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[1993-10-09-WCW-Saturday Night] Interview: Rick Rude


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Rude is interviewed by Tony Schiavone at home. Rude vents about WCW no longer recognizing the title he wears as soon as he wins it. Rude says as far as he's concerned, he beat Ric Flair, his belt says World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, he's the champ. He also says WCW has had it in for him since he came in and took out Sting -- the biggest star -- right away.

 

Heels who can justify their point of view are missed.

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Lots of historical nuggets here--Rude brings up his opening night victory over Sting, his being stripped of the U.S. title, and then points out that Vader got to keep his belt despite being injured for longer. Rude's basically not wrong about anything he says, which is awesome. Great return to the Up Close format.

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Wait a second. If WCW isn't supposed to recognize Rude's belt, why is Tony still calling him the World heavyweight champion? Not the so-called champion, not the self-proclaimed champion, but the World champion without qualification. He knows WCW doesn't recognize that title anymore, so why is he, in essence, going into business for himself?

 

As for Rude, he's right all the way down the line, but as usual it doesn't do him a whole lot of good. The only good thing is that if he loses to Flair, he can keep the belt, since it's now his own personal vanity belt (at least until the NWA gets around to collecting it). I like how he looks the part of a World champion, and even though he's obviously still a heel, he conducts this interview with class and respect, kind of like Flair used to before he became a blowhard thanks in large part to Dusty.

 

I'd have laughed out loud if Rude had brought up Yoko or the WWF when he was mentioning all the other countries and/or continents and their champions. Don't forget, he acknowledged his time in the WWF at least once before during a WCW interview.

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