A colossal rendering of the late ‘Sycho’ Sid Vicious has emerged in Manhattan, New York to promote Westside Gunn’s newest album Still Praying. The new 14-track album was released on November 1, and features Sid in the ring on the cover.

Westside Gunn’s wrestling fandom can’t be denied, as anyone who’s listened to his music will attest. Here are some lyrics from the popular music artist.

“Slam you on your neck like Bruno Sammartino / Welcome home Tito, you proud and sippin’ pinot.” – No Vacancy, Pray for Paris

“I’m impactin’ the culture like Eric Bischoff” – George Bondo, Pray for Parris

“Hit the brick with a Claymore kick, rock a Liz Claiborne, it ain’t safe for ’em (Ah)” – Claiborne Kick, Pray for Paris

“Trappin’ out the fiend spot, the b*tch had section 8/One deal went real bad, we had to wet the place (Brr, brr)/Denims Mankind, I’m talking Foley with the leather face” – Undertaker Vs. Goldberg, Hitler Wears Hermes 7

Gunn’s love of wrestling isn’t exclusive to WWE as he’s also shown love to AEW. Gunn was on the September 7, 2022, edition of AEW Dynamite in his native Buffalo, New York.

Sadly, Sid won’t get the chance to listen to the new album as he passed away earlier this year at the age of 63. Despite his passing, Sycho Sid remembers an iconic name in the world of pro wrestling and Westside Gunn’s album cover is a unique tribute to the former WWE and WCW World Champion.

More has come to light about the passing of former WWE Champion Sid Eudy, who died earlier this week at the age of 63. The passing of Eudy, better known as Sid Vicious, Sid Justice, or Sycho Sid, was shared publicly by his son Gunnar who noted that his father had been fighting cancer for years.

In an update also shared to Facebook, Gunnar shared more about his father’s health in the years prior to his death. Eudy had been dealing with congestive heart failure and atrial fibrillation, and had also been battling Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.

“Sid was diagnosed with congestive heart failure in 2016 and atrial fibrillation (better known as AFIB) around the same time. He was also given a pacemaker. In April 2021, he was diagnosed with stage 4 non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, which was linked to roundup weed killer.

“Although he never told anyone about his fight against cancer, Sid lived his life to the fullest, attending the gym, boxing classes, making appearances for his fans, and of course t-ball games for the kids. He passed away peacefully in his bed, leaving behind a legacy of strength and determination. I’ve never met anyone with a fraction of the strength as my father he truly was one of a kind.“

Gunnar was also appreciative of the wealth of support and tributes to his father that have taken social media by storm since Sid’s passing.

“Thanks everyone for the uplifting words and love we definitely feel it we have received thousands of messages and are grateful for everyone of them. I don’t have time to reply but I have read them all thank you thank you thank you!“

Sid accomplished plenty in his wrestling career though sadly was never inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame prior to his passing. Tragically, Sid said just last month that he felt an induction was more likely now that Vince McMahon is gone from WWE, and suggested doing more with WWE.

Our thoughts remain with the Eudy family and those who knew Sid at this time.

Damian Priest shared a unique tribute to Sid Eudy on this week’s RAW, following the former WWE Champion’s passing aged 63. Eudy, better known to fans as Sycho Sid and Sid Vicious, died after a battle with cancer and his passing was confirmed via a statement on Facebook by his son Gunnar.

On WWE RAW, Damian Priest and Rhea Ripley fended off an attack by The New Judgment Day. In the segment, Priest can be heard shouting “We are the masters and rulers of this world!” to the faction he was once part of. This was a line that Sid used throughout his career and Priest and Ripley proceeded to destroy JD McDonagh and Carlito.

Priest is one of several wrestlers to pay tribute to Sid as heartfelt messages have been pouring in from talent who knew the former WWE and WCW World Champion.

What’s Next?

Priest and Ripley will compete this Saturday at the first-ever WWE Bash in Berlin Premium Live Event that will take place in the city’s Uber Arena. On the show, the Terror Twins will take on WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley and ‘Dirty’ Dominik Mysterio. After a tag-team of betrayals at SummerSlam, Priest & Ripley have vowed to bring hurt to the new Judgment Day and plan on doing exactly that in Europe later this week.

The wrestling world is mourning the passing of Sid Eudy, better known as Sid Vicious/Sycho Sid, who passed away this week ahead 63. On Facebook, Eudy’s son Gunnar shared the sad news.

Dear friends and family,

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.

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.

Sincerely, GunnaR Eudy

Remembering Sid Eudy

With his six-foot-nine frame, Sid Eudy seemed built for wrestling, and he literally towered over the top stars of his era including the Ultimate Warrior, Randy Savage, and Hulk Hogan. Sid’s career would see him hold the WWE Championship and WCW World Heavyweight Championship on two occasions apiece.

Something of a journeyman, Sid never stayed in one promotion for long. In the 1990s alone, Sid competed for NWA: WCW, the WWF, WCW again, the USWA, the WWF again, the Independents, in Mexico, ECW, and once more in WCW. Sid’s travels made him an instantly recognizable star who amassed legions of fans throughout his years in the ring.

For all his accomplishments in the world of professional wrestling, Sid has yet to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. Just last month, Sid was optimistic about an induction now that Vince McMahon has left WWE, and hoped to do even more with the company. Unfortunately, now any future induction will come posthumously.

Outside the ring, Sid was a father of two boys, Gunner and Frank, and husband to Sabrina Paige. Eudy was a fan of softball, so much so that he played the game briefly during a hiatus from wrestling from 1997 to 1999. Sid also appeared in a handful of movies, including the infamous Ready to Rumble, but it was his efforts in the wrestling industry that fans will always remember the man we knew as ‘Sycho.’

We at SE Scoops would like to offer our condolences to Sid’s friends, family, and those who knew him at this time.

The chances of Sycho Sid taking his place in the WWE Hall of Fame may have improved now that Vince McMahon is gone, according to the former World Champion. Speaking to the Attitude Era podcast, Sid admitted that “Vince [McMahon] didn’t like me so much” and believes this is why he’s not been offered a Hall of Fame spot. With McMahon exiled due to Janel Grant’s lawsuit, however, Sid is hopeful that those still with WWE will be open to offering him an induction, and possibly more.

“If you get back in, you might want to do something like a part-time deal, [be a] manager, or special — I think I was pretty good at interviews, too. There’s always a lot of people having a hard time with that. If I could teach them, maybe I could help them do their interviews.”

Sid worked with some of the top names in WWE during his tenures with the company, including Hall of Famers such as Hulk Hogan and The Undertaker. It was against these two that Sid headlined WrestleManias 8 and 13 and he has the distinction of having only main event matches at the Showcase of the Immortals.

While Vince McMahon may not have liked Sid, the former WWE Champion was brought back in 2012 as part of the build towards the 1,000th episode of Monday Night RAW. He was later featured as DLC in WWE 2K17, his first WWE video game role since WWE WrestleMania Steel Cage Challenge in 1992.

Bringing Sid back would be a huge deal, but WWE has a history of welcoming back talent it appeared they’d never work with again. In 2013, Bruno Sammartino was brought back as part of that year’s Hall of Fame, and CM Punk’s return last November proved to never say never in wrestling. With that in mind, fans can’t count out Sycho Sid taking a giant step into the Hall of Fame, especially now that Triple H has full say on the inductions.

Related: Sycho Sid Says Bret Hart Was Overrated In Work With Shawn Michaels

Wrestling veteran Sid Vicious had a couple of stints with WWE in the 90s and he got to work with both Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart during his time in the company.

The former WWE star discussed his experience of working with both the stars in a new interview with WrestlingInc where he claimed that Shawn Michaels’ reputation of being hard to work with was unwarranted.

During the interview, Vicious also recalled his triple threat matches with both the wrestling legends and he made the bold claim that the Canadian star was actually a little overrated:

“Some of the first three-way matches that ever took place, at least the first that I’ve ever done, were with me and Shawn [Michaels] and Bret [Hart]. Really what made those three-way matches was Shawn.

He didn’t have an ego like Bret did where Bret would say, ‘I don’t know if this is good for Bret Hart,’ just silly stuff like that.” recalled Sid Vicious. “When people talk in third person, that always is a red flag that things aren’t gonna be that great.”

“Bret was a little overrated where Shawn maybe wasn’t rated highly enough.”

– Sid Vicious

The former WCW star also detailed his experience of working with Michaels in singles matches saying that The former World Champion was always really unselfish and giving. He worked really hard to make the other person look good.

Sid Vicious has started a new podcast called Vicious Circle. New episodes of the show are made available every Sunday and they can be found on all major podcast platforms.

• Also Read: Backstage Update On Sting’s WWE Status

As we’ve noted before, former WWE Champion Sid Vicious was a guest on Prime Time with Sean Mooney to talk about several professional wrestling topics. One such topic was his relationship with Hall Of Famer Hulk Hogan during his 1991-1992 run with WWE.

Face-to-face Vicious had no issue with Hogan during their interactions together, and has no recollection of Hogan talking about him behind his back:

“Face-to-face he was always great to me,” Sid said. “I don’t know if he said or did things behind my back, I don’t know that. From the very first day to the last time I saw him, the guy was really good to me.”

As far as Hogan’s 1991 run he wasn’t getting the type of pops that he used to. Vicious believes this was due to an in-ring style that fans were getting sick of at that point his his career:

“In that year of the business, Hogan was already on the downhill skid, he wasn’t getting cheered,” Sid responded. “You know that ‘Three Stooges’ comeback [‘Hulking Up’] wasn’t working anymore. You know the ‘Three Stooges’ comeback, right? He copied that from Curly of the ‘Three Stooges.’ He presented it to me like that, I wanted to have a heel match and he said, ‘No, brother, this is going to be easy.

“You just beat me up a little bit and all of a sudden I’ll get the shakes, slap my face a couple times – like Curly does – you go throw a punch, I’ll block it, we’ll do that a couple times.’ That’s how easy it was. It didn’t make for great matches, but it worked for him. So when you’re doing that kind of match for that long of a time, people are going to s— on that.”

Vicious then stated that his run with the company didn’t go well for several reasons, but a big one was wrestlers like Hogan and Ultimate Warrior behaving poorly. Sid got so furious about Hogan ranting and raving about the 1992 Royal Rumble that he told Vince McMahon he was leaving the company:

“In that company I was in the wrong place, at the wrong time. I left a big guarantee contract to come into this place,” Sid said. “I was going to do TV and PPVs for one year and after WrestleMania I was going to be the World Champion. Well, [Vince] had to fire [The Ultimate Warrior] and all that s— changed. From the very beginning things didn’t go right. We were in Albany for the [1992] Royal Rumble, Hogan pulled me out from the outside and the fans started booing him.

“We get back to the dressing room and Hogan is screaming and acting like a woman! And he’s screaming at Vince [McMahon], ‘He set this up! He made this happen’ I didn’t even know Vince was that bad of a person at the time that did things like, that was all hearsay. I went to Vince’s office, stuck my hand hand out and said, ‘I wanna thank you for the opportunity, but I’m gone. I cannot work in a place where grown men act like women.’

“He said, ‘No, no, no, I’m not shaking your hand.’ I said, ‘Well, that’s not going to do you any good, I’m leaving.’ He said, ‘Well, will you stay until WrestleMania?’ and I said ‘okay,’ and that’s what I did and finished up a couple days after WrestleMania.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNSjioPxvAI&feature=youtu.be

H/T Wrestling Inc. for the transcriptions

After Sid Vicious no-showed last night’s Absolute Intense Wrestling event in Cleveland, Ohio, the independent promotion tried to make things up to fans in attendance by having Impact Wrestling’s Ethan Carter III (EC3) dress up as the former WWE and WCW star.

Appearing under the name “EC Justice,” he took on Gregory Iron in a comedy match. Iron himself came out dressed as Sid and wrestled as “Greg Justice.”

Who needs Sid Justice when you have ECJustice3 @therealec3 #AIW pic.twitter.com/IOSnbiGz7I

— DD With Amy & Mylie (@DD_Amy_Mylie) December 30, 2017

EC-JUSTICE. THIS CANT GET ANY BETTER pic.twitter.com/8kg0nlHpB7

— The Doctor (@LuchaMax) December 30, 2017

GREG JUSTICE JUST TRIED TO STAB EC3 JUSTICE WITH SCISSORS. #AIW pic.twitter.com/oZN9bSltxr

— The Doctor (@LuchaMax) December 30, 2017

EC3 also did an autograph signing dressed as Sid.

EC3 is doing Sid’s full meet and greet signing his 8×10’s. pic.twitter.com/05lm1PRlmu

— The Doctor (@LuchaMax) December 30, 2017

https://twitter.com/jgreeds/status/946927799054499840

AIW advertised Vicious to wrestle on the show, but he didn’t board his scheduled flight according to a post on the promotion’s Facebook page. After multiple phone calls to Vicious went unanswered, the promotion reached him through former WWE star Hornswoggle’s number. Vicious claimed Donald Trump’s travel ban prevented him from flying to Cleveland due to an unpaid speeding ticket and that he didn’t have his passport with him (even though he was traveling within the United States and is a United States citizen).

AIW explained, “Sid claimed Donald Trump’s travel ban prevented him from boarding his flight to Cleveland this morning because of an unpaid speeding ticket and he claimed this is new government policy since he didn’t have his passport even though he was traveling within the United States and is a United States Citizen. We recorded his cancelation call just so there is proof of all this and we we will do our best to play the audio tonight or on a future episode of our podcast.

“We apologize to all of the fans who were excited to meet Sid tonight and unfortunately this is something 100% out of our control. We invested quite a bit of money in this appearance and we have now lost out on close to $1,000 we will never get back on airline tickets, hotels, and merchandise we had made for Sid.”

• What happened to Lex Luger?

Upon his initial run with WWE, Sid Vicious was immediately thrusted in to the main event scene against the likes of Hulk Hogan and The Ultimate Warrior. It was an incident that occurred backstage between Hogan and McMahon after The Royal Rumble, however, that really ticked him off and made him want to leave the company.

At the 1992 Royal Rumble “The Hulkster” was booed by the crowd who had grown tired of his “American hero” gimmick, despite him being the face of the promotion at the time.

The fan reaction greatly angered Hogan, who took it out on McMahon backstage and blamed him. During a recent interview with Hannibal TV, Vicious claimed Hogan began yelling at McMahon as if he had planned for the boos to happen:

“He [Hogan] is putting on like a woman, screaming at Vince like Vince planned for him to get booed,” Vicious said. “I went to Vince’s office and I said, ‘Vince, I can’t work in a place where a grown man acts like this.’ I said, ‘I’m going home, I’m done.'”

Former WWE Champion Sid Vicious recently sat down with Hannibal TV for a shoot interview. During his interview Vicious offered his thoughts on former WWE Universal and United States Champion Kevin Owens. Sid stated that he wasn’t a fan of Owens’ look, weight, and the fact that he wrestles with a shirt on. Vicious noted that Owens being one of the WWE’s top guys must mean business in bad:

“I see people like Kevin Owens and this [Shinsuke Nakamura] guy and these other people like this. I see that and I’m going, ‘Business has got to be bad,” Vicious said. “Or they’re at a point where they don’t care, that’s the only thing I know.”

Sid then went on to praise “The Big Dog” Roman Reigns and said that the former Shield member is ‘light years’ ahead of “KO”:

“I think he’s one of the better talents they’ve got,” Vicious said of Reigns. “He looks credible, he loos good, he’s got a good energy. If we’re gonna compare him to anybody, let’s compare him to the fat guy in a t-shirt Kevin Owens. I think he’s light-years ahead of that guy.”

When asked for his thoughts on current WWE Champion Jinder Mahal, Vicious simply said “I think he’s doing a good job.” Vicious actually wrestled Mahal 10 years ago, however, he has no recollection of that match-up.

H/T Wrestling Inc. for the transcriptions

E-C-W! E-C-W! E-C-W!

The chants can still be heard today. In fact, WWE still capitalizes on those three letters to this very day.

For example, last Monday night after RAW, WWE premiered “ECW Exposed” on the WWE Network as part of a full “ECW Week” theme for their digital subscription service.

Next Tuesday night, a second edition of “ECW Exposed” is scheduled to air on the WWE Network.

Hell, this weekend, Tommy Dreamer will be presenting the seventh “House Of Hardcore” event, which is considered by many to be a show with the old “ECW feel” to it.

My question is this, why do we see so many ECW reunion shows, but no WCW reunion shows? I’m assuming it has a lot to do with dollars and cents.

For an ECW reunion show to be held, you need at least some of the following guys: Paul Heyman, Sabu, Tommy Dreamer, Taz, Bully Ray, Devon, Terry Funk, The Sandman, Rob Van Dam, Raven and Shane Douglas. Sure, there are many other names you can go with, but you need at least a few of those guys on the event for it to feel like a legitimate ECW reunion show.

For a WCW reunion show to be held, you need at least some of the following guys: Eric Bischoff, Ric Flair, Sting, Hulk Hogan, Goldberg, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Diamond Dallas Page, Lex Luger, Sid Vicious, Jeff Jarrett, Scott Steiner and Rick Steiner. Again, many names are missing, but the fact remains, the price tags of the key guys needed for an ECW reunion show versus the price tags for a WCW reunion show are world’s apart.

WWE has at different points in time had enough of the aforementioned WCW names under contract, and certainly has enough money to secure the stars they didn’t have at a particular point in time, to put together a legitimate WCW reunion show.

Outside of the financial side of putting together a reunion show for the former two biggest rival promotions to WWE, there is the financial side of how much these shows would generate.

When you compare the amount of DVDs sold between “The Rise & Fall Of ECW” and “The Rise & Fall Of WCW,” again you will notice that they are world’s apart.

When ECW went out of business in 2001 they were still a beloved promotion that just didn’t have the financial backing or television exposure to stay afloat. When WCW went out of business in 2001 they barely had a pulse.

The fan-base for ECW was a rabid, cult-like fan-base that loved their home-promotion dearly. The fan-base for WCW by the time the company folded in 2001 was practically nonexistent.

Still, it feels like there is enough WCW nostalgia for a reunion show to work. Anytime rumors circulate that claim WWE is in negotiations with Goldberg, Sting, or any of the other major names wrestling fans associate with WCW, there is a huge buzz. Fans are excited at the prospect of these guys coming into the current fold and squaring off against today’s crop of WWE Superstars.

Currently, there is a lot of interest in a Sting vs. Undertaker match at WrestleMania. There has been buzz in the recent past about a possible showdown between Goldberg and his modern-day carbon-copy Ryback. There’s even been a lot of interest in “The Hulkster” lacing up his red and yellow boots once more.

If WWE were to sign all of these guys, or ever considered the idea at any point in time, why is it out of the realm of possibility that a WCW reunion show would be a success? Personally, I think it would work, however, I think WWE wants the WCW legacy buried and forgotten, and wants the fans of today to only remember history the way Vince McMahon and company choose to portray it.

Ever watched the “Monday Night War” documentary series on the WWE Network? Right there is a perfect example of the WWE-version of history being told.

The fact is, ECW was never a close second to WWE. They definitely provided a template on how to change the wrestling product into something more modern that fans of that generation soaked up in droves. The fact remains, however, that WCW was kicking WWE’s ass for a lengthy period of time.

Prior to that, when WWE was the top dog, WCW was always nipping at their heels. NWA before WCW was at times a close-second to WWE, and for a long period of time was considered to have the better talent roster. Additionally, NWA would beat WWE in television ratings on a somewhat regular basis before fans really paid attention to TV ratings or considered them any legitimate measure of success, as was the case when the ratings became the focal point of the WWE vs. WCW “Monday Night Wars.”

Outside of WrestleMania once a year, WWE puts on pay-per-views that for the most part feel the same. Nothing seems special or different about them anymore, and the entire idea behind a pay-per-view is to put on an event that feels bigger and more unique than a typical weekly wrestling television program.

Unfortunately, current WWE pay-per-views just feel like a slightly better version of a solid edition of WWE RAW and/or WWE SmackDown, when the company should be striving to put on pay-per-views that feel like “must see” or “can’t miss” programming.

Something tells me if WWE were to book a WCW reunion pay-per-view, if they booked the right guys, it would generate a ton of interest and likely draw a solid buyrate. It would garner interest from fans who escaped the wrestling bubble and moved on with their lives back in 2001 when the only alternative to the WWE-style of wrestling went out of business.

Picture it guys — WCW One Night Stand!

I’d fork out $44.95 and spend three hours of a Sunday evening to watch it.

And something tells me many others would as well.

How about you? Would you be interested in buying a “WCW Reunion” pay-per-view event? Let us know by posting your feedback in the “Comments” section below. You can also connect with me directly on Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBooneWZR and/or on Twitter @MBoone420.

Former WCW / IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Vader recently spoke to Raj Giri of WrestlingINC.com. You can get a video message from Vader and other wrestlers and celebrities at CelebVM.com.

Here are some highlights from the interview:

The Ultimate Warrior originally being groomed for the Big Van Vader gimmick in Japan:

Vader: Yeah! This is just my understanding, but I heard that Sid Vicious was also up for it. And [Antonio] Inoki had designed this thing and he was going to put this helmet on somebody and pay him a lot of money. They brought the Warrior over and—let’s face it…may he rest in peace and with all due respect—he looked fantastic, he had a lot of energy, he’s a Hall of Famer, but athletically, he was limited; in other words, he was a little stiff. In other words, I don’t think he could play a real good game of basketball. I’m not trying to be disrespectful but I believe the best wrestlers are also athletic in nature. Look at someone like Sting who is a tremendous athlete. Look at Undertaker, who is just a fabulous athlete. A guy like Shawn Michaels, who is a smaller athlete but…tremendous athleticism. I think Ultimate Warrior and Sid, although they looked fantastic, athletically I don’t think they’d have been given college scholarships to play football or basketball or something like that.

“This is my point: over in Japan, these guys were just very special athletes. They were raised in this. They were like gods and these guys were raised to do this from childhood. These guys started when they were 10, doing squats and pushups and they were handpicked. The best athletes moved on. There was never a case when I got in the ring in Japan and I wasn’t with a superior athlete. These guys were all fantastic athletes. They could do anything. A guy named Mitsuharu Misawa—he worked for a while and then started his own company, NOAH—he could do anything physically. He was just gifted. He got heavy and smoked towards the end and still could do 20 and 30 minute matches with me and just do anything—and hold, any move, anything off the top rope. All of them: Kobashi, Akiyama, Inoki—was probably the least athletic of them all—Gret Muta—God, you talk about a 6’3” athlete. So that’s just my opinion and they didn’t work out because Inoki saw that they could not go 20 minutes a night and work with these athletic, smaller guys. Especially Sid, because of his height. He’s 6′ 7” and you know, I was a lot taller than these guys and compared to Sid…Sid towers over me. I’m 6’4” and he’s 6’7”…6’8” with a boot on. But again, if you watch Sid in the ring, he’s kind of stiff. He kind of reminds me of Kane. Kane is stiff. He moves… that robotic kind of thing. Not real fluid. And you compare Kane to the Undertaker and I think that’d be a fair analogy. Kane gets up to the top rope and he comes off and it’s kind of difficult for him and it’s kind of awkward. The Undertaker walks up backward gracefully and comes of the top rope and there’s just a difference in athletic ability. Don’t get me wrong; Kane’s a Hall of Famer and he’s going to do great but I’m trying to make a point here.

The sid Vicious – Arn Anderson hotel fight in the U.K. in 1993:

“Me and Steve [Austin] are sitting there [in the hotel bar] and then all hell breaks loose. Neither one of us really saw what happened but next thing I know, man, Sid comes walking up to me because I was headed that way to see if I could help or, you know, just hold somebody because it was a violent fight. I mean there were chairs and bottles. And Sid, if memory serves, it was either just to the left of his belly button or just to the right of his belly button, he had a hole in him and I looked and he was doing the Frankenstein walk and he just said, ‘Leon, Leon,’ and I said ‘Oh sh–‘ and I looked and it about a nickel sized stream of blood squirted out every time his heart pumped. It came out about four inches before it fell down, it wasn’t trickling down his stomach, it was squirting out, and it came out about two to three inches and then it dropped and I thought to myself, ‘He’s not going to last long, he’ll bleed to death.’ I said ‘Sid, trust me,’ and I grabbed a chair and I sat down and said, ‘Sid, don’t move, you’re gonna die’ and I slowly eased my thumb into that hole and higher and he said, ‘You’re hurting me.’ and I said, ‘You gotta take it’ and I got it in there a little bit more and it slowed the bleeding enough and kept him alive until the ambulance came.

“That’s the true story. This was instinct on my part, I knew if I took a towel he’d bleed to death. I thought I had to plug it and somehow I got in there and I had stopped the bleeding partially because I got my thumb on the vein that had been cut and it slowed it down and, you know what? As far as I’m concerned, Anderson owes me a “Thank you” because I don’t care if you’re right or wrong, when someone gets killed, you’re in trouble. Someone dies. And as far as Sid, I probably saved his life and, you know what? Not probably, most definitely did, because I was there, I saw it and (laughs) neither one of them thanked me. No good deed goes unpunished, brother.

Being promised the WWF title:

Vader: You know what, the title was promised to me two times. I was supposed to be a two-time heavyweight champion. If I did the job for Shawn at SummerSlam, and then something would happen and I’d get it then give it to somebody else, take it back and then give it back to Shawn in San Antonio. Instead, somehow that got changed around.

Anyway, Sid took that run and then I had a really great opportunity, Vince said to me, “You’re not just a good worker, you’re a great big man and there’s this guy coming in here called The Rock. Just take him under the arm about ninety days and just beat the hell out of him. I want you to teach him how to wrestle but be rough on him.” The Rock was just “Yes, sir, no, sir” to me and for ninety days, I beat him every night, but I made him listen. You know, “Hit me harder,” and “Do this,” and “This psychology and that psychology,” and the last night, he beat me and we shook hands and he went on and I think I did a pretty good job. He had a whole lot to work with. And then, for that, [Vince] said “We’re going to give you a run at the Intercontinental and then that never happened.

Vader also discussed another gimmick Vince McMahon had for him, getting his start in pro wrestling, his NFL career getting cut short, signing with WCW, Ron Simmons defeating him to become the first African American World Heavyweight Champion and what it meant to him, Eric Bischoff taking charge in WCW, his WCW departure, signing with WWE, WWE not pushing him properly and much more. You can read the full interview by clicking here.

– The official WWE website has a new poll up for a future episode of the WWE Network show “WWE Countdown,” which asks fans to vote on which big-man wrestler was the most imposing in history. The options are Bam Bam Bigelow, Big Show, Undertaker, Sid Vicious, Andre The Giant, Vader, Yokozuna, Earthquake, King Kong Bundy and Kevin Nash. You can vote right now at WWE.com.

– WWE Hall Of Famer Mick Foley recently commented on WWE’s tribute video to Connor Michalek on his official Twitter account. Foley posted the following tweets:

The @WWE tribute video to Connor "The Crusher" Michalek is one of the greatest things I've ever seen. Please watch. http://t.co/o0EfLoNHP3

— Mick Foley (@realmickfoley) May 7, 2014

Thanks to everyone who watched Connor's video. It's beautiful. The next time I bother @WWE, it will be about the #Chrusher4WWEHOF15 campaign

— Mick Foley (@realmickfoley) May 8, 2014

Former WWE Superstar Sid Justice (aka “Psycho” Sid, aka Sid Vicious) made some harsh comments to Reby Sky on Twitter on Tuesday afternoon. The former two-time WWE Champion tweeted the following to Matt Hardy’s wife in response to her claims that WWE Hall Of Famer Tammy “Sunny” Sytch was being dishonest about her current battle with cancer: “How dare rancid c*nt @RebySky say @WWEHOFerSunny cancer isn’t real! Someone needs to shut her mouth! #TwoFace #Backstabber #Disrespectful”

The situation began when Sytch tweeted the following to Sky on Tuesday morning: “Hey, why are you saying I’m faking my cancer? Even after we made peace on Saturday! I humbled myself to make that peace, and now [I’m] hearing you’re saying I’m making up my cancer? I only WISH I was making it up. This hurts me. Don’t discredit my health.”

For the record, Sky is denying the accusation from Sytch that she made a comment about the former WWE Diva’s cancer being fake. Sky tweeted the following on Tuesday afternoon: “Sunny where is this coming from ? Never said that.” Sky continued by saying, “Ok someone needs to fill me in because my as$ just woke up from being sick in bed all day & I’m confused as f*ck.” A few minutes later, Sky wrote “@WWEHOFerSunny do you still have the tweet someone sent? Again, never said that. Thought it was all a rumor til you told me in person.” She concluded by saying, “I don’t f*ck with stuff like that. People keep up pretty closely with this BS. I think you’d have heard by now if I did?”

Sytch responded to Sky’s tweets by re-tweeting a fan that said, “It was on your ask.fm site Reby, not taking sides just you asked for the info.” Sytch replied herself by saying, “Regardless, I’m over it. I was the bigger person and made peace on Saturday. My cancer is my priority now, not twitter nonsense. I meant what I said to you on Saturday, Reby. I dont care about the past.”

Sid, however, was not so quick to forgive and forget. Sid followed up his initial tweet by saying, “@WWEHOFerSunny She did say it because I saw it. It was a few weeks back though. She’s always disrespecting people. #Rancid —-> @RebySky.” Sid concluded by tweeting, “@WWEHOFerSunny It was the truth but it is the past. Focus on the windshield and not the rear view mirror that is @RebySky though. Good luck.”

For those interested, you can follow Tammy Sytch on Twitter @WWEHOFerSunny, Reby Sky @RebySky and Sid @SychoVicious.

UPDATE: It has been brought to our attention that the aforementioned comments attributed to Sid Vicious are completely false. The quotes connected to Sid emanate from a Twitter account that does not belong to the former WWE Superstar. We apologize for the incorrect reporting and any inconvenience that may have been caused as a result of the error on our part.

Kharma reignited her feud with Reby Sky this past week during an interview with the wrestling and mixed martial arts podcast Future Endeavors (audio available here) as she once again slammed “The Diva Overachiever.”

Earlier this year, Kharma participated in the “YouShoot” DVD series and placed Sky in the ‘Ho Bag’—a recurring segment featured in the series. This caused the outspoken female grappler to fire back at the former WWE and TNA Wrestling star by claiming she participates in “shoot” interviews to support her drug habit due to being broke.

Speaking to Future Endeavors, Kharma revealed she placed Sky in the “Ho Bag” due to her lack of “etiquette” and respect for ring veterans such as Sid Vicious—after Vicious surfaced on Raw last year for a guest wrestling appearance, Sky went off on the former World Champion on Twitter by saying he doesn’t deserve the spotlight after no-showing multiple independent events months earlier, including one show in which he was to have faced her boyfriend, Matt Hardy.

Kharma added that Sky’s reputation “speaks for itself” and that she’s “not one of my colleagues.” Finally, Kharma labeled Sky “a peon.”

Former WWE talent Lindsay Hayward ?(the 6’9″ women’s wrestler who was originally scheduled to appear on NXT in 2010), sent Sky an article containing Kharma’s remarks, to which she responded, “Lying. Fucking. Cunt. Oh, & lets all glorify a FUCKING NO-SHOW. Brilliant ! But it’s ok bc it’s a “veteran”, right ? LOL.”

Sky then went off on Kharma and Vicious with the following rant, “I don’t give a f*ck HOW many years someone has had in the business. If you’re a piece of sh*t, you’re a piece of sh*t.

“Being a “veteran” is not a magical pass to be a complete POS. Yall think imma bow down to someone just bc they got a lucky break ? LOL

“Those seemingly SO concerned with “respect” should worry more about those who SH*T ON THIS BUSINESS than those callin out said culprits.

“I will NEVER respect a no-show; someone who scams promotors & f*cks fans & people who actually show up to work. F*ck outta here.

“That being said, go back to smiling to my face at shows & talkin sh*t online @kharma, you FAKEASSBITCH.

“Btw, your GODDAUGHTER gives a big ol’ F*CK YOU. Cuz that’s what this is REALLY all about, right ? LOL f*ck outta here.”

-For those who keep track of this kind of stuff, Wednesday marked the 20th anniversary of the day Paul Heyman booked his very first ECW event. The event was Ultraclash 1993.

-Former WWE Superstar “Psycho” Sid Vicious (aka Sid Justice) has been added to the lineup of talent scheduled to appear at WrestleCon in New Orleans during WrestleMania XXX weekend. For more information, visit WrestleCon.com.

-Former WWE and ECW wrestler Shawn “Gavin” Spears has been signed to a developmental deal with the company and returned to the WWE developmental system last week.

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– WWE Chairman Vince McMahon joined Twitter over the weekend and can be followed at @VinceMcMahon. His daughter Stephanie (@StephMcMahon) and son-in-law Triple H (@TripleH) also joined the social media service in the past week.

– Former WWE & WCW Champion Sid Vicious is currently in the hospital, according to his son, independent wrestler Gunnar Eudy. Gunnar noted on Facebook that Sid was just released from the hospital a few days ago following complications with his heart.

– Hulk Hogan has responded to Bret Hart’s recent comments that he and Eric Bischoff are incompetent and are killing TNA. He tweeted:

@BrockLesnarUFC1 feel bad for Brett he sends out the old, bitter, tired vibe,hopefully he will have a happy life from this point foward HH

— Hulk Hogan (@HulkHogan) March 4, 2013

It would appear that WWE has parted ways with developmental wrestler DT Porter as he is no longer listed on the roster page of FCWWrestling.info. He rarely appeared on Florida Championship Wrestling cards after joining the developmental promotion last year.

In May, Porter, whose real name is Brian McGhee, posted a message on Facebook crying for help due to alleged mistreatment from camp officials. He then claimed that his account was hacked. The “help” statement read:

“Guys, I don’t know how much longer I can handle this. Every day is a constant struggle to keep my sanity. I love wrestling and it’s all I ever wanted to do. Already going crazy since I’ve been for like ten months now, but it gets worse. Every day a trainer goes out of his way to rib or disrespect me in front of the boys because I’ve been out so long. I can’t clear myself. I wanna wrestle more than anything, but I don’t even know who I am anymore. It’s so fucking hard. I just feel it just building inside of me and I don’t know how much longer I can contain it. I have daydreams of just fucking everyone up on some real shit. I’m not a kid. I’m a fucking man. But what do you do when the people in charge of helping you get to the main roster are the ones making your life the hardest. I’ve been drinking almost every day. It’s to the point to where I keep Vodka and Gin in my trunk. Help me!”

He later deleted the Facebook message and claimed he was hacked.

– Tonight on Big Brother, Frank Eudy’s father, former world wrestling champion Sid Vicious, talks about how is son is doing in the game. Here is a sneak peak video clip of Vicious discussing Big Brother which will air during tonight’s broadcast at 9:00 PM ET/PT on CBS.

– Twenty years ago today, Ron Simmons became the first African American to win a world title in professional wrestling when he defeated Big Van Vader in Baltimore, Maryland. WWE.com relives that historic night with video and a retrospective written by WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross.

– Chris Jericho will tour Europe with his band Fozzy in November and December. He tweeted, “It’s official! @Fozzyrock back in Europe in December! Info to come 7 Cologne 8 Kerkrade 10 Paris 11 Frankfurt 12 Vienna 13 Zurich 15 Munich.” He also noted, “Nov 27-Stoke 28-Man 29-Birmingham 30-Glasgow Dec 1-Leeds 2-Hafan Y Mor 4-Plymouth 5-London 6-Brighton.” Visit FozzyRock.com for more information.

– “Simply Marvelous” Mitch Ryder turns 40-years-old Thursday.

– Madusa, who captured the WWE Women’s Championship as Alundra Blayze, says she will not be on hand for tonight’s historic 1000th episode of Raw due to “prior engagements.”

“Good luck, congrats and many blessings to all that have a wonderful and historical time at WWE 1000 epic night! Don’t forget to watch….. Your one and only …..STILL WWE’s/WWF’s champion! Just to set it straight… I will not be there. Prior engagements,” she wrote on Facebook.

Shane Helms, formerly known as The Hurricane, also confirmed that he will not be on the show due to his contractual status with another wrestling organization.

– Rey Mysterio is scheduled to face Daniel Bryan at the August 9 SmackDown live event in Tokyo, Japan.

– Sid Vicious spoke to Memphisport.com about his son Frank not telling other Big Brother houseguests who his dad and possibly appearing on tonight’s historic Raw episode celebrating 1,000 episodes.

(source: PWInsider.com)

WWE officials have reached out to numerous former talents in recent months for tonight’s Raw celebrating 1000th episodes. The following former WWE Superstars have been confirmed as being in St. Louis, Missouri, site of tonight’s epic show:

* Billy Gunn

* Bob Backlund

* Bret Hart

* Diamond Dallas Page

* “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan

* Jim Ross,

* John “Bradshaw” Layfield

* Mae Young

* “Mean” Gene Okerlund

* Mick Foley

* Psycho Sid

* Road Warrior Animal

* Ron Simmons

* “Rowdy” Roddy Piper

* Ryan Shamrock

* X-Pac

– WWE.com is advertising WWE Hall of Famer Bret Hart for the historic 1000th episode of Raw taking place on July 23 at the Scottrade Center in Saint Louis, Missouri.

– A Twitter account representing itself as Sid Vicious was deemed fraudulent and booted from the website as a result. The account had drawn over 10,000 followers and multiple wrestlers acknowledged it as if it was legitimate.

– WWE will hold a Raw live event at Bryce Jordan Center at Penn State University in State College, Pennsylvania on Friday, September 21, 2012. Bell time is 7:30 p.m.

– WWE Hall of Famer Junkyard Dog is today’s featured Superstar on WWE.com.

– Sid Vicious, 51, recently competed in a bodybuilding contest. It’s considered remarkable since he has a weak left arm stemming from a torn biceps not to mention that he suffered a severe leg fracture during a wrestling match eleven years ago.

– Angel Williams, formerly known as Angelina Love, has been announced to appear for NEO Wrestling’s “A Midsummer’s Nightmare” event on July 28. The event takes places at at Fight Club Canada – 4536 Portage Rd Unit 2 in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

– Robert Goldsby, who competed as Rob G. Rock for a number of independent promotions including Ultimate Championship Wrestling and New Era Championship Wrestling, passed away last month at the age of 44.

– The son of Buddy Roberts of Fabulous Freebirds fame, Buddy Roberts Jr., is competing independently in the Chicago area.

(source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)

– Bobby Lashley is hitting the wrestling circuit once again, accepting all offers for upcoming events, autograph signings and other appearances. Although he will still be accepting plenty of dates in the United States, Lashley encourages all international promotions to consider bringing him into work for them as well. If you’d like to book the former WWE and TNA superstar for your next event, email LashleyBookings@yahoo.com. Lashley is also accepting a limited number of media requests as well. To keep up with all the latest on Bobby Lashley, follow him on Twitter FightBobby. or visit his official website, www.bobbylashley.com.

– Frank Eudy, son of Sid Vicious, has been announced to appear on the CBS reality television series Big Brother premiering July 12.

Frank has never attempted to professionally wrestle, although his younger brother Gunner has competed on the independent circuit as his father’s Lord Humongous persona.

– “The Glamazon” Beth Phoenix is today’s featured star on WWE.com.

– Kharma, who has not appeared for WWE since the Royal Rumble, is ready to return to the ring and waiting to be reintroduced on television. Many of her Diva peers are frustrated with her absence from television.

– Yoshi Tatsu is not as bad at English as portrayed on WWE programming. According to a friend of the SmackDown Superstar, he began taking English lessons as soon as he signed a contract with WWE in 2007 and is very smart.

“He’s always trying to get better, and is always reading some English shit on his phone,” said Tatsu’s friend.

Tatsu is capable of carrying on perfectly understandable English conversations according to his friend. He also considers him a super hard worker who would do anything WWE asked of him.

– In July 4th birthdays, both Barry Windham and Sid Vicious turn 52 years old.

(source: F4WOnline.com)