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the first PPV i've ever watched was Wrestlemania 6 at my Grandfather's. I was really young at the time and hadn't really heard of wrestling up until that point. I was entertained by the characters on the card, but the Warrior vignettes throughout the show really fascinated me. I didn't know much about Hulk Hogan, but I knew enough to know that he was a big deal. Hogan's character was larger than life, but the Warrior had an ethereal mystique to him, almost comic book superhero-like. When Warrior beat Hogan that night, it was the ultimate underdog triumph to me, and i fell in love with the character.
Throughout the next several years, I had a collection of Ultimate Warrior Wrestlebuddies, toys and t-shirts. When I stopped at the videostore, I would rent those huge WWF VHS's and pick the events with Warrior on the card. I even went out for Halloween one year sporting his signature facepaint.
Enter the summer of 1991. Undertaker had just arrived on the scene, and was in the midst of putting people in bodybags and locking them in coffins. My father got us tickets to see the WWF live during their Canadian leg tour in Montreal. I was 3 rows away from ringside. The main event that night happened to be the Ultimate Warrior vs The Undertaker in a bodybag match (some cities got this, and others got Slaughter vs Hogan). Needless to say, I was pumped but scared shitless of the Undertaker once his entrance hit. When Warrior came out, the place ERRUPTED and I was fully behind my guy. At the end of the match, the Undertaker put Warrior in a bodybag and I was in tears, then Warrior ripped himself out of the bag and pumbled Taker. That night was the greatest night of my life at that point.
Once Warrior left, I still watched, but wrestling wasnt ever the same for me. I was a huge Bret hart fan, but he never resonated with me quite the way Warrior did. Come wrestlemania 12, as much as I wanted to see the Ironman match, I was most excited for Warrior's return. His return certainly didn't disappoint, I marked out like I was 6 all over again.
the Ultimate warrior was one of my childhood heros. He might not've been the greatest worker to some, but as a kid I didn't give a flying fuck. He was awesome.
Throughout the next several years, I had a collection of Ultimate Warrior Wrestlebuddies, toys and t-shirts. When I stopped at the videostore, I would rent those huge WWF VHS's and pick the events with Warrior on the card. I even went out for Halloween one year sporting his signature facepaint.
Enter the summer of 1991. Undertaker had just arrived on the scene, and was in the midst of putting people in bodybags and locking them in coffins. My father got us tickets to see the WWF live during their Canadian leg tour in Montreal. I was 3 rows away from ringside. The main event that night happened to be the Ultimate Warrior vs The Undertaker in a bodybag match (some cities got this, and others got Slaughter vs Hogan). Needless to say, I was pumped but scared shitless of the Undertaker once his entrance hit. When Warrior came out, the place ERRUPTED and I was fully behind my guy. At the end of the match, the Undertaker put Warrior in a bodybag and I was in tears, then Warrior ripped himself out of the bag and pumbled Taker. That night was the greatest night of my life at that point.
Once Warrior left, I still watched, but wrestling wasnt ever the same for me. I was a huge Bret hart fan, but he never resonated with me quite the way Warrior did. Come wrestlemania 12, as much as I wanted to see the Ironman match, I was most excited for Warrior's return. His return certainly didn't disappoint, I marked out like I was 6 all over again.
the Ultimate warrior was one of my childhood heros. He might not've been the greatest worker to some, but as a kid I didn't give a flying fuck. He was awesome.
