Ultimate Warrior passed away

[Black]

I was a big Warrior fan as a kid (I hated Hulk Hogan) and like most, was amazed by his massive, ripped physique.

What's really creepy is that I just watched his induction to the WWE Hall of Fame the other night. Leaves you with a weird feeling when your idols as a kid start to pass away (Macho Man, now Warrior).

For those that didn't follow wrestling, he had a well-known feud with Vince McMahon and apparently they just recently patched it up. WWE released a DVD some time ago that brutally mad fun of Ultimate Warrior. During his induction speech, he kept repeating how much it hurt him. Really sad.

He collapsed outside of a hotel while walking with his wife Tuesday evening. I'm guessing its heart related, like Macho Man.

[Honkey_Kong]

I was a big Warrior fan as a kid (I hated Hulk Hogan) and like most, was amazed by his massive, ripped physique.

What's really creepy is that I just watched his induction to the WWE Hall of Fame the other night. Leaves you with a weird feeling when your idols as a kid start to pass away (Macho Man, now Warrior).

He collapsed outside of a hotel while walking with his wife Tuesday evening. I'm guessing its heart related, like Macho Man.

Warrior was my childhood hero. When I got older, I discovered his online presence (his website) and his brand of no-bullshit, grab the bulls by the horn conservatism really became an inspiration for me as an adult.

Despite all the lies people said about him in that libelous video "Self Destruction of The Ultimate Warrior," he persevered.

When he was at the Hall of Fame induction ceremony, he didn't look too well and gave a really cryptic speech. I think he said everything you would say on your death bed. And then on the Monday night, he showed up on TV and did a promo dressed in an expensive suit, his face went bright red as he shook the rope. His face was kind of sunken in. He didn't look good. His promo that he cut hinted a little on death, but it's Warrior, that's the sort of stuff he says (albeit this time way too coherent).

I think he might've been dying and knew he was going to.

For his daughters, I'm glad they got to hear him at his Hall of Fame induction say that the most important thing he ever did was be their father.

[Black]

Warrior was my childhood hero. When I got older, I discovered his online presence (his website) and his brand of no-bullshit, grab the bulls by the horn conservatism really became an inspiration for me as an adult.

Despite all the lies people said about him in that libelous video "Self Destruction of The Ultimate Warrior," he persevered.

When he was at the Hall of Fame induction ceremony, he didn't look too well and gave a really cryptic speech. I think he said everything you would say on your death bed. And then on the Monday night, he showed up on TV and did a promo dressed in an expensive suit, his face went bright red as he shook the rope. His face was kind of sunken in. He didn't look good. His promo that he cut hinted a little on death, but it's Warrior, that's the sort of stuff he says (albeit this time way too coherent).

I think he might've been dying and knew he was going to.

For his daughters, I'm glad they got to hear him at his Hall of Fame induction say that the most important thing he ever did was be their father.

I have a lot of the same thoughts and feelings honkey. Great post.

Looking back, he did look to be struggling during his speech. He was sweating and breathing heavily. His speech was almost like his eulogy. Really sad for his wife and daughters.

By a lot of the things he's expressed and said in the past, he seems very misunderstood by his peers. I hope he was able to mend the open wounds before he passed along.

I looked up his promo on RAW and he says "...Every man's heart one day beats its final beat. His lungs breathe their final breath." Really eerie.

[lovbyts]

Wow, thats to bad and yeah its a reminder of us being mortal and our time is limited when idols start dieing.

R.I.P.

[Honkey_Kong]

"Every man's heart one day beats its final beat, his lungs breath their final breath. And if what that man did in his life, makes the blood pulse through the body of others, and makes them believe deeper in something larger than life, then his essence, his spirit, will be immortalized by the storytellers, by the loyalty, by the memory, of those who honor him and make whatever the man did live forever."
-Ultimate Warrior 4-7-2014

[Honkey_Kong]

This was Warrior from around when he won the 1984 Mr. Georgia competition:

[Black]

I'm going to honor my childhood hero by watching the following matches tonight:

vs Honkey Tonk Man (SummerSlam 1988)
vs Macho Man - Steel Cage (Post Royal Rumble 1991)
vs Macho Man (Wrestlemania 7 - Great Match)
vs Ravishing Rick Rude (SummerSlam 1989 and Wrestlemania 5)
vs Macho Man (SummerSlam 1992)

and of course

vs Hulk Hogan (Wrestlemania 6)

[noon]

How old was he

[Black]

How old was he

54 years

[Honkey_Kong]

I'm going to honor my childhood hero by watching the following matches tonight:

vs Honkey Tonk Man (SummerSlam 1988)
vs Macho Man - Steel Cage (Post Royal Rumble 1991)
vs Macho Man (Wrestlemania 7 - Great Match)
vs Ravishing Rick Rude (SummerSlam 1989 and Wrestlemania 5)
vs Macho Man (SummerSlam 1992)

and of course

vs Hulk Hogan (Wrestlemania 6)

As awesome as Wrestlemania 6 was, when we saw Warrior defeat the invincible Hulk Hogan, his bet work happened when he wrestled Macho Man at Wrestlemania 7 and before that when he faced Rick Rude at Summerslam in the cage.

It's sad those guys are also gone too.

I remember after I saw WM6, I was inspired to play WWF with my little brother. I remember bodyslamming him as hard as I could and knocking the wind out of him. My dad beat the crap out of me for that one.

[ngtmarpete]

RIP Warrior... You were an icon during my childhood.

[RaginCajun]

As awesome as Wrestlemania 6 was, when we saw Warrior defeat the invincible Hulk Hogan, his bet work happened when he wrestled Macho Man at Wrestlemania 7 and before that when he faced Rick Rude at Summerslam in the cage.

It's sad those guys are also gone too.

I remember after I saw WM6, I was inspired to play WWF with my little brother. I remember bodyslamming him as hard as I could and knocking the wind out of him. My dad beat the crap out of me for that one.

i still have a scar on my head where little brother hit me with a chair!!!

i liked all of the old wrasslers! flying brian, sting, warrior, jake the snake, hacksaw, and all the others!

[wicked442]

http://youtu.be/rkyKhk3bBeo

Have you seen this. Lot of classics from my childhood.

[Black]

As awesome as Wrestlemania 6 was, when we saw Warrior defeat the invincible Hulk Hogan, his bet work happened when he wrestled Macho Man at Wrestlemania 7 and before that when he faced Rick Rude at Summerslam in the cage.

It's sad those guys are also gone too.

I remember after I saw WM6, I was inspired to play WWF with my little brother. I remember bodyslamming him as hard as I could and knocking the wind out of him. My dad beat the crap out of me for that one.

Right on. WM6 was iconic, but when he wrestled Macho Man, they were amazing matches. He had stated in the past that Macho and Rude were his two favorite wrestlers to work with.

[Honkey_Kong]

Right on. WM6 was iconic, but when he wrestled Macho Man, they were amazing matches. He had stated in the past that Macho and Rude were his two favorite wrestlers to work with.

Macho and Rude were EVERYBODY's favourite to work with.

So I saw that Hogan tweeted that he and Warrior made peace this weekend and forgave one another. This along with the speech and promo makes me think he knew he didn't have much time left.

[Zodiac82]

damn..rip UW

man I think everyone loved him as a child watchin wwf trying to do all the moves...gettin into arguments with ur friends because they said it was fake lol.

what a lot ppl didnt realize is that him and Hogan really really hated each other...I didnt see the speech I might have to go look for it

[Rwy]

I ****ing loved that guy but that life is a ticking time bomb. Between the juice, drugs, pain killers, and the neating you put your body through your shelf life is not very long

[DCI]

Wow this brings me back to when wwe was on the tv sad to see such a well spoken guy so young

[Black]

Macho and Rude were EVERYBODY's favourite to work with.

So I saw that Hogan tweeted that he and Warrior made peace this weekend and forgave one another. This along with the speech and promo makes me think he knew he didn't have much time left.

I agree. He also buried the hatchet with several wrestlers during the Hall of Fame weekend, including but not limited to Jake Roberts, Kevin Nash and of course, Vince McMahon.

From the other night:

[Honkey_Kong]

That fvcking cvnt, Nancy Grace is using this tragedy as an opportunity to put steroids under fire again. Warrior himself said he hadn't used steroids since the early 90's. The man didn't drink excessively and he never did rec drugs.

It's disgusting how they're going to use this as an opportunity to pervert a tragedy to push their anti-steroid agenda.

[Black]

That fvcking cvnt, Nancy Grace is using this tragedy as an opportunity to put steroids under fire again. Warrior himself said he hadn't used steroids since the early 90's. The man didn't drink excessively and he never did rec drugs.

It's disgusting how they're going to use this as an opportunity to pervert a tragedy to push their anti-steroid agenda.

I knew it would only be a matter of time before someone started pushing this anti-steroid crap. It doesn't surprise me at all that it is coming from that b!tch. I'd love to repeatedly kick her in the face until its a pile of mush. She serves absolutely no benefit to the human race or society.

I'm sure steroids didn't help his heart or body health. But in cases like these, someone that uses steroids and then passes away later in life, its because of the steroids, nothing else. However, you can have someone drink and smoke excessively and die from a heart attack later in life, and they just die from 'heart complications'.

All this coming out too before any actual cause of death has been assessed.

[< <Samson> >]

I would have posted on this sooner, but it just made me pretty sad to see a guy just 2 decades older than me drop like this.

R.I.P. Big bro

Good timing I suppose, but it feels close to home. Poor guy dropped not too far from house & at a fairly young age.


It's life, we'll all be there one day - still sad to see. We forget that we are mortal so much until something like this happens

[Honkey_Kong]

So there is a petition going to get that fvcking cvnt, Nancy Grace removed from TV.

That episode she did on The Ultimate Warrior was her bait in switch move to so she could push her anti-steroid agenda. It was disrespectful to Warrior and his family. She tried to tie this death with a number of other wrestlers who have died (some had absolutely nothing to do with steroids and drugs like Owen Hart).

If you guys want to sign the online petition here is the link:

http://www.change.org/petitions/cnn-...m-television-3

[Trevtrev]

Rip Warrior

[Rwy]

So there is a petition going to get that fvcking cvnt, Nancy Grace removed from TV.

That episode she did on The Ultimate Warrior was her bait in switch move to so she could push her anti-steroid agenda. It was disrespectful to Warrior and his family. She tried to tie this death with a number of other wrestlers who have died (some had absolutely nothing to do with steroids and drugs like Owen Hart).

If you guys want to sign the online petition here is the link:

http://www.change.org/petitions/cnn-...m-television-3

You really believe this guy was drug, steroid and alcohol free for quite some time?

[Honkey_Kong]

You really believe this guy was drug, steroid and alcohol free for quite some time?

If there was one guy from wrestling I'd believe, it'd be him.

[Bert]

Rip my fellow meathead.

[kevy]

rip

[swansong]

RIP Ultimate Warrior. I was watching him on tv on Monday night Raw and he looked great. Sad to see him go.

[calgarian]

I was a big Warrior fan as a kid (I hated Hulk Hogan) and like most, was amazed by his massive, ripped physique.

What's really creepy is that I just watched his induction to the WWE Hall of Fame the other night. Leaves you with a weird feeling when your idols as a kid start to pass away (Macho Man, now Warrior).

For those that didn't follow wrestling, he had a well-known feud with Vince McMahon and apparently they just recently patched it up. WWE released a DVD some time ago that brutally mad fun of Ultimate Warrior. During his induction speech, he kept repeating how much it hurt him. Really sad.

He collapsed outside of a hotel while walking with his wife Tuesday evening. I'm guessing its heart related, like Macho Man.

holy crap I was a big fan of both of them and didn't knew that macho man has passed away too....fvck

[Java Man]

Petition signed. Nancy Grace disgusts me. Has for years.

RIP Warrior.

[lovbyts]

Petition signed. Nancy Grace disgusts me. Has for years.

RIP Warrior.

signed

[Honkey_Kong]

I hope everybody signs the petition. It's time somebody sticks it to that cvnt.

But anyways, tonight they're supposed to air a tribute to Warrior

[Black]

I hope everybody signs the petition. It's time somebody sticks it to that cvnt.

But anyways, tonight they're supposed to air a tribute to Warrior

Thanks for the heads up. I figured they would, but I don't follow the wrestling world.

They were supposed to have a cause of death determined by last Thursday. Anyone heard anything?

[Honkey_Kong]

Thanks for the heads up. I figured they would, but I don't follow the wrestling world.

They were supposed to have a cause of death determined by last Thursday. Anyone heard anything?

The Ultimate Warrior died from a massive heart attack ... this according to the medical examiner who conducted the autopsy, TMZ has learned.

Officials tell TMZ ... the official cause of death for Warrior -- real name James Hellwig -- was determined to be "Atherosclerotic/Arteriosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease" ... aka heart disease.

Officials classified Warrior's death as "natural" -- meaning neither drugs nor alcohol were directly involved.

As we previously reported, Warrior clutched his chest outside of an Arizona hotel on April 8 while walking with his wife. He was rushed to a nearby hospital, but never regained consciousness.

Warrior was 54 years old.

Read more: Ultimate Warrior Cause of Death Revealed -- Autopsy Shows Fatal Heart Attack | TMZ.com

[Honkey_Kong]

If you guys would like to leave Warrior's family a letter of condolence, you can on his personal website, One Warrior Nation:

O.W.N. One Warrior Nation

[ironbeck]

54.............!!!! unless your older than 40 you don't realize how close that is, and he would of fdefinitely lived another 20 yrs if he hadn't been pumping himself full of steroids and stuff.

[DOSA]

holy shit. i have been reading this guys blog and what not.
he was out there.
this guy is lucky to live this long..

[lovbyts]

54.............!!!! unless your older than 40 you don't realize how close that is, and he would of fdefinitely lived another 20 yrs if he hadn't been pumping himself full of steroids and stuff.

Tell me about it. 2 1/2 years older than me.....

[bass]

R.i.p.