Ravishing Rick Rude

Was debating between him and another sick heel, but that music just puts him over the top. Seriously how can you not love a man who comes out to that?

Rude was a top heel in every promotion he was in and had a great innate ability to make the crowd hate him. I think he’s pretty comparable to Jake the Snake, who went earlier this round, maybe a little lower because he never really had a face run I don’t think. Definitely has the mic skills to keep up with anyone, as evidenced by his later days when he was a mouthpiece for both DX and the NWO, and plays the “I’m just better than you” card perfectly. I’m a little bit concerned that his schtik is a little too similar to HBK’s, but they can have some pose downs and some skits where they steal each other’s chicks and it’ll be all good.

The look he had going during his first WWF run was great with the porno moustache, bathrobes, and the crazy tights. It’s a small point but, those tights were awesome and it was awesome when he would have the belt sprayed on there going into matches.

From wiki:
“One of Rude's trademarks was his specially airbrushed tights that he wore during matches. In one storyline, he tried to get Roberts' real-life wife, Cheryl, to comply, aggravating Roberts.On another occasion during the Roberts/Rude feud, Rude came to the ring with a picture 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, although the live audience saw him stripped to a thong instead." Ahead of his time, imo.

His longevity is not great because of injuries and dying tragically young, but he was near the top of the card for his entire run. Never won the big belt in either of the major feds, but he’s been the NWA champ, IC champ, and has the second longest consecutive reign with the US Title at almost 14 months. In any case, he's got a solid decade to work with, which is pretty damn good for wrestlers.

He’s feuded with and had great matches with a bunch of the headliners picked already including Sting, Steamboat, and the Snake. Hell, he even had a pretty decent series with the Warrior, whom everyone’s been bashing as a terrible worker.

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