10 WWE Legends That Require A Career Reevaluation
7. Sid
The Justice/Vicious surnames were never quite as efficient as the 'Sycho' (sic) moniker he was afforded during his most successful WWE run in 1996/97, but it was Vince McMahon often accused of the condition every time he relied on the returning monster in spite of his chequered past.
Sid's punching technique never remotely advanced beyond bang-average, but the power of his fists didn't matter when the power of his fist-bumps were sending Madison Square Garden into an absolute frenzy against former favourite Shawn Michaels.
Treat yourself to International Incident: In Your House from July 1996 for hard evidence of how big a star the man briefly was. Fans go absolutely insane for his every (limited) move, and continued to for the remainder of the year up to and including his title win.
This wasn't McMahon blinded by biceps as was the case in 1992; this was The Chairman striking while the iron was white hot in hopes of flogging as many tickets as possible to his Alamo Dome overreach at January 1997's Royal Rumble. Sid and Shawn couldn't quite sell the ginormous building out with their rematch, but the violent and charismatic giant made the perfect foil for the hometown hero to strike gold a second time.