The Ultimate Warrior has died

[JWLJN]

I think a lot of the Warrior hatred was Vince's fault.

To an extent, especially since the first DVD came out. But a lot of it was also the overwhelming wrestling mindset that came about for a variety of reasons in the mid '90s--"Oh my God, he couldn't wrestle, his 'workrate' was terrible!" The myth of "workrate" cracks me up to this day.

-J\/\/

[Mikey]

I think a lot of the Warrior hatred was Vince's fault.

[Random Axe]

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.

[JWLJN]

I'm still in shock. Although I learned late Tuesday night, Wednesday was just so surreal with the top two CNN website stories hitting so close to home (the school stabbing rampage was in my town.) He's the topic of my blog this week (link in sig), as I just couldn't imagine writing about anything else wrestling related.

Always Believe...

-J\/\/

[timmy]

Hard to accept the loss of the Ultimate Warrior. I grew up watching him on TV.
For years I felt "cheated" that he didn't complete some of his "storylines".
I quit watching when he was gone, and I grew up.

Then after a decade, one of my best friends works for WWE, and as an adult that friend gets me sucked back in.
And I have even been lucky enough to work on some WWE toy projects over the years,
But always wondered about that could have been with the Warrior character.

After seeing Warrior at Hall of Fame and Raw, I felt he had completed his story. After 18 years I was satisfied.

Vince McMahon himself couldn't have scripted the final chapter for Warrior any better than God just did.
Through the HOF speech, he got to make peace with all before he left. And show his family how much he cared.

http://nypost.com/2014/04/09/why-the-ultimate-warrior-mattered-to-a-generation/

[Sideshow Spock]

Yahoo (or any portal) could run a story about girl scout cookies or rescuing a puppy, and the comments would still be full of venom and hate. It's meaningless.

[jwyblejr]

Yeah,some people can be such idiots. They were saying he couldn't be that smart if the only job he could get was a wrestler. Then of course you have the regular dipsticks saying it happened because he's a 'roidhead.

[toys2cool]

Doesn't surprise me if people are talking crap.. He was hated by a lot.. But if Vince, hogan and sheik can be nice and say something cool why can't these fools show a little respect

[osker55]

Yeah it looked like sonething was wrong on raw he was awesome didnt get to see him wrestle cuz he was before my time but my older brother was a big fan of him

[ShadowAvenger]

I haven't been this bummed since the Lovely Elizabeth died.

Same here :(

Ultimate Warrior was one of my favorite wrestlers. RIP James Hellwig.

[jwyblejr]

Can't believe all of the scuzzballs posting about him on Yahoo. A man has just passed away. You'd think they would try to have some class.

[johnmiic]

This was just this past Monday...a couple of days ago...

That was quite a good speech. It was like watching a retired super hero speak.

[TEXASFETT]

He was one of the best and one of a kind!!!! The energy that he would bring running down with one of the coolest beats!!! I was so excited that he had gotten inducted and finally reunited with the federation it's was just perfect..... My seven yr old was amazed by warrior from the WWE ALLSTARS game that I picked from mania 27 in Atlanta,and from lots of old footage. This years Mania was a roller coaster ride even with warrior passing just twisted my stomach and **** shed some tears!! You grow up as a kid wanting to be like him doing his gestures or moves or watching him electrify the crowd before the rock .... There was something wrong on Monday no doubt but his goodbye was closure and is in a better place to parts unknown!!! To one of the good guys you will be missed and loved by many...... RIP brother!!!

[toys2cool]

In hind sight maybe he knew and this was his way of making Peace and saying Good Bye.
RIP WARRIOR!!!

it's starting to look like that was the case

[Mr Mego]

OMG.... Can't believe this!! So sorry to heard all about him, R.I.P......... I'm huge fan of him like Damien...