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Post by laker8kiss on Sept 1, 2014 14:24:48 GMT -5
I was thinking about him the other day. What happened with this guy? I know how it ended and I have been watching old WCW matches of his. He was a guy who could put together good matches but it seems like either bookers felt he didn't have what it takes to be the guy the main evener or maybe bookers felt he wasn't over with the fans. Finally he was at onetime art of DX, does this mean Triple H will use his stroke to get him in the hall eventually?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2014 14:30:47 GMT -5
He received what was essentially a career ending injury from a Stinger's Splash. He tried to make a comeback before he died.
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Post by Mozenrath on Sept 1, 2014 14:34:43 GMT -5
I don't really know if Triple H and him had any real friendship beyond being colleagues, but I don't know that they didn't, either.
Him being in the Hall of Fame eventually is probably likely, though.
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Post by DjZonk on Sept 1, 2014 14:45:13 GMT -5
Rude was training for a comeback when he died. Could have been interesting to see a WWE return given everything.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2014 14:53:32 GMT -5
His back injury was the result of catching Sting on a dive to the floor on a New Japan show, with event staging material below them. Should've never happened. It's at 1:16 of this video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfJ0sXHE-N8
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Post by jason1980s on Sept 1, 2014 17:47:43 GMT -5
A lot of guys who make it big in one company can't make it in another but Rude was definitely a guy who made it big in WWF and WCW. He was over in WWF and unbelievably he was probably more successful in WCW.
I didn't think too much of it at the time but he was such a good fit for DX, even if the character was just an "insurance policy" type. His 1980s/early 90s persona wasn't as extreme as DX but it was generally very similar.
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Post by Racksman on Sept 1, 2014 19:31:18 GMT -5
Rude was also an integral part of ECW in 1997, probably one of it's most important and successful years. He stood out in a completely non-wrestling role at a time where, arguably, ECW had it's strongest roster ever.
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Post by stormblast1983 on Sept 1, 2014 23:20:18 GMT -5
Even when I was a little hulkamaniac I was also a Rick Rude fan. The only time I wasn't a fan of his was when he beat Sting for the U.S. Title at Clash of the Champions. I remember firing my hasbro Rude figure into the wall which busted his head off. I eventually got over it and got to enjoy his matches against Ricky Steamboat and others. His passing was incredibly sad for me and he deserves a spot in the hall of fame.
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Post by DjZonk on Sept 2, 2014 1:11:54 GMT -5
Sorry Jason, but I disagree about the dx thing. Rude was never a good fit.
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Post by Citizen Snips on Sept 2, 2014 11:08:47 GMT -5
Rude had one of the best heel deliveries of promos ever. He sounded so above it all, like it disgusted him to even describe how disgusting the sweat hogs in the audience were compared to him.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2014 16:04:29 GMT -5
I couldn't even hate Rick Rude when I was a little Hulkamaniac, that dude was such a dick that you just had to admire it.
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Post by mizerable on Sept 2, 2014 16:09:15 GMT -5
Rude was the total package as a wrestler for me. The dude just had all the right stuff and I always felt he could have benefited more had they done more to book him as a top guy.
I'll still say that having him be the one who dastardly puts an end to Warrior's WWF reign would have been far more interesting than the bland Sgt. Slaughter. Rude could have been the Edge to Warrior's Cena.
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Post by Blindkarevik on Sept 2, 2014 16:28:20 GMT -5
I think he was similar to Ted Dibiase... while prominently featured and always booked as a threat, they were usually a part of the feud that would launch a face to the top tier of a company or would be the guy they could bring out to challenge a champion if they had no other options available. Rude, I think, rubbed some people the wrong way backstage.... I could be wrong, but I think Hogan refused to work with him or he refused to job to Hogan or something. I dunno, I might be wrong about that.. but I seem to remember some sort of falling out between them that explains why they never did a program together in the WWF.
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Post by Ryushinku on Sept 2, 2014 18:47:20 GMT -5
That injury in the Sting match was such a sad freak event. Yeah, he's got Sting hurtling through the air in a plancha, but with a normal stage there's no issue. It just so happens it's a two-level one for some reason, and that Rude catches and lands it just wrong to do damage to his back. A little more either way or a standard floor and Rude would've been fine.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2014 18:48:40 GMT -5
Best body in wrestling history for my money as well. That dude was ripped and lean.
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Post by lildude8218 on Sept 2, 2014 18:58:17 GMT -5
Had Rude played ball and not walked out during the Bossman feud I think he could have had a decent main event run with Bret Hart as champion in late 92-early 93.
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Post by mysterious on Sept 2, 2014 20:35:40 GMT -5
His WWF tenure was more of a wrong place wrong time. Same with Mr. Perfect. The WWF at that time had the top two faces in wrestling period. When Hogan went to do movies Warrior was the top guy. Vince was very skeptical about a heel champion, especially if they won the title as a heel. Savages title win was as a face and he later dropped it to Hogan after he turned heel on him. Slaughter was just a transitional champion. I don't think Vince wanted a top dog heel champion during that period and didn't know what to do with someone od Rude's talent and charisma as a bad guy. Even both of Flair's title reigns were very short lived.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Sept 2, 2014 21:15:14 GMT -5
Had Rude played ball and not walked out during the Bossman feud I think he could have had a decent main event run with Bret Hart as champion in late 92-early 93. But then we wouldn't have gotten his WCW run and he wouldn't be the greatest United States champion ever. Rude is an example of WCW using a guy better than WWF did. Yeah, Rude was never the top guy, but WCW booked him as a threat to everyone. Hell, despite never winning the top title in WCW, at times they booked him above the top title. His run as the leader of The Dangerous Alliance, he was pretty much getting the most television time.
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Post by Gummydavidson on Sept 2, 2014 21:46:37 GMT -5
Best body in wrestling history for my money as well. That dude was ripped and lean. Sadly getting his body like that lead to his death.
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Post by JTG Fan on Sept 2, 2014 22:09:24 GMT -5
Glad to see Rude getting love here, one of the all-time greats and it's a shame more fans today don't recognize that. If anybody was 'The Total Package', it was him. If he hadn't gotten hurt he absolutely should have won the WCW World Heavyweight Title from Simmons at Starrcade 92.
I also really admire his sense of morals when it came to the Montreal Screwjob. He was friends with Bret for years, he felt it was a wrong, and he jumped back to the company he had been more successful in. Also I love this story from Deadspin about people meeting wrestlers:
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