Rick Rude

Quick Facts

Full Name	Rick Rude
Occupation	Wrestler
Date Of Birth	Dec 7, 1958(1958-12-07)
Age	66
Date Of Death	1999-04-20
Birthplace	St. Peter
Country	United States
Birth City	Minnesota
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Rick Rude Biography

Rick Rude is one of the most popular and richest Wrestler who was born on December 7, 1958 in St. Peter, Minnesota, United States. He was also known as Ravishing Rick Rude and was three-time WCW International World Heavyweight Champion.

For the 1993 NWA World Heavyweight Championship, he defeated Ric Flaair.

After graduating from Anoka-Ramsey Community College with a degree in physical education, Rude trained as a wrestler under Eddie Sharkey. He began wrestling in 1982 as Ricky Rood, a babyface jobber. Rude lost his TV debut against Jos LeDuc on the November 6, 1982 episode of Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling. He started with Vancouver’s NWA: All-Star Wrestling before moving on to compete for Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW) and later the Memphis-based Continental Wrestling Association (CWA). Rude debuted on the May 28, 1983 episode of World Championship Wrestling, defeating Pat Rose with a dropkick. Gordon Solie interviewed Rude the following week, with Rude discussing transitioning from arm wrestling to pro wrestling and dropping weight to increase speed. He later left and joined the National Wrestling Alliance having debuted in WCCW in a match against Kamala that he lost, and then went on to (NWA) affiliate Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) where he and a variety of tag team partners feuded with The Road Warriors. He returned to Memphis in 1984, this time as “Ravishing” Rick Rude, an overconfident, arrogant heel managed by Jimmy Hart. Rude feuded with Jerry Lawler and later his former partner, King Kong Bundy.

Rude wrestled from 1982 until his 1994 retirement due to injury, with a final match following in 1997. Among other accolades, he was a three-time WCW International World Heavyweight Champion, a one-time WCWA World Heavyweight Champion, a one-time WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion, and a one-time WCW United States Heavyweight Champion. Rude also challenged for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship and the NWA World Heavyweight Championship on pay- per-view cards, headlining several such events during his career. Following his retirement, Rude managed multiple wrestlers.

He was married to Michelle for three years and had three children.

Rick Rude Net Worth

Rick Rude is one of the richest Wrestler from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Rick Rude 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was one of eight students at Robbinsdale High School, Minnesota.

He won the WCWA World Heavyweight Championship in November 1985. In September 1993, he was awarded the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.

Richard Erwin Rood (December 7, 1958 – April 20, 1999), better known by his ring name “Ravishing” Rick Rude, was an American professional wrestler who performed for many promotions, including World Championship Wrestling (WCW), World Wrestling Federation (WWF), and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW).

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Rick Rude Dating?

According to our records, Rick Rude married to Michelle Rood , Cheryl Holler. As of December 1, 2023, Rick Rude’s is not dating anyone.

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Rude made his World Wrestling Federation (WWF) debut on Superstars Of Wrestling on July 15, 1987 as the newest addition to the Bobby Heenan Family. His first feud in the WWF was with Heenan’s former muscle bound charge “Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff (who Heenan had dropped after Rude joined the Family), before starting one of his most famous feuds with Jake “The Snake” Roberts. Rude had a routine where, before the match, he would make a show of removing his robe while insulting the males in the crowd (usually calling them “fat, out-of-shape sweathogs”) and, after his victories, he would kiss a woman whom Heenan selected from the audience. One of Rude’s trademarks was his specially airbrushed tights that he wore during matches. In the Roberts angle, Rude tried to get Roberts’ real-life wife, Cheryl, to participate (though not knowing when Heenan chose her that she was in fact Roberts’ wife). After Mrs. Roberts rejected him and revealed who she was there to see, Rude became angry (after she slapped him), grabbed her wrist, and berated her on the microphone when Roberts ran from the dressing room to make the save. To retaliate a few days later, Rude came to the ring with a likeness of Cheryl stenciled on the front of his tights. A furious Roberts charged the ring and stripped Rude, appearing to television viewers to leave him naked (as indicated by black-spot censoring Rude’s genital area), although the live audience saw him actually stripped to a g-string.

Facts & Trivia

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Rude’s next big feud was with The Ultimate Warrior and began in January at the 1989 Royal Rumble pay-per-view in a “Super Posedown” that ended with Rude attacking Warrior with a metal pose bar. With help from Heenan, Rude won the WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship from The Ultimate Warrior at WrestleMania V, before dropping it back to Warrior at SummerSlam that same year, due in large part to interference from “Rowdy” Roddy Piper. Rude then feuded with Piper which led to a conflict between their respective teams at the 1989 Survivor Series in which both men brawled to a double count-out. Rude would go on to have many matches with Piper including inside a steel cage, losing the majority of them, before having a brief program against Jimmy Snuka getting a win over him at WrestleMania 6. Rude resumed his conflict with The Ultimate Warrior in the summer of 1990 after Warrior had won the WWF World Heavyweight Championship. Rude began rigorous training in preparation for the Warrior, and took a more serious approach by neglecting women and cutting his hair short (a style he would maintain for the rest of his career). The feud culminated in a steel cage at SummerSlam 1990; wherein, Rude was defeated by the Warrior. Next, he was scheduled to feud with Big Boss Man, which had its start when Rude’s manager Bobby Heenan started to make degrading comments about Boss Man’s mother. Rude would later backup the statements and call out the Boss Man. Rude was scheduled to be a part of a team called the Natural Disasters at the Survivor Series, consisting of Earthquake, Dino Bravo, and The Barbarian against Hulk Hogan and Boss Man’s team, but was replaced by Haku after being suspended indefinitely by Jack Tunney. Tunney explained that Rude’s comments towards the Boss Man were the reason for his suspension and that his manager Bobby Heenan was obligated to wrestle the Boss Man in his place. In reality Rude had a dispute with WWF owner Vince McMahon that led to him leaving the company.

Top Facts about Rick Rude

1. Rick Rude was born on December 7, 1958.
2. He began his wrestling career in 1982.
3. Rude won multiple championships in various promotions.
4. He was known for his chiseled physique and cocky persona.
5. Rude famously appeared on both WWE and WCW programming.
6. Injuries forced him to retire from wrestling in 1994.
7. Rude passed away on April 20, 1999 at the age of 40.
8. He was posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2017.
9. Rude’s finishing move was the “Rude Awakening.”
10. He also had a successful career as a bodybuilder before wrestling.