Overrated or Underrated - The Ultimate Warrior

This is my overall opinion on why, however.

Ultimate Warrior: The man was everything I truly believe the W.W.F. wanted him to be. They knew he didn't have wrestling talent, as they built him as a powerhouse. His promos were honestly, in my opinion, some of the best.. just because they were complete shit.

Its easy to think up a classic promo, about going out there & beating someone up, winning the match, taking the Championship, etc, etc.. but with Warrior, he used to ramble & ramble, about completely never-before-heard of shit. It was almost as if he wasn't human, the way he truly made you feel he believed it. (I still feel, to this day, he honestly DOES believe it)

His in-ring ability left something to greatly be desired, & the match against Hogan at Wrestlemania VI was shit. Sorry to say, but he's had so many more, better matches. His match against Savage at Wrestlemania VII was a lot better. His Summerslam 92 match against Savage was 20x better, & some of his matches against Rick Rude were awesome, especially the cage match. You work with what you have.. & putting Warrior out there, with another bigger sized athlete (in Hogan) & you aren't gonna get a scientific match-up, you're gonna get two guys, beating each other up with clubbing rights & body slams.

Now then, the downside of Ultimate Warrior.. (as shown by the W.W.E. produced DVD - so take it for what its worth)

Apparently the crazy bastard held Vince McMahon at gun point. Where is that acceptable? And furthermore, why would you WANT him to return to your company, let alone not have him arrested?!

The guy believed in his own hype so much, that he never wanted to work with Savage, complaining that Savage wasn't in his league. I personally think, when looking at both of them in today's light.. they could pass for relation.

Finally, Warrior thought he was he best thing ever, simply because he was built as is, at one point in time. I think that in itself is allowing any type of fame to go directly to your head. In my books, The Ultimate Warrior wasn't even on a top 10 of "best things" from back in the day.

He was all flash, little pop. The greatest part about him were the promos, & the entrance. After that, you can pretty much fast forward through any match, cause its the exact same thing.

SO, overall.. this is my final take.

I loved Ultimate Warrior as a kid, cause he was full of energy, & even as a kid I didn't have that much energy. But as a grown-up, knowing (what W.W.E. has told me) now, what I didn't know then.. I think the guy didn't deserve to be where he was, because he was a nut-job. All in all, I miss seeing him in wrestling, as I loved when he returned in 1996 & even in the W.C.W. era.. but he wasn't something I couldn't live without in wrestling.. like your H.B.K.'s or Edge's.

(Edit)

One more thing, for the record. I don't think its entirely fair to judge the man off of what a company says about him, cause clearly that DVD was produced to destroy any image people who still liked him, had of him.

It hurt Warrior more that he didn't attempt to defend himself, & even then that he tried suing W.W.E. & in court the judge almost threw his entire family out because of their name change to "The Warriors." (I mean, seriously?!) But overall.. the image I'll always remain with, is of him from the early 90's.. to 1996 & 1998. The DVD makes me KNOW of what has happened, apparently, but it doesn't make me hate the guy. Just makes me think he's more of what I thought he was originally.. a nut-job.

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