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* AbortedArc: Rick was scheduled to partake in an angle leading to a big feud against Wrestling/BigBossMan on ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries '90'' as part of the "Natural Disasters" team, but he was replaced by [[Wrestling/{{Meng}} Haku]] and left the promotion later that summer.

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* AbortedArc: Rick was scheduled to partake in an angle leading to a big feud against Wrestling/BigBossMan on ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries '90'' as part of the "Natural Disasters" team, but he was replaced by [[Wrestling/{{Meng}} Haku]] and left the promotion later that summer.fall.

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*** ''[[Wrestling/SurvivorSeries Survivor Series '89]]'': "The Rude Brood" with Hennig and [[Wrestling/JacquesRougeau The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers]]. Managed by [[Wrestling/LannyPoffo The Genius]] and Wrestling/JimmyHart.

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*** ''[[Wrestling/SurvivorSeries Survivor Series '89]]'': '87]]'': with Wrestling/AndreTheGiant, Wrestling/KingKongBundy, Wrestling/OneManGang and "The Natural" Butch Reed. Managed by The Brain and Wrestling/{{Slick}}.
*** 'Survivor Series '88'': with Andre, Hennig, Wrestling/HarleyRace and Dino Bravo. Managed by again by Heenan.
*** 'Survivor Series '89'':
"The Rude Brood" with Hennig and [[Wrestling/JacquesRougeau The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers]]. Managed by [[Wrestling/LannyPoffo The Genius]] and Wrestling/JimmyHart.
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*** [[Wrestling/SurvivorSeries Survivor Series '89]]: "The Rude Brood" with Hennig and [[Wrestling/JacquesRougeau The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers]]. Managed by The Brain.

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*** [[Wrestling/SurvivorSeries ''[[Wrestling/SurvivorSeries Survivor Series '89]]: '89]]'': "The Rude Brood" with Hennig and [[Wrestling/JacquesRougeau The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers]]. Managed by [[Wrestling/LannyPoffo The Brain.Genius]] and Wrestling/JimmyHart.

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* AbortedArc: Rick was scheduled to partake in an angle leading to a big feud against Wrestling/BigBossMan on ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries '90'' as part of the "Natural Disasters" team, but he was replaced by [[Wrestling/{{Meng}} Haku]] and left the promotion later that summer.



* PowerStable: Several.
** [[Wrestling/JimmyHart The First Family]] and Neidhart's Raiders in Memphis
** [[Wrestling/PaulBearer The Pringle Dynasty]] (Florida)
** [[Wrestling/PaulJones Paul Jones' Army]] (NWA Mid-Atlantic)
** [[Wrestling/BobbyHeenan The Heenan Family]] (WWE 1987-1990)
** Wrestling/TheDangerousAlliance (WCW 1991-1992)
** The Triple Threat (ECW 1997)
** Wrestling/DGenerationX (WWE 1997)
** [[Wrestling/NewWorldOrder The [=nWo=]]] (WCW 1997-1998)

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* PowerStable: Several.
PowerStable:
** (In Memphis): [[Wrestling/JimmyHart The First Family]] and [[Wrestling/JimNeidhart The Neidhart's Raiders in Memphis
Raiders]]
** (In Florida): [[Wrestling/PaulBearer The Pringle Dynasty]] (Florida)
**
Dynasty]]
**(In NWA Mid-Atlantic):
[[Wrestling/PaulJones Paul Jones' Army]] (NWA Mid-Atlantic)
Army]]
** (In WWF/E):
***
[[Wrestling/BobbyHeenan The Heenan Family]] (WWE 1987-1990)
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(1987-1990)
*** [[Wrestling/SurvivorSeries Survivor Series '89]]: "The Rude Brood" with Hennig and [[Wrestling/JacquesRougeau The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers]]. Managed by The Brain.
*** Wrestling/DGenerationX (1997)
**(In WCW):
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Wrestling/TheDangerousAlliance (WCW 1991-1992)
** The Triple Threat (ECW 1997)
** Wrestling/DGenerationX (WWE 1997)
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(1991-1992)
***
[[Wrestling/NewWorldOrder The [=nWo=]]] (WCW 1997-1998)(1997-1998)
** (In ECW): The Triple Threat

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* {{Heel}}: One of the greatest bad guys in professional wrestling. Rude's simple but effective character of a vain narcissist thinking he was God's gift to women combined with his excellent wrestling ability garnered A TON of heat from the male fans and A LOT of swooning from the women in the crowd. It didn't matter if Rude lost, he looked great, he sounded great and everyone else was just trying to catch up.



* {{Jerkass}}: Was a {{Heel}} for the majority of his career.

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* {{Jerkass}}: Was a {{Heel}} for the majority of his career. Rude was almost always booed in every building he was in for his ego, and narcissism, and loved every second of it.
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* EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether: He attended to the Robbinsdale Highschool the same time as Wrestling/NikitaKoloff, Wrestling/BarryDarsow, Wrestling/TomZenk, Wrestling/JohnNord, Brady Boone and his childhood friend Hennig.

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* EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether: He attended to the Robbinsdale Highschool High School at the same time as Wrestling/NikitaKoloff, Wrestling/BarryDarsow, Wrestling/TomZenk, Wrestling/JohnNord, Brady Boone and his childhood friend Hennig.



* ImportantHaircut: Rude cut his mullet off in mid-1990, and it also shifted his character from a hapless lothario to legit tough guy. While he left the company later in the year, he kept this look (and persona) for the rest of his career.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: (As a member of DX): His briefcase, and once threw hot coffee in [[Wrestling/DelWilkes The Patriot]]'s face as he was making his way out to the ring.

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* ImportantHaircut: Rude cut his mullet off in mid-1990, and it also shifted his character from a hapless lothario Lothario to legit tough guy. While he left the company later in the year, he kept this look (and persona) for the rest of his career.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: (As ImprobableWeaponUser (as a member of DX): His briefcase, and once threw hot coffee in [[Wrestling/DelWilkes The Patriot]]'s face as he was making his way out to the ring.



** At the ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries '89'' promo, every Super Star gave thanks for all of that year accomplishments and fulfillments, Rude was thankful [[TakeThatAudience in his trademark manner]] "...for having the most Ravishing body in the WWF", only to be roasted in less of five seconds by Roddy Piper, who in the next cut was thankful "...for NOT being '''[[MistakenForGay Vicky]]''' Rude!" [[CrossTheLineTwice Blowing a kissie to the camera]] and all.

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** At the ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries '89'' promo, in which every Super Star Superstar gave thanks for all of that year year's accomplishments and fulfillments, Rude was thankful [[TakeThatAudience in his trademark manner]] "...for having the most Ravishing body in the WWF", only to be roasted in less of than five seconds by Roddy Piper, who in the next cut was thankful "...for NOT being '''[[MistakenForGay Vicky]]''' Rude!" [[CrossTheLineTwice Blowing a kissie to the camera]] and all.



** He also fashioned to take it to the highs using a top-rope ''Forearm smash'' or ''Knee drop.''
* SmallNameBigEgo: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] on the first half. Not that his gimmick went to oblivion, for he was one of the most notorious vain heels in pro wrestling.

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** He also fashioned to take it to the highs using a top-rope ''Forearm smash'' or ''Knee drop.''
drop''.
* SmallNameBigEgo: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] {{Averted|Trope}} on the first half. Not that his gimmick went to oblivion, for he was one of the most notorious vain heels in pro wrestling.
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* DownerEnding: The reason he was training Judo right before passing away was because he got a shot to go back to in-ring competition and wanted to learn how to work "upright". For those who beared witness of his progress, they said he was a natural on it.
** Related to the cause of his demise, it was ruled as a heart failure consecuence of a prescription drug overdose. Several of his peers and close ones recalled he tended to suffer depression, so if it was accidental or purported, that was only known by Rick himself.
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* FinishingMove: A Hangman's neckbreaker with gyrations dubbed ''Rude Awakening''.

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* FinishingMove: A Hangman's neckbreaker ''Hangman's neckbreaker'' with pelvic gyrations dubbed ''Rude Awakening''."Rude Awakening".
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Among other accolades, he was the inaugural and former [[https://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tx/wccw/wcwa-h.html WCWA World Heavyweight Champion]], a former [[https://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/ic.html WWF/E Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion]], a former [[https://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-us-h.html WCW United States Heavyweight Champion]] and a former x2 [[https://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-in-h.html WCW International World Heavyweight Champion]].

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Rude passed away in 1999 from heart failure, but left a very influential legacy on later generations of wrestlers. He was posthumously inducted into the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame in 2017.

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Rude passed away in 1999 from a prescription drugs related heart failure, but left a very influential legacy on later generations of wrestlers. He was posthumously inducted into the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame in 2017.



* BadassFamily: His dad was a legit Golden Gloves champ.



* BittersweetEnding: The reason he was training Judo right before passing away was because he got a shot to go back to in-ring competition and wanted to learn how to work "upright". For those who beared witness of his progress, they said he was a natural on it.



* EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether: He, Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors and Wrestling/BarryDarsow all trained at Eddie Sharkey's school at the same time.

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* DownerEnding: The reason he was training Judo right before passing away was because he got a shot to go back to in-ring competition and wanted to learn how to work "upright". For those who beared witness of his progress, they said he was a natural on it.
** Related to the cause of his demise, it was ruled as a heart failure consecuence of a prescription drug overdose. Several of his peers and close ones recalled he tended to suffer depression, so if it was accidental or purported, that was only known by Rick himself.
* EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether: He attended to the Robbinsdale Highschool the same time as Wrestling/NikitaKoloff, Wrestling/BarryDarsow, Wrestling/TomZenk, Wrestling/JohnNord, Brady Boone and his childhood friend Hennig.
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He, Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors and Wrestling/BarryDarsow Darsow all trained at Eddie Sharkey's school at the same time.


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* SignatureMove: ''Swinging neckbreaker'', ''Forearm drop'' and the ''Backbreaker.''
** He also fashioned to take it to the highs using a top-rope ''Forearm smash'' or ''Knee drop.''
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Rude passed away in 1999 from heart failure, but left a very influential legacy on later generations of wrestlers. He was posthumously inducted into the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame in 2017. You can read more about his career at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Rude That Other Wiki.]]

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Rude passed away in 1999 from heart failure, but left a very influential legacy on later generations of wrestlers. He was posthumously inducted into the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame in 2017. You can read more about his career at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Rude That Other Wiki.]]
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* ImprobableWeaponUser: (As a member of DX): His briefcase, and once threw coffee in the Patriot's face as he made his way out to the ring for a match.

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* ImprobableWeaponUser: (As a member of DX): His briefcase, and once threw hot coffee in the Patriot's [[Wrestling/DelWilkes The Patriot]]'s face as he made was making his way out to the ring for a match.ring.
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* TheAce: Had legit boxing and arm-wrestling credentials, even tried his hand in UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} at the ending of his life. And legend has it trhat he was [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower very strong]] [[RealLife for real]].

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* TheAce: Had legit boxing and arm-wrestling credentials, even tried his hand in UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} at the ending of his life. And legend has it trhat that he was [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower very strong]] [[RealLife for real]].



* FinishingMove: A Hangman's neckbreaker with gyrations dubbed the Rude Awakening.

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* FinishingMove: A Hangman's neckbreaker with gyrations dubbed the Rude Awakening.''Rude Awakening''.

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