When do we get a rebuttal to Maddox's claims? As a fan of yours and someone who read Maddox 20 years ago when he was relevant I'd really like to hear your side of the story.
I think I can clear up a little bit of this, I don't think that he injected viagra and do his Dick. There's this other thing that we used to inject in there, I can't remember what it's called but I'm sure u can look it up, we all used to use it(men in the adult industy) and some even would shoot meth in their "pecker" so no not unheard of at all
Honky Tonk always seems like the mirror of Hulk Hogan. Where Hulk Hogan lies and exaggerates to try to make himself look good, Honky Tonk lies and exaggerates to make everyone else look bad.
It reminds me a lot of when Brian Zane of Wrestling With Wregret made a video about him and ended with clips of his shoot interviews, and one clip in particular stuck with me, as it seemed to be about the Benoit murder-suicide, since while context isn't given, his response was something along the lines of "There's absolutely no excuse for a man to kill his kid -- kill his lady, sure..." Yeesh.
I got to meet Honky Tonk Man about 7 years ago when he was at a local comic convention. Dude seemed kinda grumpy, and folks were avoiding him, so I got to talk with him a bit, and he was kinda off-putting.
My problem with Honky Tonk Man is that he was just a cheap cash -in for the Elvis Impersonator craze. It's like ... that's all there is to him. At least Scott Hall *did* something with the Tony Montana concept, and made it his own.
Whenever Hony Tonk Man comes up, I feel the need to post my favorite quote from Eric Bishoff from an interview where he talked about firing Honky Tonk. "It comes back to the only guy I’ve ever really enjoyed firing. I mean, put a smile on my face. In this moment, when you ask me that question, I’m getting goosebumps, I’m beginning to smile from ear to ear because I had to fire the Honky Tonk Man. I would fire The Honky Tonk Man every single day of every single year for the rest of my life, and I would get just as much joy." It goes hard.
Well ya Eric Bishoff loved hogan and was besties with him and honked Tonk hated and exposed hogan every chance he got. So naturally Bishoff hated honky
Rick Rude despite his stage performance, was a devoted family man and very wholesome by all accounts, shows you how good of a character performer he was.
Lol I remember Stone Cold telling a story on his podcast about when he would travel with Rude, Rude would hate when the boys would use curse words, so of course the boyS would always find a way to rib Rude about it
This is not really the whole truth. There are anedcotal accounts to indicate that he was a hot head and a bully. Eric Bischoff has stories about how Rude allegedly threatened him with a gun and tried to fight him another time.
As someone who was never interested in wrestling, hearing Whang talk about it has given me an appreciation for it as an art form. It's like testosterone fueled ballet wrapped in a reality show, actually pretty neat.
It was some really fun quality entertainment for my friends and me and my brother as kids in the 90s. There was a point when I 'outgrew' it and thought wrestling was stupid. But as a nearly 40 year old man, now I see that these guys were/are a unique crossover between performance art and athletics, especially after meeting Mick Foley in person during his book tour years and years ago, and listening to Steve Austin's podcast, it's apparent these dudes had the inspiration to be performers and entertainers, their minds more centered in the creative than u would expect from most meat heads. But being meat heads of a more creative and sometimes intelligent type they found a niche where they could do performance art and athletics. When u recognize the real mechanics behind it all, you see that it isn't a fake or contrived attempt to be a real 'sport'. It is a genuine and intentional effort to entertain and tell a story with memorable characters to an audience and it wouldn't be as successful an art form as it is if people didn't get something meaningful out of it. You should watch the video where The Undertaker and Mick Foley reunite to watch a replay of their 1998 hell in a cell match at King of the Ring. I really mean it, you will enjoy that if u see it because they reveal a lot of insight about how the performers interact during a match
When I was a kid, we went to a WWF show and the line after for autographs was far too long for Hulk Hogan, so we went to Rick Rude's line. When my brother got up to him, he said "Autographs are $10, but for you kid, $20." My brother said "I don't have $20" and Rick took his photo, signed it, kneeled down to him and said "Well then you don't get one". Crumpled it up and tossed it over his shoulder, landing in the nearby trashcan. Kayfabe was still in full force at the time, and what was a bad memory back then is a treasured encounter now.
Such a perfect narcissist heel that was an incredible wrestler and very giving in the ring. Still the best atomic drop selling ever. He’s one of those wrestlers from back them that has been reevaluated as one of the most underrated performers ever. And that damn mustache, wooooo mama
@@doctorhandsomehe made regular moves look like they could kill someone, watch the compilations of him selling an atomic drop. He’s sitting aggressively but it looked like he gained a second asshole from it. He’s the gold standard for narcissistic heels in wrestling
@@adamlane6453 Prime Scott Hall during his Razor Ramon run, is the absolute pinnacle of the perfect male physique. At least to most women. His face was gorgeous and he had that full head of dark hair. Younger Kevin Nash was also beautiful. Brian Pillman, during his “loose cannon” gimmick, was shorter than I prefer most men, but my god, he was GORGEOUS. His body was incredible. Just a great-looking man. And, of course, young HBK had a really great look. Rick Rude had a beautiful physique, but he was a bit more body builder looking to me. I prefer men that look like they just naturally are active and that’s how they look, rather than men who look like they lift a lot of weights all day and night.
In general, Rude was actually against recreational drug use and was a pretty devout Christian. That’s just from what I’ve heard in interviews about him. Honky Tonk Man is a garbage bag of a person and loves to stir the pot when given a chance, I don’t take his word as far as I can throw him (I can’t throw him a single inch). It sounds like Hennig’s take is the best, Rude had issues towards the end and accidentally OD’d. it happens unfortunately. His praises are sung way more than someone like HTM because he was an actually good and extremely influential wrestler, Honky just can’t let go of the past where no one cared about him at all. What I assume is Rude was s drinking one night and took too many of his medications at one time, he fell asleep and died that way. It’s sad but I hope one of the best heels to ever grace the squared circle is at peace
I mean, Viagra is different than like weed or something, and it depends on what branch of Christianity. There are people who go to church every Sunday, and plow their wife the instant they get home. I mean, the guy committed suicide*, which is considered a sin by some people. Also, plenty of people over do Viagra because it's something you can just buy over the counter, and they don't really know anything about medicine. Now, Honky Tonk Man being a giant sack of shit should probably be enough evidence that his dick didn't fall off. Just saying, both the reasons before that aren't iron clad. *edit: Alright upon a second listening, and just googling it, it probably wasn't even suicide come to think of it.
There is a real, non-viagra medication that is injected directly into the penis to induce an erection, often referred to incorrectly as “injectable viagra.” The drug was fairly commonly used during the era and is known to have cardiovascular side effects and interact with a lot of things, so if he was using it then it may have actually contributed to his death of heart failure, not dick amputation.
I think you might be referring to Caverject. As you wrote, it's not the same as Viagra. Also, many here (including Whang!) do not understand that certain PEDs can have the unpleasant side effect of impotence. There are many reasons for this and certain steroids are notorious for it but it's well documented. That being said, Rude was one of the best of his era and one of the most memorable wrestlers in history. Few if any have done a gimmick better.
@@johnnybeefum Impotence and erectile dysfunction are not the same thing. And most of the erectile dysfunction in regards to steroids is due to a lack of DHT in the body when somebody injects a steroid that doesn't 5a-reductance in to DHT. Usually this means a 19-nor steroid (typically nandrolone ALA "deca-dick"). But even back in the 70's much less 80's or 90's, everybody doing steroids (aside from a total noob) knew about that and would either inject testosterone along with the 19-nor steroid or they would also take a DHT derivative steroid (usually a combination of the two).
@@jd9119 impotence can mean ED and also additionally not having any sperm but it can also mean simply an inability to get and/or maintain an erection as per Google and Oxford dumbass. Also, you're assumption about "everybody doing steroids knew" is incorrect. Plenty of golden era bodybuilders did not utilize Testosterone. There was a time when Testosterone was considered a drug mainly for powerlifters and Olympic weightlifters (strength athletes). This of course changed and by the 90's. I'm not going to write it all out for you. The information is out there though.
@@geraldfriend256 It's not semantics. Impotence is used to describe the problems that interfere with intercourse/reproduction or the lack of desire and problems with orgasming/ejaculation. ED specifically mean a man's ability to achieve or maintain an erection. They're closely relating and often influence the other, but they're not the same.
Damn, I know nothing about wrestling, but these guys have such PERSONALITIES. What a performance art, inside and out of the ring. It’s too bad this guy’s memory was marred by this wild rumor about his death- as interesting and weird as it might be.
Yeah that's one of the reason why wrestling is awesome. It's like a serialized theater performance, only with beer, blood and chairs. So much character, talent and heart goes into something that might seem mindless and brutish from an outside glance.
Richard Rood, aka Rick Rude was a legitimate athlete and successful arm wrestler. According to several wrestling legends from Minnesota (Hennig, Darsow, Hawk, Animal, and Warlord), Rude was also a great fighter when necessary. He was a devoted family man, husband and father. Rest In Peace and gone too soon!
He was one of the men I loved to hate but hated to love back in the late 1980's when I first started watching WWF... Being from the UK, We only started getting WWF quite late... It used to be Saturday Nights Main Event Broadcast at 1am on a Sunday In effect, Monday Morning!... ) and eventually Monday Night RAW at 1am on a Tuesday!!!! They did experiment before - Now and again on a Saturday Morning Sports show called "World of Sport" - They would have an hour long segment of WWF rather than our standard British Wrestling which was very popular in the 80's... He truly was a legend ... I was way to young back then to appreciate him, in fact any of the wrestlers - I saw it all as Black and White! That's a Good Guy, That's a Bad Guy!... Never the twain shall meet! You can imagine how my heart sank when One of My Heroes SUDDENLY TUIRNED HEEL!!! I was deep into Kayfabe... Many of us were! We didn't appreciate at all until far, far later! And that was me with the "Ravishing One" - When I took time away and finally came back to Wrestling... I was SADDENED as Rick Rude was no longer there... His career had ended! I never knew what happened, I only knew he was no longer in the ring - And IT HURT! He was so good at all that he did, getting the emotion our of the audience, making us root for him or scream him down... Paired with Bobby "The Brain" Henan it was LEGEND!!!! I know it was her character - I never took to Sherri Martell! LOL! Or maybe just Rude and Henan were THAT DAMN GOOD! You are 100% right... One of the best talents the industry ever had... He didn't need "Producers" to sell his character - It was all RUDE! A Natural Charisma and the confidence to create that in ring personality that ... In my opinion, Great though may of our wrestlers today are... They lack! With the possible exception of the late Windham "Bray Wyatt" Rotunda (God Rest him... Another legend gone far too soon!) Rood knew how to work with the Backstage crew to bring the best out a performance without having them control his every action ... Where we hear stories now of how Vince McMahon controlled so much, I see Rood as being one of those backstage that would have been saying to him "Yeah, Vince mate... Your are wrong... THIS is what I will do.... " He is dearly missed!
The way you describe Rick Rude in the opening explains how I feel about Jake the Snake now -- he was a huge villain when I was a kid but only as an adult do I appreciate how good he was at his craft.
I have at least a dozen wrestlers I absolutely hated as a young teenager throughout the early to mid 90's. At the time, I didn't realize their gimmick was to piss off fans. Throughout the years seeing various interviews online I started thinking differently of them. Big Mega Manfan myself as well that's why I commented:)
"Injecting Viagra" sounds like a friend-of-a-friend description of a much older ED treatment, CaverJect. It doesn't make the story true, but that's how that part got into the urban legend.
They didn't inject Viagra. There were several injectible medications that could be used (none of them were viagra). There was also a capsule that you'd insert in to the head and it'd dissolve over the course of a few minutes. Viagra was developed to be a blood pressure medication and it's actually an effective treatment for pulmonary hypertension (the Brazillian army even uses viagra for that purpose). They noticed that guys were popping chubs on it and it ended up getting an entirely different medical use.
There’s no need to inject it because it works fine just by swallowing it. I took a half a Cialis once and went strong for hours. It actually got uncomfortable towards the end. So the idea you would go out of your way to inject it is plain silly when it does what it’s intended to do by swallowing it. Then again, wrestlers are known to be crazy.
@@jjones9822 That's why I think the story likely started out as CaverJect, but got the urban legend treatment into Viagra over the years. Brand recognition.
The people staying this “ fact “barely drew a dime as a solo act in wrestling . Rude kept his wedding ring on when he wrestled , a rare feat in wrestling in that day.
@@daerth4423no he didn’t, he was always an upper mid-card draw at most and was a novelty act who faded fast but was remembered and liked enough to keep him going but nit enough to be at the top
"Seemingly out of nowhere." Let's be real here: To maintain that type of physique whilst on the road would require a vast chemical cocktail to maintain for a wrestler with even the best genetics. And Rude smoked on top of it. Rick Rude's heart failure certainly did not come out of nowhere. He had been struggling for 5-6 years prior. It was even documented in The Wrestling Observer. He was an amazing talent who pushed too hard. May he RIP.
@josephmother6822 Yes, but if the hearsay is true, Rude was partial to drugs like Trenbelone Enanthate, which you were not going to find at your local pharmacy. Steroids like Testosterone Enanthate, Deca, Dianabol, etc. were legal with a prescription, but these drugs were not on the pharmaceutical market back then. I've heard Rude was partial to Primobolan as well, and even that would probably be more difficult to obtain. Reason being, because not all AAS have a real pharmaceutical value. I mean, it would have been hard to obtain drugs like Trenbelone Acetate/Enanthate over the counter, because these drugs aren't typically used in any sort of medical setting.
@@mattysquizzato7094That's why he said it was "seemingly"out of no where, and not simply out of no where. You know what "seems" means, right? It wasn't "actually" out of no where, it just "seemed" out of no where.
I suppose we're just going to ignore that Bret Hart, in his autobiography, described Richard Rood as the opposite of his persona: a dedicated family man who wouldn't even remove his wedding band during matches. No, let's believe the story that was passed around the high school lunch room.
Kind of a neat trivia fact I learned a long time ago. He never took his wedding band off, even when he wrestled. I've never heard anybody ever say a bad word about Rick.
Rick Rude like Kurt Angle are experts at making you hate them. When they are in their prime you despise them. But you look back now and admire how great they where at entertaining and story telling.
Rude was SO GOOD as a heel. I loved it later in his career when he'd start a promo and the fans would start booing and he'd get flustered and stop. He'd start again and the crowd would boo louder, he'd get more flustered, and talk louder, getting angry now. He had the crowd in the palm of his hand.
I think your instinct is correct when it comes to this rumor being a way for people to put a nice narrative bow on the story of his life, even if it besmirched his name. It does make me wonder if a similar incident(maybe not to full extent of this rumor) did occur to another wrestler and somehow the stories got mixed up. Possibly because of the testicular cancer rumor. It's not s huge jump. Wrestling especially in 80's-2000's was definitely filled with a few guys who would probably be willing to shoot chemicals into their dick for one reason or another.
Whang likes pro wrestling....resident evil...hot pikachu sex and disgusting urban legend websites and stories? That's why this is among the best channels to ever exist
3:30 - A lifelong "smark" and this is the first time I'm hearing of this. Just did a quick search and it seems to be a real rumour. Not sure of it's validity, but I'm invested. Ipaused your video to do that bit of research, and then left this comment. I will now resume your video from 3:33 onward. Thank you for smartening me up to this.
An interesting point of view. That doctor’s take on the situation presents a strong case that maybe the whole injection/amputation thing didn’t happen to Rude after all.
It did they found a ton of pills which indicate likely suicide. And he was overly sensitive about his body. Animal said he did get depressed and if amputation happened not much of a.stretch to think what rude would have done. Heck any man would be very distraught if your manhood got cut off or needs to be cut off
I always liked heels more growing up and Rick was one of the best! It's awesome to find out that he was a legitimate badass outside of the ring too. R.I.P. to a real one
I know this has nothing to do with the video, but I think Leaping Lanny Poffo is one of the most underrated wrestlers ever. An athlete, a poet, an amazing frisbee thrower… He’s the man!
I have one of those frisbees back when he was leaping Lanny and it's autographed to me. I could have only been maybe three but my dad got for me and I still have it to this day. It wasn't until 2012 that I realized he was Macho Man's real brother, who is my favorite wrestler. So while I don't have an autograph of Macho, I still think it's pretty cool that I have that and he was an extremely underrated talent . I mean Lenny could suck his own dick now that's impressive and this has been confirmed from his own mouth... And I truly mean no pun intended. Now the two brothers are back together and I'm sure Macho is making sure his little brother has a nice spot in the afterlife
Seems like salacious rumors have more legs than other ones. Steve McQueen started a rumor for fun about Paul Newman (pretending to be just passing it along!) and it went all over Hollywood before coming back to him from a completely different source than the person he'd told it to.
@j.murphy4884 that's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. You obviously don't know much about Hennig or Rude because if you did you wouldn't have come up with such an idiotic comment.
While Rick Rude was on the Indi scene after his prime WWF/WCW days, he went to the bar after the show. I was on a small college NAIA football team. He was simply the nicest guy you'd ever want to meet. Answered all our stupid questions, and asked us questions about our team and major's and such. He seemed honestly interested, wished us luck, he even bought me a beer, after he flipped out and used me as an example of the size of Randy Savage (he dislikes him, and Hogan the most). He apologized and bought me it. He was so open and nice, he's the only one that when he passed it actually affected me a little. RIP Mr. Rood
@seadubbya9209 thanks for sharing your story. I've listened to other fans that had met Rude and said the exact same thing. They say the biggest badasses are the nicest people.
I've always gravitated towards the heels (bad guys) in wrestling and Rude was one of my favorites growing up. He wasn't someone to mess with in real life either. I've heard this story several times over the years and this was very interesting to me. Well done.
I've been a wrestling fan for 23 years now, I came into the picture in 2000, just after Rick Rude passed away, so I never got to watch him when he was alive, but as a proud fellow Minnesotan I got well acquainted with his work over the years as such material became easier to access online. I've heard so many of the famous urban legends, that old wrestling sleaze list that went around back then, but I'd never heard this one about Rick Rude until this video.
Great video, Whang. I had never heard this rumor before until watching your video. I had always just assumed (and continue to believe) that he had a heart attack because unfortunately so many wrestlers during my childhood passed away like that. Don't wanna end my comment on a downer so I'll end it with saying he is one of the best to ever do it and, to me, his best match was against Ultimate Warrior for the WWF Championship at WWF Summerslam 1990 in a steel cage.
If you're curious and haven't already seen it, look up Rude's 30-minute Iron Man Match vs. Ricky Steamboat from Beach Blast '92. I know a bunch of people who consider that the best WCW match ever!
@@joshthefunkdoc I loved that match! My brother used to work at a video store back in the early/mid 2000s and they had tons of WCW VHS PPVs. Right before they closed up shop, he just took all of them and we transferred them to digital format and marathoned every year that we had.
I didnt exist when Rick Rude was alive. But when I learn about him. I absolutely love his work. A cocky man who gets all the woman excited, insulting man and showing off his body to the audience like hes a god.
The best was that, after every match Rick Rude won, he would wipe the sweat off of his head with his hands, and then fling the sweat off and onto his defeated opponent still lying on the mat. That was such a badass move when I was 12 or 13. What a legend
Um, he had the world title in WCW! The NWA American Championship was renamed the WCWA World Heavyweight Championship while Rude was still holding the title.
the sad fact about this story’s origin is that Rude was actually a decent person who was devoted to his wife! his persona was a ladies man but he was faithful to his wife and wrestled with his wedding ring despite trying to seduce others he is a victim of kayfabe and idiots like HTM who can’t stop being in character 24/7
I heard this rumour years ago and just dismissed it as one of those wrestling myths. Even though the business has some outlandish real tales, this one still seems a little far fetched to me. Curt Hennig was his best friend, so I think I'd believe his side of things way more than anyone elses.
I just want to say thank you for these stories that provide me with useless information I now get to talk about during family get togethers. You are doing Gods work.
He always struck me as one of the more intelligent wrestlers of the time. Regardless of his proclivities, I don't buy that he would put kink so far above safety.
He was apparently a real straightlaced family man in private, according to other people commenting. The rumors about the circumstances of his death seem like they tie in a little too perfectly with the persona he was playing in the ring.
I actually interviewed The Honky Tonk Man for my show I did on college radio. My cohosts and I covered weekly wrestling news in the late 90s. HTM was honestly a fun, polite and entertaining guy. He was also a hoot when he was in character. The interview took place at a local mall during a low-tier celebrity event. Anyway, HTM may not have neen all that awesome on TV but he was fun in person.
You look really great for 38, although that's not technically old. To gen z, that's like 90. But they don't realize how ignorant age shaming is. They will hit 25, and its blazing fast after that. I'm in my 30s myself, and it feels like yesterday I was outside digging in the dirt with the neighborhood kids. Long live the 90s. When exploring the outdoors was a thing. Appreciate you sharing this with us, man. I get a wrinkle on the brain every time you upload.
When you say "look really great for 38" you kind of sound like a generation Alpha guy yourself lol. A man is in his prime in his 30's still. There are NHL players who kept playing into their mid 40's.
Best thing about Honky Tonk Man for me was playing the original NES WWF game on 2 Player. Me holding both controllers..I would make the two Honky Tonk Men dance to the MIDI song in the background...after a while, they would get so close that one of them would kick the other. I would then smash both controllers making them fight. I was a strange child and I still am. 😑
I was a HUGE wrestling fan as a kid, all the way into the D-X generation when I was in high school. I’ve been enjoying the wrestling docs and backstage info I’ve been finding as an adult. Thanks for this Whang, I hadn’t heard this one.
Whang, this episode had a lot of heart in it. Good work. I think Maddox was wrong about you, and he was literally the first internet dude i was exposed to in middle school back in 1998. You should interview Steve Austin.
Oh shit, same here. What was Maddox's beef? (Full disclosure, I've thought Maddox was a dumbass for like twenty years, but I did enjoy discovering his site at first. Yellow text on a black background, iirc?)
@TeagueChrystie Maddox was basically saying Whang just reads Wikipedia on his channel and doesn't do anything transformative (called it plagiarism but in this context I don't think that word would apply even if it were true). But the reason Maddox made that claim is because apparently one of Whangs friends was talking shit about Maddox's personal life or something.
@@makeshift_battlefield_music lmao, pretty typical of Maddox, the man just kind of fell apart. Anyway, while you can find some of this info on Wikipedia, in very large part he bases many videos on his own memories of these times and then goes investigating them to the best of his abilities. A whole lot of this stuff needs to be found by searching up old archived news articles, old forum posts, checking through website archival services like the Internet Archive, and if he can, contacting people who were either involved or around at the time. The reliability can also vary. He ain't exactly Columbo, but he has to actually do some legwork to make a lot of these, they aren't all reading old Reddit posts, and while some of it is finding older investigations into these things, he can't always count on that.
I’m in the Crockett family and I knew Rick. This is in fact a rumor. This is a story to crush one of the manliest men in wrestling. I know everything he did that day and one of them was not suicide.
@@DarylArchideld Think so. The thing is too, ever since that Napoleon Blownapart vid on fake martial artists a bunch of people have been covering all the same guys he did there. It's kind of overdone at this point imo
Podawfuls recent coverage of the Maddox hitpiece was insane. Often I find when people go after people I like its soke of the most entertaining shit I've seen. Between that, and Whang being on the someordinary podcast I went from a casual fan of Whang to putting post notifications on. Thanks for being on the website you're funny my dude. Even if you are in a NuMetal band
Rude was a great bad guy in any era and these rumors work because he was the exaggerated peak of masculinity at the time. Also, that's Percival Pringle III with the bug eyes at 10:50 aka Paul Bearer.
@@pastiesandagstringPercival Pringle the Third was Rude's manager when he got his start as a heel in WCCW out of Dallas, Texas. My grandma used to watch WCCW with me strictly because she loved to hate Percival Pringle 3. RIP to Ravishing Rick Rude and to my Boo-Boo. That's right, we called her Boo-Boo
I don't remember who said it, but it appears Rick really lost *one* of the family jewels in a match against Owen Hart, when Rude apparently tried a leapfrog, but it wasn't high enough so Owen went head first into him. but now, after seeing clips of former wrestlers just saying stuff, idk if I believe it
I've met Honky Tonk man at a local event here in my city. Dude is as much an a-hole in person as he was in the ring and on TV. I can't remember if that was the night I met Al Snow or if was another event I went that month.. I have old men memories and alot of my eariler life tends to blend together.
It’s always makes me giddy when a TH-camr I watch turns out to be a wrestling fan- even giddier when they’re following current story lines. You’re alright in my book Whang! 😎❤
Weird request, but have you considered a video on the legend of Manson's rib removal? Me and my husband are around your age. I'm British, he's Canadian, and we both heard the rumor that Manson had ribs removed for salacious reasons while we were at school. How the hell did that rumor start and spread?
I want to say that rumor was attributed to David Bowie prior as well. I don't know where the rumor started, but I think it's based in a sort of homophobia
Rick Rude is in my boy stable, along with William Regal, Big Boss Man, Alex Wright and Broken Matt Hardy. Colonel Rob Parker is the manager of my boy stable.
I loved Rick Rude when I was a kid. I wanted to be just like him. I was somewhat of a social outcast and I wanted to be the guy that didn't give an F and could any girl he wanted. And what guy wouldn't want the Rick Rude abs.
He certainly wasn't bad looking, and some good confidence goes a long way with the ladies. Characters like these make me feel more and more like I've missed out with wrasslin, I kinda wanna check some out sometime.
Jim Niedhart lived in Wesley Chapel Florida right past the elementary school I went to. He would drive this open wheel roadster, we used to see him all the time in the late 80’s and early 90’s
weird this video is created and pops up the day after i watched the introduction on NWA/WCW Saturday Night of Rick Rude back in 1986 teaming up with Manny Fernandez.
I know a lot of folks hate Honky Tonk, but his extremely offensive and insensitive humor at other's expense, gross exaggerations, tongue in cheek lies and shit talking feels like home to me.
I literally felt exactly the opposite as you my whole life growing up. I hated the ultimate warrior more than anybody else. And precisely because Rick would wear those pants and dance the way that he did, is why I liked him best. And I don’t know how much veracity I can give your story when it’s a rumor, regardless of which wrestlers have said what. And the ultimate warrior sucks the worst ever.
Abscesses hurt SO fucking bad. If he had an abscess on his dick, people would have known because he would have been in incredible pain. I find it hard to believe he wouldn’t have gone to the hospital right away if he was dealing with that. I had one on my forearm and I went to the hospital twice about it because it hurt so bad and they just drained it and sent me off on my way. My arm healed and all I have is one small scar from it. A dick dying from an untreated abscess seems really unlikely to me because you’d definitely get it treated and they heal up fine.
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Perfect distraction for the bs im in
Justin you're such a pos. Some guy on TH-cam told me so. ❤
@@vcalv9354 a personal ovary sandwich?
When do we get a rebuttal to Maddox's claims? As a fan of yours and someone who read Maddox 20 years ago when he was relevant I'd really like to hear your side of the story.
I think I can clear up a little bit of this, I don't think that he injected viagra and do his Dick. There's this other thing that we used to inject in there, I can't remember what it's called but I'm sure u can look it up, we all used to use it(men in the adult industy) and some even would shoot meth in their "pecker" so no not unheard of at all
Honky Tonk always seems like the mirror of Hulk Hogan. Where Hulk Hogan lies and exaggerates to try to make himself look good, Honky Tonk lies and exaggerates to make everyone else look bad.
The stroke clip was brutal. I don’t think I could be drunk enough to say things like that about my worst enemy.
It reminds me a lot of when Brian Zane of Wrestling With Wregret made a video about him and ended with clips of his shoot interviews, and one clip in particular stuck with me, as it seemed to be about the Benoit murder-suicide, since while context isn't given, his response was something along the lines of "There's absolutely no excuse for a man to kill his kid -- kill his lady, sure..." Yeesh.
A master heel
I got to meet Honky Tonk Man about 7 years ago when he was at a local comic convention. Dude seemed kinda grumpy, and folks were avoiding him, so I got to talk with him a bit, and he was kinda off-putting.
My problem with Honky Tonk Man is that he was just a cheap cash -in for the Elvis Impersonator craze.
It's like ... that's all there is to him. At least Scott Hall *did* something with the Tony Montana concept, and made it his own.
Whenever Hony Tonk Man comes up, I feel the need to post my favorite quote from Eric Bishoff from an interview where he talked about firing Honky Tonk.
"It comes back to the only guy I’ve ever really enjoyed firing. I mean, put a smile on my face. In this moment, when you ask me that question, I’m getting goosebumps, I’m beginning to smile from ear to ear because I had to fire the Honky Tonk Man. I would fire The Honky Tonk Man every single day of every single year for the rest of my life, and I would get just as much joy."
It goes hard.
i heard that on deadlock and it always pops me huge
😂
Well ya Eric Bishoff loved hogan and was besties with him and honked Tonk hated and exposed hogan every chance he got. So naturally Bishoff hated honky
Bischoff sells a t-shirt on his site that says ‘EAT. SLEEP. FIRE HONKY TONK. REPEAT.’
😂
Wasnt he just acting?
Rick Rude despite his stage performance, was a devoted family man and very wholesome by all accounts, shows you how good of a character performer he was.
Lol I remember Stone Cold telling a story on his podcast about when he would travel with Rude, Rude would hate when the boys would use curse words, so of course the boyS would always find a way to rib Rude about it
rip
A lot of the best heels are pretty nice IRL. Kinda like how some of the best villians are portrayed by some of the nicest actors.
This is not really the whole truth. There are anedcotal accounts to indicate that he was a hot head and a bully. Eric Bischoff has stories about how Rude allegedly threatened him with a gun and tried to fight him another time.
Very true
As someone who was never interested in wrestling, hearing Whang talk about it has given me an appreciation for it as an art form. It's like testosterone fueled ballet wrapped in a reality show, actually pretty neat.
Testosterone Fueled Ballet sounds like a fucking M E T A L band name.
I love the kitschy sensibilities.
It was some really fun quality entertainment for my friends and me and my brother as kids in the 90s. There was a point when I 'outgrew' it and thought wrestling was stupid. But as a nearly 40 year old man, now I see that these guys were/are a unique crossover between performance art and athletics, especially after meeting Mick Foley in person during his book tour years and years ago, and listening to Steve Austin's podcast, it's apparent these dudes had the inspiration to be performers and entertainers, their minds more centered in the creative than u would expect from most meat heads. But being meat heads of a more creative and sometimes intelligent type they found a niche where they could do performance art and athletics. When u recognize the real mechanics behind it all, you see that it isn't a fake or contrived attempt to be a real 'sport'. It is a genuine and intentional effort to entertain and tell a story with memorable characters to an audience and it wouldn't be as successful an art form as it is if people didn't get something meaningful out of it. You should watch the video where The Undertaker and Mick Foley reunite to watch a replay of their 1998 hell in a cell match at King of the Ring. I really mean it, you will enjoy that if u see it because they reveal a lot of insight about how the performers interact during a match
Also has very thinly veiled homoeroticism
Yeah, I'm not big on wrestling. Some wrestlers do be interesting as shit, doe!
When I was a kid, we went to a WWF show and the line after for autographs was far too long for Hulk Hogan, so we went to Rick Rude's line. When my brother got up to him, he said "Autographs are $10, but for you kid, $20." My brother said "I don't have $20" and Rick took his photo, signed it, kneeled down to him and said "Well then you don't get one". Crumpled it up and tossed it over his shoulder, landing in the nearby trashcan. Kayfabe was still in full force at the time, and what was a bad memory back then is a treasured encounter now.
That was an awesome story!
Amazing
I mean, I wouldn't be against getting a crumpled picture out of the garbage from a bad guy
The world needs more of that.
Wait the wwf had an autograph party and hogan was a part of it? No way.
I didn't pay much attention to Rude at the time, but I appreciate his work way more now.
He could sell like nobody's business. I dare say he was even better than Ric Flair at putting guys over.
Best overall physique ever, hands down IMHO
Such a perfect narcissist heel that was an incredible wrestler and very giving in the ring. Still the best atomic drop selling ever. He’s one of those wrestlers from back them that has been reevaluated as one of the most underrated performers ever. And that damn mustache, wooooo mama
@@doctorhandsomehe made regular moves look like they could kill someone, watch the compilations of him selling an atomic drop. He’s sitting aggressively but it looked like he gained a second asshole from it. He’s the gold standard for narcissistic heels in wrestling
@@adamlane6453 Prime Scott Hall during his Razor Ramon run, is the absolute pinnacle of the perfect male physique. At least to most women. His face was gorgeous and he had that full head of dark hair. Younger Kevin Nash was also beautiful. Brian Pillman, during his “loose cannon” gimmick, was shorter than I prefer most men, but my god, he was GORGEOUS. His body was incredible. Just a great-looking man. And, of course, young HBK had a really great look.
Rick Rude had a beautiful physique, but he was a bit more body builder looking to me. I prefer men that look like they just naturally are active and that’s how they look, rather than men who look like they lift a lot of weights all day and night.
In general, Rude was actually against recreational drug use and was a pretty devout Christian. That’s just from what I’ve heard in interviews about him. Honky Tonk Man is a garbage bag of a person and loves to stir the pot when given a chance, I don’t take his word as far as I can throw him (I can’t throw him a single inch). It sounds like Hennig’s take is the best, Rude had issues towards the end and accidentally OD’d. it happens unfortunately. His praises are sung way more than someone like HTM because he was an actually good and extremely influential wrestler, Honky just can’t let go of the past where no one cared about him at all. What I assume is Rude was s drinking one night and took too many of his medications at one time, he fell asleep and died that way. It’s sad but I hope one of the best heels to ever grace the squared circle is at peace
Great read sir
Was hearing stories from stone cold that Rick loved smoking his joints
I mean, Viagra is different than like weed or something, and it depends on what branch of Christianity. There are people who go to church every Sunday, and plow their wife the instant they get home. I mean, the guy committed suicide*, which is considered a sin by some people. Also, plenty of people over do Viagra because it's something you can just buy over the counter, and they don't really know anything about medicine.
Now, Honky Tonk Man being a giant sack of shit should probably be enough evidence that his dick didn't fall off. Just saying, both the reasons before that aren't iron clad.
*edit: Alright upon a second listening, and just googling it, it probably wasn't even suicide come to think of it.
Being a so call devout christian, doesn't exempt you from temptations.
@@Chris_Ireland I believe what he said is that he really enjoyed cigarettes.
There is a real, non-viagra medication that is injected directly into the penis to induce an erection, often referred to incorrectly as “injectable viagra.” The drug was fairly commonly used during the era and is known to have cardiovascular side effects and interact with a lot of things, so if he was using it then it may have actually contributed to his death of heart failure, not dick amputation.
I think you might be referring to Caverject. As you wrote, it's not the same as Viagra. Also, many here (including Whang!) do not understand that certain PEDs can have the unpleasant side effect of impotence. There are many reasons for this and certain steroids are notorious for it but it's well documented. That being said, Rude was one of the best of his era and one of the most memorable wrestlers in history. Few if any have done a gimmick better.
@@johnnybeefum Impotence and erectile dysfunction are not the same thing. And most of the erectile dysfunction in regards to steroids is due to a lack of DHT in the body when somebody injects a steroid that doesn't 5a-reductance in to DHT. Usually this means a 19-nor steroid (typically nandrolone ALA "deca-dick"). But even back in the 70's much less 80's or 90's, everybody doing steroids (aside from a total noob) knew about that and would either inject testosterone along with the 19-nor steroid or they would also take a DHT derivative steroid (usually a combination of the two).
@@jd9119 impotence can mean ED and also additionally not having any sperm but it can also mean simply an inability to get and/or maintain an erection as per Google and Oxford dumbass. Also, you're assumption about "everybody doing steroids knew" is incorrect. Plenty of golden era bodybuilders did not utilize Testosterone. There was a time when Testosterone was considered a drug mainly for powerlifters and Olympic weightlifters (strength athletes). This of course changed and by the 90's. I'm not going to write it all out for you. The information is out there though.
@@jd9119 Hmm semantics. ED and impotence are interchangeable as medical terms. Sterility is a different term technically.
@@geraldfriend256 It's not semantics. Impotence is used to describe the problems that interfere with intercourse/reproduction or the lack of desire and problems with orgasming/ejaculation. ED specifically mean a man's ability to achieve or maintain an erection. They're closely relating and often influence the other, but they're not the same.
Damn, I know nothing about wrestling, but these guys have such PERSONALITIES. What a performance art, inside and out of the ring. It’s too bad this guy’s memory was marred by this wild rumor about his death- as interesting and weird as it might be.
Yeah that's one of the reason why wrestling is awesome. It's like a serialized theater performance, only with beer, blood and chairs. So much character, talent and heart goes into something that might seem mindless and brutish from an outside glance.
Wait til you hear about the Texas Tornado Kerry Von Erich 😅
Richard Rood, aka Rick Rude was a legitimate athlete and successful arm wrestler. According to several wrestling legends from Minnesota (Hennig, Darsow, Hawk, Animal, and Warlord), Rude was also a great fighter when necessary. He was a devoted family man, husband and father. Rest In Peace and gone too soon!
Rick was a legit tough guy, he had warrior shook. One of the greatest heels.
Say what you will, he really was a great performer!
He was one of the men I loved to hate but hated to love back in the late 1980's when I first started watching WWF... Being from the UK, We only started getting WWF quite late... It used to be Saturday Nights Main Event Broadcast at 1am on a Sunday In effect, Monday Morning!... ) and eventually Monday Night RAW at 1am on a Tuesday!!!!
They did experiment before - Now and again on a Saturday Morning Sports show called "World of Sport" - They would have an hour long segment of WWF rather than our standard British Wrestling which was very popular in the 80's...
He truly was a legend ... I was way to young back then to appreciate him, in fact any of the wrestlers - I saw it all as Black and White! That's a Good Guy, That's a Bad Guy!... Never the twain shall meet!
You can imagine how my heart sank when One of My Heroes SUDDENLY TUIRNED HEEL!!! I was deep into Kayfabe... Many of us were! We didn't appreciate at all until far, far later!
And that was me with the "Ravishing One" - When I took time away and finally came back to Wrestling... I was SADDENED as Rick Rude was no longer there... His career had ended! I never knew what happened, I only knew he was no longer in the ring - And IT HURT! He was so good at all that he did, getting the emotion our of the audience, making us root for him or scream him down... Paired with Bobby "The Brain" Henan it was LEGEND!!!!
I know it was her character - I never took to Sherri Martell! LOL! Or maybe just Rude and Henan were THAT DAMN GOOD!
You are 100% right... One of the best talents the industry ever had... He didn't need "Producers" to sell his character - It was all RUDE! A Natural Charisma and the confidence to create that in ring personality that ... In my opinion, Great though may of our wrestlers today are... They lack! With the possible exception of the late Windham "Bray Wyatt" Rotunda (God Rest him... Another legend gone far too soon!)
Rood knew how to work with the Backstage crew to bring the best out a performance without having them control his every action ... Where we hear stories now of how Vince McMahon controlled so much, I see Rood as being one of those backstage that would have been saying to him "Yeah, Vince mate... Your are wrong... THIS is what I will do.... "
He is dearly missed!
The way you describe Rick Rude in the opening explains how I feel about Jake the Snake now -- he was a huge villain when I was a kid but only as an adult do I appreciate how good he was at his craft.
I have at least a dozen wrestlers I absolutely hated as a young teenager throughout the early to mid 90's. At the time, I didn't realize their gimmick was to piss off fans. Throughout the years seeing various interviews online I started thinking differently of them. Big Mega Manfan myself as well that's why I commented:)
Jake was never a villain to me, just like the Road Warriors weren't. They were stand alones.
"Injecting Viagra" sounds like a friend-of-a-friend description of a much older ED treatment, CaverJect. It doesn't make the story true, but that's how that part got into the urban legend.
They didn't inject Viagra. There were several injectible medications that could be used (none of them were viagra). There was also a capsule that you'd insert in to the head and it'd dissolve over the course of a few minutes.
Viagra was developed to be a blood pressure medication and it's actually an effective treatment for pulmonary hypertension (the Brazillian army even uses viagra for that purpose). They noticed that guys were popping chubs on it and it ended up getting an entirely different medical use.
There’s no need to inject it because it works fine just by swallowing it. I took a half a Cialis once and went strong for hours. It actually got uncomfortable towards the end.
So the idea you would go out of your way to inject it is plain silly when it does what it’s intended to do by swallowing it.
Then again, wrestlers are known to be crazy.
@@jjones9822 That's why I think the story likely started out as CaverJect, but got the urban legend treatment into Viagra over the years. Brand recognition.
I love that it is Whang that posted this video about Rick's Whang
The people staying this “ fact “barely drew a dime as a solo act in wrestling . Rude kept his wedding ring on when he wrestled , a rare feat in wrestling in that day.
Bro I love all the people on here dropping random facts off the Wikipedia as if they have these personal memories of a late 80’s early 90’s wrestler.
@@booognish You talk like you think we're all 15.
HTM drew big time. Granted he drew people in just to see him get his ass kicked but asses in the seats are asses in the seats.
"Broke 6000 guitars and never drew a dime"
@@daerth4423no he didn’t, he was always an upper mid-card draw at most and was a novelty act who faded fast but was remembered and liked enough to keep him going but nit enough to be at the top
R.I.P., Rick. This man was who every boy wanted to become in the 80's and early 90's.
Nah, he did a good job making us hate him. Your mom might have been a fan though...
@@alecaquino4306 🤣 That was cute, Alec. Sophomoric, but funny.
And now every girl too!! Lol😂
@@topothelineproductions3624 🤣
Lol I know nobody that was a fan, nice to see there is at least one
I can't help but chuckle how with his hair short w mustache in the 90s and how much it made him look like a shredded Billy Mays! RIP
I don't like wrestling, but I have SO MUCH respect for these guys. They are incredible athletes.
"Seemingly out of nowhere."
Let's be real here: To maintain that type of physique whilst on the road would require a vast chemical cocktail to maintain for a wrestler with even the best genetics. And Rude smoked on top of it.
Rick Rude's heart failure certainly did not come out of nowhere. He had been struggling for 5-6 years prior. It was even documented in The Wrestling Observer. He was an amazing talent who pushed too hard. May he RIP.
Keep in mind that steroids weren’t even illegal back then, they were only made illegal in 1990.
@josephmother6822 Yes, but if the hearsay is true, Rude was partial to drugs like Trenbelone Enanthate, which you were not going to find at your local pharmacy. Steroids like Testosterone Enanthate, Deca, Dianabol, etc. were legal with a prescription, but these drugs were not on the pharmaceutical market back then. I've heard Rude was partial to Primobolan as well, and even that would probably be more difficult to obtain. Reason being, because not all AAS have a real pharmaceutical value. I mean, it would have been hard to obtain drugs like Trenbelone Acetate/Enanthate over the counter, because these drugs aren't typically used in any sort of medical setting.
Yeah, Whang sorta alluded to that in the literal next statement
@roonkolos Well then why say it in the first place? Not a bad video, but that part was a little strange.
@@mattysquizzato7094That's why he said it was "seemingly"out of no where, and not simply out of no where. You know what "seems" means, right? It wasn't "actually" out of no where, it just "seemed" out of no where.
I suppose we're just going to ignore that Bret Hart, in his autobiography, described Richard Rood as the opposite of his persona: a dedicated family man who wouldn't even remove his wedding band during matches.
No, let's believe the story that was passed around the high school lunch room.
And of course, the POS that is Hannibal decided to share it around on the internet multiple times apparently. Gosh I hate that guy.
Bro lol relax
@@earthwormjim91 If you're talking to me, I was relaxed when I wrote that. It's just a simple fact that Hannibal is a pos
Rick Rood, get off the internet. WE know it's you. And tell Elvis, Andy Kaufman, and Tupac that the gig is up.
My favourite Honkey Tonk Man being a piece of shit moment was his entire career and every interview he ever did
The legend that appeared on Raw and Nitro on the same night
Hell yah! You're true wrestling fan my friend!
And ECW the same week
Kind of a neat trivia fact I learned a long time ago. He never took his wedding band off, even when he wrestled. I've never heard anybody ever say a bad word about Rick.
Thanks for just randomly repeating a fact from the video. Added a lot to my enjoyment.
@@kermitthefraggif you’ll pay attention for like 8 seconds you’ll see that the comment was made pretty much right after the video was uploaded
Rick Rude like Kurt Angle are experts at making you hate them. When they are in their prime you despise them. But you look back now and admire how great they where at entertaining and story telling.
Met Rude years ago.Guy was actually a nice guy no big ego.
Whang x Chubby Emu is the crossover I never knew I needed.
You know its gonna be a good video, when its about wrassling, espescially when we know Whang/Justin is a fan of it,
Rude was SO GOOD as a heel. I loved it later in his career when he'd start a promo and the fans would start booing and he'd get flustered and stop. He'd start again and the crowd would boo louder, he'd get more flustered, and talk louder, getting angry now. He had the crowd in the palm of his hand.
I've never even been into wrestling, but I find these videos fascinating! Keep up the good work, Whang!
I think your instinct is correct when it comes to this rumor being a way for people to put a nice narrative bow on the story of his life, even if it besmirched his name. It does make me wonder if a similar incident(maybe not to full extent of this rumor) did occur to another wrestler and somehow the stories got mixed up. Possibly because of the testicular cancer rumor. It's not s huge jump. Wrestling especially in 80's-2000's was definitely filled with a few guys who would probably be willing to shoot chemicals into their dick for one reason or another.
Wasn't there a wrestler in the 1990s/2000s where the story was that someone cut off his dick?
It's not his instinct. It's from someone else. Whang is just regurgitating it. This is all plagiarized.
@@TheeGlocktopus
From where?
@@aldiascholarofthefirstsin1051 Madox. Why don't you do some research of your own. Sick of spoon feeding you.
@@TheeGlocktopus
You gave me NOTHING, *NOTHING AT ALL*, how can you spoon feed somebody with a empty spoon?
Whang likes pro wrestling....resident evil...hot pikachu sex and disgusting urban legend websites and stories?
That's why this is among the best channels to ever exist
It's nice to know that there's some real WEIRDOS out there.
Rick Rude should have absolutely been inducted into the HOF as a DX member.
3:30 - A lifelong "smark" and this is the first time I'm hearing of this. Just did a quick search and it seems to be a real rumour. Not sure of it's validity, but I'm invested. Ipaused your video to do that bit of research, and then left this comment. I will now resume your video from 3:33 onward. Thank you for smartening me up to this.
An interesting point of view. That doctor’s take on the situation presents a strong case that maybe the whole injection/amputation thing didn’t happen to Rude after all.
It did they found a ton of pills which indicate likely suicide. And he was overly sensitive about his body. Animal said he did get depressed and if amputation happened not much of a.stretch to think what rude would have done. Heck any man would be very distraught if your manhood got cut off or needs to be cut off
I always liked heels more growing up and Rick was one of the best! It's awesome to find out that he was a legitimate badass outside of the ring too. R.I.P. to a real one
I know this has nothing to do with the video, but I think Leaping Lanny Poffo is one of the most underrated wrestlers ever. An athlete, a poet, an amazing frisbee thrower… He’s the man!
I have one of those frisbees back when he was leaping Lanny and it's autographed to me. I could have only been maybe three but my dad got for me and I still have it to this day. It wasn't until 2012 that I realized he was Macho Man's real brother, who is my favorite wrestler. So while I don't have an autograph of Macho, I still think it's pretty cool that I have that and he was an extremely underrated talent . I mean Lenny could suck his own dick now that's impressive and this has been confirmed from his own mouth... And I truly mean no pun intended. Now the two brothers are back together and I'm sure Macho is making sure his little brother has a nice spot in the afterlife
Hennig was a notorious ribber, so it might have been something he spread before Rude's death that took on a life of its own.
Hennig was Rude's best friend
@@stantheman9790 Exactly. No way Curt would go there with Rick.
Seems like salacious rumors have more legs than other ones. Steve McQueen started a rumor for fun about Paul Newman (pretending to be just passing it along!) and it went all over Hollywood before coming back to him from a completely different source than the person he'd told it to.
@j.murphy4884 that's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. You obviously don't know much about Hennig or Rude because if you did you wouldn't have come up with such an idiotic comment.
While Rick Rude was on the Indi scene after his prime WWF/WCW days, he went to the bar after the show. I was on a small college NAIA football team. He was simply the nicest guy you'd ever want to meet. Answered all our stupid questions, and asked us questions about our team and major's and such. He seemed honestly interested, wished us luck, he even bought me a beer, after he flipped out and used me as an example of the size of Randy Savage (he dislikes him, and Hogan the most). He apologized and bought me it. He was so open and nice, he's the only one that when he passed it actually affected me a little. RIP Mr. Rood
@seadubbya9209 thanks for sharing your story. I've listened to other fans that had met Rude and said the exact same thing. They say the biggest badasses are the nicest people.
Never in my life have I been so intrigued by Rick's unit. Thanks Justin
I've always gravitated towards the heels (bad guys) in wrestling and Rude was one of my favorites growing up. He wasn't someone to mess with in real life either. I've heard this story several times over the years and this was very interesting to me. Well done.
I've been a wrestling fan for 23 years now, I came into the picture in 2000, just after Rick Rude passed away, so I never got to watch him when he was alive, but as a proud fellow Minnesotan I got well acquainted with his work over the years as such material became easier to access online. I've heard so many of the famous urban legends, that old wrestling sleaze list that went around back then, but I'd never heard this one about Rick Rude until this video.
Great video, Whang. I had never heard this rumor before until watching your video. I had always just assumed (and continue to believe) that he had a heart attack because unfortunately so many wrestlers during my childhood passed away like that.
Don't wanna end my comment on a downer so I'll end it with saying he is one of the best to ever do it and, to me, his best match was against Ultimate Warrior for the WWF Championship at WWF Summerslam 1990 in a steel cage.
If you're curious and haven't already seen it, look up Rude's 30-minute Iron Man Match vs. Ricky Steamboat from Beach Blast '92. I know a bunch of people who consider that the best WCW match ever!
@@joshthefunkdoc I loved that match! My brother used to work at a video store back in the early/mid 2000s and they had tons of WCW VHS PPVs. Right before they closed up shop, he just took all of them and we transferred them to digital format and marathoned every year that we had.
Rude is my all time favorite wrestler...I loved his wcw run in the early 90s...
I didnt exist when Rick Rude was alive. But when I learn about him. I absolutely love his work. A cocky man who gets all the woman excited, insulting man and showing off his body to the audience like hes a god.
The best was that, after every match Rick Rude won, he would wipe the sweat off of his head with his hands, and then fling the sweat off and onto his defeated opponent still lying on the mat. That was such a badass move when I was 12 or 13. What a legend
@@thirdlegstalliano yo I actually did that when I was at the pool. Rick Rude is my role model.
And Brian Pillman too.
Um, he had the world title in WCW! The NWA American Championship was renamed the WCWA World Heavyweight Championship while Rude was still holding the title.
the sad fact about this story’s origin is that Rude was actually a decent person who was devoted to his wife! his persona was a ladies man but he was faithful to his wife and wrestled with his wedding ring despite trying to seduce others
he is a victim of kayfabe and idiots like HTM who can’t stop being in character 24/7
If King Kong Bundy says Honky stink is a POS than it’s most likely true. Bundy was a real dude.
I heard this rumour years ago and just dismissed it as one of those wrestling myths. Even though the business has some outlandish real tales, this one still seems a little far fetched to me. Curt Hennig was his best friend, so I think I'd believe his side of things way more than anyone elses.
i love whang's wrestling videos more than words can express
Is nice I like
I just want to say thank you for these stories that provide me with useless information I now get to talk about during family get togethers. You are doing Gods work.
He always struck me as one of the more intelligent wrestlers of the time. Regardless of his proclivities, I don't buy that he would put kink so far above safety.
He was apparently a real straightlaced family man in private, according to other people commenting. The rumors about the circumstances of his death seem like they tie in a little too perfectly with the persona he was playing in the ring.
I actually interviewed The Honky Tonk Man for my show I did on college radio. My cohosts and I covered weekly wrestling news in the late 90s.
HTM was honestly a fun, polite and entertaining guy. He was also a hoot when he was in character. The interview took place at a local mall during a low-tier celebrity event.
Anyway, HTM may not have neen all that awesome on TV but he was fun in person.
You look really great for 38, although that's not technically old. To gen z, that's like 90. But they don't realize how ignorant age shaming is. They will hit 25, and its blazing fast after that. I'm in my 30s myself, and it feels like yesterday I was outside digging in the dirt with the neighborhood kids. Long live the 90s. When exploring the outdoors was a thing. Appreciate you sharing this with us, man. I get a wrinkle on the brain every time you upload.
I believe you but do you have a timestamp of when he said that lmao
Holy shit, I presumed he was in his late 20s. Based.
In my 40's (how?!) and same. Where the fk did the time go?
When you say "look really great for 38" you kind of sound like a generation Alpha guy yourself lol. A man is in his prime in his 30's still. There are NHL players who kept playing into their mid 40's.
@miesvaillanykyisyytta3252 my dad passed away 7 years ago at 45. He looked 25 when he went. Some people don't age. Justin for example.
Everything you said was exactly how I felt growing up about Rick Rude and Honky Tonk Man. You couldn't have said it any better.
Best thing about Honky Tonk Man for me was playing the original NES WWF game on 2 Player. Me holding both controllers..I would make the two Honky Tonk Men dance to the MIDI song in the background...after a while, they would get so close that one of them would kick the other. I would then smash both controllers making them fight. I was a strange child and I still am. 😑
I was a HUGE wrestling fan as a kid, all the way into the D-X generation when I was in high school.
I’ve been enjoying the wrestling docs and backstage info I’ve been finding as an adult.
Thanks for this Whang, I hadn’t heard this one.
If Bruce Pritchard says it never happened, it must be a true story.
Whang, this episode had a lot of heart in it. Good work. I think Maddox was wrong about you, and he was literally the first internet dude i was exposed to in middle school back in 1998. You should interview Steve Austin.
Oh shit, same here. What was Maddox's beef? (Full disclosure, I've thought Maddox was a dumbass for like twenty years, but I did enjoy discovering his site at first. Yellow text on a black background, iirc?)
Well let's just say...
MADDOX LOST MADDOX LOST
@@NeoGraena CUZ HIS PROBLEM FUCKING SUCKS
@TeagueChrystie Maddox was basically saying Whang just reads Wikipedia on his channel and doesn't do anything transformative (called it plagiarism but in this context I don't think that word would apply even if it were true). But the reason Maddox made that claim is because apparently one of Whangs friends was talking shit about Maddox's personal life or something.
@@makeshift_battlefield_music lmao, pretty typical of Maddox, the man just kind of fell apart.
Anyway, while you can find some of this info on Wikipedia, in very large part he bases many videos on his own memories of these times and then goes investigating them to the best of his abilities. A whole lot of this stuff needs to be found by searching up old archived news articles, old forum posts, checking through website archival services like the Internet Archive, and if he can, contacting people who were either involved or around at the time. The reliability can also vary.
He ain't exactly Columbo, but he has to actually do some legwork to make a lot of these, they aren't all reading old Reddit posts, and while some of it is finding older investigations into these things, he can't always count on that.
I’m in the Crockett family and I knew Rick. This is in fact a rumor. This is a story to crush one of the manliest men in wrestling. I know everything he did that day and one of them was not suicide.
Rick Rude was the WCW champion in 94 bro, he never won the WWF top belt, only the intercontinental belt.
Love your wrestling vids, there's so much wacky stories in wrestling that can last a lifetime telling
Vince screaming HERE COMES JAKE THE SNAKE is a core memory for my middle school bestie and I
After that incident we called him Navigating Nick Nude
Whang! You just GOTTA do an episode on Ashida Kim, the original white ninja! Perfect fot for the channel
I could be wrong but wasn’t Frank Dux faking being a ninja before Kim?
@@DarylArchideld Think so. The thing is too, ever since that Napoleon Blownapart vid on fake martial artists a bunch of people have been covering all the same guys he did there. It's kind of overdone at this point imo
I LOVE the River City Ransom music during your ad!
Well, it sounds like Dark Side of the Ring needs to do a Rick Rude episode!
Rick Rude did win the world title. It was called the big gold belt. Same belt Flair brought to the WWF.
Died the same day as the Columbine high school shooting. Talk about being overshadowed.
Podawfuls recent coverage of the Maddox hitpiece was insane. Often I find when people go after people I like its soke of the most entertaining shit I've seen. Between that, and Whang being on the someordinary podcast I went from a casual fan of Whang to putting post notifications on. Thanks for being on the website you're funny my dude. Even if you are in a NuMetal band
A video topic about wrestling, which i love, that is absolutely outlandish and wild. I love it! RIP Ravishing Rick Rude
Loved that ECW white noise transition to the ad from your sponser. Great video
Rude was a great bad guy in any era and these rumors work because he was the exaggerated peak of masculinity at the time. Also, that's Percival Pringle III with the bug eyes at 10:50 aka Paul Bearer.
Lol. That’s hilarious. I didn’t even notice that was him. Never seen Paul bearer with blonde hair and not as Paul bearer.
@@pastiesandagstringPercival Pringle the Third was Rude's manager when he got his start as a heel in WCCW out of Dallas, Texas. My grandma used to watch WCCW with me strictly because she loved to hate Percival Pringle 3. RIP to Ravishing Rick Rude and to my Boo-Boo. That's right, we called her Boo-Boo
I don't remember who said it, but it appears Rick really lost *one* of the family jewels in a match against Owen Hart, when Rude apparently tried a leapfrog, but it wasn't high enough so Owen went head first into him. but now, after seeing clips of former wrestlers just saying stuff, idk if I believe it
Wouldn't something like that be noted in his Autopsy/Coroner's Report if one were able to obtain that!?...
I remember hating Rick Rude but also being like completely entranced(?) by him. Like i was just fascinated. Absolutely fascinated.
I've met Honky Tonk man at a local event here in my city. Dude is as much an a-hole in person as he was in the ring and on TV. I can't remember if that was the night I met Al Snow or if was another event I went that month.. I have old men memories and alot of my eariler life tends to blend together.
Dude that's awesome I totally Bet he was That's great
I guess if someone is just naturally a real asshole as a person, playing a cruel and mean spirited heel in the ring might come pretty naturally.
@@0neDoomedSpaceMarine I've kind of learned sometimes if someone plays a heel to well they might be an a-hole.
That was a really well delivered video, not usually a fan of the narrator showing their face throughout, but the opinions offered justified it
Subbed
Man i miss rick rude so much
I've been saying this for years but let me reiterate: the use of the River City Ransom shop music during ad reads is a stroke of genius.
You should do a compilation of examples of the honky tonk man being a dirt bag. Great video as usual!
Good lord, who has time for a six hour video?
Lets goooo more whang!
It’s always makes me giddy when a TH-camr I watch turns out to be a wrestling fan- even giddier when they’re following current story lines. You’re alright in my book Whang! 😎❤
Weird request, but have you considered a video on the legend of Manson's rib removal? Me and my husband are around your age. I'm British, he's Canadian, and we both heard the rumor that Manson had ribs removed for salacious reasons while we were at school. How the hell did that rumor start and spread?
I heard Prince had it first, then Manson. It was before me being on the internet so i'm not sure where that started.
I’m curious on this as well I’ve been hearing this since I was a kid from cousins and friends etc I’m curious who came up with this 😂
I want to say that rumor was attributed to David Bowie prior as well. I don't know where the rumor started, but I think it's based in a sort of homophobia
I love that booing sign. Need to bring that more.
Hannibal is as reliable as HTM
Rick Rude is in my boy stable, along with William Regal, Big Boss Man, Alex Wright and Broken Matt Hardy. Colonel Rob Parker is the manager of my boy stable.
I loved Rick Rude when I was a kid. I wanted to be just like him. I was somewhat of a social outcast and I wanted to be the guy that didn't give an F and could any girl he wanted. And what guy wouldn't want the Rick Rude abs.
He certainly wasn't bad looking, and some good confidence goes a long way with the ladies.
Characters like these make me feel more and more like I've missed out with wrasslin, I kinda wanna check some out sometime.
Jim Niedhart lived in Wesley Chapel Florida right past the elementary school I went to. He would drive this open wheel roadster, we used to see him all the time in the late 80’s and early 90’s
Ah, Rick Rude.
The man. The myth. The legend.
His daughter is a total dimepiece.
RIP 🙏🏻
I did her
@@beetlejuice4693 me too
You live by the sword, you die by the sword as they say... RIP Rick Rude
thank u for feeding me
Rick Rude was a boss.
Used to love the WWF during this era with Rick Rude and Ultimate Warrior. I have never heard this story before.
The only Rude boy that doesn't involve ska
PickItUp PickItUp PickItUp!
weird this video is created and pops up the day after i watched the introduction on NWA/WCW Saturday Night of Rick Rude back in 1986 teaming up with Manny Fernandez.
I know a lot of folks hate Honky Tonk, but his extremely offensive and insensitive humor at other's expense, gross exaggerations, tongue in cheek lies and shit talking feels like home to me.
I literally felt exactly the opposite as you my whole life growing up. I hated the ultimate warrior more than anybody else. And precisely because Rick would wear those pants and dance the way that he did, is why I liked him best. And I don’t know how much veracity I can give your story when it’s a rumor, regardless of which wrestlers have said what. And the ultimate warrior sucks the worst ever.
I wouldnt trust anything that Bruce Pritchard says
You should do one on the Warlord being too full for more injections.
Abscesses hurt SO fucking bad. If he had an abscess on his dick, people would have known because he would have been in incredible pain. I find it hard to believe he wouldn’t have gone to the hospital right away if he was dealing with that. I had one on my forearm and I went to the hospital twice about it because it hurt so bad and they just drained it and sent me off on my way. My arm healed and all I have is one small scar from it. A dick dying from an untreated abscess seems really unlikely to me because you’d definitely get it treated and they heal up fine.
Yeah, there's just no way.
One of the greatest heels during the 80's and early 90's.