Wrestling Legends Discuss Rick Rude 

The Prophet of Rage FACTS 💯💯

Agreed 100%

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I loved hearing Jim Cornnet Story about a road trip and steve austin using the Lords name in Vain. Lol

I think it would be great to have a Dr Rackpull documentary as well

I remember being a kid and watching Rick Rude and he was the reason I really got into wrestling.. Because he made you believe that he was a real bad guy. Funny what gets us into it. And you are 💯 right both legends and like many left us far to early

Literally had those same thoughts... starting to feel old now.

Some of us rooted for the bad guys, at least in high school and college. It was more fun :)

Speaking my thoughts exactly being a devoted wwe fan for over 30 years I was a kid too watching Rick rude and man I hated him and as an adult my opinion he's an absolute legend in ring skills and mic skills what an all round talent

@@JstarJoker1 he had a mystic about him. Loud mouth but was by all accounts one tough basterd

That's hilarious...but very true.

hahahahahhahahahahahahahha

He had it all Mic skills etc

@Sativa Rommola bad news brown too

Too much competition back then. He was very good but there was so many more. I started watching wrestling in 1985 and stopped in 1993 but I always revisit old shit

They should of put him over at Summer Slam 1990.

He was intercontinental heavyweight champion

Haha. Semper fi

@Robert nobody believes you!

Yeah. That would be Rick.

@@Snakeman612 Marines are pussys, so I believe him. Marines kiss joe bidens ass...those pussys

@@superstarreviews9937 I believe him, cause Marine's are pussys. They think joe biden is God.

Slaughter was a fantastic heel, he riled the crowd like no one especially during and lead up to the gulf war

The warrior was the worst champion ever he couldn't wrestle no one wanted to wrestle cause he was so stiff and proved he couldn't carry the belt

ShadowAngel where you get those numbers?

Slaughter was 🗑 in the ring

That doesn't work - you don't drop the belt to your strongest heel if you know that it's just in transition. Same with faces - if you're going to transfer the belt from one face to another (and it's not a business issue like Hogan leaving) then you drop the belt to someone weak (sheik) so that it can make its way to another face without damaging the guy who dropped it.

Exactly agreed

Same here. And I'm still ticked that the Anderson brothers aren't related!

Yes definitely top 5

Yes sir great

Piper

Yep! I've got The Million Dollar Man up there as well

He is in my top two heels with Ric flair. My others in the top five are Jake Roberts, the Iron Sheik and Harley Race

My favorite memories of NWA/WCW was the time Steamboat, Stunning Steve, Sting, and Ravishing were doing their thing.

@@corybuckle944 the part where sting covered his body over Ricky steamboat when rude and Austin was trying to whip him with the belt

He really live up to his last name

Yeah his intros were and still are right up there with any other.

@Pedro Sepulveda dude what

2 were on the same night lol

He was not in ecw. He was on raw and nitro the same night and that’s only because raw was taped the Tuesday before

@@iLLBiLLsRoastBeats he didn't say same night, he said same week. And he did make appearances in ECW, was it the same week, idk. But pretaped or not, it happened

Rude's gimmick wouldn't exist in this era, or it would be a cheap, watered down version.

my respect,but i think you missed a chance

@@fra9873 you're probably right. He was a biiig dude though. Vibe wasn't right at that moment. I wasn't taking no chances. He was hunched over that meal like a lion! No thanks. I can wait. But never got another chance. It was good to have at least seen him in person! I'm a strong guy but that man was outta my league. I'm not ashamed to say it. He was HUGE!!! Ordinary humans don't need to challenge men like that. You'd end up with broken face. Or broken neck. Or broken back. Just broken! Let him enjoy his personal time with his wife and kids. He probably wasn't getting a lot of it. Pro Wrestlers travel constantly. I was just showing consideration and respect.

Can't blame you for not asking can't blame him for looking hostile. Who would want to be approached while out to eat especially with their family? You're not approaching a normal celebrity, you're approaching someone who most likely anytime you see them, they're in lots of pain and discomfort, and exhausted too. Don't bother people like that

@@MJAce85 Agreed! I just thought it would be bad manners to bug him at that time. Wasn't afraid, just being respectful. He was HUGE though! A lot bigger than he looked on TV lol!

He wrestled at a time when it was bigger and he reached the pinnacle i don’t know that that’s the wrong era

Nah, they would have watered him down. He was in there at the right time.

No he wouldn't, todays product is trash...it would de-value him

@@atlchopperz1765 He would be a top heel and would have been World champ multiple times instead of constantly being fed to the likes of Ultimate Warrior.

@@marcespinoza6068 the sjw crowd woulda had a heart attack over Rick. You ever heard his promos? His character wouldn't fly in this PC era.

It was like the movie road house out in the mid west and alot of places in the 80s, bars were bigger than ever and people were dirty dicks ya know and would sleep with anything and were aggressive and fighting and shit.

Tom zink , Larry the axe, Greg gonya

John Nord ( Bezerker )

@@ethanb498 Scott Norton

Agree!?!? With that "lineup" of Bouncers...who's getting "out of line"?!?!?

I laughed my head off when Caprice Coleman asked Nikita Koloff "What happened to your accent?" At Crockett Cup 2019. ☺

Glad some one remembers him b4 his days up north,people think he started for some reason.

I agree , I like this kind of character

Yeah, Minnesota produced Gene and Ole Anderson, Bob Backlund, Jim Brunzell, Paul Ellering, Mean Mike Enos and Ric Flair - sorry North Carolina but it’s true. In addition Minnesota gave us NCAA champ and Olympic alternate Verne Gagne, his son Greg, Larry (the Axe or Pretty-boy) Hennig, his “Perfect” son Curt, Molly Holly and the jobber who Harley Race called “best overall talent in wrestling” Kenny Jay. We must then include Nikita Koloff, Stan “Krusher” Kowalski, Lacey, Lenny Lane, Blackjack Lanza (the original), Brock Lesnar by way of South Dakota, Bronco Nagurski by way of Ontario, John Nord, Scott Norton and the Pan American gold medalist and the 1976/1980 Olympian Brad Rheingans. We round out the Minnesota list with Road Warriors Hawk and Animal, Rick Rude (obviously), Smash, its former Governor Jesse “the Body “Ventura, Sean “X-Pac” Waltman, Janet Wolfe, Tom Zenk and unfortunately Buck Zumhofe. I should note that there were more to mention from the Wikipedia page I used. But I included just the ones I had heard of. With the exception of Lacey and Janet Wolfe, otherwise Molly Holly would be the lone female. And darn it I really wanted to claim Joe Stetcher. He was one of the greatest shooters in Pro Wrestling history, but he only retired to Minnesota where his brother Tony (also a Wrestler) ran a territory. They were originally from Nebraska. Furthermore if I included Wrestlers trained in Minnesota by Verne Gagne and Eddie Sharkey, it would include Ricky Steamboat, Madussa, The Iron Sheik and…okay I’ve done enough, Google it!

thats who he was talking about

Brutus the Barber Beefcake was considered kinda of a joke to may of his peers. They have said he basically rode the tails of Hogan and had very little talent and was even dangerous in the ring with hurting guys. They said he was quite dumb as well when it came to wrestling psychology.

Dizzy was Brother Brutai? I would have never guessed that’s who Jake was talking about.

@@wagsoman his name used to be Dizzy Hogan…

Fuckin beefcake was a clown. Especially when he was Zodiac. Dumbest character ever

You're not alone, I only watch the local promotion down in Tijuana and in person. Don't watch wrestling on TV at all, but I still love tuning into hear these guys tell stories because I grew up watching them.

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Honky Tonk has the best tall tales!

E Honda is an amazing reference hahahahaha

@@DanielHuman1996 his shoots on dusty are fkn funny

Inner city lmao

Met him a little over a year ago. Scott Simpson. Before I posed for a pic with him, he did something nobody has ever done to me: He distanced himself an extra foot or so from me right before stopping my buddy from snapping the pic, extending his hand and saying quote : "Before we snap this, what's your name? " We went on for another 15min. Class act.

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He sounds really smart and wise

You know he committed suicide bc he shot viagra directly into his slong it got infected and the Dr had to remove it or he’d died that’s why he killed him self and I’m not joking that’s what other wrestlers said happened.

@@conspiracytheory9525 that's still speculation on whether it was true but even so it doesn't take away from his career as a wrestler and as a friend to other wrestlers. Most of the other wrestlers all said when it came down to it he was a good person and cared about his friends. GOD will judge him for his actions if they are true.

@@conspiracytheory9525 Where did you get your information that is a valid fact that's what truly happened? I'm curious

I agree.

I doubt it since warrior was much bigger than him and he might have been ripped but it was a lean type of ripped. His arms were like twigs next to warriors so he may have been tough with his own size and smaller but I doubt he said much to the bigger stronger guys. But warrior was meant to have been a bit of a pussy for his size though so he may have cowarded out but the likes of barbarian & warlord or others with warriors type of physique he's not going to try and bully like he did others.

@@cutekanjii he beat the piss out of warrior backstage. Tons of videos on yt about it. Rude benched 5 wheels.

@@queefersutherland8495 theres a couple not tonnes and it was just hearsay. Theres noway he did that! He was getting the biggest money of his life with the run with warrior vinces boy at the time. Theres no way he'd have done that and anyway warrior was much bigger than him. So why wiuld he jepordise his career and reputation and warrior talks good aboubt him, the typr pf personality warrior had theres no way hed talk good abput someone who beat him up. Look at all the shit he said and overreaction he had about kevin nash just because he kinda jokingly threatened to beat him up!

@@queefersutherland8495 I don't believe he was nearly that strong and second that story has not been corroborated. It was started by Ric Flair who is notorious for lying and when Warrior was interviewed about a bunch of people years after Rude's passing he had nothing but good words to say about Rude although Warrior was very opinionated and named guys who he believed tried to hurt him. Based on that Flair's story is just that; fiction.

​@@miesvaillanykyisyytta3252 You are right that Flair lies. As it is, Flair wasn't even working in the WWE when the incident with the Warrior allegedly happened. Nobody else has claimed to see that beatdown, either. And the last I heard, Rude hated Flair more than anyone else.

Look at Rude's eyes. Never fully open

Weed is a fantastic drug for the really intense type. I'm more chill these days so I really don't need it, but I'd literally roll a blunt and hand it to anyone struggling with anxiety, insomnia, over intensity, etc... It really can level you out

3 od the greatest, RIP

Thanks 👍

Minneapolis, Tampa, and West Texas were awesome pipelines in the 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s.

Imagine the SJW seeing that today

Slow clap

When did the definition of 'paying' become 'dating'?

yeah, who cares?

Hahaha Be the best version of yourself that can be.

I'm also in my 40s and date women from the 1920s. High Five brother!!

Dan Severn also.

Gooner Man Don't forget Freddie Mercury.

No, they are and were Men. They don't exist any more.

Alot of mustache rides were given out in the 80's and 90's.

Rick steiner.

Bleeding like a goose 🤣🤣🤣

look up my full shoot with him

Thanks I will. I trained with Chris and Lance in 1990 hart bros or should I say Ed Langley and Brad Young with a Cameo of Keith Hart from time to time. I loved it but had family needs which drew me away. I must say your story of Survial and reinventing yourself is inspirational. Keep up the great work. I also saw the Hogan 25% of house shows and Bruce Prichard had mentioned on avg 25% of house shows cover the employee costs Ring Crew Reffs Annoucers and in Ring Talent with them on a Scoring depending on placement on Card. Seems like this would have really effected that theory?? But no one can argue the increse of Money brought into any promotion with Hogan on the Roster. Lol I should tell you about the Time I joke with Hogan about protecting him in the SaddleDome Calagary. Cheers!

They had a love hate relationship Bruno and larry