The Ultimate Warrior has died

[Bruce Banner]

Anybody read the thank you to the fans his wife has posted?

Yeah, that's a heartfelt thank you to the fans and the WWE. And she asks that instead of fans making donations or sending flowers to the family, that they make donations to wounded veterans and their families.
The spirit of the Warrior lives on.

[jwyblejr]

Anybody read the thank you to the fans his wife has posted?

[toys2cool]

anytime you use steroids like these guys did in their prime...it's gonna come back to bite you in the ***..Even if his heart attack had nothing to do it with , eventually something would've

He did have a family history of it though

[kerowack]

Steroids were involved if you factor many years of use. I'm not saying they were the sole factor (could have family history), but they didn't help. I have seen too many friends die young because of steroids...including a heart attack victim at 29.

[Hector]

...........................

[jwyblejr]

Word has it he died of a heart attack. Steroids weren't involved.

[kerowack]

What's sad about that picture is, except for a couple , drugs all played a role in shortening life. I always have a hard time with that.

[madmarva]

That Hellwig and Borden video was from Memphis when Jerry Lawler ran the territory. So many of the wrestlers who would later make it big had stops in Memphis to get some seasoning. Memphis always had great promos and feuds. Not a lot of technical "wrestling" but we call it rasslin' anyway. In the early 1980s, the Saturday Morning Wrestling Show, which promoted the Monday night matches, was the No. 1 rated show in Memphis. It drew a bigger audience in the city and surrounding area than Dallas in its hey days.

[Mego Superboy Prime]

You're welcome...

[Figuremod73]

I grew up a big fan of wrestling (was more into Nwa/wcw) in the mid to late '80s and a casual fan all thru the '90s. Knowing what those guys often go thru to become big names has sorta turned me off to it.

[megomania]

Check this very early footage of James Hellwig and Steve Borden...both better known today as the Ultimate Warrior and Sting...

Wow...Hellwig was even bigger back then!

The Blade Runners...well, the Blade Runners later in WCCW

[Mego Superboy Prime]

This is a commercial many of you might not know about. Here is the Dingo Warrior from WCCW selling cars...had charisma from the very start.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fE0ZESNF7dE

[Hector]

Check this very early footage of James Hellwig and Steve Borden...both better known today as the Ultimate Warrior and Sting...

Wow...Hellwig was even bigger back then!

[megomania]

Was shocked to hear this after watching his live HOF speech on Saturday. RIP. The dude was always intense whether on or off the juice...I'm sure he put a huge strain on his ticker.

-Chris

[megomania]

I've been watching a bunch of his crazyass promos he cut on youtube and just laughing. There has NEVER been another superstar like him and there never will be. For whatever he lacked in ring skills he made up for exponentially in his sheer ability to entertain and excite. Before the Rock was the most electrifying man, Jim Helwig was pumping up his audiences far more and far better. I haven't watched wrestling in a very, very long time but am an old-school fan. I consider his surprise entrance at Wrestlemania 8 to be the single greatest moment I have ever witnessed in a ring. It's total goosebumps. Here's one of his best promos. I dare you not to laugh.

He did cut some great promos that were probably 100% affected by the juice. Even better though are his shoot videos he recorded on his YouTube channel where he basically crapped on Hogan over and over. He didn't care if anyone in the business liked him or not.

P.S. He hadn't gone by his birth name of Jim Hellwig since 1993 - he legally changed his name to just Warrior.