Hit the Music! Ravishing Rick Rude

80's Wrestling Radio

From growing up in a hotbed of pro wrestling talent, to becoming a world class professional arm wrestler, and then onto his steady climb to the top of the professional wreslting world, we talk about Rick Rude's decade of the 80's! His early days in Georgia, Memphis, and World Class...and how he rose to World Champion. A little more than a cup of coffee in the NWA, but wins the Tag Team championship, then leaves the promotion while still champ!? His WWF debut and should he have been paired with Bobby Heenan? His epic feud with Jake "the Snake" Roberts and how it was a "big sprinkle of Attitude Era Dust" onto the PG Golden Era. His eventual Intercontinental Championship run, and why he appeared to leave the WWF so abrubtly after SummerSlam 1990. And of course discuss the question: Should Rick Rude have been WWF Champion? Now, Hit the Music!!