83 Weeks

[@garypowell6406]

1992 was Rude's best year and his reign as U.S. Champion was one of the longest, if not longest of all time!

[@davidian2.024]

Rick Rude jumped out at the screen to you he exuded pure arrogance and then the size and power to back it up. A hilarious and very entertaining gimmick in WWF, when he went to WCW he was more intense and very convincing, world champion and with dangerous alliance was his best days.

[@patrickgriffis9594]

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[@patrickgriffis9594]

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[@alberthenley2988]

Man, Rick Rude was a star. And was just what a world champion was supposed to be and look like. He made Warrior and Sting look good, gave them the perfect polar opposite of their character.

[@markl5998]

Killer physique. Totally believable as a threat

[@johnjackson5281]

Anything on Rude!! Love it!!

[@michaelfrazia4569]

yup ..classic ..lived the gimmick...totally over

[@jessejames9149]

I hurt my back in 2018! I blew out my L4 and L5 disk's and saw my spine curve in an unnatural way to compensate for the pain It was the most painful experience in my life. I know exactly how Rick Rude felt when he hurt his back. I sympathy for anyone who suffers from herniated disks and any disability. It really really sucks when you hurt your back! 2:28:00 is where they talk about his injury

[@paulgill6059]

Rude fished the dam match, with top rope spots as well!

[@jasonvoorhees6416]

It’s BRUTAL!

[@jeffmac675]

Rude seemed like a straight forward, no bullshit kind of guy and Flair seems like a nothing but bullshit kinda guy - that's probably why they clashed.

[@andrewberube8973]

Rick Rude one of the all time greatest heels been waiting for this episode for a long time Thanks

[@SpectorCorp]

I love Rude.

[@delbertprince5302]

Rick Rude was real funny…..Rest in Peace Rick Rude……

[@Bayonet300]

Would love to hear an entire episode about the evolution of houseshows in WCW

[@donbrewer3904]

This is a good idea.

[@CLewey44]

Would like to have seen Rude with the WWF strap once or twice. By today's standards, he would have been a 5-time WWE champ.

[@michaelrose5614]

Better than anything they have.

[@die2no]

But it wouldn't work for me brother

[@jonasgoat9538]

Does Bischoff ever talk about the WCW video games? We all used to play WCW NWO World Tour, Virtual Pro Wrestling, WCW NWO Revenge (AKI/THQ) on N64 but then shifted to Wrestlemania 2000 (late 99) as all the WCW games afterwards sucked.

[@mrwednesdaynight]

Thunder on the PS1 was so bad it's hilarious. Nothing is more amusing than Powerbombing the Giant as Billy Kidman.

[@Iconhulk]

WcW nWo Revenge one of the best selling games on N64..

[@jonasgoat9538]

@@Iconhulk The last great WCW wrestling game made. It sucked on PAL N64 though due to the frame rate and reduced speed (50hz), NTSC version was great.

[@txmetalhead82xk]

I am sure fans bring those games to get signed by all the wrestling personalities. With that said, it would be cool for EB to devote a bit of time talking about them.

[@TheDODOFRO]

He mentioned how big of a deal it was getting the $ / deal done to get one of them made on a previous podcast but I can’t remember which one it was, sorry! But he did seem aware of them as a nice source of revenue and exposure, and it seemed like he thought it was a cool thing. I wanna say it might have been in the middle of the bash at the beach hogan heel turn podcast but not sure

[@mrwednesdaynight]

Rick Rude was my mom's favorite wrestler. She hated wrestling but insisted I call her into the room whenever Rick Rude was on tv. I was like 9 so I didn't get why she would like this bad guy.

[@Flow-J.Simpson]

my gay uncle was the same way ahahahah

[@derekvietro784]

Let's do a lex luger episode!!!!!

[@delbertprince5302]

Facts…me tooo

[@BigBadJerryRogers]

All that interest you pay, that's not tax deductable

[@latonyapierce3236]

Yea Lex was my fave of all time!!!!💙

[@derekvietro784]

@@latonyapierce3236 same here since 1990 hes been my all time favorite. So many good memories he provided for my childhood. Lex will always be my all time favorite

[@latonyapierce3236]

@@derekvietro784 facts!!! I 💘 him since I seen him n 88😀😀😀😀

[@AWrestlingHistorian]

🎵Walk through the curtain, stepping right on time. The girls won't admit it, but they know he's fine. Got something to say so listen up close. There he goes, taking off his robe. His body's chiseled as hard as a row. You'd think he was sculpted by Michelangelo. He's bold and he's cocky, he struts like a king. There's no way to stop the rude awakening. He's simply ravishing, he's happening, he knows that he's cool. All the girls go crazy, they don't know what to do. He'll steal your girl, break her heart and leave you a fool. He's simply ravishing, dazzling, ravishing rude.🎵

[@danielescalera6638]

I had this on cassette as a kid and would play it as I showered

[@CraigSmithII]

Sadly some of the old WCW wrestlers said that Rude didn't like this song. SMDH

[@nbaldwin45]

Fascinating story about Eric getting Windham to act as an enforcer in case Rude tried anything. Barry's always regarded as a nice guy, a lady's man and a joker but I can imagine he could throw down when needed.

[@txmetalhead82xk]

Texas tough guy. You are right.

[@HereIsWisdom1318]

Isnt 93 the year Rude was IWGP champion! I loved that version 1993) of Rick Rude!

[@metalruleziv769]

Didnt flair take the World title to the WWF in 91?im thinking Vince was worried about payback in 97 with Brett Hart

[@alanguages]

Rick Rude, Ricky Steamboat and Randy Savage were three guys, that would have transitioned well into the New Generation Era for passing on the torch. Imagine matches against Bret, HBK, Mr. Perfect, Owen Hart, 123 Kid against those three. On top of that great story telling angles with Razor Ramon, Undertaker and others.

[@stevenroberge4338]

Conrad loves talking about Meltzer. Most of the guys he does these podcasts with can't stand Meltzer. Kinda funny. Conrad rides the Meltzer train hard 😂

[@GenOceanWolf_tWo_TookieTaliban]

meltz wont give the good reach arounds, if ol connie dont suck up to him.

[@MattBrzozowski]

03:16

[@jasonfrost6448]

Absolutely agree with Conrad about Iron Man matches unless they're action packed (Rock/Triple H Iron Man match I enjoyed). I know I'm in the minority but I've always felt the HBK/Hart Iron man match from Wrestlemania was torture to watch as basically nothing happened the entire match. Basically two guys laying down for an hour. It was up there with the worst early UFC fights (back before they had rounds with time limits) with just the overall lack of action.

[@jonasgoat9538]

MMB (More Meltzer Bull$hit) VS MBB (More Bischoff Beatdowns)

[@mjdf122]

Rick Rude Was Amazing In The 1980s And 1990s In WWF WCW And ECW 1991-1994 Is Rude’s Best Work If He Didn’t Injure His Back In Japan Against Sting It Was Going To Be Rick Rude VS Vader For The WCW International World Heavyweight Championship At Slamboree 1994 Unfortunately Hogan Also Came To WCW Around June/July 1994 So There Goes The Rick Rude Era Of WCW Rude’s Last PPV For WCW Was Spring Stampede 1994 Against Sting For The Title What A Life Of Wrestling Ive Seen All Of The 1980s To Now

[@johnnydoe6717]

Awww cmon guys, how do u have a pic with him with the us title and completely ignore the run. I was waiting to hear about his feuds with Steamboat, Nikita Koloff, Chono. See ya next week

[@timmc8444]

there were essentially 4 guys keeping wcw alive during the 91-94 period...harlem heat, rude and vader...with the steiners and flair in and out during those years the aforementioned guys kept the ship afloat

[@freemind6954]

Uh, what about Sting???

[@timmc8444]

@@freemind6954 barely made a difference...by 91 his gimmick was fading and had he not had rude as a rival he would have been a mid carder by then- if he had truly had value his title reign would have meant something to attendane- it didnt

[@mattshafer1959]

You're a doofus....Flair was apart of it and Sting... the dangerous Allianee...you can even throw in Austin and Brian Pillman in there as the Hollywood blondes.

[@timmc8444]

Child..you were wearing diapers in 92..that was okay back then but not so cool now big boy

[@mattshafer1959]

@tim mc I'm 40 so that would make about teenage years during that time. Nice try.

[@russstiles4308]

Hey conrad the Luger vs Sting wcw title match in. Feb 92 wasnt wrestlewar92 it was SUPERBRAWL2

[@TFRANCHISETHERILLA]

Man. Rick Rude was a perfect WCW CHAMPION. It’s crazy to me because the roster was stacked in 93 - 94 time. Vader vs Rude at Slamboree would have bee been dope. But realistically even if he had not been hurt in Japan, Hulk Hogan would have cancelled him. Rick Rude is one of the GOATS.

[@NoneofYabiz-rx3zi]

Rude vs Vader drew a measly 4,000 people (and that's not even the paid attendance; that's the whole attendance incuding free tickets) in a wrestling hotbed like Philidelphia. Although it didn't happen, it surely didn't draw or sold PPVs. Spring Stampede (the PPV before Slamboree) drew a little over 12,000 and BatB 94 drew 14,000. Sorry, pal, Rude wasn't a draw.

[@ronch550]

Rick Rude sure looks so different without his moustache. Lol

[@anthonydelgrosso4818]

Looks like shamrock without

[@Super122291]

Handsome man ​@@anthonydelgrosso4818

[@TheHannibalTV]

hahahaha @1:36:00

[@lpn8585]

Scott Hall is the number 1 dude to never win a world championship belt. Nobody else is really close. I’m not saying this because he just passed away I’ve always thought this. He should’ve been the WWF champ as Razor. I understand that his addictions was probably the reason he didn’t get it in WCW.

[@hw5091]

Yeah he was way too big time

[@anthonydelgrosso4818]

Andre giant and it'd not close

[@jasonvoorhees6416]

I always said flair was mad at rude because rude had fefe first . Simply ravishing 💕💋💕💋💕💋💕💋

[@lindas1st]

This was a derivative of the "Love Triangle" story- true, one of the 7 original Shakespearian stories. But it wasn't a "Romeo & Juliette" story because that isn't a love triangle story. Romeo & Juliette was "The boy from the other side of the tracks" story. So Bischoff was half right in that it is one of the 7 original stories, but he had the wrong one.

[@chipdspenser]

I remember the sayings on his trucks but never put the likenesses of the women together. That lil tidbit was amazing. haha. i always just thought they were random pics of hot girls save for Jake's wife.

[@jcriniti2644]

WCW should have merged the world title belts before ditching the NWA. Once they called it the International title it got weird and it was the NWA title belt but it no longer had meaning. They could have just did a title vs title match and then moved on from the NWA.

[@TheHannibalTV]

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[@KizzMyAbs]

Rick Rude is a LEGEND god bless the dead

[@thesupervisor3270]

Why is Rick Rude being World champion debatable? WCW had 2 world championships just like WWE has 2 now. If Rude reign doesn’t count so neither doesn’t Sting and Ric Flair. Flair isn’t a 16x World champ and John Cena has the most wins. Don’t play Rick Rude he’s a 3x World champion

[@michaelrose5614]

Yeah want to get technical Flair had it over 20 times but wasn't let be known or depending which country he was in at the time wasn't known in the USA.

[@jasonvoorhees6416]

It was a world title on tv so as far as I’m concerned he was a world champion

[@keijikicksass]

Fifi fudging around with Ric while she was married..well at least they had that in common...Will there ever be an episode of a Conrad show where he doesn't get a stiffy over Flair lol

[@LorenzoMelchionda-lp2cu]

Being an architect or even a lawyer requires quite a bit of creativity

[@keyodi]

Rude was dripping with Arrogance and ego….. “simply ravishing”

[@kazman_6899]

Toughest man in wrestling? Harley Race? Andre? Dan Spivey? Robbie Rage? Abbott? Blackman? Smothers? Simmons? Orndorff? Slater? Severn? Shamrock? Regal? Lesnar? Haku? Nah... Rick Rude

[@TFRANCHISETHERILLA]

Yeah I don’t know what you are blathering about. I never said he was a draw, I said him and Vader would have been dope and I said I thought he was a good champion. I don’t care about what draws other people or about attendance numbers. #PAL

[@garytravis2534]

60 lol near AMARILLO that all the time

[@brianthomas3451]

Best physique in the business

[@sxhbk]

Is it so hard to say Flair and Rude instead of keep saying rick... both of their first names.. cmon JR

[@joshualewis9654]

Luger had the longest run as us champion

[@keijikicksass]

I don't remember WCW ragging on Davey after he got canned...wonder what all they said...

[@The_Rebeliate]

I don’t personally know a person who likes Conrad Thompson’s work. He sucks at interviews, always cuts off whoever he’s interviewing and loves to hear himself talk.

[@7trainQbnyc]

01:36:00 🤣

[@craigwilson3532]

Would to love to have a body like Rude

[@nathanwanner..44]

Still do not know why WWF at the time did not let rude be champ the guy was over and he was $$$$

[@ash80510]

Hows your boyfriend Meltzer doing conrad?

[@brandonthomas5563]

Cancel Rick rude when I was a kid he called me a Fat hog that's wasn't nice Mr Rude we must put a stop to this who's with me

[@brandonthomas5563]

Didn't they already do this before,?

[@TethAdam]

You might be thinking of this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5jKeJ-ffbKfl6c

[@brandonthomas5563]

@@TethAdam yeah probably so

[@jasonvoorhees6416]

Stww did rude already but for his wwf run

[@weseisenschenkslostmusclec9123]

25% Rude 75% other rubbish. Very disappointing.

[@JamesMMcCann]

People seem to ignore the many times Flair sabotaged matches to keep his spot.

[@erikchamberlain4076]

Actual we all could use a Mongo episode, given the current condition he's in right now.

[@wwesvk9958]

EZ E

[@jiggyjaguar]

So now Eric is gonna tell the trunk story again lol, Htm man is correct “Bischoff is a pos”

[@handsomelee9568]

Then don't pay for the episode........oh wait it's free.....gtfoh!!

[@stevedave5867]

Rick Rude was basically the best advert ever for steroids. He might have had the best physique of all time.