On a recent edition of Grilling JR, Jim Ross talked about Sid Eudy receiving the Legacy Award as part of the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2026.
Eudy’s son addressed the award and induction, calling it “disrespectful as hell,” a sentiment with which the WWE Hall of Famer agreed:
If my daddy was going into the Hall of Fame, I would want them to have the biggest presentation that they could produce.
Eudy competed in WWE as Sid Justice and later Sycho Sid, holding a number of titles and accolades between those runs and his time in WCW as Sid Vicious.
Expressing disappointment in Eudy being limited to a Legacy Award rather than a full induction, Ross added:
Based on previous years’ criteria, by a variety of talents, Sid was overqualified to go into the Hall of Fame. [The Legacy Wing] is a joke. It’s just one way to give somebody a payday or some recognition, I understand that, but a guy who headlined WrestleMania a couple of times, a multi-time champion, he deserved and earned [it].
Was Sid a pain in the a–? Yeah, sometimes. No doubt about it. He was moody. He had a lot of pride, and some who worked with him closely may say that he had too much pride because he became a pain in the ass to work with, but does that mean he doesn’t deserve to be in the regular Hall of Fame? No. He should’ve been in the regular Hall of Fame.
Eudy and Allen “Bad News Brown” Coage were the most recent recipients of the Legacy Award, which began with the Class of 2016 and was brought back from a hiatus in 2025.
Ross, a longtime staple of the WWE broadcast team, signed with AEW in 2019.
Source: F4WOnline