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His First Run in WWF/E (1986-1992)
The Ultimate Warrior, one of the most controversial characters in the history of the wrestling industry. He legally changed his name to Warrior in 1993. He is one of the very few top card wrestlers in the business never to have been portrayed as Heel by a promotion,As a World Wrestling Federation (WWF) superstar from the mid-80s to the early 90s, the Ultimate Warrior was known for his high-energy wrestling style and his Gorilla Press Slam,Warrior enjoyed two stints as Intercontinental Champion, defeating The Honky Tonk Man in 56 seconds at SummerSlam 1988 and Rick Rude at SummerSlam 1989. The Warrior was heralded as the wrestler to carry the torch after the pending retirement of Hulk Hogan in 1990. Following a few confrontations with Hogan, most notably at the 1990 Royal Rumble, the Warrior was written in as Hogan's opponent for WrestleMania VI. Warrior defeated Hogan on April 1, 1990, at SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario in the main event (which was billed "The Ultimate Challenge", as both Hogan's WWF World Title and Warrior's Intercontinental Title were both on the line) of WrestleMania VI. The Ultimate Challenge took place at WrestleMania's 2nd largest-sized venue after the Pontiac Silverdome, which the WWE state held 93,000 for WrestleMania III). The Warrior held the title until the Royal Rumble in January 1991, dropping the belt to Sgt. Slaughter (thanks to interference by Randy "Macho Man" Savage). During his title reign, he was also part of the WWF tour to Japan, where his style was not appreciated by the Japanese audiences more accustomed to technical matches even among traditional brawlers.
The First Controversy:
His first run with the WWF ended in August 1991, over a pay dispute with WWF owner Vince McMahon. Warrior had reportedly threatened McMahon just before the main event for SummerSlam teaming the Warrior with Hulk Hogan against Sgt. Slaughter, Colonel Mustafa, and General Adnan, saying he would not compete unless he was paid a certain amount of money. It is unclear whether this sum was an amount the Warrior felt was owed to him for previous work (as he has often claimed), or whether it was a new demand. The amount was never disclosed to the public and after the Ultimate Warrior chased Adnan and Mustafa backstage, McMahon promptly fired him, although he did pay Warrior the amount that was demanded. He would then be re-hired in 1992.
Return of Warrior and then Departure then Return then Departure:
In the summer of 1992, he returned to the main event scene with a well-built feud with Randy Savage (who had been reinstated in late 1991), culminating in a WWF Championship match at SummerSlam. In front of over 80,000 people, the largest crowd of his career, The Warrior would win by countout, but did not regain the title.
Late in 1992, Warrior was scheduled to be the tag team partner of Savage at Survivor Series. Weeks before the event, however, Warrior and WWF were at odds again, arguing over who had creative rights to the Ultimate Warrior name as well as creative differences as to how the Warrior's character should be used. Though popular belief was that the Warrior was actually supposed to start a feud with Nailz, the WWF states that his reason for leaving was a "violation" found in his system during a random drug test. This occurred at the height of Warrior's ongoing marketing/financial differences with Vince McMahon, the owner and CEO of Titan Sports and World Wrestling Federation. Titan Sportsand specifically, the WWFwas under intense scrutiny of its drug policies including "performance-enhancing" drugs, the most prominent being steroids. According to Bret Hart during an interview with the Below the Belt show, the WWF was actually preparing to have a Hart/Warrior match at Royal Rumble 1993. But Warrior was replaced by Razor Ramon after he left.After several years spent mostly outside of the wrestling limelight, Warrior returned to the WWF in 1996, squashing future superstar Hunter Hearst Helmsley at WrestleMania XII. Triple H refers to his match against Warrior as "not my best event," and has referred to Warrior as "the most unprofessional guy I have ever worked with." Following WrestleMania, Warrior participated in brief feuds with Goldust and Jerry Lawler.The WWF terminated Warrior's contract when he took time off allegedly to grieve the death of his father. WWF owner Vince McMahon claimed that Warrior had not seen his father in ten years and didn't care much for him; therefore, he did not take Warrior's excuse for missing bookings at face value. Warrior disputes Vince's explanation, claiming that the real reason why he no-showed those events was a breach of contract by McMahon. In 1995, The Renegade debuted in WCW as Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage's "secret weapon," using ring attire and mannerisms that closely resembled Warrior's. Renegade was later used as Warrior's stunt double when Warrior himself was in WCW for a brief time in 1998.
The Self-Destruction:
On September 27, 2005, WWE released a DVD documentary focusing on Warrior's retrospective wrestling career, entitled The Self-Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior. The DVD featured clips of his more notable feuds and matches along with commentary from WWE stars past and present (some of which are largely unflattering), the DVD has provoked some controversy due to Warrior's own allegations of libel by WWE against him, and his wife. Originally, Warrior was asked to help with the production of the DVD, but as he refused to work with WWE (citing he did not want to be associated with their promotion), there has been some resulting animosity between Warrior and WWE over the content and his vehement accusations of bias.
After the release of the DVD, Warrior was asked to appear on Byte This!, WWE's weekly webcast program, ostensibly to air his side of the story. He refused the offer, instead opting to issue a paragraph-long controversial statement, responding back to the insults of host Todd Grisham by calling him a "queer", and frequent contributor Droz a "cripple." This led to Matt Striker subsequently appearing on Byte This! and performing an unflattering impression of Warrior, including numerous references to the abuse of steroids. Striker, Grisham, and Droz shared several jokes at Warrior's expense, and an edited version appeared on WWE.com days later - the edits chosen giving the segment a less vitriolic feel than what was originally broadcast.A week after this parody aired, JBL was featured on the show and angrily criticized and mocked Warrior, angry at his recent calling of his real-life friend Droz as "crippled." He angrily called Warrior an "absolute piece of shit" and said he "can't stand the son of a bitch." JBL would, however, admit to the fact that he and Warrior had no previous grudge - he was simply angry about Warrior's original statements.
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