The wrestling world was rocked yesterday by the sudden passing of Sid Eudy, aka wrestling legend Sid Vicious. However whereas Vicious can be greatest remembered by followers for his World Championship runs in each WCW and WWE, for former co-worker and WWE Corridor of Famer Booker T, he can be remembered as somebody who helped make Booker’s prolonged profession doable. After paying tribute to Vicious on social media, Booker mentioned his late good friend on the newest episode of the “Corridor of Fame” podcast, and expanded upon how Vicious was instrumental in serving to Booker and his brother, Stevie Ray, get away throughout their early days within the enterprise.
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“Sid really was the dude that received me and my brother a break,” Booker mentioned. “A telephone name got here to the International Wrestling Federation Sports activities Auditorium, and just about the remaining is historical past. Sid Vicious introduced me and my brother in. He mentioned ‘Hey guys, I will get you in. In all probability about six months later, me and my brother had been in WCW, not simply in WCW, we had been staying at Sid Vicious’ residence…He did not have to do this. Sid did not have to do this. However he went out on the limb only for me and my brother, simply to offer us a springboard proper off the bat.”
Booker additional famous that Vicious helped him and Stevie get booked for his or her first PPV important occasion, the place they teamed with Vicious and Vader in WarGames at Fall Brawl 1993. As such, Booker is ceaselessly indebted to Vicious, and is comfortable he received the chance to let him know that.
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“I am simply glad I received an opportunity to see Sid, I do not know, six months to a 12 months in the past,” Booker mentioned. “I am simply glad I received an opportunity to inform Sid Vicious thanks.”
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