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Rude and switched
Disputes between WCW management and the NWA Board reached the breaking point in the summer of 1993 over a variety of issues, not the least of which was a storyline by WCW to have the title switched to Rick Rude.

Rude and NWA
*" Ravishing " Rick Rude ( 1958 – 1999 )-Former professional wrestling champion, who competed with NWA, WCW, and WWE.
By fall 1993, Rick Rude was appearing at the " Disney Tapings " as the NWA World Heavyweight Champion, despite the fact that in regards to the storyline, Flair was still champion.
He made a tag team with Billy Jack Haynes which won the promotion's version of the NWA United States Tag Team title from Rick Rude and Jesse Barr ( aka Jimmy Jack Funk ).
** NWA World Tag Team Championship ( Mid-Atlantic version ) ( 5 times ) – with Nikita Koloff ( 1 ), Nikita Koloff and Krusher Khruschev ( 1 ), Ray Stevens ( 1 ), Don Kernodle ( 1 ), and Manny Fernandez ( 1 ) ( substituting for Rick Rude who had left for the WWE ( F )
Rude lost his TV debut against Mid-Atlantic Champion Paul Jones on the 11 / 20 / 1982 episode of NWA World Wide Wrestling.
During his time in WCCW, Rude captured the NWA American Heavyweight Championship on November 4, 1985.
The NWA American Championship was renamed the WCWA World Heavyweight Championship while Rude was still holding the title.
Rude and Fernandez, known collectively as the " Awesome Twosome ", won the NWA World Tag Team Championship on December 6, 1986 from The Rock ' n ' Roll Express, and they began a feud that ended only when Rude left the promotion for the World Wrestling Federation in April 1987.
Since WCW owned the physical " Big Gold Belt " that had represented the NWA title since 1986, WCW allowed Rude to retain the physical belt.
Guerrero went on to feud with Denny Brown for the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship, and teamed with Manny Fernandez as " The Latin Connection " until Fernandez turned on him to join Rick Rude and Paul Jones.
They won the NWA Tag Title four times while there and feuded with the Four Horsemen, Ivan and Nikita Koloff, and the team of Rick Rude and Manny Fernandez.
The Rock ' n ' Roll Express won the belts back when Rude, still a champion, simply left the NWA to go work for Vince McMahon in the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ).
* Rick Rude ( with Madusa ) defeated NWA World Heavyweight Champion Masahiro Chono ( with Hiro Matsuda ) ( with Harley Race and Kensuke Sasaki as special guest referees ) by disqualification ( 22: 23 )
Pairing Fernandez and Rude together, the duo defeated The Rock ' n ' Roll Express for the NWA World tag team title.
:* NWA World Tag Team Championship ( Mid-Atlantic version ) ( 2 times )-with Dusty Rhodes ( 1 ) and Rick Rude ( 1 )

Rude and World
Hall also often featured World Wrestling Federation wrestlers, like Hulk Hogan ( who first denied using steroids on the program ), Ravishing Rick Rude ( who made a special set of tights with Hall's face on the back ) with Bobby Heenan, Randy Savage, Bad News Brown, the Big Bossman and Akeem with Slick, and the Ultimate Warrior.
He made his WCW debut on WCW Saturday Night in December 1993 by pinning the International World Champion Ravishing Rick Rude in a non-title match.
He received a World title shot against Rude at Starrcade ' 93: 10th Anniversary with Rude retaining the title.
Before his firing in November, he was scheduled to feud with Rick Rude over the WCW International World Heavyweight Championship ; he was subsequently replaced in the feud by The Boss.
He joined the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) in December 1990, after being mentioned by Rick Rude to WWF owner Vince McMahon.
Richard Erwin Rood ( December 7, 1958 – April 20, 1999 ), better known by his ring name " Ravishing " Rick Rude, was an American professional wrestler who performed for many promotions, including World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) and the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ), in the 1980s and 1990s.
Among other accolades, Rude was a four-time world champion ( three-time WCW International World Heavyweight Champion, and one-time WCWA World Heavyweight Champion ), one-time WWF Intercontinental Champion, and one-time WCW United States Champion.
Rude debuted on the 5 / 28 / 1983 episode of World Championship Wrestling, defeating Pat Rose with a dropkick.
As a result, Rude became the promotion's first World Champion.
After spending a year wrestling in select shows in the independent circuit, Rude returned to World Championship Wrestling, which had originally been Jim Crockett Promotions prior to being sold to Ted Turner in late 1988 ; he returned under a mask as The Halloween Phantom at Halloween Havoc on October 27, 1991, unmasking himself later that night.
Rude challenged reigning WCW World Heavyweight Champion Ron Simmons on several occasions but did not defeat him.
WCW created their own championship, dubbing it the WCW International World Heavyweight Championship, which Rude lost to Hiroshi Hase on March 16, 1994 in Tokyo, Japan.
In April, Adams returned to Texas All-Star Wrestling and WCCW, and worked an angle with Rick Rude, during which he won the World Class heavyweight title on July 4.

Rude and Heavyweight
On November 19, 1991, Rude defeated Sting for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship and engaged in a number of high profile feudes, including one with Ricky Steamboat.
Koloff was booked in a program with Rick Rude for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship.
*" Ravishing " Rick Rude – Won the WCW United States Heavyweight Title and was the centerpiece of the Alliance, occupying a position similar to that of Ric Flair in the Four Horsemen.
** WCW United States Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time ) – " Ravishing " Rick Rude
Bigelow turned on fellow Triple Threat member, Shane Douglas, under the guidance of Rick Rude and won the ECW World Heavyweight Title in October 1997.
* Rick Rude defeated Sting to win the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship
** Vader was defending the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship for Rick Rude, who complained about having to wrestle twice.
* Rick Rude defeated Ric Flair ( with Terry Taylor as Special Enforcer ) by disqualification to retain the WCW International World Heavyweight Championship ( 19: 22 )
* Sting defeated Rick Rude to win the WCW International World Heavyweight Championship ( 12: 50 )
:* AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship ( 10 times ) – Tommy Rich ( 5 ), King Kong Bundy ( 1 ), Austin Idol ( 3 ), Rick Rude ( 1 )
* WCWA World Heavyweight Champion Rick Rude ( w / Percy Pringle III ) defeated Bruiser Brody by disqualification.

Rude and Championship
Hosts of the parties included Twiztid, Anybody Killa, Juggalo Championship Wrestling wrestlers Rude Boy and Sabu, and Insane Clown Posse.
Rude was hired by Championship Wrestling from Florida in December 1984, where he was managed by Percy Pringle.
With help from Heenan, Rude won the Intercontinental Championship from the Warrior at WrestleMania V, before dropping it back to the Warrior at SummerSlam 1989, due in large part to interference from " Rowdy " Roddy Piper.
Rude then feuded with Piper, before resuming his conflict with the Warrior in the summer of 1990 after the Warrior had won the WWF Championship.
In December 1992, Rude suffered a legitimate injury and was forced to forfeit the United States Championship, thus ending his reign of nearly 14 months, a reign that still stands today as the second longest reign in the 33 year history of the title.
Rude collected on a Lloyd's of London insurance policy and did not appear in wrestling again until 1996, when he joined Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW ) as a masked man who harassed Shane Douglas, at one point spanking Francine.
Sting refused and said he wanted to win the belt in the ring against Big Van Vader, whom Rick Rude was originally slated to defend the Championship against at that same event before being struck with an injury.
Featured matches on the undercard were Rick Rude versus The Ultimate Warrior for the WWF Intercontinental Championship, The Hart Foundation ( Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart ) versus Greg Valentine and The Honky Tonk Man and Demolition ( Ax and Smash ) versus Powers of Pain and Mr. Fuji in a handicap match for the WWF Tag Team Championship.
The next World Championship Wrestling ( this was before WCW Monday Nitro ), Dangerously formed his group with Rude, Eaton, Madusa, Arn Anderson, Larry Zbyszko and " Stunning " Steve Austin.

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