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  Tom Zenk Rick RudeRobbinsdhale High School 976
Rude, with his movie star looks and chiseled physique, had memorable programs during a period when Jarrett's business was extremely strong, working as the main heel in the company for several months.
Rude felt that his name was being used to draw the houses, but McMahon was paying him very little, based on the fact he wasn't wrestling on those shows.
Rude never wrestled again, and a few weeks later the title change was rescinded and given back to Sting due to the controversy surrounding the finish.
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 Attitude Asylum .com > WWE > Tributes > Ravishing Rick Rude
Rude's career pinnacle came against the Warrior, when he captured the Intercontinental Championship at WrestleMania V. Although Rude would eventually lose the title back to the Warrior, "The Ravishing One" established himself as one of the greatest superstars of the 1980s.
Rude was a trailblazer in the industry due to his tendency to address the audience over the house microphone before his matches.
Rick was besieged with a variety of injuries - especially to his neck and back - in the latter part of his career.
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 Rick Rude
Famous Matches and Storylines: Rude had great feuds against such greats as the Rock and Roll Express, Ultimate Warrior, Jake "the Snake" Roberts, Sting, Ric Flair, and Shane Douglas during his runs in WCW, ECW, and the WWF.
Rude also has the distinction of being the only wrestler ever to show up on WCW, ECW, and WWF television in the same week.
Rude had a career ending neck injury in 1994 against Sting, when a bad bump injured his neck.
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 Ravishing Rick Rude Tribute   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Rick's thing was that he would pull a young lady from the crowd and plant a kiss on her prior to each match.
Rude was relegated to a role of manager/commentator in ECW, and as a bodyguard to D-Generation X in the WWF.
Rick Rude was undoubtedly a driving force in bringing wrestling to where it is today and his style set the standard that many have emulated.
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 Memorial to Ravishing Rick Rude
When Rick asked her who her husband was she proudly said, "Jake 'the Snake' Roberts", of course he was unimpressed by this fact and kissed her anyways.
She slapped him and Rude pushed her to the floor, and one of the greatest feuds in WWF history was on.
Rude was able to carry the less talented Roberts for months, giving fans outstanding match after outstanding match.
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 Rick Rude
Rick Rude was born Richard Erwin Rood in Robbinsdale, Minnesota on December 7, 1958.
Rude would also tag with King Kong Bundy for a short feud with the Fabulous Ones and inevitably left, and feuded with his former siblings in the First Family.
The upshot of all that was Rude being indefinatly suspended for making nasty comments about the Bossmans mum, the stupidest exit ever (with the exception of the Undertaker dying and ascending to heaven).
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 Rick Rude dies
Rude was regulated to a role of manager - commentator in Extreme Championship Wrestling and as a bodyguard to D-Generation X in the WWF.
Rude's recent role in WCW was that of a manager to his hometown pal, Curt Hennig.
Rude headed to the WWF to be managed by Bobby "The Brain" Heenan as part of his stable of wrestlers.
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 Remembering "Ravishing" Rick Rude
Rick actually found this amusing and took it as a compliment With widespread sexuality accepted in wrestling today, it's hard to believe that Ravishing Rick was a controversial, cutting edge character only a short time ago.
Rude eventually left the WWF to continue his career in WCW; he was one of the first big names I can recall leaving to resurface on that "other wrestling show".
Rick Rude's in-ring persona was that of a muscle-bound, egocentric ladies' man. But to his friends, family, and those fans who had an opportunity to meet him, Rick is remembered for being a good person, a devoted friend and husband, and an honorable man.
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 Rick Rude   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Rick Rude made his breakthrough in pro wrestling in 1986, when Rude held the NWA World Tag Team title with Manny Fernandez.
In 1988, Rude went to WWF and claimed he was the "sexiest man alive".
Rude left the WWF after a bitter fued with Vince McMahon, and then went to the WCW and got major wins vs. Sting and Ric Flair.
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 Rick Rude
A few months later, Rude left the WWF because of contract (and McMahon) problems, and came back to the NWA, which was slowly becoming WCW by this time.
Rude, with his coming to WCW, became the leader of the "Dangerous Alliance", a powerful group of wrestlers similar to the IV Horsemen.
Rude eventually brought a lawsuit against WCW, the results of which are unknown.
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 Las Vegas SUN:
In the world of professional wrestling, Ravishing Rick Rude was the quintessential villain, but in real life he would do anything for his own young children and others.
Rude was born Dec. 7, 1958, in St. Peter, Minn., the son of Chiaferi and Richard "Dick" Rood, a former college football star at Gustavas Adolphus College and the University of Minnesota.
Rude later made wrestling history as the only wrestler to compete on the same day in the rival WWF and WCW for nationally televised events.
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 Ultimate Warrior vs Ravishing Rick Rude @ Summerslam '90
He retaliates against Rude with some punches of his own eventually forcing Rude off the turnbuckle by slamming his head onto the top of the cage.
Rude rams Warriors face into the cage and attempts to set the Champion up for his finisher "The Rude Awakening".
Rude is waiting though and knocks Warrior to the floor with a clothesline.
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 Rick Rude   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Rude next emerged in the WWF, using his "Ravishing" nickname he coined in the indy's, Rick made it up the roster quick, and won the IC title.
Rude then shocked the world by jumping to WCW, who he was suing at the time, while in ECW and the WWF.
Rude will be missed by millions of wrestling fans, as one of the greatest heels ever, and a great in the ring performer.
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 Rick Rude
Rude returned to action in time for WCW's excellent Real Event tour of the UK in March 1993, but, as time marched on, it became clear that the injury had taken its toll on his in-ring dexterity.
Despite further conjecture regarding his impending return to the WWF, Rude disappeared from wrestling altogether for the best part of three years, opting to cash in on his Lloyds' of London insurance policy and file a lawsuit against WCW pertaining to the injury he suffered in the match with Sting in Fukuoka.
Rude's steroid use was well known to his peers and industry insiders long before his reluctant testimony in the 1994 trial of Vince McMahon on steroid distribution charges.
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 Rick Rude Memorial   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The man born Rick Wood, but known to the wrestling world as Rick Rude died of an apparent heart attack in his home last night.
A former champion in the NWA, WCW, and Intercontinental Champion in the WWF, Rude retired from active competition in May of 1994 due to neck and back injuries.
Rude was last seen in WCW managing longtime friend, Curt Hennig, and had just returned as a broadcaster for the company following a cancer scare late last year.
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 Cut the music: The Rick Rude Retrospective   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Rude was such a hot commidity that nearly every top manager of the era once held him under their guidance.
After his in-ring career ended due to an unfortunate back injury, Rude proved that he can also be the man leading the wrestlers as he became a manager/advisor in ECW, the WWF, and WCW all in less than a year.
Rude appeared on both Raw Is War and Monday Nitro on the same night.
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 Rick Rude Deceased
Indeed many of Rick Rude's matches were amazing to watch, he always sought to thrill the crowd, even as a heel.
Rick moved on to WCW, where he continued to have some success, until a neck injury in a match with Sting in Japan almost ruined his wrestling career.
Rick will be remembered as the only man to appear on both WWF Raw and WCW Nitro on the same night, as he had filmed the taped edition of Raw a week before the live Nitro.
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 Splendid E-zine reviews: Rick Rose Rude
Rude's songs are an interesting mix of lo-fi styles.
Rude's singing, on the other hand, implies a punk rock influence.
More importantly, the ending lines bring us to believe that Rude isn't saying that life is hell, so much that life is hell, but we've all gotta come down from it some time.
www.splendidezine.com /reviews/sep-3-01/rick.html   (372 words)

  
 Splendid Magazine reviews Rick Rose Rude: Living in the 21st Century
If Rick Rose Rude doesn't become a world class rock 'n' roll star with his poster plastered across every teenager's wall, something's seriously fucked up with the music scene.
Rude snarls over a sloppy but brilliant guitar rhythm, his slurred lyrics mentioning everything from credit card limits to pornography.
Rude chugs through this T. Rex cover, retaining the original's charm while adding his own swagger and intensity.
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 Obsessed With Wrestling   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Rick Rude moved on to the Mid-South territory in 1984 and paired up with manager, Jimmy Hart, as part of the "First Family" stable..
Rick Rude was declared the first WCCW Heavyweight champion when the NWA withdrew sanctions from World Class..
Rick Rude, for a time, was managed by his sister Raven in the World Class promotion..
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 WWE Classics Report 7-25-02   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Rick Rude grabs the microphone and asks for the music to be cut, and then asks for all the out of shape, overweight couch potatoes to keep the noise down whilst he disrobes, so that the ladies can concentrate on his simply ravishing body.
Meanwhile, the WWF camera crew have been asking young ladies at ringside what they feel about Rick Rude, and whilst one lady says he's definitely not the sexiest man alive, another claims that just by looking at his body you can tell how sexy is - and you can see the lust in her eyes.
Rude then looks them up and down from several angles, and then settles for a blonde haired lady, who must have been in her late thirties.
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 Mid-Week Report
I was never fortunate enough to happen to meet Rick Rude, but I did see him wrestle live at least once, and he made The Ultimate Warrior look like a million bucks in that match.
Rick Rude would regularly be in the 24-hour Gold's Gym at 3:00 in the morning working out...and that's dedication.
Rick Rude was once in a cage match where he was hanging from the top of the cage on the outside by his knees.
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 Rick Rude - Reviews on RateItAll   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Rude was built well but still had a smaller frame than the other WWF giant wrestlers.
Rude appeared on both a WWF and WCW show on the same evening because the WWF did'nt have time to edit him out in time due to his quick departure.
Rude was a classic one of a kind heel that made everyone in the arena hate him.
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 Profile
- Rude landed in Memphis, TN and was managed by "The Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart.
- Rude and King Kong Bundy defeated the Fabulous Ones in the finals of a tournament on October 8, 1984 to capture the AWA Southern Tag Team title.
Rude actually appeared on a live "Nitro" and on a pre-taped episode of "Raw" in the same night.
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 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
I was saddened to learn of the untimely passing of former superstar and Intercontinental Champion, "Ravishing" Rick Rude.
Rick Rude made his presence felt immediately upon entering the Federation in 1987.
Although Rude would eventually lose the title back to the Warrior, "The Ravishing One" established himself as one of the greatest superstars of the 1980s.
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 Cheryl's Wrestler Meetings - Rick Rude   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Next to his childhood friend, Curt Hennig, Rick is next in line as my favorite wrestler of all time.
I also enjoyed watching Rick ride the Round Up with his son, completely relaxed and carrying on a conversation with his boy while all the other riders were as stiff as boards and holding their breath.
But had I known then what I know now, I probably would have, if just to let Rick know that his hard work in the wrestling world was appreciated.
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 pro wrestler rick fargo and other fargo related information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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 WWE: Inside WWE > Title History > Intercontinental > 19890402 - Rick Rude
Rude challenged the Warrior to a Super Pose-down at the Royal Rumble.
Frustrated with the fans favoring the Warrior, Rude attacked his nemesis and choked him out.
The names of all World Wrestling Entertainment televised and live programming, talent names, images, likenesses, slogans and wrestling moves and all World Wrestling Entertainment logos are trademarks which are the exclusive property of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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 BSP - Wab-1 Info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Near the middle of the match, Rick Rude was hanging on the ropes and I'd had to say that's a very nice display of his chest.
After this, Rick Rude had control and had this frenzy of applying three camel clutches, one after the other (35 sec, 28 and 47).
In revenge, Rick gives an eye rake to Sting :P. There is a timer in this match and the wrestlers have to eliminate their opponent before the time runs out.
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 "Ravishing" Rick Rude Tribute cooldudesandhotbabes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
This is a tribute to "Ravishing" Rick Rude.
Unfortunately, Rude was yet another wrestler to pass away in 1999.
It is widely believed the steroid use over the years was a large contributor to his untimely death.
www.cooldudesandhotbabes.com /rude.html   (54 words)

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