10 Wrestlers Who Always Followed The Money
3. Sid
Was Sid self-aware?
The potted history of his career was thus:
Arrive in a major promotion, be awesome in a one-dimensional way before a money dispute or some other controversy, leave to play softball.
Debut for the competition, be awesome in a one-dimensional way before a money dispute or some other controversy, leave to play softball.
And again and so on.
He mounted two WWF runs and did a WCW threepeat.
He must have cared to an extent - he didn't stab Arn Anderson with scissors over not getting pushed if he was an apathetic mercenary - but perhaps he just seething that with an elusive top role came more money.
He played the game as it was meant to be played, bouncing between territories when he had grown stale or his main event role (and earning potential) was under threat - only, this was more pronounced in the 1990s when they were just three territories of any renown to jump between.
An intense maverick of an individual who knew his worth, he got what he needed out of wrestling and left it behind. He only got into it to make money fast, since his wife had become pregnant. He told Sean Mooney: "I never had the love for the business; it was really just to make money."