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Rude resumed his conflict with The Ultimate Warrior in the summer of 1990 after Warrior had won the WWF Championship. Rude began rigorous training in preparation for the Warrior, and took a more serious approach by neglecting women and cutting his hair short (a style he would maintain for the rest of his career). The feud culminated in a steel ...
The Ultimate Warrior and Rick Rude had been feuding since the 1989 Royal Rumble. The competed against each other in a " posedown " to show off their muscles, after which Rude attacked the Warrior. They faced each other at WrestleMania V in a match for the Warrior's Intercontinental Championship.
The main singles match on the card was between Ravishing Rick Rude versus The Ultimate Warrior for the WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship. They had a "Super Posedown" at the Royal Rumble in January 1989 which was won by Warrior, prompting Rude to angrily attack him with a steel workout bar. [11]
The fourteenth bout was a singles match pitting Jimmy Snuka against "Ravishing" Rick Rude. Rude won the bout by pinfall following a Rude Awakening. The main event bout was a Winner Takes All match between WWF Champion Hulk Hogan and WWF Intercontinental Champion The Ultimate Warrior.
Rick Rude defended his Intercontinental Championship primarily against The Ultimate Warrior, but also against other faces such as Hacksaw Jim Duggan and Jimmy Snuka. Later in the summer of 1989, Rude began badmouthing Roddy Piper, and Piper would play a key role in Rude's ultimate title loss back to The Ultimate Warrior.
The Ultimate Warrior vowed revenge against Rick Rude for his attack after the posedown, to which Rude replied that he wanted a match for the Intercontinental Championship, held by Warrior. Over the next couple of months, Rude would regularly appear at ringside midway through Warrior's matches with World champion Savage, luring the Warrior ...
The Ultimate Warrior won the match in just 31 seconds to end Honky Tonk's 14-month title reign, at the time, the longest Intercontinental Championship reign in history. The main event was a match pitting The Mega Powers ( Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage ), against their long-time rivals, The Mega Bucks ( Ted DiBiase and André the Giant ).
Hulk Hogan, The Barbarian & Rick Rude 14:29 6 22 Rick Martel: 24 The Ultimate Warrior 08:14 2 23 Tito Santana: 21 The Ultimate Warrior & Rick Martel 05:09 0 24 The Honky Tonk Man: 22 Hulk Hogan 04:01 0 25 Hulk Hogan-Winner: 12:49 6 26 Shawn Michaels: 23 The Ultimate Warrior 00:12 0 27 The Barbarian: 26 Hercules 05:47 1 28 Rick Rude: 28 Hulk ...