28, 1985, as a mystery cornerman of the Fabulous Ones in a bout with Rip Morgan and Bill Dundee, who had Jonathan Boyd in their corner. Sid’s unofficial debut was in Memphis more than a year earlier, on Oct. In that sense, Sid was an ideal fit for the Humongous gimmick: Eudy was a legit 6’ 7” and 300 pounds…and he was very green (inexperienced). In 1987, Sid was merely the latest in a line of guys who would take on the gimmick, which was an innovative way to take advantage of a wrestler’s size while hiding his limitations and lack of experience in the ring. Masked aggression: Sid as Lord Humongous. In 1984, in an effort to capitalize on the growing WTBS-fueled reputation of the Road Warriors tag-team of Hawk and Animal, Jerry “The King” Lawler had coaxed ex-wrestler and former Memphis State University football player Mike Stark out of retirement with the gimmick of Road Warrior Humongous. Sid, a huge redneck from West Memphis, Arkansas, had one of his first wrestling matches in Memphis in March 1987 under a hockey mask as Lord Humongous, a gimmick based on a post-apocalyptic character from THE ROAD WARRIOR, the 1981 sequel to MAD MAX, starring Mel Gibson. What hasn’t been discussed that much is my incident with big Sid in the dressing room of the Mid-South Coliseum in June 1994. The infamous hotel-room brawl between Arn Anderson and Sid Vicious (Eudy) in the United Kingdom in September 1993 has been well-documented in wrestling squared circles. Besides, like most wrestling stories…it gets a little better each time I tell it. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Loyal KFR reader Old School Sammy comments: “So, whatever did happen between you and Sid that nearly lead to your last breath?” For some reason, my previous post detailing my near-death experience with the Man Who Rules the World has disappeared from my archives, so I’m reposting now.
Hothead: That's smoke coming from Sid's ears after I made my ingenious comments.
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