History YMMV / SidEudy

** There was also a brief stretch of time during the middle to end of the New Generation Era when everything clicked for Sid, giving his best effort and having surprisingly great matches (In particular, his title match with Shawn Michaels at the 1997 Royal Rumble)

* TheScrappy: Though hugely popular in the late 80s and early 90s, changing taste in wrestling, especially the poularity of cruiserweight wrestling and more shades of grey type wrestlers with more realistic, relatable personalities, caused Sid's stock to plumit among fans. His return to WCW in 1999 as a foil for Goldberg and later, Hulk Hogan, were widely reviled and many felt that Sid's push should have gone to homegrown talent like Chris Jericho, Eddie Gurerro, or Chris Benoit instead. Especially since Sid's character never changed and his character highly protected at the expense of the entire undercard. Adding to this, thanks to the rise of the internet and Scott Keith's "History of WCW circa 1993" essay piece (which for years was one of the most detailed accounts of that period in the company's history), a lot of behind the scenes stuff about Sid became public knowledge (such as the squeegee incident and the "scissors" incident with Arn Anderson, which even got incorporated into an episode of Nitro, with Eric Bischoff referencing it to mock Sid), along with Sid's passion for softball and his habit of no-showing companies to play softball.

** The scissors debacle with Arn.

* {{Squick}}: There's footage of him snapping his leg coming off of the middle rope at the ''Sin'' pay-per-view.

* MisaimedFandom: Even though he was a heel in his match with Wrestling/{{Goldberg}} at ''WCW Mayhem 1999'', the Canadian fans (who are more fond of WWE) cheered him due to Sid's WWE past and the belief that Goldberg was a Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin ripoff.

* MisBlamed: Sid's "Half the brain" promo is generally considered the greatest example of how bad he was whenever he was given a mic (hence its appearance in the NeverLiveItDown section below), except that it wasn't a flub at all -- professional imbecile Wrestling/VinceRusso had actually scripted that exact line for Sid to deliver.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The storyline for the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-h.html WCW World Heavyweight Champion]] Wrestling/KevinNash vs. Wrestling/RandySavage match at ''WCW The Great American Bash 1999'' on June 13, 1999 included someone driving a Hummer and attacking Nash's limo, with Nash still in it. After Sid returned at the end of the PPV, all they needed to say was that Savage had hired Sid to drive the Hummer to injure Nash to make it easier for Savage to win the title. Not only did they not say that, they never resolved the angle at all.[[note]]Eric Bischoff would reveal himself as the driver many months later, at which point the resolution was pointless.[[/note]] They couldn't even remember what color the Hummer was or whether Savage was a Face or a Heel from week to week, thanks to the Nash-booked [[FanNickname Summer of Suck]] destroying what little remained of Wrestling/TonySchiavone's competence as an announcer.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: In Creator/ScottKeith's [[https://insidepulse.com/2002/08/05/4852/ WCW Halloween Havoc 1993 retro rant]] (originally written in 1999), he writes that, since it's impossible for any human being to be that useless, Sid must do it on purpose and as a kind of [[MadArtist perverse art form]], which Scott dubs "[=Sidism=]".
-->"He's painting a picture with his terrible wrestling, giving a profound and painful lecture on the current state of wrestling, whereby he's saying, 'Any promotion that would push ME is severely messed up.' It's sad and beautiful at the same time that someone would suffer for their art so, indeed martyring themselves for the cause of bring awareness to the essential suckiness that surrounds him. It's a cry for help, you see. Every time he puts on his idiotic rear chinlock, he's crying 'Stop me before I suck again!' and yet he continues to be pushed. I think the current rambling interviews are just a further sign of his current surrealistic art being taken to yet another, even sicker level."

* MisaimedFandom: Even though he was a heel in his match with Wrestling/{{Goldberg}} at ''WCW Mayhem 99'', the Canadian fans cheered him due to Sid's WWE past and the WWE party line that Goldberg was a Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin ripoff.
* {{Misblamed}}: Sid's "Half the brain" promo is generally considered the greatest example of how bad he was whenever he was given a mic (hence its appearance in the NeverLiveItDown section below), except that it wasn't a flub at all- professional imbecile Wrestling/VinceRusso had actually scripted that exact line for Sid to deliver.
* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: His return to RAW in 2012 to [[SquashMatch flatten]] Heath Slater. The guy was 51 years old. It was his first appearance in WWE in ''15 years.'' And he still looked ''amazingly'' good for his age.

* {{Squick}}: There's footage of him snapping his leg coming off of the middle rope at the ''Sin'' Pay Per View.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The storyline for the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-h.html WCW World Heavyweight Champion]] Wrestling/KevinNash vs. Wrestling/RandySavage match at ''Wrestling/{{WCW}} The Great American Bash 1999'' on June 13, 1999 included someone driving a Hummer and attacking Nash's limo, with Nash still in it. After Sid returned at the end of the PPV, all they needed to say was that Savage had hired Sid to drive the Hummer to injure Nash to make it easier for Savage to win the title. Not only did they not say that, they never resolved the angle at all. They couldn't even remember what color the Hummer was or whether Savage was a Face or a Heel from week to week, thanks to the Nash-booked [[FanNickname Summer of Suck]] destroying what little remained of Wrestling/TonySchiavone's competence as an announcer.
* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: After [[Wrestling/FredOttman The Shockmaster's]] infamous entrance, while everyone else was [[{{Corpsing}} doubled up in laughter]], Sid sold the threat like a pro, acting in rage, keeping in character.

** The "I have half the brain that you do" promo qualifies as well.

* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: After [[Wrestling/FredOttman The Shockmaster's]] infamous entrance, while everyone else was [[{{Corpsing}} doubled up in laughter]], Sid sold the threat like a pro, acting in rage, keeping in character.

** 22!? OH MAN! WHY ME!? WHY ME!?

* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: After [[Wrestling/FredOttman The Shockmaster's]] infamous entrance, while everyone else was [[{{Corpsing}} doubled up in laughter]], Sid sold the threat like a pro, acting in rage, keeping in character.
* WhatAnIdiot: Whoever it was that thought it was a good idea for Sid to come off the ropes in the first place. Never mind that Sid rarely left his feet except to pin someone.

* [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments Crowning Moment of Awesome]]: His return to RAW in 2012 to [[SquashMatch flatten]] Heath Slater. The guy was 51 years old. It was his first appearance in WWE in ''15 years.'' And he still looked ''amazingly'' good for his age.
* [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Crowning Moment of Funny]][=/=]MemeticMutation: "Kevin Nash, you may be half the man that I am, and I may have half the brain that you do..."

* DracoInLeatherPants[=/=]EvilIsCool: Oh, so much. For all his laziness in the ring and his countless bad matches, he has an undeniable charisma that people respond to in spite of everything.

* [[TookTheBadFilmSeriously Took The Bad Entrance Seriously]]: After [[Wrestling/FredOttman The Shockmaster's]] infamous entrance, while everyone else was [[{{Corpsing}} doubled up in laughter]], Sid sold the threat like a pro, acting in rage, keeping in character.
* WhatAnIdiot[=/=]ExecutiveMeddling: Whoever it was that thought it was a good idea for Sid to come off the ropes in the first place. Never mind that Sid rarely left his feet except to pin someone.

* DracoInLeatherPants: Oh, so much. For all his laziness in the ring and his countless bad matches, he has an undeniable charisma that people respond to in spite of everything.

* {{Squick}}: There's footage of him snapping his leg coming off of the middle rope at the ''Sin'' Pay Per View.

** His leg injury.