10 Wrestling Gimmicks Based On LIES!

9. Ravishing Rick Rude

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When Ravishing Rick Rude portrayed the type of burly, unflappable sh*thouse that could seduce every wife in the crowd whilst beating up the husband for protesting, the real life Richard Rood gave no mind to the opposite sex when the red light wasn't on.

Multiple tributes to the late hard nut (the "kicking-the-f*ck-out-of-somebody" bit of the gimmick was as real as it needed to be) corroborated the story that he was a devoted family man away from the gimmick, with Bret Hart in particular speaking warmly on it in his autobiography.

He said; "He was a great family man. He loved his wife. He was one of those kind of guys who never took his wedding ring off. He put a white piece of tape around it when he went into the ring...Rick Rude was anything but rude. In any circle of friends and phonies, you take the good with the bad. And the bad makes you appreciate the good even more".

'Simply Ravishing' was more than just a slogan - Rude made working as a womaniser look easy.

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