Ravishing Rick Rude: We (Eoin) Salute(s) You
I know it’s never a good idea to have a pop at one’s co-workers but I can bite my tongue no longer: when it comes to late 80s/early 90s WWF wrestling, Murph and Ken really don’t have a clue. I mean, these idiots probably don’t even know the difference between a Sharpshooter and a figure-four leglock – can you imagine?!
Now that I’m free from their shackles of ignorance, I can share in full with you, fellow wrestling fans, the joy of tonight’s posthumous induction of Ravishing Rick Rude into the WWE Hall of Fame.
News:
WWE Releases The 2017 Hall Of Fame Promo For Inductee “Ravishing” Rick Rude pic.twitter.com/H2kiy4tQy6
— Slice Wrestling (@SliceWrestling) March 7, 2017
Yes it’s true the man exuded “arrogance from every pore” but to underestimate the deadliness of his finishing move, The Rude Awakening, was a luxury that none of his rivals could afford – not Jake The Snake Roberts, not The Ultimate Warrior, not even Ricky The Dragon Steamboat.
I think we can all agree The Ravishing One’s legacy would have been secured long before now if only he hadn’t been distracted by Rowdy Roddy Piper in the Intercontinental Championship Match at SummerSlam 1989.
From the blizzard of support I’ve received in the last 24 hours, I can tell I’m not alone in welcoming the establishment’s recognition of the sexiest wrestler who ever donned a pair of exceedingly tight nylon pants.
Pay no mind to those doubting ‘sweat-hogs’ @EoinMcDevitt, I appreciated the wrestling shoutout in today’s @SecondCaptains pod #rudeawakening
— Dean Murray? (@TheDeanMurray) March 30, 2017
Was pleasantly surprised tuning into @SecondCaptains and @EoinMcDevitt to be met with talk of this chisled piece of mass pic.twitter.com/BQ1au55laX
— #BROKEN (@Soma_day) March 30, 2017
Ravishing Rick Rude, we (posthumously) salute you. What I’d like to have right now…
If you feel like becoming a member of the Second Captains World Service, you can do it here. I can’t promise to devote one podcast per week to a different member of The Hart Foundation, but I can certainly try.
GIGANTIC European rugby QF preview, Mon V Dublin, plus Eoin talks about the career of Ravishing Rick Rude…. ???https://t.co/0Y0dahOvh7 pic.twitter.com/sIpzheJuUV
— Second Captains (@SecondCaptains) March 30, 2017