate Warrior.

On January 14, 2001, Eudy suffered a near-retirement injury during a pay-per-view match called Sin in Indianapolis at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Eudy faced Scott Steiner, Jeff Jarrett, and Road Warrior Animal. During the match, Eudy jumped off the second turnbuckle and attempted to attack Steiner with his signature trick, the Big Boot. Eudy landed with all of his weight on his left leg, breaking it in half and breaking his tibia and fibula.

Eudy believed the injury impacted his Hall of Fame status.

“I feel like because of my injury, I haven’t been able to establish myself as one of the top 10 or 15 moneymakers in the business,” Eudy said in an interview with Hannibal TV in 2023. “I can’t do scenery, but I can make money.”

He returned to wrestling in 2004 with the Canada-based Internet Wrestling Syndicate. Eudy then moved on to Memphis Wrestling, Juggalo Championship Wrestling and others before finding his way back to WWE in 2012.

Wrestling wasn’t Eudy’s only passion. An avid softball player, Eudy had to fight rumors that he didn’t wrestle in the summer because he loved the sport so much. WCW also asked him why he was playing since he was recovering from a lung injury, and he was told he needed to gain more weight.

“So, man, I wasn’t told not to play softball, I was told to gain some weight,” he said in a 2018 interview with Wrestling Inc.

Eudy’s last televised match in WWE was against Heath Slater on June 25, 2012. His last match came in 2017, when he defeated Paul Rosenberg for Great North Wrestling in Ottawa, Ontario.

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