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Sid Vicious Dies: Pro Wrestler Whose Career Ended With A Gruesome Televised Injury Was 63
Pro wrestler Sid Vicious was a star at the height of the WrestleMania in the 1980s whose career ended with a horrific (and televised) leg injury.
Pro wrestler Sid Vicious, a star at the height of the WrestleMania era of the 1980s whose career ended with a horrific (and televised) leg injury, has died after battling cancer for several years. “He was a man of strength, kindness, and love, and his presence will be greatly missed,” Gunnar Eudy wrote about Vicious, who also went by the ring names Lord Humungous, Vicious Warrior, Sid Justice and Sycho Sid but was born Sidney Raymond Eudy on December 6, 1960. Eudy’s grappling career came to a stomach-churning end in what remains one of the ghastliest moments in televised wrestling history: During a pay-per-view match in January 2001, Eudy jumped off a turnbuckle and landed badly, his left leg snapped and dangling at a grotesque angle, bones poking through his skin.
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