Web Conn Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 At a lost of words. Heres his promo from last night 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 while looking for any info that'd mention his father's cause of death just out of a curiosity if it was a heart disease death or whatever (his father died in 1996, Warrior (born in 1959) was his oldest son, so in all likelyhood he died relatively young [50s-60s] as well)... I didn't actually find that info but I did find.. 1) Warrior's first RAW appearance (post-WM12) aired on April 8th, 1996, 18yrs before yesterday. 2) Warrior allegedly used his chiropractic skills to win over WWF coworkers who were unhappy over his push But yeah.. can't imagine the use of steroids is going to be good for long term heart health, but it wouldn't stun me if there was also a slight bit of familial history as well. Eh, it's 1am and there's not much else to do, so yeah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 This... I always think no wrestling death can shock me anymore, but the timing of this is just so... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterien Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Wow, what a shocker. RIP Warrior. At least he got a great send off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kennedy Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 i only got around to watching raw last night and seriously thought he looked and sounded terrible and that he was prone for a heart attack. very eerie waking up this morning to this news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehabilitated Rick Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Shittiest news ever to wake up to . Shocked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuerrillaMonsoon Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Watching thru some old Warrior Youtube clips made me wonder whatever happened to Amanda Ultimatewarrior. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red is Dead Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Utterly bizarre news to wake up to. top story on bbc as well. coupled with a snarky picture of hhh and bryan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kropotkin's Beard Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Yeah, I'm with Fowler here. Generally immune to wrestlers dying far too young, but I think it's the fact that he was just put in the HOF at the weekend, and on Raw 36 hours ago which makes this one a surprise. Plus he was my favourite as a kid. I must have rented that Wrestlemania 6 VHS a dozen times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Custos Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 RIP. No doubt one of the most iconic entrances, theme music, personalities ever. And like others have said WMVI perhaps made the biggest impression as a wrestling fan on my young mind. It really was so great to see him officially accepted into the WWE fold and giving inspirational speeches in front of millions in the last few days. Such a pity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerjeRUN Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Fucking hell, huge shock! RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 I guess by this point, I don't expect ANY wrestler from that era to make it to sixty. When they do, that's great. At least in this case, he got to have his moment and it really was a hell of a moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Holy shit. First I've learnt about Warrior's passing. R.I.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 I'm at a loss for words. We JUST saw him... Ugh... RIP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 I'm at a loss for words. We JUST saw him... Ugh... RIP The timing is something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 I don't think I've been this sad about the death of a person I never met since, well, since I woke up and read that Randy Savage died. Even at 30 it's tough to accept that your childhood heroes aren't invincible. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playa Shunna Ver 3.0 Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Glad to see Warrior got his due before his time was up. I feel terrible for his family and his daughters. It's so hard to lose a parent at a young age. A great performer is someone who invokes and energy or emotion in their audience. Every time the Warrior ran through that curtain the energy was off the charts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 I don't think I've been this sad about the death of a person I never met since, well, since I woke up and read that Randy Savage died. Even at 30 it's tough to accept that your childhood heroes aren't invincible. I'm not nearly as shook up as I was with Savage. I do feel really bad for his family, especially after seeing how his wife reacted to him referencing her at the HOF the other night. There was just a ton of love there that came through, and he has kids, and that's always sad. With Warrior, he got to say goodbye, basically. He gave a speech the other night that, from reading two dozen insane warrior rants online in the 90s, whether they be about him potentially joining ECW or people e-mailing him about things or who knows what, you never thought in a million years he'd be able to give. It was smart and funny and touching and in a lot of weirdly surprising ways, right. Look, I'm not surprised when we lose a guy from the heavy heavy steroid era. I was really surprised at that speech and I was impressed and that's going to be my last memory of Warrior. I had a Warrior wrestling buddy as a kid. I couldn't stand Hogan but there was something about Warrior's energy I could get behind even if it was only the illusion of dynamism. I think he was a much better worker than he gets credit for because he was really good at following direction in big matches and I'm the world's biggest Warrior/Andre apologist. He's one of my favorite guys ever to watch on the apron in tag matches. That's still true. It was a hell of a speech, the perfect goodbye, even if I know he seemed excited to be a brand ambassador or whatever, and it's 100% what we did NOT get when it came to Savage. It's everything we didn't get when it came to Savage. I think in some ways these last few days have made me sadder about Savage than they have about Warrior. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Jesus, I saw the news feed on GMA this morning and got sick to my stomach. I just saw the guy on RAW two nights ago and he looked like the happiest man alive. Sympathies to his family and his children. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterien Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 I can't remember it but my mother said I was a Warrior fan when I was really young (first wrestler memory is Flair) I had a jumper and a Warrior toy so I must have been. Anyway,my heart really sank this morning when I was flicking through the sites and saw the news. I feel sad about it but it seems he had a blast at the HOF and even though it obviously wasnt a planned send off, it was a great one. RIP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 No one is really doing it here but please stay away from "OMG! I AM SAW HIM SWEATING! CLEARLY HE WAS HAVING KIDNEY FAILURE!!!!" stuff that I am seeing way too much of on the internet You are not a doctor. You did not stay at a Holiday Inn 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsey Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 As a child of the 80's, I saw the rise and fall of Warrior. I was never a huge fan of his ring work or his promos but I dug what he was as an attraction. I enjoyed the energy he brought. When his music hit, it was like a bomb exploded in the arena. The pops he got rivaled the biggest reactions Hogan was getting. I saw him wrestle live at the Boise State Pavillion back when we used to get the occasional house show and he blew the roof off the place. May he rest in peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swift Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Ah fuck. Just saw this on CBC's website. This has made me kinda sad actually. He was easily my favourite wrestler as a kid. Remember running around the house/garden like a madman humming his theme song, and then shaking the imaginary ropes. I'll be doing that in tribute later today. (I probably won't, but I really want to.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonteCarl Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 I was a huge Warrior mark growing up. The day after WM 6, I faked being sick so I could stay home from school as I didn't want to find out who won between him and Hogan until the opening of Prime Time Wrestling that night. My friend called the house later that day and told my mom who then spoiled it for me. I was upset I found out that way, but super excited that Warrior won and my mind raced until I finally got to see the stills on PTW a few hours later. I was so excited the first time I was going to get to see him live, as he was going to face Andre the Giant. Unfortunately, this was during the run where Warrior was squashing Andre in 30 seconds, so I only got to see him in a flash and then he was gone. I was upset that the first live glimpse of my favorite wrestler was so short, but still shocked that he beat Andre so quickly and thought it was awesome. I still have an original Warrior poster as well as two of those silk screened sheet things, one in black the other in green, stashed away in my closet somewhere. Glad we did get the "Goodbye" from his final appearances and he and Vince got closure on their issues before this happened. You gotta think that all the extra excitement and adreneline rush of the weekend, as well as the appearance on RAW, had something to do with speeding this up. So sad for the rest of his family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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