MANIAC Wrestlers That Will Totally F*** YOU UP! ?

4. Sid

Road Warriors
WWE

As Ultimate Warrior's like-for-like replacement in the summer of 1996, Sid became a babyface in the company for the first time since he debuted in 1991 when, fittingly, he was expected to fill Warrior's shoes. The pattern repeated again in 1992, and Warrior's aforementioned '96 stint came right after Sid bolted in January of that year too.

Confused? You should be - two of the most intense muscle-heads in company history weren't exactly the most reliable in their heyday, but they were two of the most intense muscle-heads in company history, so Vince McMahon extended them leeway that might not have been afforded to others.

Sid's work was fairly gentle for the most part, but he had an intensity that his loose punches betrayed. Despite being given the "Psycho" (later "Sycho") tag upon his 1995 WWE return as a direct reference to a scary hotel stabbing incident with Arn Anderson the prior year when both worked for WCW, his reputation after that was one of a giant who's head had gone, rather than a monster who could actually kill you.

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