I was devastated when I spent hours on an Ultimate Warrior Poster when I was 12-yo (in 96) and he no showed the house show in Detroit. Sid replaced him that night. However an interesting twist to that is two months later at a house show here in Canada Sid held up my *Sycho Sid Rules the WORLD!* poster after he defeated Vader.
I was enjoying this educational video until the portion with Owen was mentioned. Seeing that visual of Warrior, Vader, Owen and Bulldog seemed off. Then I realized its because all four are deceased. The world is cruel. RIP to these legends. Thank you for entertaining us over the years.
Here's how I view the whole HHH thing at Wrestlemania. It was a squash designed to build up a returning Warrior, & what we got was HHH working it the opposite way of how he would use influence to step on the necks of many other guys once he was established as a top guy.
That's how I see it too looking where Triple H is today he didn't get success on his own he basically leached off of other guys success not only that he also buried a lot of people just to get himself to where he is now which is one of the reasons why I'm not a fan of his and never will be now I see why Ultimate Warrior had a strong disdain for him
HHH wasn’t the only person who buried Warrior in the Self-Destruction video, he was just toeing the official company line the same way he did years later when he started praising Warrior ahead of his Hall of Fame induction.
HHH was also the guy who reached out to UW on getting him into the WWE Hall of Fame. After Savage died, that was when HHH started to open lines of communication with many Ex-WWF/WWE wrestlers to get them in. Unfortunately, Vader was one that the company ignored when Vader himself contacted them about his health issues.
Looking back on it was his punishment for the Curtain Call really that severe? I mean the Curtain Call happened in May of 96 and he became IC champ 5 months later. 97 comes along and he's IC champ to start the year, wins King of the Ring in june 97, then gets to be in DX with Shawn in oct 97. Not much of a punishment if you ask me lol. With the way he looked in 96 and 97 there's no way he would have ever been wwf champion anyways. They may say he was in line for a main event push in 96 but let's be honest hhh wasn't main event material until 99 regardless. I've heard ppl over the years act like hhh got buried for years because of the curtain call when in reality he got a bunch of opportunites prior to 99 that a lot of other guys didn't get.
Warrior is my favorite loved his energy and far out interviews ! I use to put paint like his mask and tie shoestring around my arms imittating him. Wrestlemania 6 was amazing ,man wish i was a kid again.
@travelling man at least Triple H never made fun of someone having cancer,called a disabled person a cripple and said queering doesnt make the world work.
Yup. Part of his return included an agreement between WWF and Warrior to promote his deeply insane and incomprehensible comic books, which included giving them away for free at WWF events.
Lol, I remember hearing about it on the podcast and on Warrior's first DVD. I remember seeing it as a kid and thinking he doesn't want to get hurt, and they confirmed I was right. Ugh, it was terrible. Warrior was never the same after he won the world title. It was because he was over, and accomplished being the man, and made money. His ambition was never the same, not that he loved the business anyways, but now he didn't have to work hard.
My memory of ultimate warrior is not a match but he did a shoot video on hulk hogan telling the truth of who he was it was before he passed away rip we all miss you I’ll be a fan for life
He is in the sense of his impact on wrestling and pop culture even if he was a shithead of a person. Not so much for his wrestling aptitude and quality of matches.
I lived across the street from him for a number of years. He was nuts. He would put the face paint and the trunks, the arm tassels, everything. Just to come outside and cut the grass. I remember he had this nice old custom car and it was the same thing. He would put his ring gear on. Sometimes hed even play his entrance music and then he would run out the garage to the car and work on it with his music playing on a loop. Weird guy.
lizzy rosario I would go as far as to say that Warrior sort of, became the gimmick. Where as Macho always *was* the gimmick. He didn’t need to become anything, he just was.
Bruce Prichard recently explained Goldust had tweaked his knee and wasnt cleared to compete as to why they had to stage the match they did with the backstage assault supposedly explaining his bandage and why he was unwilling to tangle up.
I actually really like warriors 96 return the golddust match is a guilty pleasure for me im a huge warrior fan and I felt it was interesting seeing him in new generation era and I love the Owen hart match he had on raw and golddust rematch on may 27th 1996 edition of raw.
I really enjoy all your videos, really cool to hear stories, and behind the scenes information most of us never heard of and grew up in and watched all thee era's of wrestling, great hard work, and dedication into what you put together for us to watch and learn about, thank you 👍✌
I can't believe that it is 5 years since James Hellwig aka the Ultimate Warrior passed away that's unbelievable. Rest in peace Warrior and say hi to Eddie, Curt, Andre, Owen and the other wrestling greats that have sadly passed away
Love it bro! Quickly becoming one of my favorite channels! Like i said keep pumping em out these awesome vids at the rate you are and the sky is the limit!
Way I see it, Warrior just did not fit in WWF in 1996...mainly because they were pushing new talent like Ahmed Johnson and Marc Mero, the new generation. Warrior was just a relic from a bygone era. I also find it funny at the time that Vince kept pushing the message that this is the New WWF Generation and washed up old has beens like Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage couldn't cut it in today's WWF..yet he brought back Warrior who was from that very same era and later Jake Roberts..it only made McMahon look like a hypocrite
@Patrick majors He really wanted to wrestle more. He wanted to put over guys like Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels and give them the rub they needed..but Vince had other plans and wanted him to retire from the ring and be a full fledged commentator. We were robbed of great feuds because of Vince's selfishness.
After eventually seeing Hellwig's real life persona, I feel like he would have fit in well during the Attitude Era with the right transition to a less cheesy gimmick.
@@superlex611 he could have been booked as a comic book hero like usual. Who goes in secret missions or something. He looked cool in WCW with that long coat and jeans. Plus he was the right age. Younger than Bret and Razor Ramon.
Ultimate Warrior is my most favourite wrestler of all time! I've never ever looked at any other wrestler with as much enthusiasm, and I never will. Warrior Forever!!!!!! Always Believe!!!!!!
Goldust WAS legitimately hurt. That match went the way it did, including the stuff with the bodyguard, because Dustin was legitimately injured, and couldn’t work. They opted not to just squash Goldust because they were trying to get him over. They felt that if hey squashed him, then he would have been dead and buried. Bruce Prichard confirmed all this in the Goldust episode of his podcast.
Jacked. Extremely charismatic in spite of having real promo ability. Known more for his entrance than his wrestling ability. Rarely loses. Always wins in quick power burst matches to hide his wrestling skill. Wins the mid card title and unifies it with the world title in a match against Hulk Hogan. and then is constantly dragged back to WWE for big money in spite of a lack of wrestling talent. Warrior and Goldberg just might be the same man.
The man worked for it no matter what roids outrageous promo he was his own and that was his load up the space ship with the rocket fuel for the ultimate warror is goin out of this stratosphere
Problem was warrior wasn’t able to appreciate his fans cuz he was too roided up and enveloped by his character. Late warrior definitely appreciated fans though
That letter from Vince McMahon to Jim Hellwig (The Ultimate Warrior) at 2:35 makes it clear Vince McMahon truly felt Hulk Hogan was vastly superior to The Ultimate Warrior.
That was probably one of many events that put a chip on HHH's shoulder that he carried through the rest of his career. I'm sure he took it as the dbag gets on top while the nice guy gets buried.
You know what regardless if it was a new era, warrior fit in and people were happy to see him back there. Old or not, warrior had charisma and looks. That never fades. Rip and thanks for the memories warrior!😁
Say what you like about Warrior, no matter how much he messed up he was a draw for WWE and WCW. Even when he came back for his HOF induction his pop was huge. He looked and acted like a cartoon hero that came to life. Even while he’s gone WWE is still try’s to get money off his name and style.
Ultimate Warrior's so called -5 star matches are to this day a million times more entertaining and performed to a much bigger audience than all of the shitty flip merchants of today combined.
Great vid my man. Warrior was the man in his first stint with WWF. Ever since he left first time round his career just went downhill. Apart from having to stroke Hogans ego in WCW because of Wrestlemania 6. What a shame he should have had a much bigger career than he did. Good job my friend.
I've seen somewhere that the only reason he was going to hold up McMahon at Summerslam was because he was owed £500k and didnt think he was going to be given the money. It may have been his Wrestlemania pay off.
I wish I can men in black you videos erase them from my memory so I can rewatch them over and over again , I heard a story that the warrior and Vince were laying naked on a bear rug , next to a fire place drinking wine negotiating his contract , and I heard that rude tipped the warrior up back stage because the warrior was trying to tell rude how the match was gonna go down but my dude rude wasn’t having none of it , haha!! Great work as always thank you for the video my dude and the undertaker vs mankind that one was hella good!!
Warrior looked great in 96, it was the last time his body held together, from then on he was never the same. Much smaller in WCW even though it was only two years later. Steroids only work for so long, muscle tears and palumboism set in by 98. Still loved him to the end, he was an awesome guy when I met him in 07. I’ve met virtually all the big names over the years and Warrior was the coolest.
Long live the Ultimate Warrior! All I remember from that 1996 return was that he ran into the ring, shook the ropes, and beat some dude in like 12 seconds and I was like "....that's it?"
Probably the most misunderstood wrestler in the entire business from what ive read and heard he was so passionate about leaving his mark on the world and he did.What so many people dont know was while he was suspended in 91 he was in Germany doing a rivalry with the warlord the promotion didn't pay any of the mid and under card wrestlers so warrior and warlord held up the promotion for 300,000$ and he paid all the guys plus they all got a bonus hogan would have Probably kept it for himself RIP Warrior 🙏
The ultimate warrior is a perfect example that in ring skills aren’t the only thing that gets you over as a wrestler. Let’s face it, he was terrible in the squared circle, but the aura that surrounded him got him over as hell. RIP Jim.
@@gabeargue1 - OK, please describe what "in ring ability" is, because more people paid to see Hulk Hogan "in the ring" than they paid to see anyone else. Seems to me that midgets with great "in ring ability" that don't draw flies actually have NO in ring ability and ANYBODY who does draw by default has enough "in ring ability" to make people believe in what they are doing and want to see them.
I didn't even bought it and I was his biggest fan in 89-90-91-92, nobody couldn't beat the ultimate warrior for me. I ask a friend to see the DVD and then I realised no they're bringing in all of warrior's real life enemies to bury him. To me his gimmick worked just Hulk Hogan didn't want Warrior to shine just like Bret Hart, Hogan told Vince this is who you want as champion but this is your company and is not going to work.
One of the few WWE DVDs/ biography I've never watched. I can understand many of the wrestlers frustrations towards Warrior. He was a difficult guy to work with and he wasn't much of a team player. But bashing him like they did was wrong. He will always be an icon in the wrestling business. Fans loved him. I'm glad they worked it all out in the end before his passing.
The Self Destruction DVD was produced by McMahon at a time when they were enemies. Everybody in that doc was an employee of the WWF. So who's side were they gonna take anyway? Plus even Jericho said later that he was forced to trash the Warrior even though he was a fan.
I have that Self Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior DVD. It was the first DVD I’ve watched where wrestlers buried the hell out of someone. Jesse “The Body” Ventura’s commentary being removed (due to royalties) kinda took the vibe out of the DVD combined with them burying him. At least the 2007 DVD they did on D-Generation X was meant to be (somewhat) satirical. This wasn’t. At least they made a second one of him giving his own thoughts on the situation but they overdid it with the third one.
The dude was just a difficult guy to deal with. I was a Warrior fan during his first run in the WWE and I still enjoy his character. He's iconic, but from a business stand point this guy wasn't a team player. He could have been SO MUCH MORE. Sad.
Warrior was one of the main reasons I became a wrestling fan in late 89 and enitial run I have so many fond memories. His returns in 92 and 96 both filled me with huge excitement but both times I felt like Santa missed my house at Christmas. It was never the same and in 96,it was clear that time had moved on without him. He was still huge over with fans but it was all tinsel on a turd.
The evolution of Hunter Hurst Helmsley to the Triple H we know today is proof that in the WWF, if they want to make someone a star, they will.. no matter how ridiculous they are.
Like Jake “The Snake” Roberts return in 1996,The Ultimate Warrior’s return was great (in my opinion) but was very underwhelming compared to their original run. Warrior was remembered for squashing Triple H and Roberts was remembered for putting over “Stone Cold” Steve Austin. 1996 Was the best time to bring them back (especially since WWF and mostly WCW were starting to get really good) but they failed to do them justice and Warrior’s attitude didn’t help.
Warrior's attitude was "You asked me to come back, you made promises to me and once again you are breaking them, you have the shitty Kliq who stab everyone in the back and I am not playing this shitty game, so screw you".
That's right Captain Solo, most people that do these "insightful" videos don't know the true story. Warrior no showed at many events because McMahon didn't pay him for the previous events that he did show up at.
I was such a big fan of the warrior so when he came back in 96 I was excited but at that point I was old enough to notice the matches weren't very good
interesting video (I remember this entire debacle) Brining the Warrior back was such a silly idea in 1996 everything was different (He didn’t fit and was exposed as being smoke & mirrors) i understand a lot of people love The Ultimate Warrior but, i never understood what people seen in him.... Seems like he never had any love for Pro Wrestling but, loved the big pay days and spot (You should do a video Warrior in WCW that’s just a interesting & bizarre too)
Remember in that time period Goldust was legitimately injured 2 weeks before the match so it washed a kayfabe injury as the narrator said. Should've came up with a better story for the match due the injury but they didn't
I always felt that they were trying to make Warrior appear a bit more 'human' during this run. His interviews were not as outlandish during this run and he did a few things that 80's and early 90's Warrior would probably not do...case in point cigar and baseball cap.
I was devastated when I spent hours on an Ultimate Warrior Poster when I was 12-yo (in 96) and he no showed the house show in Detroit. Sid replaced him that night. However an interesting twist to that is two months later at a house show here in Canada Sid held up my *Sycho Sid Rules the WORLD!* poster after he defeated Vader.
That's awesome
Awesome story
That was one of his downfalls with the company. No showing house shows
@JASON CUTSHAW 35
BadBoyD TV *No-BS Empowerment Channel* who cares. Canada sucks
I was enjoying this educational video until the portion with Owen was mentioned. Seeing that visual of Warrior, Vader, Owen and Bulldog seemed off. Then I realized its because all four are deceased. The world is cruel. RIP to these legends. Thank you for entertaining us over the years.
I was a massive Warrior fan has a youngster and I know he had his issues but I still liked him right up to the end. RIP Warrior.
I wouldn't quite believe what this guy saying 50% of it is rubbish
So did I. I loved the warrior. RIP
Was a warrior fan also
What 5-10 year old child wants massive Warrior fan
He was never the same after papa shango cursed him. There will never be another Warrior. RIP :(
The warrior quote on HHH is so seething and it was true for at least a solid amount of time.
Yep..
not really
Here's how I view the whole HHH thing at Wrestlemania. It was a squash designed to build up a returning Warrior, & what we got was HHH working it the opposite way of how he would use influence to step on the necks of many other guys once he was established as a top guy.
That's how I see it too looking where Triple H is today he didn't get success on his own he basically leached off of other guys success not only that he also buried a lot of people just to get himself to where he is now which is one of the reasons why I'm not a fan of his and never will be now I see why Ultimate Warrior had a strong disdain for him
HHH wasn’t the only person who buried Warrior in the Self-Destruction video, he was just toeing the official company line the same way he did years later when he started praising Warrior ahead of his Hall of Fame induction.
HHH was also the guy who reached out to UW on getting him into the WWE Hall of Fame. After Savage died, that was when HHH started to open lines of communication with many Ex-WWF/WWE wrestlers to get them in. Unfortunately, Vader was one that the company ignored when Vader himself contacted them about his health issues.
Looking back on it was his punishment for the Curtain Call really that severe? I mean the Curtain Call happened in May of 96 and he became IC champ 5 months later. 97 comes along and he's IC champ to start the year, wins King of the Ring in june 97, then gets to be in DX with Shawn in oct 97. Not much of a punishment if you ask me lol. With the way he looked in 96 and 97 there's no way he would have ever been wwf champion anyways. They may say he was in line for a main event push in 96 but let's be honest hhh wasn't main event material until 99 regardless. I've heard ppl over the years act like hhh got buried for years because of the curtain call when in reality he got a bunch of opportunites prior to 99 that a lot of other guys didn't get.
It was punishment for the curtain call
very grateful that the Warrior and WWE mended fences with each other before the 2014 Hall Of Fame
Warrior is the reason I fell in love with wrestling
I pity you both
Same here. Back in the day me and friends never really liked rocker music. But we used head bang to his music
Me too!
SummerSlam 89, vs Rude!
@@gums79 Warrior Music and Road Warriors WWF music..
I've always been a Warrior fan, but I must admit, he's the kind of employee every company would hate to depend on!
Watts would've canned his ass.
He kinda the kyrie Irving type lol
Warrior is my favorite loved his energy and far out interviews ! I use to put paint like his mask and tie shoestring around my arms imittating him. Wrestlemania 6 was amazing ,man wish i was a kid again.
Warrior’s response to HHH was perfectly savage.
@travelling man at least Triple H never made fun of someone having cancer,called a disabled person a cripple and said queering doesnt make the world work.
It's savage cause it's true 😌
@travelling man I don't get it. Triple h won more titles. So in wrestling still better
The Man With no life but triple h never beat Hogan
@Luiz Rosario oh that old line again 😒
Warrior wore the cap for his comic books - I remember him telling Lawler, "Right Here - WARRIOR ! Created by a destiny ..."
Yup. Part of his return included an agreement between WWF and Warrior to promote his deeply insane and incomprehensible comic books, which included giving them away for free at WWF events.
RIP The Ultimate Warrior 🙏.
He was shitty person. He doesn’t reserve your respect
This drove me crazzy when i was a kid i was pumped seeing the warrior back
I was so excited in 96 when Warrior came back only to be superiorally disappointed .
Yea at that Point he was washed He wasn't even really a draw You can tell he did have the same energy and chrisma
i was really looking forward to seeing him team up with HBK and Ahmed Johnson, only for him to disappear without explanation
On the Bruce Prichard podcast, he said Vince and Lawler were furious over Warrior wearing a baseball cap.
Sucker MC They had a whole segment on the Warrior DVD on the baseball cap lol It was def hated
Lol, I remember hearing about it on the podcast and on Warrior's first DVD. I remember seeing it as a kid and thinking he doesn't want to get hurt, and they confirmed I was right. Ugh, it was terrible. Warrior was never the same after he won the world title. It was because he was over, and accomplished being the man, and made money. His ambition was never the same, not that he loved the business anyways, but now he didn't have to work hard.
that self destruction of warrior dvd was so good. def way more entertaining than his 96 run
@hotdoggie raven haha dude i just finished watching it myself!
prichards a liar
this is the only youtube channel where I have to stop whatever I am doing and watch whenever a new video is uploaded. Great stuff!
My memory of ultimate warrior is not a match but he did a shoot video on hulk hogan telling the truth of who he was it was before he passed away rip we all miss you I’ll be a fan for life
The amount of content you put out is phenomenal
I don't care what anyone thinks, warrior is still a legend.
@@whatwelearned You must be a professor of turdology
I mean it can't be argued just like macho man and hogan are legends the warrior is definitely in that category
The best there ever was.
He is in the sense of his impact on wrestling and pop culture even if he was a shithead of a person. Not so much for his wrestling aptitude and quality of matches.
Mr. Stephanie McMahon? Lol!!
Warrior was as crazy as he was on screen as he was off. Not a gimmick. He was really The Warrior. He was real.
I lived across the street from him for a number of years. He was nuts. He would put the face paint and the trunks, the arm tassels, everything. Just to come outside and cut the grass. I remember he had this nice old custom car and it was the same thing. He would put his ring gear on. Sometimes hed even play his entrance music and then he would run out the garage to the car and work on it with his music playing on a loop. Weird guy.
He was one of the guys that believed his own hype and was a mark for himself.
@@Vercingetorix.Rising 🤣🤣🤣
lizzy rosario I would go as far as to say that Warrior sort of, became the gimmick. Where as Macho always *was* the gimmick. He didn’t need to become anything, he just was.
@@Vercingetorix.Rising 🤣🤣. Too funny
Warrior really could of had an awesome run throughout the 90s
Your videos are always enjoyable and awesome! We appreciate your hard work! Keep them coming!
I believe Warrior was rocking the baseball cap to promote his comic book. I still have mine somewhere. I was such a mark for Warrior
Nurse Elliott he was wearing the hat to protect himself from Lawler’s headshot with the painting. 😉
Can't blame him. Even though the glass was made from sugar, it could still get into the eyes and cut skin.
Bruce Prichard recently explained Goldust had tweaked his knee and wasnt cleared to compete as to why they had to stage the match they did with the backstage assault supposedly explaining his bandage and why he was unwilling to tangle up.
I actually really like warriors 96 return the golddust match is a guilty pleasure for me im a huge warrior fan and I felt it was interesting seeing him in new generation era and I love the Owen hart match he had on raw and golddust rematch on may 27th 1996 edition of raw.
I really enjoy all your videos, really cool to hear stories, and behind the scenes information most of us never heard of and grew up in and watched all thee era's of wrestling, great hard work, and dedication into what you put together for us to watch and learn about, thank you 👍✌
I really enjoy your videos bro. Good job
I can't believe that it is 5 years since James Hellwig aka the Ultimate Warrior passed away that's unbelievable.
Rest in peace Warrior and say hi to Eddie, Curt, Andre, Owen and the other wrestling greats that have sadly passed away
@Michigan fan
Ok Jesus 👍🏾
If he's in hell I guess he can hang with Chris Benoit and Jimmy Snuka.
@Michigan fan
When you get there, can you get his autograph for me?
Thanks in advance.
Love it bro! Quickly becoming one of my favorite channels! Like i said keep pumping em out these awesome vids at the rate you are and the sky is the limit!
Way I see it, Warrior just did not fit in WWF in 1996...mainly because they were pushing new talent like Ahmed Johnson and Marc Mero, the new generation. Warrior was just a relic from a bygone era. I also find it funny at the time that Vince kept pushing the message that this is the New WWF Generation and washed up old has beens like Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage couldn't cut it in today's WWF..yet he brought back Warrior who was from that very same era and later Jake Roberts..it only made McMahon look like a hypocrite
But looking back, he was not his prime but 1996 was a struggling year so Bret Hart was taking time off so Vince needs to bring a veteran
Warrior was younger than Hogan and Savage by more than 6 years and was still in his mid thirties at this time.
@Patrick majors He really wanted to wrestle more. He wanted to put over guys like Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels and give them the rub they needed..but Vince had other plans and wanted him to retire from the ring and be a full fledged commentator. We were robbed of great feuds because of Vince's selfishness.
@Patrick majors but what kan Vince do
@Patrick majors I agree
After eventually seeing Hellwig's real life persona, I feel like he would have fit in well during the Attitude Era with the right transition to a less cheesy gimmick.
How so ?
Not a chance man
Yeah, maybe similar to the way Undertaker became a biker.
@@only1icon1801 yes a chance.
@@superlex611 he could have been booked as a comic book hero like usual. Who goes in secret missions or something. He looked cool in WCW with that long coat and jeans. Plus he was the right age. Younger than Bret and Razor Ramon.
Ultimate Warrior is my most favourite wrestler of all time! I've never ever looked at any other wrestler with as much enthusiasm, and I never will.
Warrior Forever!!!!!!
Always Believe!!!!!!
Still don't ignore his unprofessionalism.
Gorilla Brain ....sounds like you missed out on the 80s. They were all more exciting/explosive
@@ethanallen2889 Sounds like you don't know what you're talking about.
Gorilla Brain .....😂 ....kid you already said you are a warrior fan 😂
Carrier-Crow ...the warrior ended the golden era and began the cheese-ball era.
A video on the WARRRRRIORRR = DAY MADE!! Thank you! XXX
Always a Ultimate Warrior fan since I was 8 years old.
Warrior was and is my favorite wrestler groing up. Him the Rockers and natural disasters
On point.
Insightful.
Great Coverage.
I was Definitely an Ultimate Warrior Fan.
WWE knew what they were dealing with and still brought him back❗️
On point? He said "Mr Stephanie Mcmahon" lol
Goldust WAS legitimately hurt.
That match went the way it did, including the stuff with the bodyguard, because Dustin was legitimately injured, and couldn’t work.
They opted not to just squash Goldust because they were trying to get him over. They felt that if hey squashed him, then he would have been dead and buried.
Bruce Prichard confirmed all this in the Goldust episode of his podcast.
These videos are so good !
Keep up the good work
I love how your new videos are always the 1st video on my home feed for the last 2 weeks when I 1st load up youtube.
Great job bro, this is my favorite video yet.
Jacked. Extremely charismatic in spite of having real promo ability. Known more for his entrance than his wrestling ability. Rarely loses. Always wins in quick power burst matches to hide his wrestling skill. Wins the mid card title and unifies it with the world title in a match against Hulk Hogan. and then is constantly dragged back to WWE for big money in spite of a lack of wrestling talent. Warrior and Goldberg just might be the same man.
wayne conway i saw where you were going with that ahead of time 😏
Goldberg was way better. And appreciate the fans.
The man worked for it no matter what roids outrageous promo he was his own and that was his load up the space ship with the rocket fuel for the ultimate warror is goin out of this stratosphere
Patrick majors wouldn’t be saying that 6 years ago.
Problem was warrior wasn’t able to appreciate his fans cuz he was too roided up and enveloped by his character. Late warrior definitely appreciated fans though
Excellent as always mate.
I loved how he got at John Paul when he replied to him saying he was the most unprofessional.
I find it interesting that jerry the king lawler lost to the ultimate warrior in 1996. But defeated jake the snake roberts in the same year.#MikeNice
That letter from Vince McMahon to Jim Hellwig (The Ultimate Warrior) at 2:35 makes it clear Vince McMahon truly felt Hulk Hogan was vastly superior to The Ultimate Warrior.
He was. Both looked great, had charisma, and weren't much in the ring, but Hogan was a bit better in the ring and could at least cut a promo.
The irony of HHH complaining about someone else's unwillingness to cooperate 🙄🙄, think of it pre event karma H 😐😑
Wow! I got so many likes 😅
Pre-Golden Shovel HHH.
That's how the biz went...
The younger talent never tells the elder what's nothing....
NOTHING..
That was probably one of many events that put a chip on HHH's shoulder that he carried through the rest of his career. I'm sure he took it as the dbag gets on top while the nice guy gets buried.
HHH deserved it. Absolute tosser.
Love these videos been binge watching really takes me back to childhood
Please do an ULTIMATE WARRIOR in WCW video too !!!
Kent Kaliber The Shadow... That would be cool
Who else remembers this channel being called wrestling list?
I remember it being called Wrestlings LISTS myself, not list lol. Plus it werent that long ago since he changed it anyway 😀
You know what regardless if it was a new era, warrior fit in and people were happy to see him back there. Old or not, warrior had charisma and looks. That never fades. Rip and thanks for the memories warrior!😁
Very well done. Thanks for this documentary
Say what you like about Warrior, no matter how much he messed up he was a draw for WWE and WCW. Even when he came back for his HOF induction his pop was huge. He looked and acted like a cartoon hero that came to life. Even while he’s gone WWE is still try’s to get money off his name and style.
Ultimate Warrior's so called -5 star matches are to this day a million times more entertaining and performed to a much bigger audience than all of the shitty flip merchants of today combined.
Wow 1st video i've seen on your channel and im hooked! Amazing video. Think im gonna be binge watching your content tonite!
These guys was loved or hated but at the end of there time when they are gone you realize they was a part of you and your youth
Great vid my man. Warrior was the man in his first stint with WWF. Ever since he left first time round his career just went downhill. Apart from having to stroke Hogans ego in WCW because of Wrestlemania 6. What a shame he should have had a much bigger career than he did. Good job my friend.
I've seen somewhere that the only reason he was going to hold up McMahon at Summerslam was because he was owed £500k and didnt think he was going to be given the money. It may have been his Wrestlemania pay off.
It was!
McMahon was notorious for not paying the wrestlers what he owed them.
Great video. There's a few comments where your subs and I think you should do..... warrior in wcw. Great job 👍
where did the wwf come up with their 80s logo? so freaking cool
Absolutely fascinating video. Really interesting information. Nicely done
This channel is ace. Great work mate
"Warrior" smoking a cigar, like a 'boss! Oh my God, that's the funniest thing, I've seen all night. 😄
If he was there he will be the next big thing RIP bro 👍
Maaan, you are an artist, your videos are so dam good.
I wish I can men in black you videos erase them from my memory so I can rewatch them over and over again , I heard a story that the warrior and Vince were laying naked on a bear rug , next to a fire place drinking wine negotiating his contract , and I heard that rude tipped the warrior up back stage because the warrior was trying to tell rude how the match was gonna go down but my dude rude wasn’t having none of it , haha!! Great work as always thank you for the video my dude and the undertaker vs mankind that one was hella good!!
Please do warrior in the WCW.
@@Chr1s808 Not necessarily. Could bring up the Renegade and mention more behind the scenes goings on . Wrestling with wregret di a good video on it.
The Ultimate Legend!!!👑
@Michigan fan - Why bring HBK in to this?
Warrior looked great in 96, it was the last time his body held together, from then on he was never the same. Much smaller in WCW even though it was only two years later.
Steroids only work for so long, muscle tears and palumboism set in by 98.
Still loved him to the end, he was an awesome guy when I met him in 07. I’ve met virtually all the big names over the years and Warrior was the coolest.
R.I.P. ULTIMATE WARRIOR!
Always got a Duke Nukem vibe from UW ‘96-98’, TALK TO ME WARRIORS, ultimate macho badassery
Long live the Ultimate Warrior! All I remember from that 1996 return was that he ran into the ring, shook the ropes, and beat some dude in like 12 seconds and I was like "....that's it?"
HBK vs Warrior would have been a classic!
I was so looking forward to seeing the Ultimate Maniacs, I think that would have bought some much hype and revenue for WWE.
Probably the most misunderstood wrestler in the entire business from what ive read and heard he was so passionate about leaving his mark on the world and he did.What so many people dont know was while he was suspended in 91 he was in Germany doing a rivalry with the warlord the promotion didn't pay any of the mid and under card wrestlers so warrior and warlord held up the promotion for 300,000$ and he paid all the guys plus they all got a bonus hogan would have Probably kept it for himself RIP Warrior 🙏
If he stayed longer who knows maybe could have seen Michaels/Warrior Summerslam 96?!?
It would have happend
Great stuff.
The ULTIMATE WARRIOR is my favorite Wrestler but this was not his best in 1996 unfortunately. I agree.
;-)
The ultimate warrior is a perfect example that in ring skills aren’t the only thing that gets you over as a wrestler. Let’s face it, he was terrible in the squared circle, but the aura that surrounded him got him over as hell. RIP Jim.
There really was nothing special about Hulk Hogan's in ring ability either.
@@gabeargue1 He was still better than Warrior.
@@gabeargue1 - OK, please describe what "in ring ability" is, because more people paid to see Hulk Hogan "in the ring" than they paid to see anyone else. Seems to me that midgets with great "in ring ability" that don't draw flies actually have NO in ring ability and ANYBODY who does draw by default has enough "in ring ability" to make people believe in what they are doing and want to see them.
Hand Solo Hogan was a s**t wrestler in regards to in ring ability, no doubt, but he could work a crowd like no one else.
Not going to lie. I was super hyped for his return in those days. I even liked the hunter squash match!! Hated all the feuds after unfortunately
When I found out how hurt The Warrior was with that self destruction DVD that I threw my copy into the trash!
I didn't even bought it and I was his biggest fan in 89-90-91-92, nobody couldn't beat the ultimate warrior for me. I ask a friend to see the DVD and then I realised no they're bringing in all of warrior's real life enemies to bury him. To me his gimmick worked just Hulk Hogan didn't want Warrior to shine just like Bret Hart, Hogan told Vince this is who you want as champion but this is your company and is not going to work.
One of the few WWE DVDs/ biography I've never watched. I can understand many of the wrestlers frustrations towards Warrior. He was a difficult guy to work with and he wasn't much of a team player. But bashing him like they did was wrong. He will always be an icon in the wrestling business. Fans loved him. I'm glad they worked it all out in the end before his passing.
The Self Destruction DVD was produced by McMahon at a time when they were enemies. Everybody in that doc was an employee of the WWF. So who's side were they gonna take anyway? Plus even Jericho said later that he was forced to trash the Warrior even though he was a fan.
That intro was awesome bro
Love to see a bio on Jim cornette
Why?
I have that Self Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior DVD. It was the first DVD I’ve watched where wrestlers buried the hell out of someone. Jesse “The Body” Ventura’s commentary being removed (due to royalties) kinda took the vibe out of the DVD combined with them burying him. At least the 2007 DVD they did on D-Generation X was meant to be (somewhat) satirical. This wasn’t. At least they made a second one of him giving his own thoughts on the situation but they overdid it with the third one.
The dude was just a difficult guy to deal with. I was a Warrior fan during his first run in the WWE and I still enjoy his character. He's iconic, but from a business stand point this guy wasn't a team player. He could have been SO MUCH MORE. Sad.
He was my first ever favorite wrestler.
Me too
Warrior was one of the main reasons I became a wrestling fan in late 89 and enitial run I have so many fond memories. His returns in 92 and 96 both filled me with huge excitement but both times I felt like Santa missed my house at Christmas. It was never the same and in 96,it was clear that time had moved on without him. He was still huge over with fans but it was all tinsel on a turd.
But Warrior did'nt past his prime
he became a mid carder in 1996.
The evolution of Hunter Hurst Helmsley to the Triple H we know today is proof that in the WWF, if they want to make someone a star, they will.. no matter how ridiculous they are.
Ultimate warrior is incredible
1996 I was 19 years old, great memories.
Thanks for this!
Warrior really was his own worst enemy.
Like Jake “The Snake” Roberts return in 1996,The Ultimate Warrior’s return was great (in my opinion) but was very underwhelming compared to their original run. Warrior was remembered for squashing Triple H and Roberts was remembered for putting over “Stone Cold” Steve Austin. 1996 Was the best time to bring them back (especially since WWF and mostly WCW were starting to get really good) but they failed to do them justice and Warrior’s attitude didn’t help.
Warrior's attitude was "You asked me to come back, you made promises to me and once again you are breaking them, you have the shitty Kliq who stab everyone in the back and I am not playing this shitty game, so screw you".
That's right Captain Solo, most people that do these "insightful" videos don't know the true story. Warrior no showed at many events because McMahon didn't pay him for the previous events that he did show up at.
That’s like the story will happen in today’s era with somebody as I know who would be
unprofessional? This is coming from a guy you pretty much put the idea of screwing Bret Hart into Vince's mind.
I was such a big fan of the warrior so when he came back in 96 I was excited but at that point I was old enough to notice the matches weren't very good
I still have the first and second issue of his comic book from 1996. I wonder if those will ever be worth money
I still have them too.
But I would never sell.
Ultimate Warrior is a Legend
interesting video (I remember this entire debacle) Brining the Warrior back was such a silly idea in 1996 everything was different (He didn’t fit and was exposed as being smoke & mirrors) i understand a lot of people love The Ultimate Warrior but, i never understood what people seen in him.... Seems like he never had any love for Pro Wrestling but, loved the big pay days and spot (You should do a video Warrior in WCW that’s just a interesting & bizarre too)
Agreed bout Warrior vs Goldust. Cheers mate 👊👍
Remember in that time period Goldust was legitimately injured 2 weeks before the match so it washed a kayfabe injury as the narrator said. Should've came up with a better story for the match due the injury but they didn't
I always felt that they were trying to make Warrior appear a bit more 'human' during this run. His interviews were not as outlandish during this run and he did a few things that 80's and early 90's Warrior would probably not do...case in point cigar and baseball cap.
UW vs Golddust was awesome!
lol, I find it funny Vince's reaction to Warrior smoking a cigar lol.