​Sid ruled.Vicious, Justice, Sycho; he carried a few prefixes and suffixes with him throughout his career, but his shoot name was more than enough to announce his arrival. ‘The Master and Ruler Of The World’ is preposterous out of context, and Sid rarely attempted to try, but you bought it all the same. That was the contract, and it was an easy one to sign. A behemoth dripping in natural charisma with a physique that, even for the times, was jacked and sculpted to such an extent that it looked closer to animation than reality, he could get away with anything and still be every bit ‘The Man’ he said he was. His punches were featherlight, his gear wasn’t necessarily all that interesting, and his matches rarely went looking for critical acclaim. It just didn’t matter because Sid ruled.None of the above stopped WWE and WCW alike belting him up multiple times. The big man needing a peak-era Shawn Michaels to extract a credible contest out of him didn’t get in the way of him getting the spots. Pay-per-view buyrates not always spiking with him on top didn’t stop promoters trying again. And infamous promos were he inadvertently called himself thick didn’t interfere with him getting booked in main events.Sid had “half the brain” of The Outsiders. They pissed themselves laughing at that one, but Sid kept on Sid’ing. He made it look as easy as botching in the first place.Not everybody had his aura…All Future PLC brands are supported by its audience. When you purchase through the links on this article, Future PLC may earn an affiliate commission.