Hovering at or near the main event scene of both the WWF and WCW over a period of twelve years between 1989 and 2001, Sid Eudy known variously as Sid Vicious on the independents and in WCW and Sid Justice/Sycho Sid in the WWF may be the least talented megastar on the mic in American wrestling history. Sid was huge with a great look, and radiated ferocious intensity but wrestled like a sack of out-of-date spuds, and talked like an angry hobo. His screw-ups on the mic came to be a thing of legend, especially considering his high status in the two biggest wrestling promotions in the USA: live television coupled with the advent of the digital age have combined to ensure that Sids many gaffes are preserved forever on YouTube, on DVD and Blu-Ray and now, on the WWE Network. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4rOOgiZ9pk See? Apparently hes a suicide machine, something his Wrestlemania opponent would probably quite appreciate. Sid would constantly get the order of words in a promo mixed up, or say the wrong thing at the wrong time, famously asking for a second take on a live interview. What set him apart from other headless turkeys on the mic was his fantastic delivery because Sid had tone, pitch, volume and timing down almost perfectly. Tragically, that meant that his repeated failure to get the right words out was always presented with utter, unshakeable conviction: as though he was performing a parody of a professional wrestling promo for a comedy sketch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhGF4C_GjQY Half a brain, indeed. Where other tongue-tied wrestlers would have their mistakes forgotten about within weeks, Sids wonderfully goofy botched promos will probably live forever. Whos the worst on the mic in WWF or WWE history? If you think weve missed someone, tell us all about it in the comments!
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