The Most Deranged Man In Pro Wrestling History

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[@joshthemediocre7824]

I know what you're going to say..but when you're 10 years old, you don't care about none of that. He was larger than life, that's all it was, he was aimed at a target audience, to us he was the man. The Ultimate Warrior

[@mikeabel7577]

Amen to that.

[@kidgrebo1]

I was 9 and didn't think Warrior was human.

[@catchcan221]

Ultimate Warrior was a total piece of garbage human being. Nobody in the wrestling business respected him. He was a joke, a total flash in the pan. All style, No substance . He made Hulk Hogan look like Dynamite Kid. I was a Warrior fan when I was 3-4 years old because I didn’t know any better. Luckily for me he was replaced with a true hero, man of integrity and one of the greatest wrestlers of all-time in Bret the Hitman Hart. I am so grateful that Bret was my childhood hero and not this piece of trash. When you find out your childhood hero is a scumbag = Ultimate Warrior When you find out your childhood hero was a genuinely good albeit flawed person = Bret Hart

[@metabaron6664]

As a kid Warrior was the best it was like watching HeMan as a wrestler. Too bad he was a piece of crap in real life

[@seangallagher1947]

@@catchcan221 warrior was better.

[@simonpenum]

I love Arsenio Hall’s reaction to the wrestling guys on his show. He genuinely seemed to love them 😆

[@EatTheMarxists]

I miss Arsenio Hall. He seems to be doing very little nowadays, and that’s his choice I’m sure, but I’d like to see his career make a resurgence. His roles with Eddie Murphy in ‘Coming To America’ were especially fantastic and absolutely hysterical.

[@approx4ft]

To be honest, his description of how to do a squat is pretty helpful lmao

[@jimfaust6342]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 true

[@Grumhead]

For the toilet yes

[@applejellypucci]

It really is XD

[@gamintrucker1016]

That's how you do a squat!

[@bigroy38]

His last speech on Raw was his own eulogy.

[@knowbody9679]

Creepy if you think about it.

[@bajorekjon]

It's very creepy. I wonder if he knew that he didn't have long. Like maybe a doctor told him you only have x years left to live

[@mynxalexandria7905]

@@bajorekjon he looked really sick on that episode of raw

[@_Xds_]

​@@bajorekjonit was literally days after

[@comeatmebr0o]

@@_Xds_he was dead by the morning after that segment. I though he unalived himself

[@phillyvoodoo]

Bret Hart is one if not the most stand-up, no gimmick, no nonsense , tell it like it is, real men in the industry...... If he ever said he was a P.O.S. I can't disagree

[@Xpunkpro]

I ❤❤ HIS GIMMICK . That is all. The Ultimate Warrior only cared about how much money he could make. He did NOT care about the business. He walked out on the WWF over money. Look it up it's a fact he no showed because he wanted more money. It explains the absence between the time he was on top and suddenly he disappears from TV.

[@zachary_attackery]

having no gimmick isn't a badge of honor when you're a pro wrestler

[@herzkine]

​@@Xpunkprowwf IS all about money, and brer hart walked either walked out or was let go for money... grow up..bizzzzzznesss

[@truvintage5800]

Yeah because he knew "the business" would chew him up amd spit him out when it came time so he played by his own set of rules. He was his own man and not a puppet to vince to any of "the boys". Yet he cared about other guys getting paid too when he had opportunities he made sure they did. He was still the dude that got over and every kid loved. All the other stuff isnt any of my business anyways. ​@@Xpunkpro

[@traciemarsh1611]

bret is one of the biggest idiots in wrestling

[@spiffy8576]

Warrior was one of the most over wrestlers ever. If you were a kid when he was in the WWF in the late 80s-early 90's it's almost guaranteed that he was one of your favorites. Incredible Energy and Intensity.

[@kevincastle649]

For sure.

[@chancock4222]

Incredible energy...for about 7 minutes. Then he was gassed.

[@blrolz3544]

I was one of those kids that hated him for that reason. My favorites were Macho Man, Rick Rude, Ted DiBiase and Honky Tonk. I found the heels more interesting and rooted against Ultimate Warrior, HH and Brutus the barber. Closest to baby face rooting I ever got was whenever Macho Man would do his random face turns.

[@xancypillosi9497]

Born 84. My fave

[@eddiemoore6962]

Born 81 and ultimate warrior was my favorite. I saw a documentary about him yesterday afternoon and I completely forgot how much I loved that man. I still ca believe he died... I was waiting for that amazing ending to his career but then they hit me with he died and I cried. Still can't believe it

[@TrinityMartin1]

In defense of Warrior's finishing moves, it was the same as the other big musclebound 80's guys. Hogan's finisher was a simple leg drop after a big boot, Randy's was a top rope elbow, Luger's was the torture rack...most of them were not flashy. But Warrior's press hold then drop got a HUGE pop from the crowd and was always super over, which is all that mattered.

[@Trihahalos]

That's an accurate observation.

[@HonkeyKongLive]

The LIFT was great, but I even forgot about the splash because that part was such a nothing.

[@achmeez]

An elbow to the face from 15 feet would be devastating.

[@scifiguy26]

Yeah the gorilla press and slam was awesome to me 💪

[@quercusquercus532]

@@achmeez Yeah, one of these things is not like the others. Neither Savage nor his finisher belong anywhere near this list. Tagging in: Hercules and the Full Nelson.

[@miesvaillanykyisyytta3252]

With his energy, promos and physique if I had to pick one guy to depict the spirit of 80's and early 90's wrestling I would pick him. He was flawless in his visuals and representation. The grit, the outrageousness, the no-nonsense move-set, the rock hard muscles, the face paint, the expressions etc.

[@RetroDethRay]

Other wrestlers hated him because they couldn't achieve what he did in 15 minutes that took them a lifetime

[@Thesoutherndandee]

@@RetroDethRayno they hated him because he was a dick and a back room Cancer.

[@daviddylan5153]

Bushwackers had better energy.

[@KMACKTIME]

Nah randy savage is that guy not warrior

[@jamesfinendale4898]

Can you imagine the ultimate warrior being your chiropractor. I think my back would be worse

[@johndawhale3197]

Chiropractor's are bad for you anyway...

[@mykoniichistorychannel]

@@johndawhale3197are they really?

[@JohnnyDouchbag-nr5yf]

60% of the time chiropractors work everytime!

[@theseeker7711]

Warrior held Vince up because he didn’t get his full payment from Mania 7,so the event he held him up at then got fired was Summerslam 91.

[@MrPiggy007]

Yeah I was confused because I remember on multiple occasions that Warrior was fired as soon as he stepped through the curtain at SummerSlam ‘91 not at Wrestlemania VII

[@rommyremus9650]

He did not hold vince up. Court documents show, he made his demands in July. Summer Slam is in August. Jim asked for more, Vince agreed to more, then he was fired. Vince reneged on the deal him and Jim made In July, then fired him over it.

[@John-mg7fb]

I was around 9 or 10 years old when the Warrior was at his peak in WWF bsck then. He was larger than life. That music and that entrance was amazing to me. His physique looked unreal, like a comic book character came to life. As a kid is was epic stuff.

[@LuciferTheDogKiller]

I’m a fan of cool gimmicks, not necessarily of the wrestlers that portray them. In other words I’m a fan of the ultimate warrior, not Jim Hellwig.

[@WrestlePod]

That’s a fair way of looking at it

[@Ruestar1]

This is the right opinion if you have it. IMO

[@HiNRGboy]

Hellwig lived the Warrior though, like that was all him

[@LuciferTheDogKiller]

@@HiNRGboy I’m sure it was all just an act.

[@sweetpetergeda]

Best put 🙄

[@ludotoyhunter8492]

It’s also extremely hard to hear the wrestlers say bad things about Sting. Like one of the most loved and respected and legendary wrestlers in wrestling and the other guys basically just trashed him when he was in the blade runners tag team. When you think about sting, you don’t think about anything negative and it’s hard to believe they trashed him THAT badly. That just shows how determined he was to be one of the best of all time. Now when you think about sting, you think about nothing but greatness and iconic moments in wrestling history like his one hour broadway match with Flair at the first clash of champions or his bungee line to the ring in the United Center to fight off Hogan and the nWo. Sting is a legend who is still putting in work to this very day.

[@zachary_attackery]

watch any interview with Vampiro

[@ludotoyhunter8492]

@@zachary_attackery who in all regards shouldn’t have ANYTHING to say as he was only a flash in the pan talent but that’s none of MY Business…

[@zachary_attackery]

@@ludotoyhunter8492 Vampiro is probably the biggest star in the history of Mexican Wrestling next to Mil Mascaras or El Santo

[@Snotzalotz]

Sting is and was one of the best in ring workers ever, not only that I don’t think anyone apart form maybe Taker comes close to his character development and patience when it comes to storytelling, doesn’t say a word for a year on tv and is still the most captivating wrestler in the world at the time then when he does speak it’s perfect .. “you have no guts…. And you.. you’re a dead man.” God Sting was incredible

[@crimsonmask3819]

Sting and Warrior are interesting as illustrations of two approaches to the business. They started together under Bill Watts, but when Watts tried to put them in line, Sting complied and Warrior said "fuck you" and hit the road to Dallas. Their careers continued on that same vector: Sting was humble and played by the rules, only rising in the industry slowly, never really becoming the top guy no matter how over he was. Warrior, though, was arguably more realistic: he knew that he had huge value, and probably also foresaw that he had a small window, so he always demanded the push and did things pretty much his own way. Had Warrior been wrong about his value, he wouldn't have gotten those concessions -- to the point that he almost never lost a match in WWF unless it was cage match (putting an asterisk by that loss). So, Warrior is headlining Wrestlemania against Hogan in WWF while Sting was still just an upper mid-carder at the smaller WCW. Warrior's career didn't last very long that way, but the main reason he was "hated" was not all the supposed character flaws, but simply because he did not believe in "paying dues" and other workers resented that he got the biggest push in the world.

[@RsiX_productions]

He was the best character ! Thumbs up everyone who became a bodybuilder because of ultimate warrior 👍

[@chrisswan907]

I stopped watching wrestling about 3 years ago but still love old school videos like this.

[@glitchsister]

You missed out on the year without Vince, once he goes for good it'll be safe to come back

[@WrestlePod]

Glad to have you here mate

[@WrestlePod]

I agree

[@rickyvandusen1744]

You missed the best time to watch in the last 10+ years. Acknowledge me!! Too bad they ruined it tho.

[@coltonwilkie241]

​@@glitchsister Vince is the GOAT.

[@ktapreswreckd921v9]

I was a (huge) Warrior fan as a kid and teen. But i think it's quite obvious that The Warrior had a couple of screws loose upstairs.

[@Abe9096]

The clip at 55:45 was directed at a football player's agent, who kept bugging Warrior to give the player extra attention as if he was above everybody else.

[@zachary_attackery]

Owen Hart, Warlord, Randy Savage, Papa Shango, Texas Tornado (the only non-family member to be a pallbearer at his funeral), Bad News Brown, DDP, Chris Jericho, Honky Tonk Man, Sheri Martel, Shawn Michaels, Steve Austin, CM Punk..these are all people that were friends with Warrior or said they had no problems with him and he was easy to get along with. Calling him the most hated man in pro wrestling is complete BS. You're gonna tell me he's more hated than Benoit who literally killed his own family?

[@Le1fur]

Greg Valentine too.

[@MiniLemmy]

Benoit was brain damaged and wasn’t in control when he did what he did - his actions were hated, not the man himself

[@MiniatureMasterClass]

He was a racist homophobic conservative piece of trash.

[@d___c____5604]

Are you serious? Jericho participated in the self destruction of the ultimate warrior. He 100% is one of the most disliked in the locker room ever.

[@d___c____5604]

Honky tonk man has buried him multiple times, Andre didn't like him, Rick rude, million dollar man, sgt slaughter, iron shiek, bobby Heenan, the list goes on of people that hated working with warrior.

[@hiimawasteoftime8678]

I remember an interview with multiple older wrestlers. Like Undertaker and so on. Talking about Warrior and Sting. While both very green. Sting worked his ass of, though, to become a great technical wrestler. Warrior was always arrogant. Always stiff. Undertaker said he was gassed when the match started. He mentioned that he had no condition after his energetic entrance.

[@johndawhale3197]

55:35 You're just straight up lying about him...if you've seen that video in full you'll know that he was angry at the football player's manager. He tried to get the player to jump the queue to get Warrior's autograph ahead of everyone else and Warrior wasn't having it.

[@briansickboy]

Yeah this whole videos a joke. And anyone who uses buzz words like "homophobic", "bigot", or "racist" automatically loses all credibility

[@zemox2534]

​@briansickboy Everyone makes mistakes, guys. Look, he is just sharing a video essay about Warrior. If you ungrateful jerks can't respect his opinions you do not have to watch it!

[@theangryholmesian4556]

​@@briansickboyAhh yes "buzz words" aka words that describe actual bad things that people do. That the Warrior did. I'm sorry your childhood hero turned out to be a bigot. I'm more sorry for the people he was bigoted against.

[@BlackslooklikeHarambe]

All warrior did was state facts and use his freedom of speech. But of course if it goes against the narrative everyone gets offended

[@TheWonkster]

​@@briansickboyhow's that independent content creation going, bud?

[@theseeker7711]

Why wouldn’t he make videos airing his issues with other wrestlers they have always been doing it to him?

[@Gibson1976uk]

I watched warrior as a young teen! He was like a superhero! beat the crap out of everyone! Over the top character!! Everyone loved it

[@WrestlePod]

I wish I could have been there! Would love to see him in his prime

[@davidworden4470]

Wtf I don't think he's the most hated I'm 50 years old and I can think of so many others Jim Hellwig was very generous especially when he quit in 92 him the warlord and about 20 mid and undercards were in Germany and the promotion didn't pay the mid and undercards when Hellwigg found out that him and the warlord held up the promotion for 300.000$ the promotion said there was no way they could come up with that amount of money that fast so him and the other guys left 3 hours later the promoter along with a few armed guards and a suitcase with 300.000$ Hellwigg and the warlord paid the guys and everyone got a huge bonus Hogan would have kept the money for himself

[@scottking5555]

Dispite every controversy.... The man gave his own eulogy...friggin legend. All future wrestling fans are going to hate him because of the controversies, the rest of us who actually grew up with him before we stopped watching wrestling , will remember him with fondness

[@jtwilliams8895]

Mike Tyson was a phenomenon. You wouldn’t buy pay per view to see Tyson go 9 rounds. You wanted to see him knock guys out in 36 seconds. Warrior came of age when Tyson was the champ. So this worked. It wouldn’t have a long run, but it was a snapshot in time

[@WrestlePod]

Great point

[@DougieNelson82]

Yawwwwwwwn........Tyson was in jail 4 rape ffs ....

[@interceptingfist5682]

​@@DougieNelson82 Alleged

[@MrUltimatemaniac100]

Say what yous want about him - I only judge him for my time being 10 -15 and for me he was the Ultimate Warrior - A super hero 😢

[@ch.kv.]

For me UW was a cross between He-Man and Conan the Barbarian, the best mix you could possibly want in a wrestler lol

[@socialmediademigod1496]

💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿

[@mykoniichistorychannel]

I wish I could be that naive.

[@Snotzalotz]

Now you’re a grown adult that has a mind of your own and can see the person he was and yet you still idolise him and call him a superhero? He was an insecure angry jealous small minded prick.

[@AnonymousC2218]

👎

[@Poet482]

36:23 Man, Hogan's disingenuousness nature makes my skin crawl. It's so frequent, too, that even if he is even theoretically telling the truth, he's the boy who cried wolf. He comes out after people he beefed with are no longer alive and claims to have been a saint. Again, I refuse to believe any of this when you look at the man as a whole. I'm certain that there's nuggets of truth in there, but they don't matter considering the source. His reputation of being a politician behind the scenes is very much warrented. A snake in the grass.

[@MidnightMike132]

“Other people that have said, you know, Warrior never respected the business, that he just wanted to get in, make a paycheck, get out. That was not true,” “Warrior came back through the curtain after his match with Hogan and completely broken down you know, emotionally. He was finally at the very pinnacle of the business that he worked so hard to get to.” - Shane McMahon

[@cutekanjii]

Yeah but that was tears for himself though nothing to do with the business itself or cause he got to the top of a business he loved and always aspired to get into & wanted to be champion of. It was just about him being a success in life by taking the title off the biggest star in the business known all over the world compared to where he was 5 years b4.

[@deepblue8143]

​@@cutekanjiiwrong.

[@cutekanjii]

@@deepblue8143 are you?

[@Vaga-Bard]

@@cutekanjiilisten I’m. It a child, I don’t use the kids lingo. But you just spit the most “cope” sh*t I’ve ever heard. How would you know anything you said? You don’t.

[@crimsonmask3819]

@@cutekanjii Probably. I knew Warrior briefly in the years after his wrestling life, and he was pretty candid about thinking that "love of the business" attitude was just a ploy for promoters to take advantage of workers, sort of like the "work ethic" that industries sold the working class to get more out of them.

[@guywilliams6569]

"Waaaaa... he wasn't skilled enough but made way more money than me and was WAY more famous"... EVERY WRESTLER other than Hogan/Flair...

[@Henry-y8b9q]

Looks like you are doing the crying waaaah😂😂😂

[@thedogtutor4998]

He had a huge fan base, the crowd went nuts for him

[@joesmith3075]

I absolutely loved his final promo the night before he died. those words are everlasting.

[@WrestlePod]

I agree totally

[@daveyboy8907]

I believe Vince spiked his food ..Pretty odd he died a day or 2 later.

[@mykoniichistorychannel]

Too bad he wasn’t.

[@tammybrown721]

​@@daveyboy8907wow you really think he did that?

[@Snotzalotz]

Good riddance to the bigot

[@ryansta]

I can totally understand where those who had put the ground work in, learnt the skills, taken the hard knocks were coming from in respect to the ring skills of Warrior. Same goes for those 2nd and 3rd generation grapplers who bleed grappling. Most if not all these would wrap him up and if wanted cripple him for the rest of his days. Can you imagine Andre putting up with his shit ? All that said though, when he hit the TV with the intensity, the music pounding and the run to the ring and manic tearing at each rope whilst bouncing around, as a kid it was awesome. Heck his entrances lasted longer than most his matches, but he was the one everybody mimicked and spoke about at school. As someone else said earlier, as a kid you don't appreciate the 'trade' or spot the pure skill of the true Pro's of the game. He also hit at a time when there was a hell of a lot of dead weight and older end that didn't appeal to an 80's kid, and the ones that could of been mighty were kept down by Hulk Hogan and his backstage shenanigans. Kids wouldn't see someone come in with such memorable impact, awesomeness and buzz about them instantly until dawn of The Undertaker. Getting back to The Ultimate Warrior, as time goes on a hell of a lot, if not all what he said about the WWF, the steroid use ( refusing to lie about his use and how it was the worst kept secret ) and the shade he threw at H.H in particular seems to be pretty much bang on target. Probably, the main reason he gets dumped on by the others now for telling those truths, along with him being smarter at branding , shifting merch and getting paid more of course.

[@Brando-Lee3725]

I loved him as a kid in the 80s ! But I still always preferred NWA and Memphis wrestling . Also WCCW and the like . I loved WWF too , but even when I was 9 or 10 I considered it a cartoon version of wrestling , but I still loved it anyways ! I just looked at WWF as a different thing . Well .... Hogan in 85 got me into wrestling but within a year I saw CWA (Memphis) and NWA with my grandparents every weekend and they told me the difference ! For years I believed wrestling was real except for WWF LOL !!!!

[@WarriorSmurf]

Hellwig's final in-ring speech wasn't his most understandable (there are plenty of them posted here on KZbin). That "bag of sh!t" comment about Bobby Heenan is interesting considering that he (according to Honky Tonk Man) made jokea about Harley Race wearing a colostomy bag (following an injury during a match with "Ho Kogan") when Bobby himself ended up having to wear one later in life.

[@henrygvidonas9573]

Heenan never had to wear a colostomy bag. Especially not at the time Hellwig wrote his disgusting diatribe.

[@AliHussain-fz7pd]

This guy occupied a rare space where he was not a heel but not exactly a babyface. He was a necessary component to the early 90s where it was a tough gig to be a leading light albeit an also ran in the shadow of Hulkamania. For those of us that found Hogan a little too commercial in our infancy(!) Warrior/Savage/Flair were huge stars. It’s a strange business because what goes on behind the scenes as interesting at what goes on in front of cameras. You don’t see other ex pros from other sports retain the same sort of bitterness and politics towards their fellow pros. I guess what makes it different is that it’s more of a cast set up than a sport. It’s clear though that for all of them the peak of their careers in the industry were the best years of their lives, so much so that the injustices/personal gripes remain contentious for so many decades later. The breed of wrestling fan must be distinct from the sports fan, it’s probably the sort of adoration that regular athletes just don’t receive, they can be admired for their skill but not heroised in the same way wrestlers are, but this only applies if you are a babyface, makes no sense if you are a heel. The only explanation that I can think of is that this is the only sport in the world where steroids, drugs & booze were part of the bonding process. The behaviouial impact on the lockeroom mustve been unique!

[@HiNRGboy]

Not my most hated lol, one of my all time favorites! He made pro wrestling fun as hell back in the day!

[@WrestlePod]

Good to see lots of different opinions on here about Warrior

[@mykoniichistorychannel]

Well you didn’t have to deal with him, did you?

[@DizzyDez613]

When this dude first came out in the 80s, running towards the ring while heavy metal music blasted, grabbing the ropes and going crazy…. Fuck that shit was exciting. What a showman.

[@chucheeness7817]

As a kid, I loved Warrior coz he was crazy and looked pretty cool. As an adult, I still loved Warrior coz he's like the wrestler equivalent of _The Room_ and if you want an extreme brain explosion, read his comic book.

[@ChaleeRenee]

Your video would be better if you announced who you are quoting before you quote them. I listen, but don't actually watch the screen while your videos are playing (because I listen while I crochet) and it gets confusing when you quote someone because I can't tell if it is your own commentary or if you are quoting someone. Your voice remains monotone so it all sounds like your opinion until halfway through the quote, and I realize you are quoting someone. Then I have to stop what I'm doing and look at the screen to see who you are quoting. Don't get too offended, it's just a little constructive criticism. For reference, at time stamp 26:34 you finish a quote by the Ultimate Warrior, then just one second later quote an unknown person who turns out to be Bret Hart. If I wasn't watching the screen like a hawk, I would've never known who was speaking. (And for the record, I wasn't watching the screen at all, I was crocheting, but the transition sounded so weird I had to rewind and find out what was going on),

[@B-Roc]

While a lot of wrestlers don't like this guy they still talk about him so may not be the most hated. He has his fans. The one no one wants to talk about is Chris Benoit, you can't even say he was a good wrestler without get hate for it.

[@WrestlePod]

I have a video on Benoit too if you’d be interested!

[@stacyjohnson3683]

Chris Benoit was a great pro wrestler period. As far as Benoits crimes and all that well that speaks for itself don't it.

[@Truename586]

@Heini Grudziadz conspiracy theorists

[@B-Roc]

I would like to hear what makes you believe that, I have not heard that. From what I heard Kevin Sullivan gave Chris his push in WCW after Chris hooked up with his wife. From my understanding Chris had suffered so many concussions that his brain was like an 80 year old with dementia. He wouldn't have been in his right mind and would have thought what he was doing was right. But you have to be open to all information that is available.

[@therealmaskedheel]

@Heini Grudziadz I lived next door to them and you're lying.

[@FiveNumberJonny]

There were/are people in wrestling that have done WORSE

[@WrestlePod]

Absolutely

[@mykoniichistorychannel]

But few match the level of hero worship as he and Hogan to be vile pieces of shit.

[@michaelmendoza6557]

So there's a hierarchy? Is it drugs, then fraud, then racism and abuse, then rape and sexual assault, then murder, then pedophilia and incest, in that order? Inquiring without needing to name names, we all know the names that apply to which category......

[@jonbourgoin182]

31:40 is it just me or is Hogan proposing a heel turn here? interesting considering we know how difficult it would later be to get Hogan to commit to turning heel via nWo.

[@vxrdrummer]

He said he wanted to become Triple H Hollywood Hulk Hogan and turn at the end of the WM6 match. I think there is a Stone Cold Podcast with Hulk where he talks about it.

[@natwolf687]

Just more Hogan bullshit. He had movies coming out, no way he wanted to turn heel.

[@yaimcjsdad]

He was one of the greats but after going down a rabbit hole of who he’s was in real life. All I have to say is RIPiss!

[@charlesfcopeland9756]

I was a fan of the Warrior. His over the top energy and power ment he was a dominant force. Yes, there were rumors about his real personality, but at that time, few and seemed like little more than jealousy by lesser wrestlers. Now, the truth has begun to be apparent. His ego was his biggest challenger. One he lost to until his passing.

[@LionPanthor]

I was a fan of the warrior. At a time of many legends he stood out. I've never been a fan of Hogan, but I can't take away what he did for the wrestling industry. Same with the warrior. Like him or not, he's a legend for a reason.

[@machohogan]

The Gorilla Press, Big Splash was awesome. I’d take over half of what we have today.

[@bb-gc2tx]

what was the problem with warrior looking out for himself and trying to make as much money as possible? those wrestlers in the 1980s were a totally different breed of man than today they were tougher and would stab their own mother in the back to make more money. so good for jim for looking out for himself

[@davviewavvie7962]

Sounds like a piece of shit to me

[@Dr.Meth666]

Exactly he played macmahons game against MacMahon .in a business where the use you ,chew you up and spit you out like nothing he was right in doin what he did .it's called hardball

[@TJSpyke]

You have no morals or ethics if you are trying to defend that racist homophobic bigot

[@mercster]

Thanks for the videos... I'm not even a wrestling fan (well, was when I was very young), but I enjoy entertaining, well researched videos about any interesting subject. I really enjoyed your series on the Hulkster, as I watched wrestling during the height of Hulkamania in the 80s. Really good work! I do have one feedback. When reading direct quotes, you tend to paraphrase sometimes, skip words, change words. For instance, when reading the quote he gave about the dingo, he said they resembled "the fox dog of England." You read this simply as "fox." The fox dog is a colloquial term for some dog breeds that resemble foxes, mostly spitz breeds (Shiba Inu, Icelandic sheepdog, etc.) I've noticed a few other times where you actually change the meaning of the quote. I know it's not all that big of a deal, but I was just letting you know, in case you want to be more precise in the future. Cheers.

[@cathaldowdall7467]

The apology thing to kid I think was 91 or 92 . Not in 1996

[@TheSilverEagle]

Your title is not true cause I've always hated Hogan & Flair more than I disliked Warrior.

[@theseeker7711]

The one part you should have added is when Hogan said he would have turned on Warrior he would become Triple H Hollywood Hulk Hogan,he said this.

[@mr.benchpress1633]

The Ultimate Warrior was completely hated by every wrest because he wouldn't cooperate

[@jasoncoward-aintscared]

I find it unfair when people compare Goldberg to Warrior. Goldberg was catapulted from training to instant domination. Yes, he needed shorter match lengths, but his move set looked incredible. That mthrfckr did a backflip to dodge a spinning leg kick. If you really want to hate Goldberg, do it because it's his fault every other wrestler after him did a God forsaken spear.

[@nbaldwin45]

Juxtapose all those homophobic remarks with the rumours that Warrior did some gigolo work for gay men during his youth. I heard about those way back in 1992, long before I knew what the Wrestling Observer was.

[@A-Man79]

The Ultimate Warrior may have been limited in the ring but he could certainly get a reaction out of people...... Can anyone say the same thing about today's vanilla midget indie wrestlers who believe that trying not to break your own neck while performing reckless aerial moves is the best way to get a weak reaction?!....

[@cathaldowdall7467]

How long is this????

[@WrestlePod]

1 hour and 10 mins

[@daniellehinton463]

Ultimate Warrior/Jim Hellwig was a very complicated individual. I understand the argument about renaming the Warrior Award. I believe that if it's going to be renamed , then name it after JTG tag partner Shad since he lost his life while saving his son's life

[@cidiose]

Not really, he was just a despicable person alltogether haha.

[@Frip36]

"The young man remained humble." You just make up things to say or what? 5:05

[@joeancona2784]

While the Warrior was an ICON, he died way too soon 😢😢. RIP One thing I always noted he never seem to acknowledge the fans.I noticed he would not even touch hands.Despite ,all ,he was larger than life!!

[@MiniLemmy]

Like Brock Lesnar, he was never a people person

[@TheVampirePredator]

You forgot when he used his father's death to no show a bunch of events. The same father Hellwig called "a low life son of a bitch" and refused to help pay for the funeral.

[@Withmypups247]

Love your videos brother!

[@WrestlePod]

Thanks mate glad you are here!

[@ApothecaryGrant]

Dudes family die before sixty from heart disease and he used steroids which causes cardiomegaly . He knew he was not gonna be a senior citizen and was hellbent on getting a lot out of life because of it .

[@MichieHoward]

To defend Hellwig (from whaat I read and heard), Vince agreed to the 500k and 5% gate with Hellwig. Vince reneged the night before Summerslam. Jim had every right to hold Vince to their contract even if he had to threaten him. Either way Vince wins by claiming that Hellwig held the show for ransom and breached him for not being professional suspended him without further pay. Vince always wins.

[@rickyvandusen1744]

No there wasnt a contract. Warrior demanded an extra 500k or he would no show summerslam. Warrior is the one who went against a contract not vince. Paying an extra 500k and losing a top draw is winning? Also warrior was paid the rest of his contract to sit home. Got things pretty backwards!!

[@onewarriornation602]

​@@rickyvandusen1744 The only one that has things backwards is you. Warrior didn't "hold Vince up for $500K." Warrior threatened to walk out and quit if Vince didn't pay him the money Vince owed him for WrestleMania 7.

[@DruBlood85]

Vince did a lot of shady business back then

[@mykoniichistorychannel]

@@DruBlood85 Not much has changed 30-40 years later.

[@FeiLong82]

@@rickyvandusen1744 Vince was and is Shady bro. Just have to accept it man

[@deanjustdean7818]

If Jim Hellwig had just stayed in character as The Ultimate Warrior throughout his life, we would have much fonder memories of him. Can you imagine him telling a high school senior class that the way to win at life is to jump out of an airplane at 20,000 feet and shave your nethers with a lawnmower on your way down? I can.

[@WrestlePod]

I’d like this version of reality much more!

[@theseeker7711]

The Beefcake thing isn’t true according to the words that came from Honky Tonk himself who said Beefcake was never scheduled to get the belt off him and that the Warrior winning was in the plans way in advanced.

[@lustforkicks7392]

You are referring to the thing about Warrior throwing a tantrum to get his way with the Intercontinental title? I could see that being just a false rumor. For some odd reason, Vince McMahon was never willing to let Ed Leslie hold any titles! He choreographed three alleged opportunities for him to win the Intercontinental belt, but with failure. The first time was when he booked the match with him against The Honky Tonk Man at Wrestlemania IV, but he choreographed the match for Beefcake to win by disqualification so he wouldn't get the title. The second time was the Summerslam 88 event, where Beefcake allegedly was to wrestle The Honky Tonk Man in a rematch for the Intercontinental belt, but all of a sudden Vince chose to choreograph a match from Prime Time Wrestling the previous weekend for Beefcake to get attacked by Outlaw Ron Bass who bloodied him with a spur, so by kayfabe, he would not be given an opportunity for the belt. The third time was when Beefcake allegedly was supposed to challenge Curt Hennig for the Intercontinental belt at Summerslam 90, but once again, Vince made up an excuse for Brutus Beefcake being thrown to the side due to an alleged injury from a parasailing accident. I found out later, that was all completely untrue. Beefcake never got injured by a para-sailer! Vince bribed Ed Leslie to go overseas to Japan to wrestle for about two and a half years, where he paid him a nice amount of money in advance. Then he brought him back into the World Wrestling Federation in early 1993 with a ridiculous story about Ed getting hit in the face by the knees of some girl who was para-sailing. It was all just a fictional story! I don't understand why Vince was never willing to allow Brutus Beefcake to hold the Intercontinental belt at least one time! ~Dutch

[@melissamissingchriscornell2513]

As a kid in the 80's, I speak when I say The Ultimate Warrior was the most LOVED & an a Ultimate Legend. Please change title. Far from most hated. Warrior running to the ring SummerSlam 88' was pure magic for us 10 yr olds. It was like he was a comic book hero that came to life. Dude was a BEAST. Also, Warrior was relevant & in the WWF & WWE late 80's-early-mid 90's, NOT the 2010's. I call those women harrasments bullshit. Warrior was long gone by then

[@ronc166]

The good ol’ days. Nothing today can compare to the late 80’s & early 90’s. It was an Ultimate time with the Ultimate Warrior.

[@jamesoblivion]

I have a strong hunch as to how Helwig came up with the name The Ultimate Warrior. It's established that he was a comic book fan...and he was of course (pre-Dingo Warrior) in a tag team with Sting called the Blade Runners, clearly inspired by the 1982 film. In the Marvel Comics adaptation of Blade Runner, Roy Batty is introduced to the reader, in big bold letters, as *"THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR!"* A coincidence? Very possibly. But I think it not terribly unlikely that Helwig read that comic at some point, and the moniker stuck in his mind. Dingo Warrior, by his own telling, was someone else tagging something silly onto 'Warrior' without much thought. When he had a chance to rebrand at WWF, he may have recalled that phrase from the Blade Runner comic.

[@WrestlePod]

You make some interesting points

[@SRC267]

I thought Vince came up with the UW name

[@alexanderdavison7784]

I think "the most hated man in pro wrestling" would be a title more fitting for Hulk Hogan or Shawn Michaels

[@MiniLemmy]

Or JBL - a real life bully!

[@TJSpyke]

Maybe in the past for Shawn, but then he turned his life around. Pretty much everyone respects him. Hogan has some issues, but he is still mostly respected. Warrior was a racist, homophobic, vile human being who was hated by everyone who interacted with him and more and more fans are seeing that too. He had no redeeming qualities

[@wolfman210]

@@TJSpyke I'd say the difference is Hogan apologized for the racist shit he said Warrior never did.

[@dannyaraya8017]

"the most hated ma..." me: vince mcmahon!

[@robertcolson2233]

Like all the kids back then I liked the Ultimate Warrior, but even as a child I thought the splash on the guy's back SUCKED!

[@brianandchewiegohiking]

He was everything to me ,waiting every week hoping to get a glimpse on superstars of wrestling no matter who he faced ,hearing that music with him running out ,there was nothing more electrifying to this day !!you felt the energy

[@mantelmann13]

To me as a kid, he was the greatest wrestler that ever lived.

[@coolikep617]

Idc what anyone says, when I saw the warrior fight live, mind you there were other big stars there, Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, Hogan and Macho Man, Roddy Piper, Undertaker, Yokozuna, but when warrior’s music came on, the place erupted, it was electric in there, the Boston Garden was as loud as when Celtics in the Finals, it was an awesome time to be a kid and have the wwf! Can we go back to that time?😅

[@dontgetmarried]

People forget that WWE is entertainment and sports television- he was perfect to capture attention and charismatic enough to capitalize on that attention. Technical wrestlers cant compete due to the nature of the business

[@akeemjames2409]

Ultimate Warrior is one of the most distinguishable wrestlers of the late 80s into the 90s. Despite a lackluster moveset and the personality only a fellow narcissist could admire, the man helped to propel the industry. Bill Goldberg was essentially booked the same way, but inproved gradually. Entertainment is the name of the game, and the Warrior delivered even though he wasn't a locker-room favorite.

[@ryfreedman]

Your videos are well put together and are keeping me watching.

[@WrestlePod]

Thank you! Glad you’re watching

[@markwrenn5965]

Haha watching the Nitro era with Warrior right now. 😅

[@byronwatkins4368]

Long live Reliving The War!!!

[@markwrenn5965]

@@byronwatkins4368 we're all living in the RTW timeline now! Haha

[@WrestlePod]

Hey Mark so nice to see you still supporting!

[@markwrenn5965]

@@WrestlePod I've always got love for you Matt Pod!

[@hardtruth8217]

Warrior spoke the truth!

[@theangryholmesian4556]

As a gay woman...what truth is that? Go on. I'll wait.

[@jessegotti5424]

@theangryholmesian4556 Every word out of his mouth. Do your ears work as poorly as your eyes? Cleary cant see what genitalia you were born with, nor hear what he clearly said.

[@BlackslooklikeHarambe]

He spoke facts about those disgusting alphabet creatures

[@omegamitch]

A true legend and he still my favourite, he was hated because no one has got a fast rising career like him. I believe that piece of s***t of Hogan was hated more than him.

[@cheesejuhn248]

Definitely not. Warrior was definitely more hated.

[@FigFinder78]

He's not the most hated, that's a stretch,.,lol

[@niterida380]

Why would his wife and kids last name be “Warrior” when Warrior is his stage name? 😂

[@Choom89]

I dunno if you can really call the warrior this when pat patterson existed.

[@WrestlePod]

Good point

[@hansjuker8296]

Warriors music works so well because the the emphasis is on the first beat. BAM-bam bam bam

[@TheS2K4LIFE]

I was a huge fan as a kid. It’s really sad he died so young. But for all the horrible things he said it’s in really poor taste that WWE has an award in his name that stands for courage. It’s not like a heel making a baby face turn. It’s all on camera the things he said. What’s worse is that wwe is all about anti bullying

[@WrestlePod]

Really well said, thanks for your imput

[@Snotzalotz]

WWE is a bunch of hypocrites that only have the anti bullying campaigns to gain good publicity, the higher ups at the WWE have abused women, bullied wrestlers even in some cases so severe that they’ve taken their own lives.. hurried peoples careers if they do one thing wrong in a match which could end their dream of becoming a pro wrestler, the WWE is a disgrace of a company that I’ll never support anymore, unlike most of these Warrior fans that grew up watching him and because of nostalgia can’t handle anyone criticising him, I’ve research and read some of the horrendous things that company have done to people over the decades and it’s just a disgrace of a company that I used to adore growing up.

[@megamouthspike1930]

Ultimate Warrior is not the most hated person in pro wrestling history. That's a wild exaggeration. Wrestlers like: Scott Steiner, JBL, Buff Bagwell, Honky Tonk Man, Tully Blanchard, Bob Holly, Randy Orton, and Terry Taylor are all arguably as hated or more hated than Ultimate Warrior ever was. It's just that Warrior pissed off more people as a World champion than any of these other guys on the list did, and Warrior's push inflated his ego. Warrior definitely had problems socializing with most of the other guys in the locker room, but a number of wrestlers say they enjoyed working with Warrior. They include: Randy Savage, Sherri Martel, Kerry Von Erich, Al Perez, Warlord, Orlando Jordan, Kamala, Marty Jannetty, Brooklyn Brawler, and Papa Shango. For that many people to say that Warrior was a decent guy to work with, bumps him down on the list of the most despised wrestlers in history. Warrior might be among the Top 10 most disliked wrestlers of his era, but he's far from being the most detested wrestler in history. There are just too many other guys ahead of him in that category, including ones that are not mentioned here.

[@WrestlePod]

This is just part one of a series titled: Pro Wrestlings Most Hated

[@StJimmy89]

I think he dealt with a lot of issues over the years. But in his later years and after hearing from other legends who were at his hall of fame induction, I think he genuinely got better and changed. Maybe it was becoming a father that did it.

[@HonkeyKongLive]

In his later years he turned into a hateful bigot. Never forget that he said "queering don't make the world go round" at a speech.

[@StJimmy89]

@@HonkeyKongLive People can change.

[@rallyrobx7604]

​@@StJimmy89 people can change, Warrior did not. He is my all time.e favorite wrestler. Jim Helwig is a rightwing nut job though.

[@StJimmy89]

@@rallyrobx7604 Sounds like you need to get of your self righteous high horse. He was clearly suffering from mental health issues.

[@jamie.777]

​@@rallyrobx7604 Jim a drug addict that hated gays and blacks. So happy Jim's body is rotting

[@batmanofsanantonio5331]

So the Warrior is literally telling these idiots not to let anyone guide them or tell them what to do or ask for advice. And he actually charges people to give this advice. So basically he’s saying pay me, but don’t listen to anything I say because I’m full of crap.

[@WrestlePod]

I wish I had included this full paragraph in my video 😂

[@jakeseifried6819]

The Dingo is Australia's largest apex land mammal. It's not just a dog. It serves an important role in their ecosystem.

[@theseeker7711]

Honky Tonk also said the fast match was his idea.He wasn’t angry about it.He said it made since for it to happen that way to him.

[@Whewchilee]

I’m so glad you mentioned Hogan hogging the limelight after his defeat. I’ve always hated HH😂

[@BlackslooklikeHarambe]

I never could stand that Walrus Face either

[@jasonv2323]

I am not sure what they are talking about when speaking about warriors views on homosexuality! Many of us have those same views!

[@PlatinumRoseLady]

I have never seen a crowd go from "Oh WOW" to "Oh no" as I did the night Warrior debuted on "WCW Monday Nitro". I remember watching him and thinking "What in the heck is he TALKING about?!"

[@coryfice1881]

Him ghosting a dying kid is scumbag behavior.

[@vanyadolly]

Yeah, that's just about the most monstrous thing I've ever heard. Very hard to respect a man like that even without all the other shit.

[@jakublulek3261]

Hulk Hogan would exploit the kid instead.

[@BlackslooklikeHarambe]

I don’t blame him. That would have been annoying to deal with and pretend to care

[@fr0stone800]

The warriors way of life sounds an awfully lot like LiverKings ancestral tenets...I guess they're basically the same character in different timelines 😊

[@MrTurbografx16]

Talking shit about the guy is irrelevant He was Still over then almost anyone And light years better then the circus show today We need a guy like warrior today

[@guywilliams6569]

Look at the comments Bobby Heenan made about HIM!?!?!?!

[@brocklanders3616]

Exactly! Basically everyone in the business shit on Warrior, so it looked like everyone else was a saint in comparison. Warrior was low on the scale of bad people in WWE. Guys like Hogan, The click, and many others caused far more damage to others careers during their tenure. Warriors worst mistakes were pretty much all verbal, he never commited an actual crime.

[@davec.3129]

One of my favorite wrestling channels! 😎👍

[@WrestlePod]

Glad you found me!

[@stephenking8505]

What Brutus said about warrior threatening to leave if honky didn't drop the belt to him isn't true. It was always the plan for honky to lose to warrior. Honky and Bruce Pritchard both verified it. Brutus is just sticking up for his brother Hogan. Honest question. Does queering make the world work? I completely agree with his views on politics it's just the world we live in today is scared to death of the truth and tries to destroy anyone who dares speak it. I certainly don't agree with some of the personal attacks on people he did though. Or the level of hatred he showed for certain people.

[@zoltanz288]

and lets not forget to mention just how much queers are abusing peoples tolerance and acceptance.

[@MiniLemmy]

This comment will probably get deleted, but NO, queering doesn’t make the world work! Homosexuality is a lifestyle choice made by people born of heterosexual sex

[@TJSpyke]

You agreeing with his homophobic comments mean you are a horrible person too, and your opinion means nothing

[@coltonwilkie241]

Gay men don't make the world go round because they're incapable of creating life. Lesbians can because women can make life if they choose to do so, but even then, lesbians can't make life and thus make the world go round without the help of a man so he was spitting facts. Being queer doesn't make the world go round. There's nothing wrong with that, but it's the truth and people need to accept that.

[@Michele_78]

I just wanted to say how much I'm enjoying finding your channel! The amount of research and information you put into your work is much appreciated!