Bruce Prichard shoots on The Ultimate warrior's 1996 return and win over HHH

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[@JohnSmith-lp1kd]

It is funny with with hhh complaining about this but then him playing politics the rest of his career, warrior had a great response at hof “ he called me an asshole, well for only working with me for a few minutes you sure learned a lot!”

[@mitchjames9350]

Paul arse kissed Shawn Michaels, Nash and Hall than shacked up with Steph and profit off nepotism.

[@cf2228]

That was the most satisfying warrior match ever.

[@KKC70]

The most satisfying Warrior match ever would have been if he had a career ending injury in a match in about 1986

[@YTC1234]

@@KKC70 and yet he drew way more than Drew Kofi etc didn’t get

[@xUnrealWarriorx]

@RyuHayabusa751 Don’t even dignify these nobodies with a response

[@Vercingetorix.Rising]

As a youbg warrior mark at Mania 6, aeeing him return an squash the arrogant heel in HHH was great. No complaints

[@sc30002001]

This compensates for Triple H's reign of terror in 2003

[@dingdong7610]

Poor Hunter! Hopefully WWE made it up to him somehow!

[@josevanderlinde2404]

😂🤣😂🤣

[@psuengineer84]

Haha

[@jeffreyriley8742]

Whenever Cornette rips on Warrior, he does throw in, "but he did squash the Son-in-Law in ten seconds," in his favor.

[@foreverred105]

This was a beautiful match. I recommend watching Warriors shoot interview about what went down. Warrior put HHH in his place 😁

[@onkar5]

He could have just kicked out before 3 and then slowly made a comeback. The fact that he just stood up, really killed the kayfabe. And also unnecessarily humiliated hhh. I remember early undertaker used to go over all the time and he also barely sold any offense from heels. But it was always in service of building his character never to hurt the opponent. Everyone came out of a taker feud better off no matter how many losses they took. Warrior hurt other characters

[@emperorofrome692]

"Everyone came out of a taker feud better off no matter how many losses they took." DDP would probably disagree with you.

[@sit2go]

HHH was a nobody back then. If he kicked out and showed up a big star like the Warrior. He would have been punished badly by Vince. He actually did the smart move and agree to the job.

[@imdikonps4396]

​​@@emperorofrome692plenty of guys wrestled taker one and done and were gone after words or shortly afterwords especially in his early days Kamala, The Executioner, DDP, Kronik, Giant Gonzales even had a mirror match woth himself at summerslam, and others I also remembered as a kid thinking Kane would be gone after feuding with taker as that's how most of early takers rivalries end so I thought in the Inferno Match Kane was gonna be killed off.

[@GameTime-yj6qv]

I'm willing to bet most Warrior fans loved Warriors return and squash win. We wanted to see Warrior do his thing and he did.. The only thing I would have changed was have Hunter make the pin attempt after the pedigree and have Warrior kick out instead of immediately getting up. But it's not like Hogan hasn't done things like that. I remember Hogan getting up right after a Savage elbow drop or a Vader Bomb. He has no sold many other finishers.

[@Dizzy1980]

I LOVED it. Highlight of the night. I agree about the pin attempt. It would've been awesome to see Warrior throw HHH off of him like days of old.

[@dustinpalaghe8233]

They did

[@jonjones6764]

I thought him getting up immediately was hilarious and still do. I was a fan of hunter even then when he was a heel, but 10 year old me was an even bigger fan of warrior and was marking out hardcore

[@bigkev3184]

It was great getting *Warrior* back in 1996 as he was still the 2nd to 3rd biggest Name in Pro Wrestling behind "Hulk Hogan" & "Macho Man" & him coming in & back to the WWF was huge but the WWF, "Vince McMahon" & creative blew it. They should have had him return at the 96 Royal Rumble. You would of had him in with fresh 🆕 & old Talent that we're Star's⭐ now that he could of locked up with that we never got a o see cuz WWF was so out of touch it still pisses me 📴 with so much 💩 Vince McMahon & those morons around him ruined. From No Hulk vs Jake cuz you wanted to o protect Hogan from Boos & I like everyone was a *Hulk Hogan* Fan & lol bed through the entire run of the Greatest Eras in all of Wrestling & it's over it's dead you will never have SuperStar the that will ever reach the Hulk Hogan level. It took close to 20 years for the next Hogan 🎚️ Guy Stone Cold & The Rock & than the Last one you will ever see or saw was "John Cena". Now "Roman Reigns" could easily be the next Name on that list if Vince McMahon wants to pull the hat trigger but he has turned the WWE into the NFL,NBA,MLB,NHL & so if you catch my drift because of these fans in this generation of the last 20 years instead of making those huge Superstars like Hogan Macho Man Warrior Santa Rock Austin and guys that can just leave he's made "WWE" The *SuperStar* & the Wrestler's like Team's. You get it nobody is bigger than WWE which look at WWE as if they're the NFL right & they still make SuperStar's like Roman Reigns who is the Patriots Edge f the WWE when they ran the NFL which is John Cena, but other guy's the *Main Event* Wrestler's Edge & Randy Orton who are like the Tom Brady & Rodger's of WWE but think it them alone as a Team like how WWE promotes their brand & merchandise for you to go buy & see them Roman Vs Cena which is like Buccaneers versus the Chiefs, Brady versus Mahomes that's the Super Bowl Teams playing at the Super Bowl AkA WrestleMania or SummerSlam. Cuz of these Geeks 🤓 buying Tickets 🎟️ to WrestleMania, SummerSlam which in the 1980s to the entire 1990s & early mid 2000s the WWF had to work OT & bust their Ass to build great Storylines & matches all year long to make sure they gave you a reason to drive to the Arena to come see the Show Live or order it on PPV it was exciting TV every week Mean Gean every Saturday & Sunday morning on all those WWF Morning Shows which they need to bring back which I still can't believe with them starting their own *WWE Network* they did 💩 with that as far as 🆕 Live Show's 🎥 & they had more Shows & programs on TV in the 90s & 2000s on regular TV but you have these morons working on the Network. That thing would of been *Peacock* before Peacock as I've talked about this for years about the things they should do & bring back on the Network & be pretty much like Peacock but have also Live TV Stream all contracts & they make movie's 🎥 nobody ever heard or sees. I always said make your WWE Studio Movies 🎥 have Big releases to go to theaters and then you have movies of the week which you pick a day of the week or Weekends to Air a 🆕 Movie 🎥 every Week but make good quality movie's 🎥 & TV Series like Netflix, HBO Paramount, AMC I mean it don't take a genius Era But Bruce Prichard can lie all he wants that July INY was gonna lead to them having the biggest Match in the he Company & WWF or WCW as I know it cuz I can still remember everything about that 96 year run & HBK Shawn Michaels WWF Title Run which Vince ruined. Cuz if they left HBK alone & he was the cocky cool "HBK" of 1995 even when he turned Baby at first he still was 🆒 but HBK character is a heel & Shawn Michaels is one of the Greatest Heels ever in the Ring & on the 🎤 & he don't need nobody like the Rock writing his lines for him even to the point of writing his Promo on his hands & wrists. I still believe HBK should of Won the World Championship at WrestleMania 11 vs Diesel but yes the Boyhood dream story was grest & winning the Rumble back 2 back was great but it was murder having HBK coming down to the Ring every match & in interviews with a 60 year old guy it killed his whole look. It should of been just at WrestleMania & than what Sid did to take him out they should have had Diesel Ke in Nash at the next PPV which was a great match & shows you if WWF had signed Hall & Nash & Bret Hart didn't quit for Shawn Michaels entire title run cuz he wanted to see HBK fail period & HBK had guys to work with 1996 WWF would have done great Numbers. Funny how Bret Hart came back at Survivor Series the night HBK drops the title see what these nerds 🤓 who like to believe all the 💩 that comes out of Bret's mouth you don't get that HBK had No undercard to help him which is huge cuz everyone left. Bret as Champion had everyone from Hulk Hogan to Ric Flair, Mr Perfect, Yoko in his prime Macho Man HBK as IC Champ with Diesel,Razor, Lex Luger, LOD, Nasty Boys, Million dollar Man, Undertaker you want me to go on dude Bret Hart didn't Draw these guys did. When HBK Shawn Michaels finally got the belt Hall & Nash we're leaving right after Macho Man just left a year & a half ago right after Hulk Hogan & Ric Flair & right to that time Month's earlier Lex Luger left showed up on WCW Nitro live & Piper is gonna leave in a few months but Bret still doesn't come back. Stone Cold was just a opening match guy working up to mid card he was over a year plus from Winning the IC Title & the Rock was a bust debuted the night HBK dropped the title & none of these guys were anyone. The only guy that HBK had that was of name was Undertaker & they could never touch but he had him & Taker had nobody to work with. People except those who know wrestling deeper & not these morons who don't look at the whole picture. Well enjoy your hat read many learned a wrestling history lesson & Google talk it took me 2 minutes to speak this & however long for you to read it. Thank you very much your welcome even less

[@NoStyleDutch]

It seems like a lot of the industry ppl forget when talking about warrior that a lot of ppl loved him!

[@ledfnzeppelin]

Warrior won the IC title in under a minute, beat Andre in under a minute, but yeah, let’s have him go 10+ minutes with - at the time - a mid-card guy at best after being away for 3 1/2 years on the night of his return. Yup, that will definitely get him over. SMH. Warrior was completely right here.

[@joemckim1183]

Warrior was Goldberg before Goldberg was a thing. Terrible wrestler who could only get over by squashing his opponents since he didn't know how to actually work.

[@TheOther644]

Agree. And this was H before he became Triple H, the Game, and was with Chyna and all that. This was back when he was the blue blood Hunter Hearst Helmsley, and sure he faced Undertaker, and Bret Hart. But his biggest match he had was Hog Pen match with Godwinn. So being trusted to face a returning legend, win or lose, is a big deal and at WM12 no less. It also wasn't really a squash match, just given how little offence Warrior got in at first. He only really started to hammer H after the pedigree, and finished him fast. But still, who hits a finisher that soon and even if it wasn't a retuning legend. Its like do people really think that if that was Hogan, Undertaker, and Sid to name a few that they wouldn't also jump up.

[@RhinoXpress]

I no sell of the pedigree was funny as hell.

[@JohnVespucci-kg5jo]

I loved it. Anytime I get to see triple h lose i love it

[@jabrockobiden9434]

That match was glorious

[@joshuarayborn]

The match had the best pop of any match at wm that year. WWF gave warrior less money as a negotiating tool to promote the warrior’s stuff. So it is funny to hear the management cry about the warrior.

[@bluejackgirlyx]

Great questions, Conrad! Damn you are THE RINGER we need to press the questions. #1

[@83reggieT]

The way the warrior tells this story is different. Also he was 37 then younger than Bret Hart or Scott Hall same age as Nash plus Dave Meltzer is an absolute tool. I liked the match it made sense for the warrior

[@big_dro1713]

What was the story Warrior told?

[@83reggieT]

@@big_dro1713 From the interview I saw he said it was supposed to be him going over big in a short match. Hhh went to Jerry Brisco with ideas to make it longer. Jerry tried to sell warrior on this he got pissed snapped on hhh telling him if he wants to change shit say it to his face, then basically stated that as agreed on by Vince I no sell your finish couple of clotheslines gorilla press warrior splash 123.

[@big_dro1713]

@@83reggieT Thanks. Is this online where i can watch it?

[@83reggieT]

@@big_dro1713 It used to be on KZbin I think its the one where he has the denim type shirt on. There was two long warrior shoot interviews that used to be on KZbin. Other people have made their own videos by taking bits and pieces of them.

[@DarkLordofTheSith69]

Bruce has always had a hard on for Warrior ...but as a fan at the time it was exactly what I wanted to see ...and warrior was right because triple h went on to to Bury an entire rosters worth of talent over the next 20 years ...personally I love this match...

[@johnnydoe6717]

Who gives a shit? He was squashing ANDRE THE GIANT IN 1989 in 30 seconds at house shows every night and people act like the HHH squashing was a big deal. He wasn’t even over yet at this time. And even when he was over, he’s not a bigger attraction than Andre

[@Matt-cr4vv]

True but I think the issue is Andre is a developed star, so squashing him doesnt hurt him. He's a known commodity with years of a track record to stay big. It's different when you have someone who hasn't elevated yet but you have plans to elevate like they did with HHH at the time.

[@Scorch1028]

Ultimate Warrior "squashed" Triple H at Wrestlemania 12, but Triple H "buried" UW in the Self-Destruction dvd. So, everything balanced out. 18 years later, Triple H (a WWE executive) was asking Warrior to return to the WWE as a brand ambassador, and asking Vince McMahon to induct Warrior in the Hall of Fame. Shortly after UW's Hall of Fame speech and final RAW appearance, he collapsed from a heart attack in a parking lot in Arizona. The next day, Triple H lamented Warrior's death on several podcasts, mentioning how "fortunate" it was, that he hadn't waited any longer to bring Warrior back to the WWE. So, do we need to keep revisiting Triple H getting "squashed" by the Warrior at Wrestlemania 12? Triple H clearly put Wrestlemania 12 behind him, and he's supposedly the person who should be the "most pissed off" about it.

[@GameTime-yj6qv]

You stated this perfectly, completely agree. Warrior would have been a WWE ambassador for years to come if it wasn't for his unfortunate untimely death.

[@sese6227]

They talk about it, because people show interest....including you. To be fair, the title was pretty self explanatory, so if you're over the topic, you didn't have to click. If people didn't show interest, then the topic would fade away into irrelevancy.

[@ronniejdio9411]

@@GameTime-yj6qv time heals all wounds and it's easy to forgive when your married to the boss's daughter / wwe executive

[@Scorch1028]

@@sese6227 No. I bring this up, because this is the “50th f*ckin’ KZbin video” about Triple H being pissed off about jobbing to the Ultimate Warrior in 1996 - back when Triple H was still making a name for himself. How many times is Triple H’s squash match to UW going to be re-hashed? Holy shit!

[@HhhHhhh-nu4lm]

@@Scorch1028 after warrior died hhh mentioned that looking back it was not bad experience.he got to fight a huge name on his first wrestlmanai

[@bobc2043]

It was definite not that big a deal. Triple H ended up fine and the Warrior fans wanted to see him make an impact.

[@treywar25]

True but it's a mania return match...

[@SnowWhiteTheU2]

This podcast annoys me because Bruce gets annoyed with any question he gets asked .

[@dannybursace9151]

Guessing he doesn’t like Conrad asking the Q’s…seems pretty normal to me, who’d wanna talk to him

[@ThisIsHolyJJ]

All of these complaints about the way this match played out are pretty silly. The crowd loved it. That match was all about Ultimate Warrior's return, and that's the only reason 99% of the people were interested in watching it. To pretend that fan gave a damn about Hunter Hurst Helmsley at that time, and whether or not it was going to be a 5 star match, is again, silly. The people who wanted something like that can go "enjoy" the WM18 "main event" (term used loosely), HHH vs Chris Jericho. The crowd was completely dead for that one, despite it being everything that UW vs HHH wasn't.

[@georgewilliams1470]

HHH was talent enhancement at this point it wasn't like he was a main event talent.

[@garethcullen9604]

Your memory must be hazy. He wasn’t “enhancement” ffs. He was comfortably mid-card and didn’t lose often.

[@JohnnaValachi5393]

Lol I’m not old enough it just pissed me off he no sold that pedigree

[@99somerville]

He was on his way up the card by this time.

[@unclelloyd]

You can literally feel Bruce's *sshole pucker up every time Warrior is even mentioned. This match was a delight for Warrior fans, and HHH should've shook his hand and said "thank you" for the opportunity to share the ring with a legend. Instead, he went crying to an agent like a little petulant tattletale. Imagine someone doing that with Andre or Undertaker. They'd be mocked and reviled to this day.

[@jimfaust6342]

I still mock Triple H. Lol the middle carder who got lucky

[@xUnrealWarriorx]

I agree

[@thetruth72667]

Bruce never tries to hide his dislikes for warrior. Here he says that he hated Warriors quick squash match with Hunter right. Well he's also said many times that he hated when they made a long warrior match. He felt they should all be quick. It can't be both ways you know? I still like Bruce very much even when he contradicts himself like we all do @times.

[@Matt-cr4vv]

Comparing Warrior to Andre or Undertaker is fairly laughable.

[@unclelloyd]

Not quite as much as your comment.

[@nomercy4life]

And what did triple H do? Look at the mirror, looked at warriors' physique, stuck the needle, and the rest is history

[@alonsolopez3541]

Warrior was 36 not 39

[@dannybursace9151]

Thanks I can sleep at night now

[@jimfaust6342]

Warrior couldn't have a long match - his limited ring skills would start showing. And I'm a big Warrior fan. Same thing with the Honky Tonk man with the IC title. Quick and painless.

[@jeffreymoscardelli8428]

Remember warrior does come from a place called "part's unknown"

[@xSuperiorManx]

How many more times are you going to upload the "Huckster / Nacho Man / Billionire Ted"-Segment? This is the third time I hear it in a video on this channel. Keep track of your editing and what has already been released. These constant double and triple uploads are almost as annoying and grinding as the in- and outtro.(Almost.)

[@TheOther644]

I do agree with some of the things Prichard has said about Warrior in other vids, and disagree with others and this is one of them. I didn't see it as a squash match, just given how it started with H giving it to Warrior good before hitting the pedigree. Warrior only started after that and finished him quick. But the whole being upset that Warrior no sold the finish, while who hits a finish that soon and on a returning legend. Its like thinking if it was Hogan, Sid, and the Undertaker to name a few wouldn't have done the same thing. I again I don't think it hurt H at all, specially back then. I mean this wasn't Triple H, the Game, and was with Chyna and all that. This was back when he was the blue blood Hunter Hearst Helmsley, and sure he faced Undertaker, and Bret Hart before this. But his biggest match before Warrior was a Hog Pen match with Godwinn, where it ended with his face down in pie shit. So to go from that Hog Pen match to being trusted to face a returning legend, win or lose, is a big deal and at WM12 no less. Warrior even said once that it was done to make an impact for the return of the Ultimate Warrior character. It was never done to be malicious or hurt H in anyway or to say he isn't any kind of talent. As for H being a man about it, and just did the job. Well according to Warrior, before hand he told H what he wanted to do and H was ok. But then he came back with Jerry Briscoe, and had Briscoe tell Warrior about all these ideas H had. But Warrior being an old school kinda guy wanted to hear it straight from H, and not pulling this through someone else stuff. So he pretty much said if you ever have anything you need to discus with me, then you need to come to me one-on-one and man-to-man. People sometimes forget that H wasn't always the good guy he has been for the last decade or so. That back then he was a different guy, and even got worse through the late 90s to the early 00s. But his changed so much, and is all about helping the new talent while showing love to the older ones. Hell, it was H that got Warrior into the Hall of Fame. RIP Warrior

[@YaredYahu1212]

I sometimes wonder how the Warrior would've been as a heel, seems like since he was hated, it might have been a better fit 🤷🏾‍♂️.

[@alexmelendez6732]

Im not nor never was a fan of HHH so i loved the squash i was 16 at the time i popped hard when he came out and no sold the pedigree

[@travisgilmour7929]

Man whomever made that picture there has some serious talent...that pic should be on a t-shirt

[@kyle1m]

my parents let us get WM96 for the Warriors return and not bret vs hbk

[@bigkev3184]

Bruce Prichard can lie along with Jim Cornette but that July ppv IYH was leading to a SummerSlam World Championship Match with HBK Shawn Michaels vs Ultimate Warrior. It was gonna be huge I was so pissed when he got fired & that was the last if the Warrior man I was looking forward to that 6 Man Tag Team Match with him teaming with HBK mostly & Ahmed but I even remember the June KOTR him running down to make the save to help HBK & picking up the Belt & looking at it & HBK looking at it & him & Warrior giving it too him & raised by his hand. It was badass seeing warrior in the Ring with HBK cuz I wanted to see it I think 🤔 HBK would have given him his Greatest match but just seeing him & when HBK was just a Rocker it would of been a great storyline & you could of had HBK go heel right there in the Tag match Super kick Warrior.

[@guywilliams6569]

Does anyone think we would still be talking about the match if it would have been any different?? No... Warrior was RIGHT!!!!

[@bigkev3184]

It was great getting *Warrior* back in 1996 as he was still the 2nd to 3rd biggest Name in Pro Wrestling behind "Hulk Hogan" & "Macho Man" & him coming in & back to the WWF was huge but the WWF, "Vince McMahon" & creative blew it. They should have had him return at the 96 Royal Rumble. You would of had him in with fresh 🆕 & old Talent that we're Star's⭐ now that he could of locked up with that we never got a o see cuz WWF was so out of touch it still pisses me 📴 with so much 💩 Vince McMahon & those morons around him ruined. From No Hulk vs Jake cuz you wanted to o protect Hogan from Boos & I like everyone was a *Hulk Hogan* Fan & lol bed through the entire run of the Greatest Eras in all of Wrestling & it's over it's dead you will never have SuperStar the that will ever reach the Hulk Hogan level. It took close to 20 years for the next Hogan 🎚️ Guy Stone Cold & The Rock & than the Last one you will ever see or saw was "John Cena". Now "Roman Reigns" could easily be the next Name on that list if Vince McMahon wants to pull the hat trigger but he has turned the WWE into the NFL,NBA,MLB,NHL & so if you catch my drift because of these fans in this generation of the last 20 years instead of making those huge Superstars like Hogan Macho Man Warrior Santa Rock Austin and guys that can just leave he's made "WWE" The *SuperStar* & the Wrestler's like Team's. You get it nobody is bigger than WWE which look at WWE as if they're the NFL right & they still make SuperStar's like Roman Reigns who is the Patriots Edge f the WWE when they ran the NFL which is John Cena, but other guy's the *Main Event* Wrestler's Edge & Randy Orton who are like the Tom Brady & Rodger's of WWE but think it them alone as a Team like how WWE promotes their brand & merchandise for you to go buy & see them Roman Vs Cena which is like Buccaneers versus the Chiefs, Brady versus Mahomes that's the Super Bowl Teams playing at the Super Bowl AkA WrestleMania or SummerSlam. Cuz of these Geeks 🤓 buying Tickets 🎟️ to WrestleMania, SummerSlam which in the 1980s to the entire 1990s & early mid 2000s the WWF had to work OT & bust their Ass to build great Storylines & matches all year long to make sure they gave you a reason to drive to the Arena to come see the Show Live or order it on PPV it was exciting TV every week Mean Gean every Saturday & Sunday morning on all those WWF Morning Shows which they need to bring back which I still can't believe with them starting their own *WWE Network* they did 💩 with that as far as 🆕 Live Show's 🎥 & they had more Shows & programs on TV in the 90s & 2000s on regular TV but you have these morons working on the Network. That thing would of been *Peacock* before Peacock as I've talked about this for years about the things they should do & bring back on the Network & be pretty much like Peacock but have also Live TV Stream all contracts & they make movie's 🎥 nobody ever heard or sees. I always said make your WWE Studio Movies 🎥 have Big releases to go to theaters and then you have movies of the week which you pick a day of the week or Weekends to Air a 🆕 Movie 🎥 every Week but make good quality movie's 🎥 & TV Series like Netflix, HBO Paramount, AMC I mean it don't take a genius Era But Bruce Prichard can lie all he wants that July INY was gonna lead to them having the biggest Match in the he Company & WWF or WCW as I know it cuz I can still remember everything about that 96 year run & HBK Shawn Michaels WWF Title Run which Vince ruined. Cuz if they left HBK alone & he was the cocky cool "HBK" of 1995 even when he turned Baby at first he still was 🆒 but HBK character is a heel & Shawn Michaels is one of the Greatest Heels ever in the Ring & on the 🎤 & he don't need nobody like the Rock writing his lines for him even to the point of writing his Promo on his hands & wrists. I still believe HBK should of Won the World Championship at WrestleMania 11 vs Diesel but yes the Boyhood dream story was grest & winning the Rumble back 2 back was great but it was murder having HBK coming down to the Ring every match & in interviews with a 60 year old guy it killed his whole look. It should of been just at WrestleMania & than what Sid did to take him out they should have had Diesel Ke in Nash at the next PPV which was a great match & shows you if WWF had signed Hall & Nash & Bret Hart didn't quit for Shawn Michaels entire title run cuz he wanted to see HBK fail period & HBK had guys to work with 1996 WWF would have done great Numbers. Funny how Bret Hart came back at Survivor Series the night HBK drops the title see what these nerds 🤓 who like to believe all the 💩 that comes out of Bret's mouth you don't get that HBK had No undercard to help him which is huge cuz everyone left. Bret as Champion had everyone from Hulk Hogan to Ric Flair, Mr Perfect, Yoko in his prime Macho Man HBK as IC Champ with Diesel,Razor, Lex Luger, LOD, Nasty Boys, Million dollar Man, Undertaker you want me to go on dude Bret Hart didn't Draw these guys did. When HBK Shawn Michaels finally got the belt Hall & Nash we're leaving right after Macho Man just left a year & a half ago right after Hulk Hogan & Ric Flair & right to that time Month's earlier Lex Luger left showed up on WCW Nitro live & Piper is gonna leave in a few months but Bret still doesn't come back. Stone Cold was just a opening match guy working up to mid card he was over a year plus from Winning the IC Title & the Rock was a bust debuted the night HBK dropped the title & none of these guys were anyone. The only guy that HBK had that was of name was Undertaker & they could never touch but he had him & Taker had nobody to work with. People except those who know wrestling deeper & not these morons who don't look at the whole picture. Well enjoy your hat read many learned a wrestling history lesson & Google talk it took me 2 minutes to speak this & however long for you to read it.

[@iTubeYourDadsMinge]

I agree with your first sentence and then I just got bored

[@dallasroy3003]

That's how I come back from anything, same warrior time. Same warrior place same warrior station. Own ❤ love

[@stevenramirezmistersmokes6379]

RIP ULTIMATE WARRIOR#1 BRUCE PRITCHARD#1 CONRAD THOMPSON#1

[@boodattigerbait]

It was too much but had it been 4 or 5 minutes then it would’ve made more sense. People don’t always want a 15 minute match with a guy who gimmick wise goes through people to get over. Looking at you AEW.

[@kassimparekh1639]

Idk why he doesn’t talk cash 💰 it’s so many years and a lot of the wrestlers from them are dead

[@mr-bradstar3786]

WWE all bout the money

[@chriswarfield7520]

Dammit Jim I'm a doctor not a bricklayer

[@VindictiveRaider]

Bruce Prichard is such a yes man and a liar Ed Conrad Thompson is a snake oil salesman. Lol

[@guywilliams6569]

Why is "talking cash" such a no no??? Is anyone surprised they make a lot of money???

[@nathanwanner..44]

A,squash match is never justified it is a business decision that negatively affects a good wrestlers career, hunter at thar point was a much better wrestler

[@travionhollins785]

Never accept Trip slander

[@jamesbyersmusic]

Warrior gave Triple H the best match he ever had!!

[@CaptainColdyron222]

Any member of the Kliq whining about backstage politics is hilarious.

[@junkscorpion7011]

The funniest match ive ever watched i mean Warrior didnt sell shit for Triple H

[@skippythealien9627]

Honestly, it's not like HHH's career got buried because of Warrior's no-sell. In fact if anything, HHH has buried far more careers than Warrior ever did. Bottom line. And I say this as someone who doesn't really hate HHH but the facts don't lie. Just look at the Reign of Terror

[@Matt-cr4vv]

I always have a hard time buying the HHH buried everybody narrative. Sure he politicked for himself like every major star did but the dude has the most WM losses of all time. During the Reign of Terror years (2002-05) he put over: Shawn, Goldberg, Benoit, and Batista. The Evolution storyline built Orton and Batista. When he came back he put over Flair. Put over Cena. Etc. He lost a lot more than people ever recognize.

[@skippythealien9627]

@@Matt-cr4vv HHH has put over many talents as you pointed out, but he buried a ton of guys during that time too

[@dary0097]

I remember this and he totally destroyed HHH xD

[@travionhollins785]

HHH > everybody

[@spheremode3271]

Everyone in the comments saying this was no big deal: you basically have no right to complain about anybody else politicking to get ahead and ruin a match ever again. This was horrible, and it was inconsiderate and childish. I have no idea why anyone would defend this stupid ego trip of a match.

[@iTubeYourDadsMinge]

It was one of the most well remembered names in the industry coming back to fight a mid-carder at Wrestlemania and said well remembered name was never known to be a great wrestler. What on earth would you actually have expected from this match to make it better?

[@burtonpierre417]

This was the Worst called Jim Helwig aka Warrior made!

[@giustinoscalise3177]

I remember being a kid and really wanting to love Warrior because of how i remembered him from a few years before but the whole angle stunk.

[@thomasanderson1295]

Brother Love always needs money...lol

[@eljermo]

The reign of terror was so much shittier than one squash match. Triple H was lame.

[@big_dro1713]

VERY unprofessional on the part of Warrior. Wasnt he concerned about HHH's career at all? What if he was cut shortly after?

[@Dizzy1980]

Oh whatever. HHH did FAR MORE damage to his own career with the Curtain Call, which was less than 2 months later. HHH ended up screwing himself out of the King of the Ring victory as well as being beaten by every opponent for the next year.

[@big_dro1713]

@Holy Never! I have every right to say it was unprofessional.

[@big_dro1713]

@@Dizzy1980 that does not give Warrior the right to change the finish of the match an hour before. Warriors lack o f professionalism is the reason nobody had anything nice to about him in his documentary.

[@big_dro1713]

@Holy would you be okay if HHH was the established star and he decided to squash warrior? Warrior was the most unprofessional athlete in the history of the sport

[@big_dro1713]

@Holy did you feel that was a superior response to actually addressing the points that I made?

[@jimfaust6342]

I could go longer than Warrior lmao even at my age and lack of physical condition lol ( I'm a couch potato)

[@nicholaseaster58]

HHH the jobber lol

[@rosspearman2808]

This show should be Bruce lies and don't answer shit