How Old Would Have Rick Rude Been Today?
The late WWE Hall Of Famer Rick Rude would have turned 60 years old today. Rude passed away at the early age of 40 back in 1999, but was known to be a top-notch worker and showed his superstar potential both in WWF and WCW with several title reigns. Below is a summary I wrote earlier regarding his 1990’s run:
Rick Rude’s 90s in-ring tenure didn’t last very long – only four years as a matter of fact. He started the decade out in the WWF having a feud with Jimmy Snuka and reignited another round with the Ultimate Warrior who he had a major-league feud with in ‘89. Rude was one of the best at working in the ring so it makes absolute sense that he would be paired up with someone as bad at wrestling as the Warrior was.
By the end of 1990 however, Rude was done in the WWF and found himself down south for WCW by the end of 1991.
He aligned himself with Paul E. Dangerously’s “Dangerous Alliance” where he took the leader reigns of the faction that consisted of Arn Anderson, Larry Zybsko and Steve Austin.
It didn’t take him long to win the U.S. Title from Sting and to become a prominent role in the company as a top heel act, holding the belt for a 14-month reign. He was voted “The most hated wrestler of 1992” by PWI, and for someone who was renowned as a great heel, that had to feel good.
Rude didn’t show back up in the business until 1997 where he became a commentator for ECW and even had a match in a six-man tag to really mark the last of his work in-ring.
This led to him being a manager for DX in the late summer of 1997 and stayed with them until the Montreal Screwjob went done and he (along with that guy Bret Hart) showed up to WCW. Not coincidentally since Raw was taped at the time, this made Rick Rude the first (and only) person to be on an episode of Raw & Nitro on the same night.
He also became the first wrestler to be apart of both DX and the N.W.O. and stayed with the faction (black, white or red) until he was finished WCW in the first quarter of 1999.
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Becky Lynch Burpee Box Jumps (Video)
Sheamus‘ Celtic Warrior Workouts YouTube channel posted the following video on-line:
I hate Burpees. Let me say that again. I hate Burpees. But Becky Lynch loves Burpees. During her Ring Conditioning Workout, she inserted Burpee Box Jumps (thanks Becks!) and yes, I pulled-up and couldn’t finish the workout. Which Becky smashed. So here are those Burpee Box Jumps that come straight from the fires of hell. See the full workout here: https://youtu.be/eZ43v9_Oi88
