10 Secret Times Wrestling TV Mirrored Real Life
7. Ultimate Warrior's 1996 Exit
The Ultimate Warrior and Vince McMahon's tumultuous relationship had skewed towards the broken end of f*cked going back to several 1991 disagreements outlined in tremendous detail by the A&E documentary on his strange life.
That - five years and several more spats later - the pair expected things to be different was probably on them.
Warrior felt like a man out of time in 1996's New Generation, but initially that was the point. WWE had felt short on the bankable commodities of the eighties and early-nineties, and the former headliner was precisely that. Unfortunately for Warrior, the company had changed in the image of Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels and the few remaining fans had been trained to expect much more than his smoke and mirrors act.
Creative and financial disagreements cursed the deal from the off, and McMahon wasn't best pleased when Warrior started missing dates. The company took the odd step of having kayfabe President Gorilla Monsoon explain a real life punishment on-air, noting that Warrior would have to post appearance bonds to protect the company from future no-shows. This lined up with an injury write-off at the hands of Camp Cornette, and the two sides parted ways for good.