8 Reasons Rick Rude Deserves WWE Hall Of Fame 2017 Induction

8. He Was On Raw And Nitro On The Same Night

One of the most interesting achievements of Rude's career happened after he retired from the ring, and it's that one which opens up our list. During the height of the Monday Night Wars, the one-of-a-kind Rude managed to appear on both Raw and Nitro in the very same evening.

Rude had been working for WWE for a few months when the infamous Montreal Screwjob happened and he, like many of his coworkers, was disgusted. As he was working without a contract, he called up Eric Bischoff and was immediately able to negotiate a deal with WCW.

Back in those days, Raw wasn't live every week, so on November 17, 1997 - eight days after Montreal - Rude was on Raw despite having joined WCW. Sporting a full beard, Rude was there in his role as enforcer for D-Generation X. An hour earlier, though, Rude was live on Nitro, cutting a promo on WWE and only sporting a mustache, just to hammer home which show was live.

Oh, and if that wasn't enough, over the weekend, Rude was on the pre-taped episode of ECW Hardcore TV.