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Rude wrestled from 1982 until his 1994 retirement due to injury, with a final match following in 1997. Among other accolades, he was a four-time world champion, a three-time WCW International World Heavyweight Champion , a one-time WCWA World Heavyweight Champion , a one-time WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion , and a one-time WCW United ...
Rude was then able to perform a Rude Awakening neckbreaker but chose to continue attacking the Warrior rather than escape the cage. Rude performed a shoulderblock and tried to leave through the cage door. The Warrior held him back while Bobby Heenan, Rude's manager, tried to pull Rude out. The Warrior pulled both Rude and Heenan into the cage.
The main singles match on the card was between Ravishing Rick Rude versus The Ultimate Warrior for the WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship. They had a "Super Posedown" at the Royal Rumble in January 1989 which was won by Warrior, prompting Rude to angrily attack him with a steel workout bar. [11]
In the following match, Sting defended the WCW International World Heavyweight Championship against Rick Rude. During the match, Sting delivered a springboard plancha to Rude which injured Rude's back and as a result, Rude suffered a career-ending back injury. However, Rude managed to continue the match.
The fourteenth bout was a singles match pitting Jimmy Snuka against "Ravishing" Rick Rude. Rude won the bout by pinfall following a Rude Awakening. The main event bout was a Winner Takes All match between WWF Champion Hulk Hogan and WWF Intercontinental Champion The Ultimate Warrior.
During March, he briefly reprised his feud with Hogan on several house shows before taking time off because of the injury. While Orndorff was away from the WWF, Heenan brought in a new man "Ravishing" Rick Rude to take Orndorff's place in the Heenan Family.
A swinging version also exists. This move was the longtime finisher for "Ravishing" Rick Rude, who called it the Rude Awakening, and was also the finisher of former WWE wrestler Layla, who referred to the move as The LayOut.
The eleventh match was a WWF Intercontinental Championship match between defending champion The Ultimate Warrior and "Ravishing" Rick Rude with Bobby Heenan in his corner. As the Warrior was doing his usual running entrance, Rude tried to jump-start the match by attempting a knee to the Warrior's stomach, only to find that the Warrior was still ...