1985
11/4 - won the NWA American Heavyweight Title from Iceman Parsons
11/28 Thanksgiving Star Wars - lost to Iceman Parsons by DQ
12/25 Christmas Star Wars - lost to Lance Von Erich by DQ
1986
2/20 when World Class Championship Wrestling left the NWA, Rude was declared the first World Class Championship Wrestling World Champion
5/4 Parade of Champions - beat Bruiser Brody by DQ
7/4 Independence Day Star Wars - lost the WCCW World Championship to Chris Adams
11/27 Starrcade - beat Wahoo McDaniel in an Indian Strap Match
12/6 - w/Manny Fernandez beat the Rock-n-Roll Express to win the NWA Tag Team Championship
1987
4/10 Crockett Cup - w/Manny Fernandez beat The Thunderfoots
4/11 Crockett Cup - Quarter-finals: w/Manny Fernandez lost to Dusty Rhodes & Nikita Koloff
5/26 - w/Manny Fernandez lost the titles to the Rock-n-Roll Express in a phanthom title change (no match actually took place because Rude had already left the company)
11/26 Survivor Series - Andre the Giant, One Man Gang, King Kong Bundy, Butch Reed, & Rick Rude beat WWF Champ Hulk Hogan, Bam Bam Bigelow, Paul Orndorff, Don Muraco, & Ken Patera
1988
1/24 Royal Rumble - lost to Ricky Steamboat by DQ
3/27 Wrestlemania IV - WWF Title Tournament Round 1: battled to a time limit draw against Jake Roberts
4/30 Saturday Night's Main Event # 16 - beat Koko B. Ware
8/29 SummerSlam - beat The Junkyard Dog via DQ
10/29 SNME # 17 - lost to Jake Roberts by DQ
11/24 Survivor Series - Andre the Giant, Dino Bravo, Rick Rude, Harley Race, & Curt Hennig beat Jim Duggan, Jake Roberts, Scott Casey, Ken Patera, & Tito Santana
1989
1/15 Royal Rumble - attacked The Ultimate Warrior before the announcement of the winner of their pose down challenge
3/11 SNME # 20 - lost to Brutus Beefcake by DQ
4/2 Wrestlemania V - beat The Ultimate Warrior to win the Intercontinental Championship
5/27 SNME # 21 - lost to Jim Duggan by count out
8/2 SummerSlam - lost the Intercontinental Championship to The Ultimate Warrior
11/23 Survivor Series - Curt Hennig, Rick Rude, & The Fabulous Rougeaus beat Roddy Piper, Jimmy Snuka and The Bushwhackers
1990
1/27 SNME # 25 - fought to a double-count out against Dusty Rhodes
4/1 WrestleMania VI - beat Jimmy Snuka
7/28 SNME # 27 - lost to WWE Champion The Ultimate Warrior by DQ
8/27 SummerSlam - lost to WWE Champion The Ultimate Warrior in a Steel Cage Match
1991
10/27 Halloween Havoc - as the Halloween Phanthom beat Tom Zenk
11/19 Clash of Champions 17 - beat Sting to win the U.S. Championship
12/29 Starrcade - w/Steve Austin beat Big Josh & Van Hammer
1992
1/21 COC 18 - w/Steve Austin lost to Sting & Ricky Steamboat
2/29 Superbrawl - beat Ricky Steamboat
5/17 Wrestle War - War Games: Sting, Ricky Steamboat, Dustin Rhodes, Barry Windham & Nikita Koloff beat Steve Austin, Rick Rude, Arn Anderson, Bobby Eaton, & Larry Zbysko
6/16 COC 19 - NWA Tag Team Title Tournament Round 1: w/Steve Austin beat Marcus Bagwell & Tom Zenk
6/20 Beach Blast - lost a 30-minute Iron Man Match to Ricky Steamboat 4-3
7/12 Great American Bash - NWA Tag Team Tournament Quarterfinals: w/Steve Austin lost to Dustin Rhodes & Barry Windham
9/2 COC 20 - Elimination Tag Team Match: Jake Roberts, Rick Rude, Big Van Vader & The Super Invader beat Sting, Nikita Koloff & The Steiners
10/25 Halloween Havoc - No DQ Match for U.S. Title: Vader (defending title for injured Rick Rude) beat Nikita Koloff
11/18 COC 21 - King Of Cable Semi-Finals: Sting beat Rick Rude by judges decision
1993
1/11 - vacated the U.S. Championship due to injury
5/23 Slamboree - w/Paul Orndorff beat Dustin Rhodes & Kensuske Sasaki
6/17 COC 23 - Big Van Vader, Sid Vicious & Rick Rude beat Dustin Rhodes, Sting & Davey Boy Smith
7/18 Beach Blast - Iron Man Match for vacant U.S. Title: Dustin Rhodes & Rick Rude battle to a 1-1 draw
8/18 COC 24 - w/The Equalizer lost to Hawk & Dustin Rhodes
9/19 Fall Brawl - beat Ric Flair to win the NWA World Championship. The title was later renamed the WCW International World Championship .
10/24 Halloween Havoc - beat Ric Flair by DQ
11/10 COC 25 - fought Hawk to a double count out
11/20 Battlebowl - w/Shanghai Pierce beat Tex Slazenger & Marcus Alexander Bagwell
12/27 Starrcade - beat The Boss
1994
1/27 COC 26 - Elimination Match: Sting & Ric Flair beat Big Van Vader & Rick Rude
2/20 Superbrawl - Thundercage Match: Sting, Brian Pillman, & Dustin Rhodes beat Steve Austin, Rick Rude, & Paul Orndorff
3/16 - lost the WCW International Title to Hiro Hase
3/24 - regained the WCW International World Title from Hiro Hase
4/17 Spring Stampede - lost the WCW International Title to Sting
5/1 - regained the WCW International Championship from Sting but suffered a career ending injury during the match. Because of this, the decision of the match was later reversed and Rude was disqualified. After retiring, he became a manager in the WWE, ECW, and WCW.
1997
- 11/17 - became the only person to appear on WWE Monday Night RAW & WCW Monday Nitro the same night (excluding the night where WWE bought WCW)
1999
- 4/20 - Rick Rude passed away at the age of 40 after suffering heart failure
Sources used include: Pro Wrestling Illustrated Almanac, wwe.com, thehistoryofwwe.com, wiarchive.com, and onlineworldofwrestling.com
