Sid Vicious will be honored posthumously as part of the 2026 WWE Hall of Fame Legacy Class, with Triple H announcing the induction on social media.
Sid Eudy passed away from cancer on August 26, 2024, at the age of 63. The induction recognizes a career that spanned decades and included world championship reigns in both WWE and WCW.
“No matter which moniker you knew him by, Sid’s intensity was palpable across the ring and through your TV screen,” Triple H wrote. “A multi-time champion in WWE and WCW, and a two-time WrestleMania main event, it’s a pleasure to announce that he will take his rightful place in the 2026 Legacy Class of the WWE Hall of Fame.”
Eudy made his professional wrestling debut in 1982 and first gained widespread attention in WCW, where he competed as part of The Skyscrapers tag team alongside Dan Spivey before joining the Four Horsemen stable alongside Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, and Barry Windham. He made the jump to WWE in 1991 under the name Sid Justice, headlining WrestleMania VIII against Hulk Hogan in April 1992.
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He returned to WWE in 1995 under the name Sycho Sid and captured the WWF Championship the following year by defeating Shawn Michaels, a moment that saw the crowd strongly rally behind him despite his heel positioning. He won the title a second time from Bret Hart in 1997 and headlined WrestleMania 13 against The Undertaker, making good on Triple H’s reference to his two WrestleMania main events.
His WCW run was equally notable. He captured the WCW World Heavyweight Championship twice in 2000, defeating Kevin Nash on both occasions.
His in-ring career came to a sudden and painful end during the main event of the WCW Sin pay-per-view in January 2001, when he suffered a double compound fracture of his left leg after jumping from the ropes in one of the most shocking injury moments in professional wrestling history. He made a brief WWE return in 2012 for the Raw 1000 special and retired permanently in 2017.
Sid joins AJ Styles, Demolition, Stephanie McMahon, and Dennis Rodman in the 2026 WWE Hall of Fame class. The induction ceremony takes place on Friday, April 17 at Dolby Live at Park MGM in Las Vegas as part of WrestleMania 42 weekend.
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