Super Posedown, WWF style - "Ravishing" Rick Rude vs. Ultimate Warrior

[Playboy]

Rude AAS stack was usually Deca, Test and Primo

I read somewhere that it was parabolin and primobolin.

[njflex]

EARLY on in mid eighties he had more of lean physique good abs and chest ,good bis,delts were allright too he was skinny relative to warrior,but later on and into ninties he thickened up considerably .

[Captain Equipoise]

In those clips he was about 240 @ 6"2/6"3 not that small..

Just looks thin compared to warrior who was at least 20lbs. bigger

[mass 04]

I met Triple H in 2002. Impressive as hell.

[johnnynoname]

rick rude brought the more aesthetic look to wrestling much like gaspari popularized shredded glutes in Bodybuilding

note: I didn't say that gaspari introduced shredded glutes; I said that he "popularized" it (that is, imho)

[MCWAY]

i meant barbell presses, he was an animal, those arms looked at least 16 and a half inches and the legs.......my Lord they must have been 20 inches around.

Having seen Rude in person and having seen what a 16^1/2 arm resembles, I can say that Rude's arms were much bigger than 16^1/2 inches. Same goes for his legs, being larger than 20 inches.

[njflex]

WRESTLING has changed dramatically from those days back then u had many good builds like rude,warrior,davey boy smith,dynamite kid was short and big and hard with good seperation,atlas,rocky johnson was big boy with good shape,orndoff,then u had to kiss hogans soft ass body the announcers had to kiss up.now u need good writers and could be sm as shit and as long as u follow story and sway the fans your a star,batista is old school big as dude ,lean,takes his job seriously.cena too.

[Pollux]

Damn! Has it been nearly 20 years?! 

[Fatpanda]

Damn! Has it been nearly 20 years?! 

pollux - if you get a chance, could you post that ronnie coileman cycle you promised 3 years ago.

we're all still waiting - thanks.

[MCWAY]

There may be some confusion, here. Is he referring to a 135-lb barbell press or a shoulder presses with 135-lb dumbbells?

If it’s the latter, that doesn’t seem that far-fetched, for Rude, who looked to be a lean 245-250. He was often announced to be 252 lbs.

He had what Road Warrior/LOD member Animal called "pretty boy" muscles. I used to think that, if you wanted to attract the ladies, your physique had to match that of the "Ravishing One". My favorite part of his match was when Bobby "The Brain" Heenan picked a girl out of the audience and asked her how thrilled she was to be in the presence of "Ravishing" Rick Rude. Once the girl answered "Yes" to all of Heenan's questions, Rude gave her the second version of the "Rude Awakening" (i.e. slobbering her down in the middle of the ring); and, while she's swooning in near-orgasmic bliss on the mat, with Rude was gyrating over her, Heenan would declare "We have another winner!"

Here's an example of the both versions of the "Rude Awakening"

[MCWAY]

Thought I'd bring this back up, just for fun's sake!!!

[QuakerOats]

and no fuckin ass

[cheftim]

I was surfing around YouTube and found this. For those who like the mass vs. aesthetics debate.

From the 1989 Royal Rumble:

Part 1

Who says bodybuilding can't draw big crowds? 

Notice that (in part 1) Jesse Ventura makes a reference to Arnold Schwarzenegger winning the Olympia.

Clavicles just like Phil Heath.

[MCWAY]

Clavicles just like Phil Heath.

Which one, Ravishing Rick or Warrior?

[Hulkster]

hahaha so classic.

jesse was the best

(as rude is choking out warrior) - "look at that most muscular on Rude. Look at that definition!"

hahahahaha

[G o a t b o y]

Oiled men in thongs

[cheftim]

I met Triple H in 2002. Impressive as hell.

One of the best I've ever seen HHH was on that MTV show. Who wants to be the next WWE star or something? I forget the name of it? Anyway HHH came on to talk with the parcipitants and he was freakin massive! All the competitors were blown away by his size. Described as "a wall of muscle".

[TechnoViking]

mean Gene was fucking awesome...I think if he would have went with the full blown Hitler stash, it would have brought his awesomeness up to the full limit of awesomeness...

[Dreadlord]

I remember reading something about the ultimate warrior being exhausted by the time he reached the ring since he always sprinted full speed as part of his entrance gimmick. His matches were pretty short since he couldn't manage to wrestle for long periods due to poor cardio

[TechnoViking]

The ladies loved Rick Rude's physique! That guy had an awesome gimmic.

Better then the Alex23 gimmick Scott?

[MCWAY]

Oiled men in thongs

What video are you watching? Rude has on long tights; Warrior has regular wrestling trunks.

I remember reading something about the ultimate warrior being exhausted by the time he reached the ring since he always sprinted full speed as part of his entrance gimmick. His matches were pretty short since he couldn't manage to wrestle for long periods due to poor cardio

Since he's sprinting to the ring, he's going to be winded. As for long matches (or lack thereof), Warrior's character was one that demolished most of his opponents. So, his matches weren't designed to be that long. With that said, some of his best matches (i.e.WrestleMania VI, against Hulk Hogan; WrestleMania VII, vs. "Macho King" Randy Savage) were quite lenghty and quite good.

If you've seen "The Self-Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior", the consensus seems to be Warrior's lack of pure wrestling skills had more to do with his short matches than his lack of cardiovascular conditioning.

"Between the music, and his sprinting, and his attire, he provided a lot of sizzle.......prior to the bell" - Jim Ross

In reference to Ultimate Warrior's feud with "Ravishing" Rick Rude:

"The Rick Rude/Warrior feud showed that Rude had the patience of Job. I'm sure there were nights where Rude wanted to put his fist through a wall, due to the lack of in-ring ability that his opponent had." - Jim Ross

Regarding his feud with Papa Shango:

"What impressed me about that feud: It was so well done, in terms of promotion, the hype and everything. But the matches were.....UGGGGH....My goodness!!! HORRIBLE!!!" - "Mean" Gene Okerlund.

"You had to do those things with Warrior, because you couldn't get it bell to bell. You had to go elsewhere for the drama and storytelling" - Jim Ross

"He took the absolute shorcut show-business route to fame and fortune, as opposed to learning an art an perfecting a craft, that the better performers strive to do, each and every night." - Vince McMahon

[Ruffneck]

One of the best I've ever seen HHH was on that MTV show. Who wants to be the next WWE star or something? I forget the name of it? Anyway HHH came on to talk with the parcipitants and he was freakin massive! All the competitors were blown away by his size. Described as "a wall of muscle".

[Hulkster]

"He took the absolute shorcut show-business route to fame and fortune, as opposed to learning an art an perfecting a craft, that the better performers strive to do, each and every night." - Vince McMahon

oh the irony of Vince saying this, since he was the one that wanted to push Warrior to the moon, oh, about 6 months after hiring him on..

Vince knew damn well that to be a star at that time it wasn't about in ring ability or mic skills, it was about the persona, the charisma, the flare.

Warrior had it in spades and thats why he became so popular.

[liberalismo]

It doesn't look like Rick Rude was on steroids.

[spinnis]

damn. thx