Jim Ross shoots on The Ultimate Warrior no showing house shows in 1996 

It does. Remember that this is wwe’s side of the story.

He wasnt a wrestling fan, he only cared about the money. Hey hes not the only one.

Drugs

@@shane49734 I did a column on Warrior for an old wrestling website called lordsofpain.net. The jist was to weed through all the bs on both sides and get to the root of what really happened. I originally updated Warrior’s wiki page from Arizona court transcripts to show that the “Summerslam hold up” was a fallacy made up by the WWE. I did think Warrior had a really good case. But reading court transcripts, Warrior’s attorney was completely outmatched. Vince’s attorney, Jerry McDevitt made mince meat out of Warrior’s case. With all of that said, Warrior was a pain in the ass to deal with. Warrior always did things on his time and did things his way. And sometimes, hed get riled about processes he didn’t understand. For example, a guy was filming a documentary on his life, Warrior demanded to be included on the details of the distribution. But there was no distribution and the guy who filmed was still trying to find a distributor. No matter how the guy broke it down for Warrior, Warrior didn’t seem to grasp it. Warrior ended up threatening legal action and the project fell apart. Warrior also did things like have the guy fly out to do interviews and Warrior would no show. Huge Warrior fan growing up. But id never want to do business with him outside of a one time appointment nce.

The only person he ever worked well with was Gary Hart in WCCW (Dallas) and that was because Gary Hart was 100% dedicated to him as a real-world manager. None of the other promotions he worked for had anything good to say about him. It was a combination of his lack of skill, his ego, his selfishness and his greed. He was only really every successful when the WWE was smashing him over every top heel in the company including Andre. 1) He was not an athlete, he wasn't interested in getting better and (looks aside) he was in horrible physical condition. He was an unhealthy guy who lived an unhealthy lifestyle. If anyone watches his last ever match, you can see how unhealthy he was and the long-term consequences of his abuse of his body. 2) The only way he was successful was by having his opponents carry him to good matches. But rather than understanding that he only looked good in the ring because other guys were being paid extra to make him look good, he was convinced it was his own greatness. 3) He was an awful guy in most respects. The kind of guy who would laugh at someone with a terminal disease or make a statement in public that dying was the best thing a certain person had ever done for their children. 4) In the ring, the bodies of his co-workers meant nothing to him. There is the famous bobby heenan story. Heenan, with a legit neck injury, goes to warrior before a match and asks him not to clothesline him. He works out alternative spots with warrior. They get to the match and Warrior blindside clotheslines him on the apron. He never explained himself. He never apologized. He never checked on Heenan after. Thats just the kind of guy he was. 5) He lived by a personal code of total selfishness. He was quite open about having no sympathy for anyone. And yet he would go himself fishing for sympathy among the public or his fans which made him a hypocrit.

"beating the ushers" An exaggeration 30 years in the making

I worked as an usher at that show. I was pistol-whipped by a 13-year-old boy in Warrior paint who then press-slammed me into a row of seats at ringside.

UnPlugged Gaming No Warrior is the kid who gets punished for doing things that other kids get away with scott free

“Hough Kogan!”

David Gorilla I think JR is more of the prick than Warrior. Why does he keep feeling the need to bash Warrior ??? This video was a re upload from last year

@Farglior F-Type liking a person doesn't mean you agree/like all of his opinion or antic. JR likes Bill Watts because he was his mentor and a friend. But he didn't agree on his antics in WCW when he wanted to fire Bischoff just because he wants to do it. Or pissing in a plant in a middle of a meeting just because.

@@christiansoldier77 JR being a prick is because now he can be honest of everything he has bottled up. So few people did like Warrior in the business because of being a diva and a prick. I do disagree on JR of Owen Hart being only because he was friends with everybody. That's something only Owen and Warrior know, and both of them are no longer with us. Imo Ultimate Warrior didn't fit in the Wrestling business as a person, but had the attributes to make it big. There are many people in different sports that have the same things as Warrior.

@@HayWire90 Plenty of people said they didnt have a problem with Warrior . This idea everyone hated him is just petty people hating on him

I think it's telling that even the people "defending" Warrior aren't really defending him, just attacking the messenger. He was a great attraction, probably one of the best of all time, but he wasn't a good person.

I'm sure Vince McMahon had issues with it if Scott Hall no-showed events without clearing it with him first, Mr. Stonebraker. He might've implemented fines on him of he was unofficially absent from these shows

JR must have really hated Warrior. I've never heard him come at someone with this kind of venom. Especially a guy who's not around anymore.

@@seanwilliams7655 JC is more critical of him than JR

@@michaelvaughn8864 yeah, but JC is critical of everybody.

@@seanwilliams7655 More or less so, you're right there, Mr. Williams, with a handful of exceptions like the late Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan and a small number of talent

@@seanwilliams7655 But, many of his interviews are critically based, sir

Wasnt he?

Facts are facts - Sid was more reliable. The proof is there.

It's debatable guys lol

Oh my God i think it is!

@@AnnoyedAlways2 It's Conrad. LOL

It’s Conrad and JR LOL.

Haha

The policy for that sort of thing is usually to have time off for the funeral. Anything beyond that has to be negotiated with the company. There were multiple issues here: 1) Depending on whose version, warrior did or did not give notice that he was missing the shows. If he disappeared without notice, thats usually outside the bereavement policy. 2) Just before the no-shows happened, Warrior had blown up about the WWE using "always believe" in its marketing. Relations and history between the two sides were such that it was possible for the WWE management to think that warrior's no-shows were more a strike about the marketing thing than about his father. And generally corporate beveavement policies and negotiations about that sort of thing tend to get more complicated if the employee is having disputes with the company. And the situation with Roman Reigns was negotiated.

It likely hinges on did he notify them ahead of time about it, or did he skip the shows and then use it as an excuse?

If you listen to the STWW vid, Prichard said the issue was him ignoring their phone calls and then saying he was “grieving” after the fact

He had no contact with his late pop from the time he was 12 years old up till the point of his passing away in '96, Mr. Geer. Warrior was 37 at the time, consequently, that's a quarter of a century. He simply got into a pissy mood and didn't want to make his house show dates as he'd been previously committed to contractually speaking, sir. He was in breach, which is grounds for dismissal. It never had any relevancy to his father

But people do deserve to be held to the same standard that they hold others to. Warrior didn't care about anyone. He publically laughed at the death of Heath Ledger and said that him killing himself was the best thing he could have done for his children. He laughed the public annoucement of Bobby Heenan's eventual fatal illness. And he did both those things after his fathers death. If he were an employer and an employee asked for time off in the same way he did, he was the kind of guy that would have said "no". Its just the kind of guy he was.

Sad thing is, Mr. Keefe, Warrior himself said he hadn't either seen him or had any basic correspondence with him from the time he was 12 years old to the point of 25 years later when he did pass on, sir. Warrior was 37 by then

He used his death as an excuse not to make his house shows' appearances. He was stiffing the company that'd employed him once again, sir

@@michaelvaughn8864 Good. Fuck the WWE. Warrior refused to allow himself to get screwed. One of the few wrestlers who didn't need the WWE and knew his worth.

Dude...yrs of hearing about it....he was an asshole...he treated staff and the boys like he was above them. Fuck him

@@craigmcfadden6538 Maybe. My point is more that It's easy to knock a man when he's not around to defend himself.

@@LoneWolf-bd5sn wwe did a dvd bashing him while he was alive

@@chozahfearless7524 And? lol

@@LoneWolf-bd5sn And he had a chance to defend himself. They didn't wait until he died to attack him.

That was a great house show, btw. We also saw Booker T bodyslam the Big Show that night.

You need to edit your comment because it makes zero sense

@@danielsepulveda6601 you need to do the best to mind your business

That doesn't mean he needs several days off to "mourn" his father.

WWE were scared AEW would sign her

Should have just let the bitch go. Sasha is good, and she is entertaining. She also sells ZERO additional tickets. NOBODY buys a ticket or tunes in just to see her perform. She is just a part of the show, not THE show.

Sasha is an asshole too

@@thomass789 Nobody buys a ticket to see anyone in WWE today.

@@MattAlbie Fair enough, and also all the more reason NOT to let any one person play the company like that. To your point, would the WWE be any worse off today if they would have told Sasha to kick rocks when she pulled that crap? They could have slid Bianca Belair in her slot and been drawing the same ratings they are today, and would have set the example that they would not let superstars throw tantrums and get their way.

For a while, they had Kerry von Erich play him whenever Hellwig no-showed. With the face paint and everything, it was enough to fool small children. (And their Moms didn't want to spoil their excitement.)

You understand this better than than the WWF ever did.

@@KHLB516 Incorrect. He missed June 28, 29, and 30, and his father died on June 30th. He appeared at all his bookings prior to this. This is a matter of record, not opinion.

Dude Warrior was a complete asshole. I know he was your childhood hero but be real here

@@toogifted6491 See that's how you guys assume ,he was far from my childhood hero. I bet you never met the guy ,you are going by what you have heard other wrestlers say. Hogan for example also said bad things about warrior, well I have seen various examples of Hogan being an a###. Even Cornette isn't perfect

@@Mr-cr5xg believe me man I’ve always tried to give Warrior the benefit of the doubt with the things I’ve heard about him over the years but goddamn when every single guy who met him and worked with him from Psycho Sid to Bret Hart on down have said nothing but bad things you gotta wonder is everyone lying or was he really not too pleasant of a guy. With Hogan whenever I’ve seen him he’s never come off as a bad guy he’s just made more money than any wrestler ever so with that comes a lot of jealousy and bitterness from other guys who were lower on the card. Not too say he was a saint but I’ve heard guys say once they actuallly met Hulk for the most part he was really cool and chill

@@toogifted6491 Maybe warrior was eccentric and misunderstood? I still haven't heard anybody say exactly why he was a bad person. That's all I wanna know. Well other wrestlers have said bad things about Sid and Bret too,its the wrestling world.

@@Mr-cr5xg he just came off as extremely selfish and only cared about himself to point where he was known for being stiff and hurting other guys in the ring. Him hurting other guys was a result of him not being properly trained and ready but he never gave a shit and never tried to get better in the ring to protect the boys. It was all about him. He refused to take guys finishers. He refused to meet a dying make a wish kid waiting outside the locker room to meet him the list goes on and on

Most Wrestlers of the past are....

@@sese6227 WWE made it clear they were "sports entertainment" and not "wrasslin." Warrior fit that mold perfectly.

He was so much of a draw they had to take the title off of him due to a dramatic drop and decrease. Practically begged Hogan to come back and carry the company. One of the only times you can clearly see Vince and the WWF admitting they made a mistake. He wasn’t able to run with the ball plain and simple. If he was he would of.

The current WWE roster draws around 400 million dollars a year in TV money. The warrior never drew anything like that. He was the top attraction for maybe one year in the WWE and he drew so badly that they took the title off him. They never gave him another chance as their top attraction.

@@Ijustinsultedyou he drew more chasing the belt . He drew well in short time period. Warrior is guy in small doses he not meant to be face company. Squash matched get old after while plus he always has to be carried . His gimmick is not relatable enough to carry the company.

Shawn knew how stroke Vinces ego on top of being charismatic and an excellent wrestler he was never going to be fired

The wwe was just going in a different direction "atitude era" fans were'nt really into cartoon characters anymore plus warrior couldint really wrestle and didint want to learn anything he didint think he had too

Ironically Warrior was fired By Watts

Warrior did wrestle kane and undertaker

@@HhhHhhh-nu4lmThe Undertaker in House Show/ live events only

@@arrisbaldwin6498 they foguht in Saturday night right

@@arrisbaldwin6498 warrior best matches are one that involve hogan undertaker macho man rude and Mr perfect

Austin and Rock had bigger pops

I'm sure what you wrote would've broke Helwigs heart. He was a homophobe and a racist? Hmm.. I think I like James Helwig.

He was racist? Hmm.. I think I like this James Helwig.