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Took his marriage vows very seriously. He always wore his wedding ring even in the ring. He taped his finger.

During his early 90s run in World Championship Wrestling, Rude was nursing a broken arm. On a night out with some of his peers, he was offended when a night club bouncer informed him that he felt pro wrestlers couldn't be as tough as many thought. Looking to defend himself from the insult, Rude simply opened his hand and cracked the doorman over the jaw. Incredibly, even though he was striking with his weaker, non-broken arm, Rick Rude broke the bouncer's jaw.

Former member of the Heenan Family & D-Generation X

Sparked a huge controversy in 1997 when he appeared on the same night on WWF Raw Is War (which was taped) and WCW Monday Nitro (which was live)

Was trained by Eddie Sharkey, who also trained the Road Warriors, Barry Darsow and Nikita Koloff (aka "Nikita Koloff").

In January 1985, he moved to the Florida region and accepted the managerial services of Percy Pringle.

His finishing move, the Rude Awakening as actually a modified version of the DDT.

Was eliminated by Hulk Hogan at the 1990 Royal Rumble.

Professional wrestler

Former WCW US Champion & WWF Intercontinental Champion

Notable title wins include Tennessee Southern Heavyweight title; Tennessee Southern tag team titles w/King Kong Bundy; Southern Heavyweight title; NWA Florida United States tag team titles w/'Jesse Barr'; NWA American Heavyweight title; WCCW World Heavyweight champion; World Class Championship Wrestling Television title; NWA World tag team titles w/Manny Fernandez; WWF Intercontinental title; WCW United States Heavyweight title; WCW International Heavyweight title.

WWE Hall of Famer.

Was due to be a part of the 1990 Survivor Series "pay-per-view" event but left the WWE not long before it took place. According to Bret Hart, Rick Rude reacted with disgust at how much the Ultimate Warrior was paid for their steel cage match at that year's Summerslam and this caused him to leave.

Made his WWE debut in 1987 and was advertised by Bobby Heenan as his latest client. This caused the feud between Rude and former Heenan client, Paul Orndorff - who had become a baby-face as a result.