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Old 09-05-2017, 12:40 PM   #1
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Rick Rude
Does anyone think that Rick Rude is perhaps the most underrated wrestler in history?


The guy is barely mentioned in the greatest ever, but has had some amazing classic matches, a really good character, awesome at promos and just had a really impressive presence in the ring. I would personally place him with the greatest of legends in history, alongside Flair, Hart, HBK and etc, but it seems no one ever talks about Rick Rude.


If his career didn't get cut short by that debilitating injury and him passing early, I believe he should definitely have been a much much bigger name in wrestling than he is now.


His matches with Flair and Steamboat are among some of my wrestling favorites



It's a shame he wasn't really there during the attitude era or else I believe he would've really established himself as a name in wrestling rather than a footnote.

Anybody else feel Rick Rude didn't get his fair shake in history?

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Old 09-05-2017, 01:00 PM   #2
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His WCW and NJPW work was very good. Do I think he's an all time great? No. Do I think he was criminally underrated? Yes.


Had he not got injured with Sting he'd had been a major player in the attitude era for WCW and this conversation would be completely different.
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Old 09-05-2017, 01:54 PM   #3
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Lol I've always thought he was very over-rated
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Old 09-05-2017, 04:20 PM   #4
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As far as look goes, he is top 5 of all time. Looked like a million bucks and had a cool character.

I think he hurt himself by not staying anywhere long enough to have a real legacy. He had some great high points, but it was all too fleeting.
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Old 09-05-2017, 06:00 PM   #5
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As far as look goes, he is top 5 of all time. Looked like a million bucks and had a cool character.

I think he hurt himself by not staying anywhere long enough to have a real legacy. He had some great high points, but it was all too fleeting.
Word.

Rude was a very good talent, and great heel, but don't get too carried away with the over/under rather game with him; I think he's perfectly rated as a good worker, great character, fine promo. Just not near transcendent as a top star kind of guy.
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Old 09-05-2017, 09:14 PM   #6
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His WCW and NJPW work was very good. Do I think he's an all time great? No. Do I think he was criminally underrated? Yes.


Had he not got injured with Sting he'd had been a major player in the attitude era for WCW and this conversation would be completely different.
Given how WCW used their talent, I have to disagree.
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Old 09-05-2017, 10:11 PM   #7
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Dunno. Don't remember much/didn't see much of his work, so can't really say one way or the other.

Did love his '87-'90 version of his "Striptease" theme though.

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Old 09-05-2017, 10:51 PM   #8
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As far as look goes, he is top 5 of all time. Looked like a million bucks and had a cool character.

I think he hurt himself by not staying anywhere long enough to have a real legacy. He had some great high points, but it was all too fleeting.
Lol what's hilarious is Meltzer reported a few times that Rude would never get over in the WWF because of his look
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Old 09-05-2017, 10:57 PM   #9
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Rude + Heenan = Gold
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Old 09-05-2017, 11:58 PM   #10
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I know this might sound like an insult, but Rude is like the old school Miz. A decent to good heel worker you can trust in the upper mid card, but never a guy you would give the ball to to carry the company for very long. Both are hall of famers, but not headliners.
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Old 09-06-2017, 12:42 AM   #11
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In my Top 5 for sure, not much better than a heel Rude making fun of the crowd....
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I know this might sound like an insult, but Rude is like the old school Miz.





I can see where you're going with that comparison, but I believe if you had thrown Rude into the spotlight at his prime, he would've ran with it because his work generally shows that he was one of the best in his time. Miz on the other hand while good, just doesn't have that same quality of being able to legitimately hold the company on his shoulders.
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What I'd like to have right now is for all you fat, out of shape, TPWW sweathogs to keep the noise down while I take my robe off and show all the ladies what a real man is supposed to look like!
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What I'd like to have right now is for all you fat, out of shape, TPWW sweathogs to keep the noise down while I take my robe off and show all the ladies what a real man is supposed to look like!
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I can see where you're going with that comparison, but I believe if you had thrown Rude into the spotlight at his prime, he would've ran with it because his work generally shows that he was one of the best in his time. Miz on the other hand while good, just doesn't have that same quality of being able to legitimately hold the company on his shoulders.
i totally concede that rude was robbed of his prime, and things could have been different if he stayed healthy. My opinion is based off what his his actual career was, not what could have been.
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