From Episode 358 of the Jim Cornette’s Drive Thru
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As if you were the easiest person to get along with Jim and the fans never liked or knew who you were.
4:42 1992 royal rumble
Its true….SID got over no matter where he went
RIP
I despise the wannabe sophisticated talk ot pro wrestling: all the dumb ass, shit terms and over explanation of this garbage.
Just admit it: it’s insultingly stupid and you/we like it: like Taylor Swift.
It really is akin to glamorizing soap operas.
https://youtu.be/mx6hyvRY35w?si=1BVTXSmsoSghIYdH
Sid ❤
Man, I loved his WCW run. Maybe not the most memorable run, but he had a lot of good matches, against opponents like Booker T, Kevin Nash, Perry Saturn, and Scott Steiner. Does anyone remember the feud he had with Goldberg, and how he called himself the Millennium Man?
Sid in his prime was the most intimidating wrestler I've ever seen💯
My favorite big man as a wrestler, & one the most talented for his size.
Sid was kind of the Brock Lesnar of the wrestling business in the 90s. He was a draw in whatever company booked him but didn't have to work 300 days a year. I agree with Brian about his promos. Ioved his promos where he would be whispering and then just start yelling and go in between the 2. Just great intensity. Always loved his powerbomb. Loved his entrance with the fist bumping of the crowd and yelling "who's the man?!" Post career: I also love that he is the one wrestler that never sugar coated anything and wasn't a mark. Modern day pro wrestling is awful compared to the past and rather than try to kiss up to Tony Klown or Triple H for a paycheck like tons of legends do and put over stuff that isn't as good as when the legends did it, he would just mention if something sucked and not sugar coat it being good.
If you run thru the list of WWF heavyweight champions from beginning to end, Sycho Sid ( excluding The Russian Bear Ivan Koloff – which is a damn disgrace in its own right) is the first you encounter NOT inducted in the WWE Hall Of Fame.
Met Sid outside Dorton Arena in Raleigh, NC in the early 90s (WCW House show). I was probably 10yo. Asked him for an autograph and he refused, saying "pictures come with autographs, kid". Confused, I asked again. He poked me in the chest and grabbed my camera hanging around my neck and said "PICTURES COME WITH AUTOGRAPHS, KID!!". Quickly, I handed my camera to a stranger and posed with Sid for the picture. I got my autograph too. I remember Robert Parker (Fuller) in a tanktop and cowboy hat puffing on his cigar and laughing at us with his white suit hanging over his shoulder. Weird, a little traumatizing, but REALLY cool!!
Sid died so now it's time to pretend that we didn't insult him every time his name came up.
The guy prioritized his life over the business. So what? Are wrestlers supposed to spend every waking second they have in the ring? Are they supposed to die in the ring out of "love for the business"? He did things on his own terms. Rest in Peace Sid. Thanks for the memories.
Sid trying in vain to save that promo with the Shockmaster is what I remember him for.
Brian is much younger than I thought he was. I thought he was born in the 60s.
Idk I feel like jim was disrespectful
Cornette is gay
I'm not sure if Vince not knowing how to use WCW guys (which is true) applies to Sid's first run. He couldnt get over the Hogan politics, plus his first major angle with Warrior was shut down after Jim got fired. Sid peaced out after WM 8. Vince was HORRIBLE with booking the WCW guys that came over, but Sid was always over and booked decently otherwise. I wouldn't put this on the old rapist
I have a friend in pest control who told me a story about him working with Sid selling glyphosate aka Round Up. I thought the story was bs because it sounded too surreal to be true . Then one day I’m listening to Jim Cornette talk about this story and yep sure enough he was a salesmen for selling herbicide .
The story goes that my buddy was in his office one day when randomly he heard a knock at the door. He goes to open the 🚪 and Sid breaks down the door . He starts screaming at him at the top of his lung
“WALT IM GOING TO FUCKING KILL YOU!!!!”
My buddy said he almost shit his pants then he realized it’s SID FROM WWF! Sid then started laughing and told him the management put him up to it because they knew he was a huge fan of pro wrestling. It checks out .
I think the best way to sum up Sid's career is to say that his only two WrestleMania matches were in the main event. He was over enough to to straight to Hulk Hogan or the Undertaker, but he never stayed around long enough to make the next year's show.
Sid rlly was one of the most remembered guys from the 90s for me, as a young kid I thought he was so fkin cool man.. R.I.P big guy
Requiescat in Pace Sid.
Hey thanks cornet. I've been waiting to hear your thoughts on the sad passing of Sid
I always wondered how he was able to use the name Sid Vicious. Obviously it was the stage name of the singer of the 70s punk rock band The Sex Pistols. Even though he'd already been dead for a while at that point someone still had to have owned the copyright for his name.
Got the pleasure and honor of talking to him via text message months before he passed. Told him how much I respected his work and he sent me an autographed photo. RIP Sid Eudy
Leave it to Jim Cornette to be the one person in the business who couldn't speak positive about Sid. Every wrestler who commented on his passing had nothing but good things to say about him. Even Arn Anderson spoke positively about him.
Sid likely entered heaven to his last WCW theme…that's one I wish would come on every time I walked into a room.
Basically the industry didn't like they couldnt use Sid the way they wanted him
Sid was an over the top character in the ring, but after he retired I always thought that he was a guy who probaby was happier in a rural setting, and probably had panic attacks when surrounded by large crowds; kind of like Lesnar.
Apparently Vince has been blocking his HoF entey for years how true is that??
I’ll never forget my many house shows at MSG. This one particular time I was 11 I don’t remember who he wrestled but I had great seats and when he got into the ring with his scary music I stared him down with an “angry” face and he actually looked at me and didn’t break eye contact. It was so cool.
Sid should be in the softball hall of fame
He may have had half of Scott Hall's brain but he did well for himself
WELL THE STARS TELL ME THAT THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR ABD THE STARS ALIGN
Wilson Patricia Robinson Timothy Anderson Donald
Imagine giving up $400,000 a year in early 90's money just to go play softball
No talk about the Shock Master skit some of his greatest work.
Sid was awesome! I remember watching him as a kid and I actually thought he was crazy. He came across as a monster! Rip Sid
At the end of the day Sid was right to spend more time doing what he loved most. Which was family and softball. He died from brain cancer and it's a blessing it was at home and not some random hotel. Rest in power Sid 🌹
The incident with Arn didn’t help him
I agree with Jim about the spot where Sid broke his leg being ridiculous; it's funny that he should question why it was so essential because I think I heard somewhere that Johnny Ace had decided that it was absolutely essential to do this spot as a que for Road Warrior Animal to enter the match as the 4th participant (this was basically when the Magnificent Seven faction got together with the idea being that Flair had screwed Sid by booking him into a match with Animal, Scott Steiner and Jeff Jarrett which turns into a 3-on-1 situation when Animal enters). Thinking about it, just having Sid power bomb Slapnuts while Steiner's outside the ring would have probably worked well as a spot to introduce Animal being as it would look like Sid was about to win the title when Animal enters and attacks him.