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THE SPIRIT OF THE WARRIOR

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WILL LIVE FOREVER.

THEY SAY LIFE IS A DRESS

REHEARSAL.

I GOT TO BECOME A CHARACTER AND

TO REHEARSE WHAT I WANT MY LIFE

TO BE.

AND PEOPLE LOOK UP TO YOU AND

LARGER THAN LIFE.

THERE'S A RESPONSIBILITY THAT

COMES WITH THAT.

IF YOU GET TO DO THAT, GET THAT

OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT, THEN YOU

SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO OUT IN THE

REAL WORLD AND HANDLE A SIMPLE

THING LIKE LIFE.

YOU KNOW I HAVE A LOT OF EMOTION

ABOUT COMING BACK AND, ENI THINK

THERE'S A GREAT STORY TO TELL

HERE THAT'S REAL AND IT'S GOT

ALL KINDS OF HIGHS AND LOWS AND

GOOD, BAD, AND UGLY.

I MEAN THROUGHOUT THE YEARS I

NEVER THOUGHT TO MYSELF THAT

EVENTUALLY IT WILL HAPPEN.

THAT IT WILL COME COME TOGETHER

WHERE I END UP GOING BACK.

HERE HE COMES.

HE'S LIKE A RUNAWAY LOCOMOTIVE

WITH ITS HORN.

NO ONE, NOBODY ENTERS A RING

LIKE THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR.

ONE OF THE ALL-TIME ICONS

HERE IN THE WORLD WRESTLING

ENTERTAINMENT.

SLIM JIMS.

EVERYTHING ABOUT ME IS LARGER

THAN LIFE.

THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR IS ONE

OF THE BIGGEST SUPERSTARS

THERE'S EVER BEEN IN THE WWE.

I WAS A HUGE FAN, AND LOOKING

BACK ON IT NOW, HE WAS PERFECT

TO CATCH ANYONE'S EYE FROM A

SEASONED FAN TO A YOUNG CHILD

LIKE MYSELF WHEN I BEGAN SEEING

HIM, IT WAS JUST, WHOA.

HE LOOKED LIKE AN ACTION

FIGURE, AND HE LOOKED LIKE

SOMETHING OUT OF THE COMIC

BOOKS.

SO MUCH ENERGY IT WAS

INFECTIOUS.

THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR WAS

PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST

INTENSE, PASSIONATE CHARACTERS

THAT THERE HAS EVER BEEN IN THE

WWE.

I'D SAY HE'S PROBABLY THE MOST

INTENSE, PASSIONATE MAN THAT

THERE'S EVER BEEN, EVER IN

EXISTENCE.

HE WAS NOT SHY ABOUT SHARING

HIS OPINION.

DIDN'T MATTER WHAT THE TOPIC

WAS, YOU KNOW.

HE LIVED BY A CODE AND A

MORAL STANCE, DIDN'T CARE IF

ANYBODY LIKED IT, DIDN'T LIKE

IT, JUST WAS WHAT IT WAS.

THIS FOR ME PARTICULARLY I

SAY THIS GET IT ACROSS TO

EVERYBODY, THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR

TO ME IS LIKE MICKEY MOUSE IS TO

WALT DISNEY.

WARRIOR HIMSELF TOOK SO MUCH

PRIDE IN HIS ULTIMATE WARRIOR

CHARACTER, HE PUT HEART, SOUL,

LIVER, AND LUNGS, EVERYTHING.

BUILT A BRAND, USE THE

GRAPHICS THAT SUPPORT THE BRAND

THAT WE'RE THROWING OUT IN THE

MARKETPLACE GOING FORWARD WITH

ACROSS PRODUCTS, PAYROLL TO HARD

GOODS.

YOU'RE SUCH AN ICONIC BRAND

YOURSELF, COLORS, POSES, THE

ARTWORK, THE PICTURES, PEOPLE

ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

ITS BEEN SO INCREDIBLE, MAN,

I MEAN, THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR

CHARACTER ALLOWED ME TO COME TO

LIFE.

NOT ONLY DID I GET IN THE

BUSINESS WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE A

MATCH, I GOT OUT OF BUSINESS

WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE A LIFE.

AND TO BE ME.

YOU MY STORY IS I WAS

STUDYING TO BE A CHIROPRACTOR

AND I WAS LIVING IN ATLANTA,

GEORGIA, AND I WAS ALSO A

COMPETING BODY BUILDING.

I REALLY WANTED TO BE A

PROFESSIONAL BODY BUILDER.

HAD A FEW FRIENDS AT THE CRICK

TICK SCHOOL, WE SPENT MORE TIME

AT THE GYM THAN AT SCHOOL.

WRESTLING WAS BIG DOWN THERE

WITH FLAIR AND DUSTY RHODES AND

ROAD WARRIORS AND THE OTHER

GUYS.

MY IMPRESSION WAS THAT THEY WERE

DOING PRETTY GOOD.

PEOPLE ON TV MUST MAKE A LOT OF

MONEY.

AND I WAS, TOWARD THE END OF MY

SCHOOLING AND I KNEW I WANTED TO

CONTINUE WITH BODY BUILDING, I

WON MR. GEORGIA IN 1984, TOOK A

TRIP TO CALIFORNIA AND ONE OF

THE OWNERS OF THE GOLD'S GYM, ED

CONNORS SAID LOOK THERE'S A GUY

THAT'S PUTTING TOGETHER A

WRESTING THING, WOULD YOU BE

INTERESTED?

ED ONE DAY CAME INTO THIS GYM

AND HE WANTED MANY TOE LET THIS

BIG DUDE COME IN AND TRAIN.

HE HAD A FREAKY PHYSIQUE, AND

WHEN HE WALKED THROUGH THE ROOM

OR THROUGH THE GYM OR ANYWHERE

ELSE, PEOPLE WENT, WHOA.

I WENT TO CALIFORNIA, STEVE

BORDEN, STING, HE WAS ONE OF

THE FOUR BEING TRAINED.

RICK BASSMAN CAME IN WITH THE

GROUP, THAT'S WHEN IT ALL

STARTED REALLY.

WE WERE SO POSITIVE ABOUT

THINGS, WE TOOK PICTURES, PUT

TOGETHER A FLIER AND SEND IT

AROUND.

WE SENT OUT PRESS KITS, IT

WAS THREE DAYS LATER WE GOT A

LETTER FROM JERRY JARRETT.

HIS SOUTHERN HE WAS CALLED.

HE SAID YEAH, I HAVE FOUR GUYS,

BUT HE SAYS HE CAN ONLY USE TWO.

I WANT THE TWO GUYS TO THE FAR

LEFT.

THERE WAS ONLY ONE LIKE THAT,

THAT WAS JIM HELLWIG AND ME.

SAID PERFECT.

HERE WAS TWO REALLY

IMPRESSIVE-LOOKING YOUNG MEN,

THEY WERE GREEN AS GRASS.

I BECAME THEIR MANAGER

BECAUSE THEY NEEDED HELP.

SO WHEN THEY WENT TO THE RING,

THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY

ACTUALLY KIND OF COACHING THEM.

ONE THING ABOUT WARRIOR, HE

WANTED TO DOD IT, HE HAD THE

PASSION, HE HAD THE DESIRE AND

HE HAD THE BODY.

ENDED UP THAT BILL WATTS HAD

CALLED AND WANTED TO KNOW IF WE

WERE INTERESTED GOING DOWN TO

MIDSOUTH WRESTLING AT THE TIME.

THE BLADE RUNNERS.

ME AND STEVE AS A TAG TEAM,

WE EXPERIMENTED WITH MASCARA AND

STUFF LIKE THAT, FLAT TOP AS ONE

OF THE BLADE RUNNERS AND THE EYE

THING, PAINTED THE LIPS

BUREAUCRATIC.

WHEN THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR WAS

ROCK OF THE BLADE RUNNERS, I

TRULY BELIEVE HE HAD A VISION

FOR HIS FUTURE.

THING ABOUT WARRIOR, HE WAS

STRONG, STRONG WILL AND HE

WANTED TO DO THINGS HIS WAY ON

HIS TERMS.

ME AND STEVE HAD DIFFERENT

PERSONALITIES.

STEVE WANTED TO BE TOLD WHAT TO

DO.

HE DIDN'T TO WANT THINK FOR

HIMSELF, I WAS MUCH MORE THINKER

FOR MYSELF.

I THINK HE JUST WANTED TO

KIND GOLF OFF ON HIS OWN, AND

ENDED UP HE WAS PROBABLY RIGHT.

AND THAT ULTIMATELY LED TO

THE END, AND I ENDED UP TAKING

OFF, AND THAT'S WHEN I WENT TO

WORLD CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP

WRESTLING, VON ERICH TERRITORY.

GARY HART PRESENTS HIS NEWEST

MEMBER OF THE HART ARSENAL, FROM

QUEENS, NEW YORK, WEIGHING AN

EXCESS OF 260 POUNDS, THE DINGO

WARRIOR.

I SHOWED UP AT TEXAS, THEY

TRIED, YOU KNOW, MAKE HE A HEEL,

BUT I HAD AN ALL-AMERICAN LOOK,

HAIR GREW UP OUT, THE FANS MADE

THE DINGO WARRIOR A FAN

FAVORITE, NO OTHER CHOICE.

WHEN I FIRST CAME TO WORLD

CLASS, IT WAS UNFAMILIAR TO ME,

IT WASN'T MY WORLD, BUT NOW

WORLD CLASS IS MY WORLD.

YOU KNOW YOU GET OVER IN TEXAS,

YOU GET OVER.

THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THE

PEOPLE DOWN THERE.

THEY LOVE THE VON ERICHS, WCCW,

I WENT TO THE RING AND THEY JUST

WENT CRAZY.

HE'S COME OUT OF IT.

LISTEN TO THE CROWD, WHILED

UP OVER THE DINGO MAN.

DINGO GROWL, CAN YOU GO GRR?

GRR.

ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN GEORGE SCOTT CAME

IN.

HE WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL GUYS

THAT WORKED WITH VINCE IN

PUTTING WRESTLEMANIAS TOGETHER.

AND AN OLD GUY THAT WORKED IN

THE OFFICE, SWEETHEART OF A GUY,

BRONCO, HE SAID I HEARD GEORGE

SCOTT ON A FIGHT, HE WAS TALKING

UP THE OFFICE IN NEW YORK.

I WASN'T A DUMB GUY, I WAS SMART

ENOUGH TO FIGURE OUT THAT VINCE

McMAHON WAS GOING A CERTAIN

DIRECTION WITH SPORTS

ENTERTAINMENT, WHEN I WENT TO

WWE, THE WHOLE IDEA WAS WAS THAT

THIS WAS, I GOT TO MAKE THIS

TURN INTO SOMETHING, IF IT

DOESN'T, I DON'T WANT TO BE A

GUY WHO WORKS ON THE CARD EVERY

NIGHT.

INSTEAD OF RESTING OVER THE

YEARS TOO, ALL THE CHARACTERS,

THE LARGER THAN LIFE CHARACTERS

BACK FROM THE W, WELL, WHEN IT

WAS WW LETTER AFTER E, THAT TIME

PERIOD, WHEN VINCE STANDS IN THE

RING FACE TO FACE WITH THE

DIFFERENT TALENTS AND ALL THOSE

DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES FROM

THEN, HE'S LARGER THAN THEM NOW.

IT'S REALLY, IT'S COOL TO SEE.

SO.

HE'S QUITE THE INSPIRATION FOR

ME.

IN MY LIFE.

HE HAS BEEN.

EVEN THOUGH WE FOUGHT SO MANY

TIMES OVER SO MANY THINGS.

HE IS SMARTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE

IN THE WHOLE WORLD.

GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN, THEY CAME

UP AND SAID YOU'RE GOING ON TV

TONIGHT.

WEIGHING IN AT 271 POUNDS,

THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR.

ULTIMATE WARRIOR MAKING HIS

DEBUT HERE ON WRESTLING

CHALLENGE, LOOK AT THAT BODY.

HE HAS THE ARMS TIED OFF SO

HIS VEINS ARE BULGING, HE'S IN

GREAT SHAPE, HE HAS A FULL HEAD

OF HAIR, AND MAKE-UP ON WHICH IS

A DREAM TO ALL THE KIDS, YOU

KNOW, TO SEE SOME CRAZY WARRIOR

PINT PAINTED UP.

ALL OF IT, IT JUST FIT THAT

TIME FRAME SO PERFECTLY.

BIG SPLASH, GIBBS' IS OUT OF

IT.

IS THIS GUY IMPRESSIVE?

THE ANSWER, YES.

AND THAT'S THOUSAND ALL

STARTED.

AND IT JUST TOOK OFF FROM THERE.

THE MUSIC, THE DUM, DUM, DUM.

THERE HE GOES FULL SPEED

AHEAD.

GOT PEOPLE UP OUT OF THEIR

SEATS.

THIS PLACE IS GOING BANANAS.

FACE PAINT WHICH WAS ALWAYS

COLORFUL.

IT WAS SO UNIQUE AND SO

AMPED.

YOU SEE HIS TASSELS FLYING

EVERYWHERE AND SHAKES THE ROPES.

HE WAS JUST ON FIRE ALL THE

TIME, YOU COULDN'T HELP BUT BE

INSPIRED BILL HIS ENERGY.

THIS GUY DOESN'T HAVE TO GET

PUMPED UP, HE'S PUMPED UP ALL

THE TIME.

INTERVIEWS THAT NOBODY COULD

UNDERSTAND.

THE WILDNESS OF THIS ULTIMATE

WARRIOR IS GOING TO EAT YOU

ALIVE.

THERE WILL ONLY BE A SECOND MY

LIFE.

I WAS LIKE GOD HE'S INSANE,

THIS GUY'S CRAZY.

WHAT KID DOESN'T WANT TO BE

THAT?

IT'S EVERY TEN-YEAR-OLD BOY'S

FANTASY WORLD COME TO LIFE.

WHEN I STARTED SHAPE SHAKING

THE ROPES, THERE WOULD BE

VETERANS BACK BEHIND THE

CURTAINS PULLED ME ASIDE, HEY

KID, DON'T DO THAT.

YOU LOOK LIKE AN IDIOT MAN, YOU

WON'T BE AROUND VERY LONG.

THEY KNEW THAT I WAS GOING TO

MAKE IT, BUT TRYING TO SWERVE

ME.

I'D SAY YES, SIR, YES, SIR, I

UNDERSTAND, I GO BACK OUT THERE

THE NEXT NIGHT, DO IT, I HEAR

THE PEOPLE.

AND THE ONLY GUY WHO NEVER

PULLED ME ASIDE WAS VINCE.

HE SAID THAT ALL I NEED.

THAT'S ALL I NEED TO KNOW.

HERE COMES THIS GUY WHO LOOKS

LIKE STRAIGHT OUT OF A COMIC

BOOK, UNBELIEVABLE ENERGY AND

BEATS GUYS REALLY FAST.

THAT JUST MADE HIM CONNECT WITH

THE PEOPLE SO WELL.

WHEN WARRIOR CAME ON THE

SCENE AND STARTED RUNNING

THROUGH PEOPLE, YOU KNEW THAT HE

WAS GOING TO BE LEGITIMATE.

WELCOME TO MADISON SQUARE

GARDEN, SITE OF SPORTS

ENTERTAINMENT GREATEST EVENTS OF

ALL TIME.

HERE WE ARE IN THE SITE FOR THE

WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT'S

SUMMER SLAM '88.

A REALLY FUN THING FOR ME AS

A FAN WAS SEEING THE HONKY TONK

MAN WHO HAD BEEN FOR OVER A YEAR

THE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPION

AND GOING ON AND BRAGGING AND HE

HEARED THE MUSIC OF THE ULTIMATE

WARRIOR OUT OF NOWHERE.

WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A MINUTE.

SOMEBODY'S MUSIC.

IT'S THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR.

ONE MAN, OH LOOK AT HIM

ATTACK.

THIS PLACE HAS GONE BANANAS.

PEOPLE WERE GETTING BEHIND

THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR CHARACTER,

AND IT WAS THE RIGHT TIME FOR IT

TO HAPPEN.

IT WAS A GREAT THING TO BE ABLE

TO GO OUT THERE AND DO IT.

I THINK HE HIT A COUPLE

CLOTHESLINE AND A SPLASH AND IT

WAS OVER.

THAT'S IT.

HISTORY HAS BEEN MADE HERE.

OH MY GOODNESS.

PEOPLE POPPED, THEY WENT

CRAZY, AND THAT NIGHT WALKED OUT

OF THE BUILDING AND ALL FOLLOWED

ME TO THE CAR AND TIPPED THE

THING UP ON ITS SIDE MAN ROCKING

IT BACK AND FORTH, IT WAS THE

FREAKIEST THING, NEW YORK IS SO

AWESOME ANYWAY, YOU GET OVER TO

NEW YORK, MAN, THAT'S REALLY

COOL.

I NEVER HAD ANY DOUBTS BY THAT

POINT THAT I COULD BE ONE OF THE

BEST IN THE BUSINESS.

THE MERCHANDISING WAS THROUGH

THE ROOF.

HE WAS A WWE MARKETING DREAM

COME TRUE.

ANYBODY WHO COULD GO TOE TO

TOE WITH HULK HOGAN IN TERMS OF

POPULARITY AT THAT TIME, YOU

KNEW THEY HAD TO BE LEGITIMATE.

MONTREAL, CANADA ONE NIGHT,

AND BOBBY HEENAN, HE PULLED ME

ASIDE AND TOLD ME THAT YOU'RE

SELLING MORE T-SHIRTS AND STUFF

THAN EVEN HOGAN.

AND HEENAN WAS RELAYING TO ME

THAT THERE'S A BUZZ THAT YOU'RE

GOING TO WRESTLE HOGAN AT ONE OF

THE WRESTLEMANIA'S COMING UP.

I DON'T THINK HE WAS READY AT

THAT TIME.

HERE I WAS FOR A LONG TIME, I

WAS OUT THERE ON THE ROAD REALLY

GETTING OVER, REALLY GETTING

OVER, AND HULK IS HEARING IT,

YOU KNOW, AND HULK COMES FROM

THE OLD SCHOOL, HOLDING YOUR

ENEMIES CLOSE.

BUT I NEVER SAT IN THE LOCKER

ROOM WITH HIM OR ANYTHING LIKE

THAT.

HE WAS THE FIRST ONE TO

TRAVEL PRETTY MUCH BY HIMSELF.

THERE'D BE USUALLY TWO OR THREE

DRESSING ROOMS, MOST GUYS WOULD

GET DRESSED TOGETHER.

HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THAT

BROKE OFF ON HIS OWN.

I DON'T THINK THE GUYS

UNDERSTOOD THAT.

THERE WAS A TREMENDOUS

RIVALRY AS FAR AS

COMPETITIVENESS.

YOU ARE COMPETING FOR YOUR SPOT,

AND COMPETING FOR YOUR SPOT

MEANT HOW MUCH FOOD YOU'RE

PUTTING ON THE TABLE SO TO SPEAK

FOR YOUR FAMILY, AND WHEN YOU DO

THAT, YOU KNOW IT'S LIKE WAIT A

MINUTE, I'M TRYING TO TAKE

SOMETHING FROM YOU BECAUSE I

DON'T WANT YOU TO GET WHAT I

HAVE, AND CONVERSELY, I THINK

THERE WAS A RIVALRY THAT WAS

CERTAINLY NOT JUST ONE IN THE

RING, BUT A LOGICAL ONE OUTSIDE

THE RING, AND THAT PERHAPS ALSO

PLAYED OUT SOMEWHAT IN THE RING.

I THINK THAT STEMMED FROM A

GREAT PLACE, AND THEN GOT TO A,

PROBABLY A PRETTY BAD PLACE AT

POINTS IN TIME.

ONCE MY CHARACTER GOT OVER, I

WAS DOING ONE TOWN, HE WAS DOING

ANOTHER TOWN.

AND OUR PATHS WOULD CROSS AT

TELEVISIONS, BASICALLY HELLO.

I JUST SHOWED UP AND DID MY JOB,

AND JUST TRIED TO CONCENTRATE ON

BEING ULTIMATE WARRIOR AS MUCH

AS I COULD.

AND THAT WAS GOOD, THAT'S WHAT

VINCE WAS LOOKING FOR.

THE AUDIENCE WAS REALLY

BEHIND WARRIOR.

AND IT WAS A QUESTION OF WHEN

YOU PULL THE TRIGGER ON

SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHEN YOU

WANT TO SAY OKAY, WE'RE READY

TO, YOU KNOW, TO CROWN YOU,

WE'RE READY TO, YOU KNOW, FOR

YOU TO BE BOOSTED TO ANOTHER

LEVEL.

IT WAS PROBABLY THREE, FOUR

MONTHS BEFORE, I WAS AT THE

OFFICE DOING SOME PROMO STUFF

AND STANFORD AND STUDIO, AND

VINCE ASKED KNOW COME OVER, WENT

OVER THERE, HULK THERE WAS,

THAT'S WHEN THEY FIRST PROPOSED

THE IDEA.

AND THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE

TALKED AND CONTINUED TO DEVELOP

FROM THERE.

I THINK IT WAS THE SUM OF ALL

THE PARTS.

YOU HAD THE HULKAMANIA WITH THE

RED AND YELLOW, BRIGHT COLORS,

THE TAN, AND ALL THE SUDDEN YOU

HAVE A GUY COME IN THAT'S JUST

AS TAN AS HULK HOGAN, BUT

INSTEAD OF RED AND YELLOW, HE

WAS NEON.

IT WAS THE PERFECT STORM.

YOU SAW THEM GO UP AGAINST

EACH OTHER, YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHO

TO CHEER FOR.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, TWO OF

THE TOP SUPERSTARS IN THE

BUSINESS WERE WERE GOING TO FACE

OFF.

VINCE KNEW THEY WERE

MONSTERS, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO DO

A WHOLE HECK OF A LOT.

JUST A STARE DOWN, JUST A

BUMPING INTO EACH OTHER.

THEY'RE GOING TO GO AT IT.

THEY'RE GOING TO GO AT IT RIGHT

NOW.

BACK IN THOSE DAYS IT WAS THE

GOOD GUY AGAINST BAD BOY, NOW

IT'S GOOD GUY AGAINST GOOD GUY,

IT WAS A DREAM MATCH.

IT WAS WHAT EVERYBODY WANTED TO

SEE.

AND IT WAS JUST AMAZING WHEN IT

HAPPENED.

LISTEN TO THE OVATION COMING

FROM THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR.

HERE HE COMES, HE'S RUNNING.

A LOT OF ULTIMATE WARRIOR

FANS HERE, JESS.

CHAMPION AGAINST CHAMPION, THIS

IS WHAT HAS BROUGHT 68,000

STRONG HERE TO THE SKY DOME.

THE FIRST TIME YOU HAVE A GUY

YOU REALLY LIKE AND AND A GUY

YOU LIKE, YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE.

IT WAS PHENOMENAL, LIKE A

DREAM COME TRUE.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS THE, LOOK

AT THE INTENSITY FACE TO FACE.

THESE ARE TWO GUYS THAT WANT

TO BE THE TOP GUY, TWO GUYS WITH

BIG EGOS ON THE BIGGEST STAGE OF

THEM ALL.

THEY'VE BEEN CHEERING FOR THE

HULKSTER, THEY'VE BEEN CHEERING

FOR THE WARRIOR.

IT WAS LIKE THE BIG

CLOTHESLINE.

A DOUBLE CLOTHESLINE.

IT WAS JUST BACK AND FORT

FORTH, EVERYONE WAS ON THE EDGE

OF THEIR SEAT.

IT WAS JUST A CLASSIC MATCH.

EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO SEE

HAPPENED.

HE NAILED HIM.

HERE IT IS.

NO.

HE MOVED OUT OF THE WAY.

BIG SPLASH, ONE TWO, HE GOT HIM.

HE GOT HIM.

THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH AND

NEW WORLD WRESTLING

ENTERTAINMENT CHAMPION, THE

ULTIMATE WARRIOR.

TO SEE THAT MOMENT IN TIME

WHERE HOGAN WAS BEAT CLEAN FOR

THE FIRST TIME EVER, YOU COULD

FEEL IT FROM THE STORY LINE

SENSE, BUT YOU COULD ALSO KIND

OF FEEL IT IN THE RING, THE

EMOTION, FOR A MINUTE IT WAS

REAL BETWEEN HOGAN AND WARRIOR

THERE FOR THAT SECOND.

OH LOOK AT THIS.

HULK PRESENTED THE BELT AND

RAISED A HAND OF THE WARRIOR.

YOU FELT LIKE THERE WAS THIS

MASSIVE PASSING OF THE TORCH

HAPPENING.

IT WAS THE DEFINING MOMENT

FOR HIM.

HE'D BEATEN THE BIGGEST

SUPERSTAR IN THE WWE.

WHEN WARRIOR WON AT

WRESTLEMANIA, I MEAN, THAT WAS

THE ULTIMATE.

I WAS JEALOUS.

I HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE ON THE

SOCIAL MEDIA THING MY FAVORITE

MATCH WAS YOU AGAINST THE

ULTIMATE WARRIOR.

AT THE TIME I WAS A KID,

REALLY, I WRESTLED HULK HOGAN

WHEN I WAS 30.

AND I DIDN'T EVEN REALLY KNOW

HOW GREAT IT WAS, REALLY TO BE

HONEST WITH YOU.

I JUST, I DIDN'T KNOW HOW, JUST

AWESOME IT WAS AT THE TIME

REALLY.

BUT IT WAS FREAKING AWESOME,

MAN.

YOU KNOW THAT SAYING ABOUT THAT

IT'S NOT THE DESTINATION, IT'S

THE JOURNEY.

IT'S TRUE FOR ME.

I WAS SO EMOTIONAL AFTER IT

HAPPENED, AND, BUT WITHIN A DAY

OR TWO, I WAS THINKING WHAT'S

NEXT.

ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE THE NEW

WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT

CHAMPION, THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR.

THIS PLACE HAS GONE BANANAS.

THERE HE IS, THE WORLD WRESTLING

ENTERTAINMENT CHAMPION THE

ULTIMATE WARRIOR.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

LISTEN TO THIS.

I MEAN I KNEW IT WAS A BIG

THING TO HAVE THE STRAP AND

EVERYTHING, BUT I JUST FIGURED I

WAS GOING TO KEEP PUSHING MYSELF

TO BE THE BEST THAT I COULD OR

PUSH ULTIMATE WARRIOR TO BE THE

BEST THAT HE COULD.

AND ANY WAY, I NEEDED TO.

THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR GRACING

US WITH HIS PRESENCE.

HEY SARGE, HOW YOU DOING MAN?

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

GOOD TO SEE YOU, I WANTED TO

CONGRATULATE YOU, WELCOME.

THANK YOU.

LONG OVERDUE.

I BROUGHT YOU SOMETHING THAT I

GAVE YOU ON THE LAST MATCH, I

DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER IT.

BRING BACK A SMILE.

THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THE

LOCKER ROOM IN THE BUILDINGS AT

THE TIME, NO MATTER WHAT'S

HAPPENING AT HOME, OR WHAT WAS

HAPPENING DURING THE DATE OR

WHATEVER, THERE'S AN ENERGY IN

THE LOCKER ROOM THAT'S REALLY

GREAT, IT'S COMFORTING AND

SUPPORTING.

AND SARGE WAS LIKE THAT.

YOU KNOW SARGE WAS IN THE

BUSINESS A LONG TIME, AND EVEN

WHEN I WAS OVER AS ULTIMATE

WARRIOR, I STILL RESPECTED THE

GUYS WHO'D BEEN IN THE BUSINESS

A LONG TIME.

THANKS SARGE.

I MEAN IT, MAN.

YOU'RE DISMISSED.

AS YOU WERE.

YES, SIR.

WHEN THEY CAME TO TELL ME I

WAS GOING TO GROUP THE BELT FOR

THE SLAUGHTER TO SET UP THE

WRESTLEMANIA FOR SLAUGHTER AND

HOGAN, PART OF THE STORYLINE WAS

GOING TO BE THAT I WOULD DO A

RETIREMENT MATCH, RANDY WOULD

CAUSE ME TO LOSE THE BELT.

LOOK AT THAT, RIGHT BETWEEN

THE EYES.

AND I WOULD DO A RETIREMENT

MATCH WITH RANDY.

I LIKED IT.

YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT THAT SOUNDS

REALLY GOOD.

UNPRECEDENTED, FIRST TIME

EVER IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD

WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT,

CAREER-ENDING MATCH-UP.

IF I HAD TO PICK ONE PERSON I

ENJOYED WORKING WITH THE MOST,

IT WAS RANDY.

HIS INTENSITY WAS JUST THROUGH

THE ROOF.

ALWAYS ON, ALWAYS DOING HIS

PROMOS RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR

FACE.

SWEAT COMING OUT OF HIS

FOREHEAD.

YOU KNOW RIGHT THERE DOING IT

WITH HIS HIPS AND STUFF HOW HE

DID LIKE IN HIS INTERVIEWS AND

STUFF, BUT MAN, IT GOT YOU

JACKED UP FOR YOUR MATCH, AND

THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT GOING

TO THE RING AND DOING THAT.

LOOK AT THIS.

IT'S OVER.

OH MY GOD, NO.

IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN COOL

WITH ANOTHER CHARACTER TO ASK

RANDY IF THEY COULD PUT THEIR

FOOT ON HIS CHEST.

AND THIS WAS AT A COVERING, THAT

MEANT A LOT TO ME.

BUT WE HAD A GREAT DEAL OF

RESPECT FOR ONE ANOTHER.

ULTIMATE WARRIOR VICTORIOUS

HERE IN THE CITY OF ANGELS, HIS

CAREER WILL GO ON.

YOU'VE JUST HAD A MAN WHO

LIVES LIFE A CERTAIN WAY.

AND MAYBE THAT PHILOSOPHY DIDN'T

MESH AT TIMES WITH THE WWE

BUSINESS MODEL.

IN '91, THE SUMMER SLAM

THING, WHERE I DISAPPEARED AFTER

THE SARGE SLAUGHTER MATCH WITH

HULK HOGAN, I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS

MY LAST MATCH.

GETTING READY TO GET INTO OUR

MATCH, AND VINCE McMAHON CAME

TO ME AND TOOK ME IN THE LOCKER

ROOM AND SAID WE GOT A SMALL

PROBLEM, AND I SAID WHAT IS IT?

THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR JUST HELD

ME UP FOR A $500,000 CASH.

I SAID, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO

DO?

HE SAID I'M GOING TO PAY HIM,

HE'S FIRED, HE'S FINISHED AFTER

TONIGHT, BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE THE

MATCH.

I CAME BACK THROUGH THE

CURTAIN AND THERE WAS A AN AGENT

THAT SAID VINCE WANTS TO MEET

WITH YOU, I MET WITH VINCE, HE

SAID IT WAS A SUSPENSION LETTER

OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I LEFT

THEN, THEY DIDN'T TELL ME ABOUT

THAT WONDER BEFORE THE MATCH.

CONTINUING TO PROMOTE THE

ULTIMATE WARRIOR BRAND WAS VERY,

VERY IMPORTANT TO US.

IT WAS WOVEN INTO THE FABRIC OF

WHO WE WERE AT THE TIME.

AND IT'S, SOMETIMES THINGS DON'T

WORK OUT LIKE THEY'RE PLANNED TO

BE.

AND WE HAD SOME DIFFERENCES

ALONG THE WAY, AND WHEN YOU'VE

INVESTED AS THE COMPANY DID, AND

AS WARRIOR DID, YOU INVEST IN A

CERTAIN BRAND, YOU HAVE TO GET

YOUR MONEY OUT OF THAT AS GOOD

BUSINESS.

WAIT A MINUTE.

THAT'S THE WARRIOR'S MUSIC.

THAT'S THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR.

IT IS.

LOOK AT HIM.

THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR.

IT'S GOOD FOR THE ULTIMATE

WARRIOR TO BE BACK IN FULL

FORCE, MAKING THIS RETURN AT

WRESTLEMANIA VIII AT THE HOOSIER

DOME.

VERY NICE.

THERE YOU GO.

THE DEAL WAS WHEN I CAME

BACK, MADE THE RETURN TO

WRESTLEMANIA VIII, THE DEAL WAS

THAT ULTIMATE WARRIOR WAS GOING

TO BE THE CHAMPION AGAIN,

EVENTUALLY THE BELT WAS GOING TO

COME BACK AROUND TO ME.

EVENTUALLY IT'LL COME AROUND.

AND I'LL BE HERE.

AND WHEN IT COMES AROUND AND MY

OPPORTUNITY COMES ABOUT TO

RETRIEVE THAT WORLD WRESTLING

ENTERTAINMENT BELT, I'LL GET IT.

JUST A MATTER OF TIME.

I WAS REALLY GOT FOCUSED REAL

QUICK BECAUSE I WANTED TO BRING

MY BODY BACK INTO A REAL ROCK

HARD SHAPE.

AT THAT TIME THE THING WAS

STEROIDS, THE GOVERNMENT WAS

CRACKING DOWN ABOUT PEOPLE

GETTING STEROIDS OR NOT HAVING

THEM WITHOUT A DOCTOR'S

PRESCRIPTION, THE INDICTMENT

AGAINST VINCE, THESE WERE ALL

THINGS THAT CAN'T JUST BE TAKEN

OUT OF TALKING ABOUT ANYTHING.

WARRIOR HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY,

VERY HONEST.

TO A FAULT.

HE AND DAVEY BOY SMITH WERE

EXPERIMENTING WITH SOMETHING

THAT REALLY NO ONE KNEW ANYTHING

ABOUT, IT WAS CALLED GROWTH

HORMONE.

IT WASN'T ANYTHING TO WHERE HE

REALLY BROKE THE RULES BECAUSE

NOBODY KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT

GROWTH HORMONE, BUT IT WAS LIKE

HEY, THIS WAS NOT RIGHT.

HE WAS OFFENDED BY WHATEVER

ACTION IT WAS I TOOK AT THE

TIME.

IT CAUSED A RIFF BETWEEN US.

AND SO MUCH SO THAT JIM AS HE

WAS KNOWN AT THE TIME WOULD MISS

SOME DATES BECAUSE HE FELT LIKE

WAIT A MINUTE, THAT'S THE ONLY

LEVERAGE I HAVE RIGHT NOW.

VINCE WILL WAKE UP, YOU KNOW,

AND REALIZE HE WAS WRONG, AND

WE'LL SETTLE THIS.

AND IT DIDN'T WORK OUT THAT WAY,

IT WORKED OUT BY A SUSPENSION.

'92, I JUST GOT A PHONE CALL,

OR A LETTER I THINK, PHONE CALL

OR A LETTER, MAYBE BOTH, SAYING

NOT TO COME BACK BECAUSE OF THIS

AND THIS AND THIS, AND THEN IN

'96, SAME THING.

YOU KNOW EVERY TIME I LEFT

WHENEVER I CAME BACK THE FIRST

THING VINCE WOULD ASK ME HE'D

SAY DON'T YOU MY THE SPOTLIGHT,

THE FAME, THE CELEBRITY, AND

IT'S ALL GREAT, IT'S ALL SUPER,

AND I LIKED IT A LOT, BUT I

ALWAYS JUST GOT ON TO SOMETHING

ELSE, DOING SOMETHING ELSE AND

STAYED BUSY.

THOSE ARE GOOD TIMES WITH THE

NWO THING TOOK OFF.

YEAH, BUT THEY WEREN'T READY

FOR IT.

OH I KNOW.

CAN'T SAY THAT BECAUSE PEOPLE

GET MAD, I SAID, BISCHOFF, HE

NEVER SHOWED UP.

WHEN WE CAME BACK, THAT WAS

KIND OF WHEN THE WHOLE MONDAY

NIGHT WARS WERE GOING ON AND

TRIED TO BASICALLY OUTBUY EVERY

SUPERSTAR FROM THE WWE, AND THE

ONE HUGE MATCH THAT NEVER REALLY

HAD A REMATCH WAS HULK HOGAN AND

THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR, SO THEY

BROUGHT WARRIOR OUT AND TRIED TO

RECREATE THAT NOSTALGIA.

HULK HAD GOTTEN IN TOUCH WITH

ME A FEW TIMES, AND I SAT ON THE

PHONE AND LISTENED TO HIM.

AND I JUST TOLD HIM THAT WELL,

IT WOULD HAVE TO BE THE RIGHT

THING AND THE RIGHT DEAL AND

IT'D HAVE TO BE SOME GOOD IDEAS

AROUND IT.

HE WAS A HUGE ATTRACTION, AND

SAT DOWN AND TALKED WITH ERIC

BISCHOFF AND SAID LET'S BRING

HIM IN.

HE TALKED TO ERIC BISCHOFF A

FEW TIMES AND WE NEGOTIATED A

DEAL.

I DON'T KNOW.

IT'S A SILHOUETTE OF A MAN WE

SEE RIGHT NOW.

BUT WOULD YOU LISTEN TO THE

FANS.

YEAH, I MEAN I THINK HE WAS

PRETTY EXCITED, YOU KNOW I THINK

HE WANTED TO COME INTO, YOU

KNOW, WE WERE A BIG COMPANY.

I MEAN WE WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL

IN THOSE DAYS.

AND, YOU KNOW, HE SAW

OPPORTUNITY.

I THINK EVERYBODY DID.

IT'S THE WARRIOR.

THERE'S ONLY ONE, AND THAT'S

HIM.

IT WAS A SHORT-TERM DEAL, IT

WAS FOR A LOT OF MONEY, BUT IT

WAS ALL ENTERED INTO THAT

ULTIMATE WARRIOR WOULD BE BUILT

INTO WORKING THERE AGAINST HULK,

I WENT TO THE RING, I HAD IN

MIND WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO AND

WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.

I HAVE HEARD, LISTENED TO ALL

THE INU, AND DOES AND

SPECULATION THAT SOMETHING

ULTIMATE OR WARRIOR MAY SOON

REAPPEAR.

OF ALL THE THINGS THAT WORKED

DURING THAT TIME EXCEPT THE NWO,

WE HAD SUCH A STRONGHOLD ON A

STRANGLE HOLD ON THE WRESTLING

BUSINESS.

WARRIOR NEVER REALLY GOT OFF ON

THE RIGHT FOOT OR REALLY NEVER

HAD THE CHANCE LIKE HE DID IN

THE '80s.

WARRIOR CAME BACK AND HE WAS,

HE WAS STILL WARRIOR, BUT HE WAS

KIND OF DIFFERENT, THE HE

APPEARED IN THE MIRROR AND STUFF

LIKE THAT.

THEY TRY TO GIVE IT A DIFFERENT

TWIST, BUT IT WAS NOT AS ICONIC

AS IT WAS.

IT WAS A WHOLE DIFFERENT

OPERATION THERE.

THERE WAS NOBODY MAKING ANY

DECISIONS ABOUT ANYTHING.

THAT CLICK THERE, THAT CLICK

THERE AND IT JUST KIND OF FELL

APART, AND HE CAME IN RIGHT IN

THE MIDDLE.

THERE WASN'T VINCE THERE TO

SAY I'VE LISTENED TO THE IDEAS,

THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.

POLITICS AND ALL THE STUFF

GOING ON.

WRESTLING CAN BE PRETTY BRUTAL

IN THAT WAY.

THAT'S PROBABLY WHY ALL THIS

NEVER REALLY TOOK OFF.

USED TURNER'S CHECKBOOK TO

BUY ME TO COME BACK TO LOSE A

MATCH TO HULK.

GORGEOUS MGM GRAND HOTEL AND

CASINO, IN THE ENTERTAINMENT

CAPITOL OF THE WORLD, LADIES AND

GENTLEMEN, HALLOWEEN HAVOC 1998

IS ON THE AIR.

THE MATCH AT HALLOWEEN HAVOC

DIFFERENT DELIVER LIKE IT SHOULD

HAVE.

IT'S A LIGHTER.

HOLLYWOOD HOGAN...

WAS LIKE A FIREBALL OR

SOMETHING THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO

THROW AT THE WARRIOR.

AND IT WAS PROBABLY, ON THE

LIST OF ALL TIME WORST TEN

MATCHES I EVER HAD, BUT IT WAS

MY FAULT SO THAT WAS DEFINITELY

A MOMENT IN TIME.

ONE, HOGAN WINS THE MATCH.

SO I WENT BACK AND I DID

THAT, IT WAS ABSOLUTELY JUST

HORRIBLE.

IT WAS REPULSIVE TO ME WHEN I

FINALLY, YOU KNOW, REALIZED IT.

AND WE WERE, YOU KNOW, IT JUST,

AND IF I WOULD HAVE KNOWN, I

NEVER WOULD HAVE WENT BACK FOR

ALL THE MONEY THEY GAVE ME.

THERE'S A LOT THAT'S HAPPENED

BETWEEN ME, I JUST NOT I LEFT

AND NOTHING HAPPENED, A LOT

ABOUT THE DVD AND WHAT WAS DONE

AND TRIED TO THINK HOW TO HANDLE

IT IN THE RIGHT WAY.

WITHOUT A DOUBT JIM HELLWIG

HAS A VERY BIG PROBLEM

DISTINGUISHING HIMSELF FROM THE

ULTIMATE WARRIOR, THE WARRIOR,

OR ANYTHING ELSE HE WANTS TO

CALL HIMSELF.

YOU KNOW IT HURT MY FEEL

AGENCY LOT, IT HURT ME, THAT

THEY DID THAT.

IT HURT ON ONE LEVEL AND ANOTHER

LEVEL, IT MADE ME TO WANT FIGHT

BACK.

HE COULDN'T DO AN INTERVIEW,

HE WOULD JUST RANT AND RAVE AND

LOOK INTO THE STARS AND TALK AND

THIS AND THAT.

IT WAS A FLASH IN THE PAN,

COULDN'T PROMOS, JUST TOTALLY

DELEGITIMIZING THE VALUE OF THE

CHARACTER, THE IMPRESSION AT

THIS CHARACTER MADE IN THE

BUSINESS, CONTINUED TO SUSTAIN

ITSELF.

WARRIOR WAS MISUNDERSTOOD BY

A LOT OF PEOPLE.

AND THEREIN, HE WAS A LONER

EXCEPT FOR THE PEOPLE THAT

REALLY UNDERSTOOD HIM.

I DON'T THINK THE FANS

UNDERSTOOD THE WARRIOR'S

INTERVIEWS, I THINK THE

WARRIOR'S INTERVIEWS WERE

FIGMENT OF HIS OWN IMAGINATION.

I MEAN I SAID A COUPLE YEARS

AGO TO VINCE, WHEN HE CALLED ME

ABOUT GOING INTO THE HALL OF

FAME AT PHOENIX, AND HE JUST

CALLED AND HE, HE SAID LET'S GET

YOU IN THERE WHERE YOU BELONG,

AND IT DIDN'T FIT WITH WHAT THEY

DID WITH THE DVD.

THEY SPENT SO MUCH TIME AND

ENERGY BEATING ME AND UP TEARING

ME APART WHEN THERE WOULD BE

STORIES OF THE OTHER GUYS SORT

OF UNEMOTIONALLY I WOULD SAY,

WHERE'S THE SELF-DESTRUCTION

TAPE ON THEM?

I TOLD HIM EVERY TIME WE TALKED

THAT, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T NEED

THEM AND THEY DIDN'T NEED ME,

AND IT'D BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE

I'D GOTTEN ON WITH MY LIFE AND

GONE MY SEPARATE WAY, AND MY

LIFE WAS GOOD.

JIM MISSED SEVERAL DATES AS I

RECALL, REFUSED TO SHOW UP WHICH

IS THE SINGLE BIGGEST NO-NO YOU

CAN DO IN OUR BUSINESS.

THIS WAS THE STRAW THAT BROKE

THE CAMELS BACK FOR ME.

I KNOW WHAT THE OTHER GUYS

SAID ABOUT HIM ON THIS DVD, ON

THE STORY, BUT I IMAGINE SOME OF

THE THINGS, MAYBE SOME OF THE

THINGS I SAID WOULD HIM OFF, I'M

SURE WE WILL HEAR ABOUT THEM.

REALLY LAWSUIT THE BEST I CAN

REMEMBER WAS AN INFRACTION OF

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, HE FELT

OUR COMPANY BRUISE ABUSED THE

RIGHT AND THE LEGAL RIGHT TO USE

THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY KNOWN

AS THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR.

LITIGATION HAD GONE BACK AND

FORTH WITH THE WWE AND WARRIOR.

I KNOW THAT MY MOM SPENT A

SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME IN

PHOENIX FOR SOME LITIGATION.

I WAS INTERVIEWED FOR THE

TAPE, THE SELF-DESTRUCTION OF

THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR, THEY ASKED

ME ABOUT THE PROBLEM WITH THE

WARRIOR HOLDING VINCE UP FOR

MONEY, AND I SAID YES, SHOULD

HAVE BROKE HIS LEGS, THAT WOULD

HAVE BEEN THE OLD SCHOOL

ATTITUDE.

THAT WAS IN IT, AND WHEN I GOT

DISPOSED, THERE WAS VINCE'S

GUYS, JERRY McDIVOT AND THE

ATTORNEYS ON ONE SIDE, AND

THERE'S THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR AT

THAT TIME, I WASN'T WORKING FOR

VINCE, HADN'T SEEN THE WARRIOR

FOR YEARS, AND I WAS GOING TO

PLAY IT NEUTRAL, WELL AFTER I

TOLD THEM MY NAME AND RAISE

MY RIGHT HAND AND WHERE I LIVED

AND EVERYTHING, THE FIRST

QUESTION WAS, DID YOU SAY YOU

WANTED TO BREAK THE ULTIMATE

WARRIOR'S LEGS?

AND I SAID, I DON'T RECALL THAT.

AND THEY SAID WELL LET'S PUT

THIS TAPE IN, MAYBE IT'LL

REFRESH YOUR MEMORY, AND I WENT

WHOA.

WELL, YOU KNOW, WHEN I FOUND OUT

AT THIS WARRIOR WAS DEMANDING

MONEY AND PUTTING A GUN TO

VINCE'S HEAD, THERE'S A CERTAIN

ELEMENT OF, OLD SCHOOL, YOU KNOW

WE CAN FIX THAT, LET US TAKE THE

GUY IN THE DRESSING ROOM FOR

FIVE MINUTES, WE CAN FIX THIS

FOR YOU VINCE.

THEY WERE BEING AGGRESSIVE, WHAT

I THOUGHT OF HIM AS A WRESTLE, I

THOUGHT ZERO, ON THE SPOT I MADE

THE DECISION THAT I WAS LEANING

WWE-VINCE McMAHON HEAVY

BECAUSE OF WHAT HAD JUST

HAPPENED.

HE DIDN'T TURN OUT TO HAVE

THE STAYING POWER, DID HE?

NO, SIR.

THE FACT THAT YOU COULD SAVE

SOMEONE FOR FLASHING WITH A PAN.

IN MY OPINION?

YES.

AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS OF

LITIGATION AND WHEN THE TRIAL

WAS SUPPOSED TO START BETWEEN ME

AND VINCE, ON THAT DAY, VINCE

CAME OVER, HE WALKED OVER LIKE

HE DOES TO EVERYONE THAT HE

KNOWS AND WENT TO SHAKE MY HAND,

HEY BUDDY, HEY PAL, AND MY HAND

WOULD NOT MOVE.

IT WOULD JUST NOT MOVE.

MY HAND, IT WOULDN'T COME UP

FROM MY SIDE.

AND THE NEXT THING THAT CAME OUT

OF MY MOUTH, I DON'T WANT TO

SHAKE MY HAND, I'VE BEEN

DISRESPECTED ENOUGH.

AND IT BOTHERED HIM AND THEM SO

MUCH THAT WHEN THE JUDGE FINALLY

CAME IN THE COURTROOM, IT'S THE

FIRST THING JERRY MCDEVITT

BROUGHT UP THAT WARRIOR REFUSES

TO TAKE VINCE'S HAND.

HOW ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO WORK

THIS THING OUT.

BUT IT WAS A MOST POWERFUL THING

I EVER DID NOT SHAKING VINCE'S

HAND WHEN AFTER I THOUGHT ABOUT

IT.

IF I CROSSED PATHS WITH SOMEBODY

THAT'S DISRESPECTED ME IN A

REALLY BAD WAY AND THEY DON'T

EXPRESS THEY REGRET THEY DID IT,

I DON'T SHAKE THEIR HANDS.

IT WAS ALL, IT WASN'T ANYTHING.

THE SETTLEMENT WAS LIKE OKAY

YOU DROP YOUR CHARGES AND WE'RE

NOT GOING TO SUE YOU.

SO YOU JUST DROP YOUR CHARGES

AND WE'LL DROP WHATEVER OURS

COULD HAVE BEEN IN RESPONSE, AND

LET'S JUST SAY, LET'S JUST MOVE

ON.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID.

ALL RIGHT WARRIOR, WE'RE

GOING TO SNEAK YOU IN THIS ROOM.

OH WOW.

IT'S NEW?

YEAH.

FIRST DAY ITS BEEN THERE.

OH YEAH, THAT'S AWESOME.

HE HAD A MASSIVE HOLE IN HIM

FROM THE WAY HE LEFT THE

BUSINESS, THE WAY THINGS ENDED

UP THAT HE NEEDED TO FILL TO

FEEL COMPLETE WITH HIS LIFE,

WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF HIM COMING

BACK, HE CAME UP TO THE OFFICE.

HEY PAUL, HOW YOU DOING MAN?

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

AWESOME MAN.

COOL.

WOW.

HOW'S THINGS?

GOOD MAN, WE HAD A GREAT

MORNING, YEAH.

SUPER MORNING.

IT'D BEEN 18 YEARS SINCE HE

WAS IN THE COMPANY, AND I WANTED

HIM TO MEET WITH EVERYBODY.

AND WE SPENT AN LOT OF PERSONAL

TIME THAT DAY.

I FLEW LAST NIGHT, I WANT TO

SEE SOME OF YOUR STUFF.

THIS IS, SO THE PERFORMANCE

CENTER, THAT'S WHAT YOU WHAT YOU

SEE THERE.

THIS IS THE SAME STYLE OF RAMP

AND SAME I THINK A SOME THEY CAN

PRACTICE ENTRANCES AND RING

STUFF.

THIS RING'S LIKE A BIG PADDED

RING WITH A PLATFORM ON IT SO...

YEAH, I IS THAT TRUE MAN,

YEAH.

ALL THE SUDDEN WE WERE A BIT,

WELL WE CAN'T JUST WASTE TIME

HERE.

IF WE'RE GOING TO TALK, LET'S

TALK, AND I THINK KIND OF ALLOW

THE US TO OPEN IT UP A BIT MORE,

WE WERE BOTH CURIOUS, AND THEN

IT JUST TOOK OFF FROM THERE.

THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR RETURNS

TO THE WWE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN

18 YEARS.

MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS HE

DESERVES IT.

HE DID SOMETHING COMPLETELY

DIFFERENT IN THIS BUSINESS THAT

NO ONE ELSE HAS DONE.

HE CAME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE

TSUNAMI OF HULKAMANIA AND MADE

AN IMPRINT.

HE'S PART OF HISTORY, HE SHOULD

HE SHOULD BE IN THE HALL OF

FAME.

I IMMEDIATELY SAY WHOA, THE

HALL OF FAME IS GOING TO BE

INTERESTING.

I DIDN'T NOSE WHAT TYPE OF

ATTITUDE HE WOULD BRING ONCE HE

WAS GIVEN A MICROPHONE.

I WANT TO THE GIVE A SPEAK

THAT PEOPLE NEVER FORGET, I

WANTED TO SAY THINGS THAT ARE

MUCH MORE THAN JUST, YOU KNOW,

STORIES FROM THE ROAD AND STUFF.

BECAUSE MY CAREER MEANS MORE TO

ME THAN THAT.

HEY GUYS, WHAT'S UP, MAN.

THIS IS WHERE THE BROKENHEARTED

AND DISABLED COME.

GOT THE MUSIC ON CUE LIKE THAT?

JUST HAVE YOU ON THE STAGE,

VINCE IS OUT THERE.

RUN DOWN EVERYTHING.

CUE.

OH.

IS HE OUT THERE?

VINCE, MAN, HOW YOU DOING, WHAT'S

UP BUDDY.

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

GOOD TO SEE YOU MAN.

YOU LOOK GREAT,

CONGRATULATIONS.

LOOK AT YOU, YOU LOOK BETTER

THAN ANYBODY.

YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT AIN'T

AGING.

GET TO THE WELLNESS CENTER.

I SAW THE PERSON, YOU KNOW,

THAT I'VE KNOWN AND LOVED FOR SO

MANY YEARS, AND HE JUST KEPT

SHEDDING ALL OF THIS, YOU KNOW,

ANGST THAT HE HAD, YOU COULD SEE

IT ALMOST MINUTE BY MINUTE.

IT WAS A WONDERFUL THING TO SEE.

SET FOR TONIGHT?

I AM.

IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD.

I'M SURE IT WILL BE.

IT'S GOING TO BE FUN, THAT'S

WHAT THIS THING IS, IT'S FUN,

EVERYONE IS ANXIOUS TO SEE WHAT

YOU'RE GOING TO SAY.

NO PRESSURE.

JIGGLING IN ONE SECTION.

GOOD.

GOOD, THAT'S GREAT.

GET SOME MOPS, SET THEM IN

THE BACK THERE.

HELL YES.

NO, I'M GOING TO HAVE FUN,

I'M GOING TO, YOU'RE GOING TO

LIKE IT.

I DON'T TO WANT KNOW.

HERE'S YOUR PODIUM.

TRY NOT TO LEAN INTO THE MIC.

OKAY, ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK FOR

ME.

I'M GOING TO HAVE FUN WITH THIS.

YEAH.

MY HUSBAND TOLD ME BECAUSE

WE'D BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE HALL

OF FAME AND WHO WAS GOING IN AND

WHO WAS GOING THE INDUCTIONS,

AND I SAID WHO'S INDUCTING

WARRIOR, AND MY HUSBAND SAID

STEFF, IT'S, YOU KNOW, HE WANTS

YOUR MOM.

GOOD TO SEE YOU TOO.

TERRIFIC.

LOOK AT YOU, YOU LOOK GREAT.

HE SAID MY MOM, REALLY?

AND HE SAID YES, HE SAID THAT HE

WANTS SOMEBODY WHO REALLY HAD A

PERSONAL CONNECTION TO HIM.

WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING

TODAY?

REHEARSING MY SPEECH.

YOU HAVE?

AWESOME.

GOOD, AT LEAST ONE OF US KNOWS

THEIR SPEECH.

WARRIOR TOLD STORIES ABOUT

WHEN HE CAME TO STAY AT OUR

HOUSE AND HOW MY BROTHER WOULD

JUST RELENTLESSLY TACKLE HIM ALL

THE TIME.

HE USED TO RUN AND JUMP ME

FROM BEHIND AND SAY FOR THE

BELT, FOR THE BELT.

AND HE WOULD COME AT ME.

ROLL LUCK IF SOMEBODY ATTACKED,

BUT HE WOULDN'T GIVE UP UNTIL I,

YOU KNOW, JUST WOULD SNAP AND

SAY GET OFF OF ME.

AS FOR LINDA INDUCTING ME,

THE REASON IS BECAUSE THERE WAS

MORE OF A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP

THAT I HAD WITH THE McMAHONS,

I REMEMBER WHEN I WENT TO

STANFORD, I WOULD GO TO THEIR

HOUSE AND STAY.

EVEN IF THEY WEREN'T THERE, JUST

MAKE MYSELF WELCOMED INTO THEIR

HOME.

MY MOM, YOU KNOW, TOOK CARE

OF WARRIOR AND HELPED HIM

THROUGH I THINK A LOT OF

TROUBLED TIME.

GOOD TO SEE YOU OKAY.

BYE.

THANK YOU FOR ASKING ME.

IT'S A REAL PRESSURE.

THANK YOU FOR ACCEPTING.

HE REALLY FELT A PERSONAL

CONNECTION TO MY MOM, AND THAT'S

WHY HE ASKED HER TO INDUCT HIM

INTO THE HALL OF FAME.

AND IT WAS TRULY AN HONOR FOR

HER.

VINCE, THANKS FOR THE

OPPORTUNITY TO GO FOR FROM I

THINK I CAN TO I KNOW I CAN.

ALWAYS BELIEVE, WARRIOR.

THAT'S HIS FAVORITE BOOK.

ALWAYS THOUGHT OF MYSELF AND

OUR COMPANY AS THE LITTLE ENGINE

THAT COULD.

AND I THOUGHT OF WARRIOR, YOU

KNOW, THE SAME WAY.

YOU KNOW BECAUSE HE WAS A LITTLE

ENGINE THAT COULD, HE DIDN'T

TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER.

PUFF, CHUG, CHUG, I THINK I

CAN, I THINK I CAN, I THINK I

CAN.

UP, UP, FASTER AND FASTER, THE

LITTLE ENGINE CLIMBED UNTIL THEY

REACHED THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN.

I THOUGHT I COULD, I THOUGHT I

COULD, I THOUGHT I COULD, I

THOUGHT I COULD, I THOUGHT I

COULD, I THOUGHT I COULD.

AND WHEN JIM GAVE ME THAT

BOOK, I HAD LOOKED AT IT WITH A

PUZZLED LOOK, AND I KNOW MEANT

SOMETHING, I WAS TRIED TO PLACE

IT, AND HE TOLD ME, DON'T

REMEMBER THIS, BUT IT WAS

SOMETHING YOU SAID MANY, MANY

YEARS AGO.

THE END.

THANK YOU, VINCE.

TO KNOW THAT SOMEONE TOOK TO

HEART THOSE WORDS AND WANTED TO

GIVE BACK AND LET YOU KNOW I WAS

LISTENING TO YOU ALL ALONG, YOU

DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE UNTIL

YOU DON'T HAVE IT.

HE'S A DEVOTED HUSBAND,

FATHER, AND A PATRIOT, HE IS A

TRUE WWE ICON AND LEGEND.

I WALKED OVER TO HIM, HE WAS

WATCHING THE PACKAGE ON HIMSELF

RIGHT BEFORE HE WALKED OUT OF

GORILLA AT HALL OF FAME, AND HE

HAD HIS GIRLS, HE LOOKED AND HAD

THIS HUGE SMILE ON HIS FACE, AND

I WALKED UP BEHIND HIM AND I

SAID THIS WHOLE PROCESS WAS

WORTH IT FOR THAT.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

ACCOMPANIED TO THE RING BY TWO

YOUNG LADIES WHO ARE SO SPECIAL

HIS LIFE, HIS FATHERS, MY I

PRESENT, WARRIOR.

YOU COULD TELL HOW PROUD

WARRIOR WAS WHEN HE WALKED OUT

ON STAGE WITH HIS TWO DAUGHTERS.

HE WAS JUST SO PROUD OF THEM,

PROUD TO BE THEIR DAD.

THE MOST AWESOME THING I WILL

EVER DO IS BE YOUR FATHER.

PROUD OF HIS WIFE, PROUD OF

HIS MOM, HE ACKNOWLEDGED

EVERYONE.

HE BROUGHT THEM FLOWERS, IT WAS

AN INCREDIBLE MOMENT FOR HIM TO

BECOME A HALL OF FAMER.

VINCE SAID YOU THINK YOU'RE A

LEGEND IN YOUR OWN MIND, HE WAS

WRONG, I WAS JUST A YOUNG KID,

AND I WAS JUST DOING THE BEST

THAT I COULD, AND I WAS DOING

PRETTY GOOD.

BUT I DIDN'T THINK THAT I WAS A

LEGEND IN MY MIND, BUTLY TELL

YOU THIS, VINCE, YOU ARE A GOOD

FORTUNE TELLER, BECAUSE THE

ULTIMATE WARRIOR IS A LEGEND

TODAY, AND HE WILL CONTINUE TO

RUN INTO THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF

FANS THROUGHOUT GENERATIONS TO

COME, AND I'M PROUD OF THAT, I'M

PROUD OF YOU FOR SUPPORTING ME,

AND FIGHTING FOR THE ULTIMATE

WARRIOR TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE

HALL OF FAME.

I LOVED HIS SPEECH AT HALL OF

FAME.

YOU COULD SEE HOW AGAIN HE WAS

SHEDDING CERTAIN THINGS THAT

WERE BOTHERING HIM.

AND YOU COULD SEE, YOU KNOW,

RIGHT BEFORE YOUR EYES, HIM

GETTING RID OF THAT.

THANK YOU.

SO READING BOOKS, TO VINCE

McMAHON, LIKE BEDTIME STORIES.

YOU COULD SEE JIM, YOU KNOW,

ACCEPTING ALL OF THIS AND

REALIZING THAT HE MADE THE RIGHT

DECISION, AND HE DID.

AND IT WAS A WONDERFUL THING.

I HAD GONE TO HOGAN

PERSONALLY AND SAID, AS A

PERSONAL FAVOR TO ME, I

UNDERSTAND ALL THE STUFF, I'M

ASKING YOU PERSONALLY, TERRY, TO

NOT SPEAK TO HIM UNTIL AFTER

HALL OF FAME.

HE IS IN SUCH A GREAT PLACE WITH

ALL OF THIS, AND SO EXCITED

ABOUT IT, AND SO HAPPY FOR IT, I

DON'T WANT TO RUIN THE MOMENT.

AT WRESTLEMANIA MY SON AND I

WERE RIDING AROUND THE SUPERDOME

ON A GOLF CART, AND I SAW HIM.

PART OF HIM WANTED TO STOP

TERRY, HE WAS IN A CONVERSATION,

HE JUST LET TERRY DRIVE BY, BUT

HE SAID HE COULD SENSE AT THIS

CART STOPPED.

I WAS JOGGING UP TO HIM LIKE

20 FEET, AND AS I STARTED TO JOG

UP TO HIM, I WENT WARRIOR.

I GRABBED HIS HAND, I LOVE YOU,

MAN, I WANT TO APOLOGIZE, I WANT

TO LET YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, AND I

GRABBED HIS SHOULDER, AS I WAS

HOLDING HIS SHOULDERING WITH I

WANT TO LET YOU KNOW HOW SORRY I

AM.

AND I WANT TO TELL YOU HONESTLY

FROM MY HEART, YOU'RE A GREAT

MAN, GOOD MAN, I LOVE YOU AND I

HOPE SOME DAY WE CAN JUST...

I APPRECIATE YOU SOMETHING.

I KNEW YOU WANTED TO AND STUFF,

AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD FOR ME

WHEN YOU GET DISRESPECTED LIKE

THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, I GOT KIDS

AND FAMILY AND I, IT JUST SO WAS

WRONG IN SO MANY WAYS, BUT I

ACCEPT YOUR APOLOGY, MAN.

THANK YOU MY BROTHER.

I ACCEPT YOUR APOLOGY.

THEY BOTH TOLD ME THE SAME

THING, THEY REALIZED, CAMERAS

ARE ON US, AND THEN THEY BOTH

SAID LIKE THAT'S OKAY.

THIS IS GOING TO BE GOOD.

YOU KNOW, LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE,

THIS IS GOING TO GO TO A GOOD

PLACE.

I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT HE

KNEW I WAS TELLING HIM THE TRUTH

WHEN I SAID BROTHER, I LOVE YOU,

AND PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR

WHATEVER PART I HAD, WHATEVER

PART I HAD IN THIS BAD BLOOD,

AND, YOU KNOW, START OVER, CAN

WE BE FRIENDS, BUSINESS,

WHATEVER.

PEOPLE MAKE MISTAKES.

THEY DO AND I MADE SOME

TOO, BUT I WANT TO TRUST YOU

AND IN THAT WHAT YOU'RE

TELLING ME YOU'RE SORRY AND

STUFF LIKE THAT IS GENUINE.

I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH, I WANT

YOU TO KNOW THAT.

WARRIOR EXPRESSED IN A LONG

TEXT MESSAGE LATER ABOUT ALL OF

IT AND ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE THAT

HE HAD HAD, AND ABOUT A LOT OF

TALENT THAT HAD SAID A LOT OF

THINGS ABOUT HIM OVER THE YEARS,

COMING TO HIM AND EITHER SAYING

THE WORDS I'M SORRY OR IN THEIR

OWN WAY SAYING I'M SORRY, AND

HIM BEING ABLE TO SAY THAT BACK

TO THEM, TO THE POINT WHERE HE

FELT LIKE HE HAD CLOSURE ON

EVERYTHING.

THANK YOU SIR.

THANKS, HULK.

YES, SIR, MAN, YOU MADE MY

NIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANKS A LOT, MAN.

INCREDIBLE WEEKEND.

WARRIOR'S MOOD AND

TEMPERAMENT WAS EFFUSIVE, HE WAS

OVER THE MOON, EAR TO EAR

SMILING...

THE CONCEPT IS SIMPLE, THE

IDEA IS WARRIOR IS FINALLY BACK

ON RAW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 20

YEARS.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU?

THEN ON MONDAY NIGHT RAW TO

REALLY BECOME THE ULTIMATE

WARRIOR, HE WANTED THAT FEELING

OF BEING IN FRONT OF THE CROWD,

IN FRONT OF THE LEGIONS OF

WARRIOR FANS AND IN FRONT OF HIS

FAMILY.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WWE

HALL OF FAMER, THE ULTIMATE

WARRIOR.

I COULD SEE WHEN HE WALKED

OUT AND THE REACTION FROM THE

CROWD, I COULD SEE IT REGISTER

ON HIS FACE, IT MEANT A LOT.

NO WWE TALENT BECOMES A

LEGEND ON THEIR OWN.

I MEAN WARRIOR HAD THE CHANCE

TO SHOW HIS WIFE AND KIDS WHO HE

REALLY WAS.

AND IF WHAT THAT MAN DID IN

HIS LIFE MAKES THE BLOOD PULSE

THROUGH THE BODY OF OTHERS, AND

MAKES THEM BLEED DEEPER IN

SOMETHING THAN LARGER THAN LIFE,

THAN HIS ESSENCE, HIS SPIRIT

WILL BE IMMORTALIZED.

YOU KNOW HE'S A LARGER THAN

LIFE ICON, A HERO TO MANY, AND

AN INSPIRATION TO US ALL.

I THINK IT'S REALLY AMAZING

THAT HE COULD TOUCH THAT MANY

PEOPLE AND INSPIRE THAT MANY

PEOPLE, AND FOR 18 YEARS HE'S

BEEN GONE AND THEY WERE SO LOYAL

TO HIM STILL, I THINK THAT'S

REALLY COOL.

WARRIOR CAME BACK FROM MONDAY

NIGHT RAW, HIS PROMO, HE HUGGED

MY DAD, AND I GOT THIS

INCREDIBLE PICTURE OF THE TWO OF

THEM, AND YOU CAN SEE THE LOVE

THAT THEY HAD FOR EACH OTHER IN

THIS PICTURE AND HOW TRULY HAPPY

THEY ARE, AND AFTER I TOOK THAT

PICTURE, I HEARD WARRIOR SAY TO

MY DAD, I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT OF

YOU LIKE A FATHER.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHEN I WAS

GOING TO SEE HIM AGAIN, AND WE

HUGGED, AND, AND I THANKED HIM

AND HE THANKED ME, AND IT WAS

LIKE, IT WAS A WONDERFUL THING.

IT WAS CULMINATION OF AN

EXTRAORDINARY THREE DAYS, AND

MORE.

AND THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE LAST

PICTURE THAT HE, THAT HE EVER

TOOK.

CERTAINLY WAS OF ME.

GREAT JOB, DAD.

YEAH, OF COURSE, BECAUSE

YOU'RE MY BABIES.

OKAY, EVERYBODY, FIVE SECOND,

DADDY, DID A GREAT JOB.

JUST KIDDING.

YOU'RE SO PRETTY.

THANK YOU.

IT WAS COOL TO SEE FROM THE

MOMENT I SAW HIM THAT WEEK TO

THE LAST MOMENT I SAW HIM, YOU

COULDN'T WIPE THAT SMILE OFF HIS

FACE WITH ANYTHING.

BUT IT FEELS AWESOME TO BE

BACK, BACK HOME, THE 18 YEARS.

IT'S JUST REALLY COOL.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE

FUTURE.

WRESTLING FANS AROUND THE

WORLD ARE IN SHOCK THIS MORNING.

THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR DIED AT

THE AGE OF 54.

WRESTLING LEGEND THE ULTIMATE

WARRIOR HAS DIED.

WE WISH HIS FAMILY ALL THE

BEST.

I HAD ANY PHONE IN MY HAND,

WHICH IS THE REASON I FELT IT,

IT BUZZED, AND WHEN I LOOKED

DOWN, IT WAS MY ASSISTANT.

SHE SAID, WARRIOR JUST PASSED.

I JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH

DANA, SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHO ELSE

TO CALL.

AND THEN IT JUST BLEW ME AWAY.

AND I THOUGHT, OH, I GOT TELL

VINCE.

THAT WAS A HARD CONVERSATION

BECAUSE I KNOW HOW MUCH IT MEANT

TO BOTH OF THEM, WARRIOR,

WARRIOR LOOKED AT VINCE AS A

FATHER.

HE DIDN'T HAVE.

WELL THE FIRST TIME YOU HEAR

SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT'S, IT'S

SURREAL, AND YOU SOMEHOW, FROM A

DEFENSIVE STANDPOINT DON'T

BELIEVE IT.

IT'S DIFFICULT TO ACCEPT JUST

THE NEWS OF IT.

IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE THAT THAT

WOULD OCCUR.

AND UNBELIEVABLE OF THE TIMING

OF IT, ALMOST AS IF IT WERE

DESTINED TO HAPPEN THAT WAY.

IS THIS REALLY HAPPENING?

HE'S SAYING, YOU KNOW, EVERY MAN

WILL BREATHE HIS LAST BREATH,

AND HIS HEART WILL BEAT ONE LAST

TIME.

EVERY MAN'S HEART ONE DAY

BEATS ITS FINAL BEAT, HIS LUNGS

BREATHE THEIR FINAL BREATH.

AND IT HAPPENS.

TO HIM.

IT WAS, YOU KNOW, I GUESS

PROTHETIC IN A WAY.

HIS ESSENCE, HIS SPIRIT WILL

BE IMMORTALIZED.

IT'S LIKE ALL THIS GREAT

STUFF, AND THEN, LIKE THAT.

EVERYTHING CHANGES.

WARRIOR WAS NEVER ONE TO

GARNER SYMPATHY, SO HE WOULD

WANT EVERYONE ALL OVER THE WORLD

TO CELEBRATE HIS LIFE AND WHO HE

BECAME AS A HUMAN BEING.

AND CELEBRATE THAT CHARACTER FOR

WHAT THAT CHARACTER MEANT,

THAT'S WHAT HE WOULD HAVE WANTED

WAS A CELEBRATION.

AND THAT'S WHAT HE GOT.

THAT'S WHAT HE DESERVES.

THAT HE DESERVES THAT EVERY DAY.

THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR WAS A

PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHAT THIS

BUSINESS SHOULD BE.

ULTIMATE WARRIOR IS ONE OF A

KIND, AND EVERYTHING ABOUT HIM

IS NOT THAT YOU BECOME AN

ULTIMATE WARRIOR, YOU HAVE A

WARRIOR SPIRIT INSIDE YOU THAT'S

ULTIMATE TOO.

I AM ULTIMATE WARRIOR, YOU ARE

THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR FANS.

I HOPE HIS LEGACY WILL BE

THAT OF MOTIVATION BECAUSE I

KNOW BY LISTENING TO STUFF THAT

MOST LIKELY THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT

HE WOULD HAVE WANTED, HIS LEGACY

SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, WHAT GET

OUT THERE, DO THE WORK, AND BE A

BETTER PERSON.

WELL SEE, THE LEGACY OF THE

ULTIMATE WARRIOR IS HIS FANS.

AND IT'S LIKE HE SAID IN HIS

PROMO THAT THE FANS ARE THE ONES

THAT KEEP THE SPIRIT ALIVE.

ULTIMATE WARRIOR STILL, IT

WILLS, INSPIRE GENERATIONS TO

COME FOR A LONG, LONG, LONG,

LONG TIME.

AND I'M PROUD OF THAT.

THAT'S WHAT ULTIMATE WARRIOR

GAVE ME, MAN.

THAT'S WHAT IT GAVE ME, GAVE ME

A GREAT LIFE.

THE SPIRIT OF ULTIMATE WARRIOR

WILL RUN FOREVER.