Sid Vicious DIES at 63: WWE Pro Wrestler Cause of Death and Last Words Before He Died Revealed

[Music] pro wrestler Sid Vicious a star at the height of the Wrestlemania era of the early 1990s whose career ended with a horrific and televised leg injury has died after battling cancer for several years he was 63 his death was announced on social media by son gar yudi he was a man of strength kindness and love and his presence will be greatly missed gonar yudi wrote about vicious who also went by the ring names Lord humongus vicious Warrior Sid Justice and sichos Sid but was born Sydney Raymond udy on December 6th 1960 taking his most enduring ring name from the doomed punk rocker and sex pistal basist who died in 1979 Udi began wrestling in 1987 rising to National prominence to years later when he joined world championship wrestling moving over to the WWE in 1991 as Sid Justice Udi entered into a notorious Feud with Hogan a year later in the early to mid 1990s udy was among the headliners for the popular WrestleMania events winning various world championships for both the WWE and WCW Udi also took part in 1997 on Monday Night Raw Udi's grappling career came to a stomach Journey end in what remains one of the ghastliest moments in televised wrestling history during a pay-per-view match in January 2001 yudy jumped off a turnbuckle and landed badly his left leg snapped and dangling at a grotesque angle bones poking through his skin decades later yudi would remember the life-changing injury in a TV interview saying that he was still recuperating from a shoulder injury when he was convinced by a WCW executive to return and perform the rope jump although yudi agreed to the return the stunt he said was something I didn't want to do and I wasn't comfortable doing plans for a memorial service are pending yudi is survived by wife Sabrina pagee and Sons gonar and Frank yudy was a six-time world champion having won the WWF Championship twice the WCW World Heavyweight Championship twice and the uswa unified World Heavyweight Championship twice in addition to World title success Udi held the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship once among other accolades during his tenur with the WWF and WCW udy headlined multiple pay-per-views for both organizations main Eventing WrestleMania 8 and WrestleMania 13 in 1992 and 1997 respectively as well as starcade in 2000 udy entered wrestling after an encounter with Randy Savage and his brother Lanny poo after being trained by Tojo Yamamoto yudi made his debut as he teamed with Austin Idol and wrestled the team of Nick bowinkle and Jerry Lawler he then adopted the mass wrestler Persona known as Lord humongous he began his career in Continental championship wrestling CCW in 1987 under a mask and the name Lord humongous on Christmas Day 1987 he won the NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship Northern Division going on to be the final title holder later he turned fan favorite after rekindling a kab childhood friendship with Shane Douglas resulting in the two forming a tag team and capturing the NWA sou Eastern Tag Team Championship he also competed in New Japan Pro Wrestling njpw where he challenged Tatsumi fujinami for the IWGP heavyweight championship under the name vicious Warrior but was unable to win the title yudi then made a very brief stint in worldclass championship wrestling wccw where he adopted one of his most notable ring names sidvicious which he took from the punk rock musician of the same name who played bass for the second pistols in 1989 Udi signed with world championship wrestling and retained his Sid Vicious ring name he made his televised debut in WCW by defeating Dwayne Bruce on the June 17th 1989 episode of pro originally slated as a singles wrestler yudi was eventually paired with Danny Spivy to form the skyscrapers managed by Teddy Long the skyscrapers feuded with The Steiner Brothers and the Road Warriors during this time he Incorporated the powerbomb as his finishing move the team was short-lived yudi was replaced by Mean Mark Callas after suffering a broken rib and a punctured lung during a match with The Steiner Brothers at the November 1989 clash of the Champions X following his recovery Udi was introduced on the May 11th 1990 edition of NWA Power Hour as the newest member of Ric Flair's for Horsemen and he was buil by the ring announcers as being from wherever he damn well pleases Sid was the muscle of the group and initially brought in to counteract the strength of Robocop at Capital combat his first televised matchback was a 26 second loss to Lex Luger on Clash of the champion she in which the referee performed a fast recount in an interview in 2018 Sid stated the reason for the quick loss was punishment by Booker o Anderson for having been seen playing softball during time off while he was rehabilitating from his punctured lung as one of the horsemen UD def feuded with Paul orndorf and the Jung Yar dog he attacked NWA World Heavyweight Champion sting following the Champions title match of clash of the Champions the 12th setting up his first Feud as a singles wrestler at Halloween Havoc a fake sting Barry Windam in collusion with Sid let Sid pin him after switching places with the real sting in order for Sid to win the belt they were thwarted when the real sting came out and beat Sid to retain the title he returned late in the year as a Challenger for Scott Steiner's WCW World Heavyweight Championship but Sid failed to defeat Steiner in their title match at starcade on January 14th 2001 at the sin pay-per-view in Indianapolis at keko Fieldhouse now gridge Fieldhouse sidf Steiner Jeff Jarrett and road warrior animal in a four cornner match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship during the match he suffered a near career-ending injury WCW executive John Laurus allegedly felt that Udi needed to broaden his arsenal of wrestling moves and suggested that he try an aerial maneuver despite his unwillingness yudi felt it unnecessary for a wrestler of his size and typed to do high spots and did not feel comfortable doing them during the match yudi suffered a leg fracture following his leap from the second turn buckle in an attempted big boot on Steiner this had him awkwardly Landing with all his weight on one foot while kicking with the other severely fracturing the leg on which he landed yudi broke his left leg in half snapping both the tibia and iula with at least one of the bones breaking through the skin and rotating his foot without his input at 90° anticlockwise the fracture was to graphic for many television stations to reair although it was shown on the following Nitro after WCW was bought by the WWF in March 2001 and following surgery yudi was faced with the prospect of Rehabilitation of his leg for 3 to 5 days per week for at least the next year he was told by his doctor that he would never run again and Sid set a goal of being able to do so at first he was limited to using a cane but through extensive effort was able to not only walk again but in time run during his arduous Rehabilitation Udi made several appearances as World Wrestling allstar's WWA commissioner during its 2002 Australian tour though at the beginning of WWA as Sydney Show Sid also filed a law suit with the universal wrestling Corporation the Turner holding company for what remained of wcw's unpurchased assets seeking redress for the injury that he sustained the judge ultimately ruled in favor of the uwc on the June 25th 2012 episode of Raw Udi made his return to WWE as sicho said in a match against Heath Slater where he defeated Slater as part of the ongoing celebration building up to WWE's 1000th episode of Raw it was his first appearance on Raw since the July 14th 1997 episode and his first match on the show since June 9th 1997 yudi would reappear on the actual 1,000th episode on July 23rd where he and another WWE Legends helped Lita take Downs Slater 20 on August 5th 2017 Sid wrestled the last match of his career defeating Paul Rosenberg in Ottawa Ontario for great North wrestling yudi and his wife Sabrina paig neses were married on December 30th 1983 in Shelby County Tennessee they have to Sons Frank a cast member on the CBS reality show Big Brother 14 and 18 and gar yudi who is also a wrestler at the time of his death in August 2024 yudi lived with his wife and Maran Arkansas's yudi was a fan of softball during his time off from wrestling he briefly played softball between 1997 and 1999 in January 2011 yudi was arrested in Shelby County Tennessee initially pulled over four and charged with not wearing his seat belt Udi was also charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana and driving without a license he was later released on $11,000 Bond