[2001-02-03-WWF-Metal] Perry Saturn vs Rudy Rude

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Rudy Rude being a renamed Bobby Roode. A similar opening to Saturn’s match against Chad Collyer as they work some chain wrestling. Fireman’s carry take down by Rude, he hammerlocks the arm and Saturn with a pair of back elbows to the jaw for the escape. Tip over the incoming Saturn, drop toe hold, flapjack and finally a spinning neckbreaker as Rude is really taking the fight to his opponent. A hot shot stops him in his tracks and that’s followed by a superkick as Saturn has a look on his face that he wasn’t quite expecting this out of Rude. Release overhead belly to belly, however he then misses the moonsault. Spinning kick to the chest. Float over by Saturn, but Rude reverses the go-behind and gets a one count off the roll up. That’s enough for Saturn to stop playing around and he levels Rude with a short clothesline then gets the three after a ‘Death Valley Driver’ (which has got some really long winded name that they’ve given it).

 

It’s not like there were any other Bobby’s in the WWF in 2001 that would’ve prompted the name change (like when Shane Helms became Gregory or like when Lance Cade became Garrison), was it just someone’s idea of a joke? It is strange seeing these guys so young and not really ‘filled out’ but even back in 2001 Rude was pretty proficient as a worker.