Sid Vicious on Ric Flair

[@blacksabbath1022]

It's well known Jim Herd liked Sid and hated Flair so I can see atleast back then Sid making more money. His contract with Vince was also bigger.

[@machohogan]

Met Sid at a convention in the UK, very humble and down to earth, great guy. I’ve met Flair three times and he’s nice enough but definitely not down to earth, you can tell he thinks he’s better than you. From my experience Sid was a very genuine person, very normal.

[@elfartbag8403]

I freaking love Sid!.. aways have and always will!... 35 years old been watching wrestling since I was 5 years old... nuff said!

[@tonygreene81able]

I feel the same. Sid was big guy who could work and he had the scariest look in the business. Underappreciated amongst the wrestling community in my opinion.

[@Wotmsupra]

Dream match, Sid vs Lesnar. Change my mind

[@regrangihuna7319]

Down to earth Sid....unassuming intelligent dude...family man...

[@dc76384]

A guy you'd like to have a beer and just shoot the shit with.

[@djmonstrosity6971]

'I got a huge raise' 'I went in and asked for it and they gave it to me'. Damn. I wish I could do that with my boss.

[@4ArchieLee]

Big Country 88 you probably could pull it off dude

[@screamingbaboon664]

Yeah just go in there crazy screaming like Sid smashing up stuff. Man Sid was a great heel reminded me of Doctor D David Schultz the best heel ever.

[@sandyunderpants4376]

Sid forgot to mention that he was holding a pair of scissors when he asked.

[@kennycarlson9996]

well bein 6-9 330 lbs, kinda helps lol

[@brucemcelroye5054]

@@sandyunderpants4376 ...the same scissors that Arn Anderson had first!

[@e2go]

Guys like Sid are great and always disrespected by the "wrestling lifers" because they don't need the business. They came and did their job and made themselves a commodity. That should be everyone's goal: have promoters want your services, work less and make more. In a business like wrestling where you only have so many bumps in you and your body takes such a beating, that is a huge advantage and means you're doing something right. All the big companies knew Sid was money. He had a great look and on top of that, great charisma. His fist bump with the crowd was awesome. The Ric Flairs of the world, who claim to love this business so much, did everything they could to destroy a guy like Sid. To this day he still bashes Sid. Told that Arn Anderson story for years until proper context was given to the situation by Eric Bischoff and others.

[@madamefeast4824]

Good comment. I can see both sides of it to a point. I understand the guys who live and breathe it having that old school mentality about protecting the business or yada. But I agree with what you said. Guys who get shit on like Sid or Ultimate Warrior or etc who aren't the best workers but did what they did well, had all the ingredients to build a bankable character. I hear that. It's both ya know. I'm just getting back into it. Used to be super into wrestling growing up in 90s and early 2000s

[@percyblok6014]

Sid was an INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR and all business. He knew what he brought to the table and wanted to get paid. Nothing wrong with that. Your time to make a living off your body is limited, Sid knows this and got paid.

[@ylatupa]

Arn and Ric Flair were jealous. Arn brought the scissors in the fight. Should have been fired.

[@heinzbecker9056]

C'mon, he probably only wanted to cut a promo with Sid.

[@brucemcelroye5054]

Yes, he sure did! However, since Sid wasn't in Ric Flair's circle and Arn was ....Sid got fired!

[@billshamrock449]

Sid deserves a spot in the WWE HOF. He is a multi time World Champion and was always over af. Even in the dying days of WCW he got a great response

[@Bazzeboy]

He doesn’t want to be in the Hall of ‘Fame’….

[@billshamrock449]

@@Bazzeboy did he turn them down in the past? It has become hella watered down over the years. And i have heard others say they did it for the pay check

[@Bazzeboy]

@@billshamrock449 As far as I know; Sid has always been a loyal worker, so I guess he didn’t let them down. For sure Vince knows why he’s still not in that Hall (unless he suffers from dementia and has forgotten about him)

[@towmater7081]

Sid and taker were the big guys they paid to watch .

[@taurusone5554]

Sounds like Sid got hated on for pretty much the same reasons ULTIMATE WARRIOR did. Older wrestlers were resentful towards new guys who were getting a shot because of their look and charisma. They didn't like guys who didn't spend years and years kissing their asses , making as much $$$ as them.

[@peacemaker0606]

I agree. To me, Blanchard wasnt that great, and Flair bored me in the days of NWA on TBS. He talked well and put on great promos, but nothing really stood out. SID, on the other hand was HUGE, muscular, towering, and his character of a psychotic person fit his size. He made people either cringe or love him.

[@dewayneperry8395]

I totally agree. never could see what was so great about Tully Blanchard. just like see it said he was just average. nothing to look at. liked flair. but once again pretty much the same match over and over again. climb the top ropes get caught every time and thrown off then act like his back is killing him. but Sid. I used to love to see him attack the stretcher when they were carrying the job or that he had just finished out. classic

[@Djaxthebountyhunter]

Well for one....blanchard could cut a good promo. Two...he could actually wrestle and wasn't a cartoon character wrestler like sid was. 3.....Tully was a natural heel that made money being himself.

[@kefkarothsephka7708]

big sid the man he was even doing kip ups in the 80s early 90s for a 6'9 320 lb monster

[@joeyrko1]

I love Sid, it’s funny tho how so many people talk about Flair being a bad worker and he always worked the same match but yet he was THE DRAW for so many years in wrestling. Many people paid to see flair and so much of what he did still impacts the business today. Don’t understand many people’s negative opinions on Flair as far as being a wrestler goes

[@valgonzalez3888]

Sid was the best

[@blacquesjacques7239]

Val Gonzalez At what ? Looking like a tough guy ? Maybe , but he sucked donkey balls in the ring .

[@michaelpanos6297]

@@blacquesjacques7239 He was the best at being awesome, you piece of crap

[@richarddavis5289]

Rick Flair is laughable. I'd fight Flair in his prime, but wouldn't fight Sid on his worse day. The dudes a beast. Rick's a gimmick, not athletic, and weak. It's reality. He made it to the top by being a snake. Appreciated realizing in real life Sid is a good man

[@slabbyfatback2272]

Dude-U must not have watched wrestling in the early 80s (probably too young-not a knock, I wish I was too young to have watched it then)-U would not have climbed in the ring with him then. He also put wrestling on the map-before Flair, wrestling got such low ratings it was hardly on tv, u had to go in person. Wrestling exploded when the Nature Boy arrived and never looked back. "The man" is a legend

[@richarddavis5289]

@@slabbyfatback2272 who knows what I was feeling when I wrote this😂. Just never liked flair. He did make me laugh, but in physicality he get pounded by the beasts of yesteryear. But I cannot deny the impact he had

[@Bazzeboy]

Ricky-boy is a serpent for sure!

[@ComedianWillRodriguez]

Keep saying what you mean Sid. The truth shall conquer all.

[@obnoxiouxthatshammer498]

Sid is my favorite wrestler of all time he was awesome notice at Wrestlemania Brett Hart had to interfere in order for the Undertaker to beat him nobody can beat Sid one on one in a match period!!

[@richardtaylor5461]

William Burk wrong Goldberg did and Hogan and Scott steiner

[@undergroundheatcypher1091]

@Aaron9 Sid defeated Sting caught him in the air by his neck while he did the stinger splash then choke slammed him in the middle of the ring for the pin!!

[@undergroundheatcypher1091]

@Ben DC4L PLEASE Ultimate Warrior only had a few moves and he was stiff Sid was much better than him!!

[@herpderp7264]

I just watched a episode of a Raw from 1995 and Shawn Michaels beat Sid clean, no weapons, no interference a completely clean match. Shawn hit Sid with the Super kick and pinned him 1-2-3. It’s from a Sept 1995 Raw.

[@undergroundheatcypher1091]

@@herpderp7264 Sid defeated him for the Heavyweight title at Survivor Series in 96 I didn't say Sid never lost a match before but his winning% is very high!!

[@power2491]

Sid Vicious said Ric Flair was a Old man that had to wear a costume to get over,

[@GaeasBlessing]

Scorpio's version of the story is that he heard people fighting, turned the corner and saw Sid kicking Arn in the face, breaking Arn's nose. Then Sid grabbed Arn by the hair with one hand and started stabbing him with the other. It's funny to hear Sid call Vader a fat crybaby. Vader said he saved Sid's life by keeping pressure on Sid's wound after he got stabbed. It sounds like Sid really resents the implication that he needed help.

[@sandyunderpants4376]

I guess that explains why Arn was missing a big patch of hair after the fight.

[@martifrey3357]

@@sandyunderpants4376 and yet not 1 single scar is on Arn's body though

[@deadsh0t613]

I am the ruler!!!...of the world...Hahaha!😲

[@Drummer8282]

Sid was awesome.

[@towmater7081]

SIDS power bomb was the best

[@dc76384]

I like listening to interviews with Sid. It gives you a different perspective on the man. Doesn't seem to arrogant, almost like a regular blue collar guy.

[@johnreece5540]

Everyone loves the original Four Horsemen. The best assemble was Ric, Arn, Barry, and Sid. I am going to catch grief for saying they were better than the original lineup.

[@Sum_Jigh]

I cannot remember what interview it was, but one of the wrestlers said Sid DID whack Arn with that chair leg a few to several times and that's when Arn grabbed the scissors.

[@tjkong4381]

Like Kevin Nash said about working with smaller guys. No matter what they do, I’m still the guy whose a head taller than everyone at the airport who people stop and look at. It’s not fair as you have no control over your height, but a taller person will have a better chance of making it in pro wrestling than a short or average height person

[@screamingbaboon664]

Ric talks shit on Sid cause he went to new york and wrestlemania and made millions before him. And got paid more than Ric in WCW.

[@TheHannibalTV]

True

[@sandyunderpants4376]

Ric Flair signed with the WWF one month after Sid debuted in 1991and they co-main evented their first Wrestlemania in separate matches at Wrestlemania 8 after Ric Flair won the Royal Rumble a few months earlier and became WWF world champ. Meanwhile Sid quit WWF less than a year after he debuted! How can Ric be jealous? Ric chose to go back to WCW because he got to be world champ another 20 times over there due to a thin main event roster. Unless you think Ric is jealous of Sid being in the worst Wrestlemania main event in WWF history, which I seriously doubt.

[@pricean]

Flair and Sid are angry over the Arn incident. Sadly they didn't really do much together in 1992 wwf

[@silenciummortum2193]

Sid’s the man.

[@QuentinDude]

I always liked Sid. I was really hoping back in the day as a new fan of WCW to get to see him beat Sting for the title that one Halloween Havoc PPV where Barry Windham came in as a imposter Sting which was just ingenious but Sid have nice run in WWE and he should of stayed there and not left after Mania 8 because he could of had a great run there. Hogan probably should of jobbed to Sid at Mania 8 instead of that ridiculous finish of having Papa Shango interfere.

[@richardtaylor5461]

QuentinDude no Hogan was still top dog in WWF plus Hogan left can't job when leaving plus Vince would not see that a wcw guy going over the WWF top guy nope

[@richardtaylor5461]

typical wcw fan sour can't stand the fact wcw guys got buried by WWF WWE get over it Vince did the right thing wcw moron

[@drexlspivey5828]

The purpose of that finish wasn't Papa Shango's interference, it was Warriors return, Papa Shango was just part of the set up to it

[@JoshuaRicamonte-cr4oh]

Who is more iconic Is it ric flair Undertaker Triple h Brock Lesnar Or Sid vicious

[@nobodywalker5507]

As a kid I was mesmerized by Sid, his size and ring presence. I just didn't care to watch Flair. I think what WWE did with Sid was a big mistake and a big missed opportunity.

[@MS-jk6gj]

The greatest heel ever

[@danski6694]

Does Sid belch in every interview?

[@JuniorLewingKoo]

Sid were the man. I've always like Sid matches.

[@JuniorLewingKoo]

Who's the man? Powerbomb!

[@SilverBullet888]

Sounds like ric was jealous of Sid’s look….. that’s the way it is for a lot of little guys in the business

[@williamdavies391]

Sid vicious/ justice definitely made more money than flair he could easily have been the next hulk hogan if done right back in 92 .

[@Toxicplyer]

Part of the reason why Ric Flair hates Sid is because he called him an old man and too old to be working. It's all petty why everybody feels the way they do but it is what it is.

[@cknight8512]

Come on Sid..Flair was a great worker for many years

[@DAKINS896]

Ric Flair is an old man, back then he was an old man LOL

[@titansrule72]

Sid had the look, but not the passion for the business. He was a body guy trying to make money in the wrestling business and it showed. Wrestlers who love the business but don't have the look envy guys like Sid.

[@power2491]

Sid Vicious was a awesome big man, he was a better wrestler than Kevin Nash,

[@chrisbooker88]

So basically Flair and Sid have a Michael Scott and Toby Flenderson relationship.

[@battlestarmarc]

Sid justice was a beast. Sid didn't fit in with the 4 Horsemen.

[@cliffmcginnis3231]

I always enjoyed Ric Flair’s promos and the character in general, but he really wasn’t much to watch in the ring. That is unless you really love the chops in the throat or chest, or the falling forward deal. Guys like Macho or Perfect had more athleticism to offer.

[@thestaggy]

Flair may be many things, but with a mic in hand or in the ring he was among the best.

[@Steveindajeep]

Sid didnt kiss their ass. "Oh but we are the horsemen". Yeah but he's SID.

[@McCucumber]

Did you get this interview between softball games?

[@kenworthNH]

It's kind of heart warming that the real love of Sid's life is softball lol.

[@GiantArtProductions]

RIP Sid

[@power2491]

Sid Vicious stabbed Arn Anderson over 16 times, and didn't do a day in jail

[@brucemcelroye5054]

Arn stabbed Sid first!

[@christophersargeant6291]

Sid was a legend top bloke

[@Gus_Chiggins]

Sid rules

[@20FreeWill]

When I was a kid , i remember flair coming to WWF an j was like wtf is this annoying old guy , all his matches are just chest slaps and that sore back gimmick slapstick shit . People talk like warrior is trash and flair is a pro but Warrior had good vertical suplex and could shoulder press wrestlers for reps I never liked flair , I came to like him as a meme when the whole Whooo shit came popular

[@kassimparekh1639]

Ima fan of Sid he was a bigger draw tan flair he headline huge wwf ppvs ric was always in wcw witch didn’t get big until 1996

[@Kshep84]

Sid was awesome!!!!!!

[@djvn-bb1fv]

To be fair about Sid, he didn't even like wrestling other than the paychecks.

[@power2491]

Sid Vicious called Big Van Vader a fat cry baby, Rip Vader

[@1984-o2d]

I never got the deal with Ric Flair. He looks like a fool to me and what kind of lame title is Nature boy? Between that and Heartbreak kid those oldies have no business calling the new stuff too silly and not intimidating.

[@Rogue615]

Did was nasty man he was scary when I was younger. More than just a heal. He should of got bigger pushes I really was vicious

[@kenworthNH]

Is that photoshop? If not Hannibal is like 6'10 or so?

[@kriscody3577]

ALWAYS LIKED SID. NEVER LIKED VADER

[@Bull1908]

Sid nearly killed Flair's best friend with the Arn Anderson incident, that's why Flair has issues with Sid.

[@brucemcelroye5054]

Arn brought the scissors in first!

[@ericostling4727]

Exactly

[@shannonglasford9175]

You stabbed Arn Anderson, that's why.

[@BigEvan96]

4 or 5 spots with only a few people. Ain't that the truth.

[@dtogo4286]

Sid was way over and drew a lot of money

[@rolltide9547]

Flair when 6ft under was 100000x the worker Sjd was.

[@DAKINS896]

yea too bad flair walks in a room and nobody notices

[@sandyunderpants4376]

@@DAKINS896 He orders 60 kamikazee shots for a bar with 6 people in it. They notice! Whoooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!

[@msm1876]

Just about all the stuff he said was right...but Sid critiquing someone’s ring work? Um, ok?

[@sandyunderpants4376]

Huh? He said that he was a better worker than Ric Flair!

[@paulthesoundguy1]

RICK FLAIR GOES DOWN IN HISTORY SID WHO........SAYS HE DOSNT LOOSE ARGUMENTS...DOSNT LOOSE ANYTHING... YEA....THATS RIGHT

[@DrexelWorldNews]

Sid sounds a bit erragant.

[@stevenrohauer1830]

Ric flair is very overrated

[@raymondroberts991]

Did couldn't wrestle,his way out of a highschool jym.

[@waynesealey3186]

This clown is delusional....Flair couldn't work...PLEASE!!!!

[@jesusfarrow503]

Of course you don't lose fights Sid you stab people

[@TheHannibalTV]

Actually Arn used the scissors first. on Sid nobody has very denied that. Sid them from him and ended up nearly killing him yes.

[@jesusfarrow503]

THE HANNIBAL TV dam I'm sorry I didn't know that