The True Story Of Sid Vicious: Wrestling Nomad

Using the standards of gold and fame as measures, Sid Vicious, or Sid Justice, or Psycho Sid, is a Hall of Fame-caliber wrestler. A four-time World champion, Sid more than looked the part of a looming final boss: a six-foot, nine-inch gargantuan that tossed hapless sacks of humanity around like driftwood, while wearing an unblinking gaze occasionally betrayed by a twisted snarl...
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[@mrnin8251]

Sid was smart enough to know that once a monster is beaten, he needs to move on and rebuild. Thats how you keep yourself near the top of the card.

[@MiningForPies]

Sid didn’t care about winning or losing, he was there for the money. That’s why promoters kept using him and he stayed on top for so long

[@marvymarv959]

You can’t just move on if you are under contract right?

[@Football__Junkie]

Broken ribs, punctured lung, multiple stab wounds, broken neck, and a compound leg fracture. Sid is a pretty tough dude.

[@Thurmanatr16]

Always sucks about the leg. He would have do right in the ruthless aggression WWE, especially in an angle versus Kane.

[@NerdLife84]

I was a fan of Sid Vicious as a kid. His powerbomb was one of my favorite finishers

[@Dbarnes702]

Sid had the best powerbomb to me

[@kahrhoshe]

@@Dbarnes702 and was the first wrestler in the us to use it. and goddamn it was amazing.

[@jasonjimerson7046]

After seeing this, Sid proved to me that he should be in the WWE Hall of Fame... If he isn't already.

[@bruiserbrony771]

He's probably no-show the ceremony lol

[@jasonjimerson7046]

@@bruiserbrony771 You think he'd rather play softball instead?

[@KTHashi]

@@bruiserbrony771 LOL maybe

[@zanethind]

He's not hopefully he is in it soon though

[@powersteamracing]

Sid was definitely memorable. Even though my father knew wrestling was all kayfabe, he was still terrified of Sid because he saw Sid do a heart punch and legitimately thought it could kill someone.

[@user-hc9qv9yb9m]

I still never have seen him actually wrestled even on youtube

[@ArcherSuh4721]

Back in the day, there was a wrestler named Ox Baker who killed a guy using the heart punch... sort of. The guy actually died in the ring due to something else but Baker played it up for his character. So maybe that story had something to do with why that move stuck out to him. Or he was seeing it for how legitimately dangerous it is to be punched like that. Either way, Sid could definitely end a life if he hit a person with a real heart punch...

[@FretzlemaniaPod]

Sid was legit one of my all time favs. I had such an obsession with him as a kid, I named my pet cat after him.

[@KTHashi]

Omg, we had a Sid Vicious and Barry Windham at my house. (both cats) I feel ya man.

[@brettmajors69karaoke]

You aren’t the only one dude

[@heliosapollyon4391]

I always liked how he drifted from promotion to promotion it gave him this aura of a traveling menace

[@TomTalksRubbish]

Anyone know who edited this video always like to give them a shout out! The editing is amazing

[@Cultaholic]

It's ya boy Owen Mawson. Much appreciated!

[@bigdog6230]

Username checks out...jk love ya Owen!

[@ShieTar_]

Cultaholic Videos are not edited! It's all real ;-)

[@bigdog6230]

Anyone reading these comments should know that flixzone doesn't seem to be reputable

[@carringtonsecrease2649]

@@CultaholicI think I am toioll P

[@sonspike]

Never realised before how similar Dan spivey and Steve Austin look

[@pelago_]

Yeah I thought it was him too.

[@thomasstewart-tm2ts]

Damn and I thought he looked like mike enos. Im not 100% sure that was his name if you guys remember him. Wcw jobber lol.

[@ImakittyLAWL]

Sid was always a wrestler that I found scary as a child. He was really a monster and had the looks for it. Granted we all know he probably wasn't anyone's "favorite" wrestler, he's someone who you can't overlook and forget about. Also - I LOVE this style of video. Cultaholic really knocks it out the park with these.

[@tim6454]

Sid is from my home town in west memphis Arkansas. Even as old as he is he is still a terrifying individual

[@dmw1280]

I’m sure as terrifying as Sid is the wrestler is separate from the regular man himself.

[@dovelove1920]

I'm from West Memphis too❤❤❤

[@Kintaro316]

I met him RL at a karaoke bar here in my small town. Walked in to hear him on stage singing Take this job and shove it. Was awesome.

[@SonnyK248]

Sid looked like Dave Shultz after he took the Captain America serum

[@GLPitt1]

He was smart business wise. Got paid huge and was immediately a top guy due to his size, look, and intense promos.

[@darvidoba6702]

I really like Sid - not only had he a great look, but also his moveset was very cool.

[@thermalrain_yt9725]

Too bad he was a piece of shit person outside the ring.

[@justafanofnerdculture7602]

Sid was absolutely awesome! One of the most legit intimidating wrestlers that I have ever seen. I kind of liked the fact that he didn't stay anywhere for too long. That made it even more special when we would see him.

[@dasdeke]

You know I don't mind wrestling reporting, but Cultaholic is knocking it out of the park with these overview of wrestlers and notable events in wrestling!

[@Hanke86]

Always felt Sid could have been the big anti authority hero before Stone Cold. He was pushed as a heel but the crowd loved him and cheered him over the baby faces he was against

[@kingnotail3838]

You have to remember, though completely inexcusable, the Sid/Arn thing was a two-sided affair. Sid may have stabbed Arn like 20 times, but Arn also stabbed Sid in the stomach at one point, and by all accounts it was Arn that brought the scissors into the fight.

[@luridan]

Yeah, multiple wrestlers attested to the event, mainly 2 Cold Scorpio, Vader, and Austin. Arn introduced and stabbed Sid first with the scissors, and Vader basically saved Sid's life after by putting his thumb in the stab wound to prevent him from bleeding out till the medics arrived.

[@shonenjumpmagneto]

This whimpy Britt whose never even been in s fight would of course lay unfounded judgement while looking down on it lmao.

[@wbcwinnipegbeltcollector]

My personal memories of Sid when I was a child in the early 90s was he was everywhere WCW Cards Royal rumble 92 Shockmaster incident Turning on Shawn and becoming psycho Winning the belt I never realized how much he bounced around

[@zanethind]

I realized that he bounced around a lot but yeah he just wanted to wrestle for like everyone

[@bruiserbrony771]

Sid constantly jumping ship from company to company is the reason you don't see him in many wrestling games.

[@THELASTOFTHEMOHICANS1980]

Sid had the look & that intense promo interview. As a child it captivated me I liked how he worked.

[@trelard]

Yeah, that clip of THAT injury is indelibly engraved in my memory from the first time I saw it. It was brutal to watch.

[@dereksather5921]

Sid has always been one of my favorites despite his limited in ring work. I marked the f out when I unlocked him in WWE 2K19.

[@edgarmalone7694]

Man it's crazy that Sid jumped around this much. He was my guy back growing up...I'm Sid Vicious and Sid Vicious Rules Da World!!

[@roryjones6040]

The Psycho Sid tag was actually 1st quoted by Bobby Heenan at Mania 8 and also by Sid himself during his brief 93 run in WCW. when he approached the ring. His squash matches of that era are on KZbin if anyone wants to check them out 👍

[@Atomykpimp]

Back in the day Sid Vicious ruled the world!

[@TDunn41594]

"I have half the brain that you do!!!!" Best quote ever 😂😂😂😂😂💯

[@davidlewis5312]

Sid's career is fascinating and I think Jack's line 'this is more apparent in his unique wrestlemania history, he has only worked two Mania, and both times he was in the main event'. And that's Sid. He is a rare athlete in the ring and an amazing background charisma. But due to bad luck, bad politics, bad attitude, and bad poor decisions he was never a mainstay main eventer. Cornette said of Sid 'Sid's the kind of guy who will make you a million dollars in one night but afterwards they will never want to see it again' I think that's partially true though. How many matches can you get out of Sid, Warrior, Goldberg before the crowd turns on them. Their weakness was and always that they couldn't tell a story. That's what kept Hogan and Cena on the top for so long despite being only slightly better hands; those two could tell a story between the ropes.

[@mdolinski4926]

"We're live pal!"

[@wyzeguy6]

Personally I was never huge on Sid growing up in the 90s, but it is hard to deny his contributions to the business or his star power on screen. Big thanks to Sid and also to Jack and the lads for this great career retrospective!

[@rockyharp1867]

He certainly used to scare me when I watched the WWF in the 90s 😱. Legend in the squared circle

[@Drummer8282]

Why mention that Sid stabbed Arn but no mention that Arn stabbed Sid first. Vader recalls this and Steve Austin backs this saying Vader saved Sid from dying from blood loss, sticking his finger in a wound.

[@KTHashi]

Nobody ever mentions that. It's like Sid is a cop and Arn is a criminal. (these days)

[@stevenwalters3962]

I'm sure the top 10 list do better views, but these type of mini docs are the best, the war stories and the reason wrestler are the greatest are really interesting.

[@Hoovie9596]

Sid has half the brain that you do...and half the leg

[@ShieTar_]

Yeah, but to be fair he can easily break you in half to make up the difference.

[@Luminator_maior]

I was enthtralled by him as a kid during his first WWF run. And despite the official narrative i maintain to this day that it was Hogan who started his heel turn at the '92 Rumble, not Sid.

[@mattypenta]

I always knew Sid went back and forth between WCW and the WWF a lot, but there's something about it all being laid out in one video that really makes it sink in just how often it was.

[@JustinLeeper]

Great video, Cultaholic! Excellent info & I didn’t miss the live-action clips that much. Also, I was a pretty big Sid fan back in the day.

[@garethfletcher7589]

RIP Sid 😢

[@MrHabs66]

Man, I bumped into Sid at a hotel in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada after a house show there in the early 90's. He was in the lobby, checking into his room & he was still wearing his wrestling gear, but with a t-shirt on. At the time, I was 6'3" and weighing in at about 245 pounds. He made me feel like a 10 year old. I could tell that he wasn't in the mood to talk, so I just said hello & left it at that. LOL!!! For those that were wondering, he lost to Shawn Michaels after a super kick.

[@ShieTar_]

One of the most effective heels of the 1990s, for sure. You always knew the faces would be in trouble when he decided to take them on. And to be fair, the promos that did not work out that well were usually those were the nice & relatable guy was showing through when he tried to pretend to be the unflappable monster. I personally would love to see him in the WWE hall of fame as much as I would love him to turn up as a surprise ring enforcer in AEW/TNA/ROH/NJPW/YouNameIt.

[@simondennis9460]

A lovely put together video on my favourite childhood big man. From my understanding no charges were brought against Sid for the scissors incident as the weapon was initially produced by Arn. Is this correct folks?

[@Bat-Twenty-Two]

As an X-Men fan in the 90s, I always felt that Sid would have been perfect for the villain Sabretooth.

[@jonathanking1472]

Rip sid 😢

[@Al7249]

Lol this is just fucking fantastic. Until I read this, while I knew of some of Sids leavings and reasons why, I just really no joke thought he loved softball. I'm loving these. Please more.

[@GM-tw4el]

Really getting your moneys worth using the stock car crash clip 😂😂😂😂 Great video btw. Sid was kinda before my time only really remembered seeing him on old VHS in your house tapes in the video shop and the wcw Monday night wars run.

[@MrTurbografx16]

Sid was truly an intense wrestlers i was always a Big fan. Well done breaking it Down👍.

[@andreaswiesheu2240]

I still wonder, what if WWF then had gone with Sid as WWF Champion at the Rumble instead of Flair - or at least pushed him as Babyface with Hogan leaving... he had potential, he was over and the wasted him for an last Wrestlemania for Hogan ....

[@walterreed7639]

It took 15:10, but they found a way to fit in a softball joke. Love it.

[@jackanthony5877]

Interviewed him for a podcast once. He couldn’t have been more difficult. Short answers. Super moody. He ended up bailing on the interview half way through, as his producers were loudly eating takeout, and they didn’t turn their mics off. Called me a knucklehead though so I’ve got that audio to laugh at.

[@Mr501B]

R.I.P. Sid

[@Scotty-Ov]

Should be a Hall of Famer

[@officerperez]

I have always heard that he asked for the heel turn, so you would think he would have known that his merchandise sales were going to drop

[@austinfailz]

If memory serves, that RR has Sid eliminate Hulk clean, and then... Hulk, the baby face more baby face than any other baby face in the company, uh... does a heel move by eliminating Sid? And Hulk's still the face? WAT? Who booked that shit? It should've been swapped. That would've made WAY more sense.

[@cathaldowdall7467]

He was 6 month a year man……… worth $ 5 million. And didn’t end up a mess like wrestlers who worked 12 months a year for 10 plus years and on all the drugs and beer of the day to keep going and numb pain . Sid was smart and everyone thought he was stupid. He 62 . Rich and a farMer 👩‍🌾 I think . With no drug damage or habits , steroids aside . Probably has few 🍺

[@d3ricc]

Love this series! Could y’all do one on the AJPW exodus? I think Jack is the only one who could really do that story justice.

[@SarahhRyan]

Sid is awesome!!! Where is he now I hope he's living a great life

[@tim6454]

Hes in west memphis arkansas running his landscaping company

[@andrewclayton1701]

Rest in peace you legend

[@drewturner4845]

Nice touch mentioning the rumor about him playing baseball. I remember that one!

[@dixiep33]

Always liked Sid. He had the IT factor definitely. Just a shame luck wasn't on his side and wasn't really used right. Still memorable and had the look of a classic wrestler.

[@cklambo]

Sid = Better Diesel

[@marin3933]

At first i read the title as: The true story of Sid Vicious: Wrestling moron 😂😂😂

[@InfectedChris]

Very well written and edited!

[@johncamporelli4599]

I understand one thing about pro wrestling. The more you last or exist in a wrestling promotion if your name is not a catchy name & a wrestler doesn’t makes it to the top of the wrestling card then is time to change your name to something catchy or some other name that brings any wrestler to be a catchy name or fame like “The undertaker”, “Ultimate Warrior”, “The road warriors”, which gave them catchy names & topics to talk about at the dinner table or get kids to watch them or buy their merchandise a lot more. Needless to say any wrestler that has their merchandise flying off the shelves definitely is going to get pushed a lot more within the promotion & be given top card at any wrestling event. Changing your name often like in the case of “Cold Stone” , Steve Austin definitely gave him a top spot because the other names were not working but as soon as he re-branded his name merchandise started flying off the shelves & (Cold Stone) had more matches & more wrestling contracts making him a household name & his merchandise flew off the shelves like hot bread. So wrestling is about having a catchy name & hoping your merchandise is flying off the shelves because is the only way to get new contracts & make more money which the dream all wrestlers pursue in their conquest of professional wrestling.

[@duckydarrick7460]

I got to see Sid wrestle one time, it was at UMass during 1 of his wcw title reigns. He squashed a jobber named Al Green on a wcw Saturday night taping.

[@ryanh4775]

Sid is a good dude. If you ever get a chance to talk to him he's filled with insight.

[@danielsikora9079]

I remever Sid from the Rumble throwing out Hogan, the promo that he's half the man, and that one and only leg injury!

[@PApro]

As a kid, Sid was my favorite wrestler. He was supposed to be doing an autograph signing at a local car dealership in 97. I was so excited to go. It was so disappointing at the time to find out upon arriving that he had been in a car accident and would be replaced by Tripple H, who at the time was still doing that overly corny Hunter Hurst Helmsley blue blood act, and Chyna. Needless to say, im happy now to have Tripple H's autograph but at the time I was sooooo mad. Side note: Chyna was no less than 3x his size and made him look like a child.

[@mywalletisonyourmomsnighst1677]

It's crazy I have absolutely no memory of Sid wrestling when I was a kid. He was back and forth probably as much as I was between Nitro and Raw so I must have been watching one show while he was in the other.

[@mikesharon2177]

The movie "The Hitcher" Scarred the hell out of me as a child the actor Rutger Hauer is the reason for that and Sid I thought looked like him

[@rasheedsami6728]

In June the past year my leg broke and when it happened I immediately remembered that injury that he suffered because it was exactly the same 😮😮😮😮

[@BluThundr]

Anyone who shits on Sid is just daft to me, the guy had a personality like no other, had the look and while not the greatest technician in the world, he's fucking awesome.

[@michaelgartner4454]

The Sycho Sid run was awesome. I think he's just a bit underrated. He was decent in the ring but his charisma was amazing!

[@zackschilling4376]

Sid needed a manager/talker. Hes like a walking talking Vince McMahon wet dream, right next to (In Vince McMahon voice) GARY STRYDOM, WOW!!!!!

[@QuietM4n]

He kinda was Bruiser Brodie for the 90’s era. Remember that time that bischoff taunted him by bringing up the violent assault he committed? Wrestling is weird

[@kumingo]

My favorite wrestler. He did scare me though in my younger years.

[@mikekeith2029]

He didn’t get hurt jumping off the top rope, it was the second rope.

[@TERRANCE614]

A true legend. The only wrestler to headline wrestlemania with both, Hogan and Undertaker.

[@colenorris30]

VICIOUS SYCHO SID JUSTICE One of my top favorite wrestler that I grew up watching during the 90's wwf/wwe and wcw/ecw he a hall of famor o the 90's how I miss it the best time to be a wrestling fan we the fans are what made the bad attitude Era there will another like us

[@TheFlock83]

Thought you weren’t going to mention softball but you snuck it in there at the end 😂

[@KTHashi]

I like how they didn't make it the focus of every time he left though. Novel, really, on youtube.

[@Scorchio-El]

When I was a kid I was sure Sid was actor Michael Rooker. I even convinced some kids in my class that it was the same person. Rooker is nowhere near as big as Sid hahah

[@KTHashi]

When I was in college, my roommate and I went to see Cliffhanger, and I was freaked out by how much that actor looked like Sid lmao. I knew it wasn't because the size difference, but otherwise, wow.

[@jamie5140]

Superb video Jack👏🏼

[@j.d3804]

10:15 love the car crash B-roll

[@chrisxavier3147]

He will always be one of my favourite characters

[@billblaski9523]

SID:"Eehhhh, i think i really wanna be a big vicious heel tho" VINCE MCMAHON:"Sid, we're gonna give you Hogan's boots' SID:"Eehhhh, i really think the money is in me being a big vicious heel" VINCE:😶

[@tysoncarpenter8628]

Ive always been a sid justice fan!!!!!

[@wawaelias8842]

Can you imagine you are at a bar in 1985 and you get into an argument with a woman and she says the dreaded words " LET ME CALL MY BROTHER/B/F AND SEE IF YOU TALK SHIT TO HIM" AND OUT WALKS PSYCHO SID WITH HIS SQUEEGEE!!!! ID SHIT MYSELF!!!!

[@stingrey1571]

masters of the powerbomb had one of the most vicious squash matches i ever seen on wcw saturday night.

[@drudawg4208]

Such a nice guy too. So many big stars at that time were legit assholes.

[@josephmiller9424]

Sid had the size the looks to be a huge legend his size was unreal if he let Vince JR guid him he might be remembered like Hogan , i think SID was what Vince wanted Hogan to look like

[@VoltMagnum]

pls do story about wcw reboot i just recently heard it from this video

[@mattuk56]

Sid is great, I wish He'd come to AEW for a year or so and have 1 last run.

[@keithmain1151]

Where did Cultaholic get that information that Sid got a punctured lung & broken ribs during a match with the Steiners'? Maybe the broken ribs are true but I know for a fact that he got the puncture wound from Arn Anderson stabbing him with a pair of scissors in a bar fight.

[@stratoalex]

RIP

[@joeyl7656]

Phenomenal video!! 👏🏼👏🏼

[@mexmexican8619]

Sid wanted the 1992 heel turn. He turned down the Hulk Hogan replacement role.

[@grayrecluse7496]

Meet Raymond in 1993 at a softball tournament in Verona, Mississippi ,nice,guy... Think Sid looked at wrestling as a way to retire young. We're everyone else want to be famous.

[@dudeistmonkmatthew9550]

Sid in his prime versus Mike Awesome in his prime would be an excellent match.

[@JackieFlinders-rx7hp]

Sid was awesome wrestler I happy I got watch him wrestle

[@MarkieDood]

There's never been (at least since the end of the territories era) anyone whose career path was quite like Sid's, and in this age of gigantic multi-year contracts, talent hoarding, no-compete clauses, and generally more reluctance than ever before to strongly book talent the promotion doesn't trust to be a "company guy", it's unlikely there ever will be again. Even with guys like Samoa Joe and AJ Styles, who've been nigh-perennial upper-carders in multiple promotions, you really can't say it's the same thing. Sid is certainly an anomaly on the professional wrestling timeline.