He was 54.

He just got inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame this past Saturday night and appeared at WrestleMania and Monday Night Raw in New Orleans the last two nights. As a young kid, the Warrior and Sting were my two favorite wrestlers, mainly because of the colors and energy they brought to the ring. Fortunately, I was able to be in the Superdome and Smoothie King Center to see the Ultimate Warrior in person, and got a couple videos of him talking and his entrance.

Just thought I'd pass along to any "old school" wrestling fans.

Huge part of my childhood. El Paso was a big enough market to get monthly live events but we got the 'B' show usually headlined by the IC Champion. I got to see The Ultimate Warrior a ton of times. In fact, I have an old WWE program where he hadn't been rebranded yet and was still the Dingo Warrior. Great, great entertainer. Sad news.

RIP, Warrior

As a former employee of WWE, I had an opportunity to go to New Orleans over the weekend and be apart of WrestleMania but I chose not to and regret it even more now. I noticed on Raw that he did not look good at all and I honestly thought he was going to collapse on tv. I never had a chance to meet him personally but he is apart of my childhood and it does hurt. Thoughts are with his family at this time. Very shocking news.

Just one day after he appears on WWE Monday Night Raw he passes away. I couldn't believe it when I first heard it. I saw him live many years ago when the WWE came to El Paso. R.I.P. Ultimate Warrior.

"Steroids kill." Sorry to hear though, he was a great entertainer.

I saw him & Sting as the Bladerunners when I was a kid. He was probably the largest musclebound guy I have ever seen.

My kids are into wrestling now so we ordered wwe network & watched 'mania. He did not look in good health & looked similar to a friend of mine who passed from a heart attack.

(04-09-2014 09:39 AM)eagleriffic Wrote:  I saw him & Sting as the Bladerunners when I was a kid. He was probably the largest musclebound guy I have ever seen.

My kids are into wrestling now so we ordered wwe network & watched 'mania. He did not look in good health & looked similar to a friend of mine who passed from a heart attack.

Me too. Sting elbowed me in the head after i spit on the fantastics... Good times as a 12 year old.


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I remember him coming to rescue Hulk Hogan in a match one time. Both of them are legends.

SMTTT

Larry Fedora is the REAL ultimate warrior!

(04-08-2014 11:51 PM)southernmiss4ever Wrote:  He was 54.

He just got inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame this past Saturday night and appeared at WrestleMania and Monday Night Raw in New Orleans the last two nights. As a young kid, the Warrior and Sting were my two favorite wrestlers, mainly because of the colors and energy they brought to the ring. Fortunately, I was able to be in the Superdome and Smoothie King Center to see the Ultimate Warrior in person, and got a couple videos of him talking and his entrance.

Just thought I'd pass along to any "old school" wrestling fans.

That match with him and Hulk Hogan was one of the 10 greatest pro wrestling matches of all time! The man electrified crowds every single time he sprinted to the ring, the crowd noise was deafening for his matches...I watched his long overdue induction into the HOF and reveled in his acceptance speech, of which some observation noted on Facebook and Twitter that he was speaking a lot of himself in past tense, as if he was expecting to leave us...Pro wrestling fans all over the world are in a complete state of shock, between what happened with the Undertaker at Wrestlemania 30 and this news about the death of the Ultimate Warrior after one of the most triumphant moments of his life and career, it has just been a lot of digest in the few days of these occurrences...I am hoping like hell that this coming Monday night on Raw, they give the man his ceremonial and well deserved "10 Bells", pro wrestling's equivalent of a 21-Gun salute for a fallen soldier...

I also loved his build-ups or monologues...You didn't know what the hell was gonna say from one day to the next, the fact that a lot of his rants to many, made no (bleeping) sense at all, it was vintage Ultimate Warrior. It was a part of who he was, and that's part of what made him so adored by pro wrestling fans all over the world.

Anyone remember this interview?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrX9Ca7LSyQ

I recall watching that segment when it first aired and thinking, "this guy just lost a match, is pissed, and John Stossel is going where he shouldn't." I was right, of course, when he got ***** slapped not once, but twice.

Yeah, wrestling a show, but that doesn't mean those guys aren't big, strong, and generally of a foul mood.

Does anyone here have a recent photo of him?

(04-09-2014 10:45 PM)Afflicted Wrote:  Does anyone here have a recent photo of him?

(04-08-2014 11:55 PM)mistabinks Wrote:  Huge part of my childhood. El Paso was a big enough market to get monthly live events but we got the 'B' show usually headlined by the IC Champion. I got to see The Ultimate Warrior a ton of times. In fact, I have an old WWE program where he hadn't been rebranded yet and was still the Dingo Warrior. Great, great entertainer. Sad news.

Same here, big part of growing up. He was perhaps, the biggest, baddest, wrestler in wrestling's golden age in the 80's. Always had a sense of mystery about him, which added to his persona.
His website & personal musings were pretty intense too. The man was full throttle in everything he did.
Thanks for the memories Ultimate Warrior.

NYP: Why he mattered to a generation.
http://nypost.com/2014/04/09/why-the-ult...eneration/

(04-09-2014 11:01 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  

(04-09-2014 10:45 PM)Afflicted Wrote:  Does anyone here have a recent photo of him?

Nice one!