Rick Rude beat Sting in Japan to become the WCW International Heavyweight Champion. Sting dove on Rude, causing Rick to hit his back on a raised platform. Rude's back injury forced him to retire from ...

Did Rick Rude make Sting break character? Selling is an important in pro wrestling as it makes the in-ring moves more believable, while also complementing a match’s overall storytelling. In the case ...

For wrestling fans of a certain generation, there was never a more exciting time in the business than the 1980s and 1990s. The exponential growth of the World Wrestling Federation, followed by the ...

“What I’d like to have right now, is for all you fat, ugly, inner-city sweathogs to keep the noise down while I take my robe off and show the ladies what a real sexy man looks like…” With those words, ...

Like many wrestling greats, Rick Rude underwent several gimmick changes before finding the most "over" version of himself that — in late '80s WWE — wowed the ladies and called out the "fat, ...