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54 minutes ago, Shy Dad said:

Confused how they'd have got enough for an episode of Road Warriors unless it's about Hawks addiction issues in the late 90s being played out on TV?

Hawk was a fucking maniac. In his WON obituary, there was a bit about how, in the 80s, it was a thing for bodybuilders to inject themself with rhesus monkey hormones, and that as a result, the second he woke up every morning, he wanted to murder somebody.

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1 hour ago, Astro Hollywood said:

The craziest bit of the story was when they introduced JR with a slow-mo shot of him in cool shades, like Mr. Cunt from Reservoir Dogs.

"COULD IT BE REAL? IT CANT BE REAL ... (normal voice) it was."

Absolute arsehole talking about a murder-suicide as if its Dude Love makings his return on Heat.

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If Dana Warrior ever stops being paid a salary by Vince I'd love to see an episode on the Ultimate Warrior Jim Hellwig. He is a fascinating character.

- the male prostitute rumours 

- competing in all the bodybuilding stuff, Mr Georgia

- coming out of the Monster Factory with Steve Borden 

- their runs in the territories as the Freedom Fighters and Blade Runners 

- the Watts fall out and split from Sting 

- the popularity of the Dingo Warrior gimmick in Texas (Tony Atlas says he was bigger than the Von Erichs even as a heel)

- the big move to WWF 

- the name change controversy from Dingo to Ultimate 

- the phenonman success over a short period and Mania win over Hogan

- the allegation of subsiquently holding up Vince for money and being fired 

- steroid drug bust with Davey Boy which lead to the 92 departure 

- Squash match with Helmsley at Mania 

- the failed comic book and "destrucity"

- fall out and legal action with Vince over the contract dispute and their use of his 'always believe' chatchprase

- his physical changes and rumours of death 

- his legal battles over the name "Ultimate Warrior" with Vince 

- his horse shit run in WCW 

- his right wing conservative speaking tour and beliefs - "queering doesn't make the world work" comment

- his on-line PPV match in Spain when he was way past his prime 

- his bitter legal battle over the "Self Distruction of the Ultimate Warrior" DVD

- detail behind the positive change in relations with Hunter and the WWE  

- Hall of Fame and Wrestlemania reconnection with talent after years 

- that final promo on Raw and untimely death 

Christ that would probably need to be trimmed a fair bit...

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the allegation of subsiquently holding up Vince for money and being fired

Supposedly, Vince didn’t deliver on the payoff that he promised Warrior from Wrestlemania VII, and Warrior then “held him up” for money that he was owed to him as Vince had promised him a particular amount. This being early 90s wrestling, whether you want to believe that or not is up to you, but it’s something that often gets overlooked or misconstrued into “Warrior made a demand for X amount of $ for no reason whatsoever other than he was being a bellend”

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