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Rick Rude and his final WWF Days

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Guest natholy

Ok just wondering what exactly happened with his last days with the WWF I know he left in late 1990 but he was pronounced as not there and was replaced in numerous matches on house shows, was this a way of burying him or was it something else?

 

Also did he work the rest of that year before joining WCW in Japan for New Japan or did he work Indys here and there as well?

 

regards nate holynski

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Guest Tony149
Ok just wondering what exactly happened with his last days with the WWF I know he left in late 1990 but he was pronounced as not there and was replaced in numerous matches on house shows, was this a way of burying him or was it something else?

IIRC, that's the reason why Rude left. He wasn't happy the WWF was advertising his name on shows. I would assume the WWF just made him sit-out the rest of his contract before heading to WCW.

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Rude leaving in 90 made for one of the bigger "What ifs...?" in my mind. Although I loved him in WCW, it would have been very interesting to see where the WWF was taking him following the feud with Warrior.

 

Rude was gone before he was ever "substituted" on the road by Heenan in the matches with Bossman. I'm not sure if he was ever officially advertised on TV as being part of the 90 Survivor Series but he was eventually replaced by the Barbarian.

 

I believe he worked the indy scene before jumping to WCW in Oct 91. I want to say he worked a program with Paul Orndorff during that time (could be wrong).

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Guest JHawk

Storyline-wise, Rude was suspended because Heenan made some unflattering comments about Big Boss Man's mother. Heenan replaced Rude for all of his commitments except Survivor Series (although Barbarian usually worked the match as Heenan would "injure" himself backstage before the match).

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Guest tank_abbott

Rude was promoted as being on the "Natural Disasters" squad....then removed... Fact

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