10 Things WWE Suddenly Wanted You To Care About (After Programming You To Hate Them)

2. Ultimate Warrior

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WWE

The Self-Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior DVD was an outrageous exercise in burying the legacy of a former talent. Usually, the BioDVD was aimed at the fans of a performer who wished to celebrate the triumphs of their career. This was instead catered to everybody who thought the Warrior was a callous piece of sh*t.

A long-form Vice article adapted to video, the content was astonishing.

Warrior was essentially framed as a demented, inarticulate egotist who was impossible to work with. He only hailed from Parts Unknown, said a very much justified Bobby Heenan, because "he was too stupid to remember where he was from". Heenan and Ted DiBiase claimed Warrior didn't appreciate the business. Triple H said Warrior "ruined the experience" of his first WrestleMania, which might have inspired him to go long against all reason virtually every subsequent time.

Reduced, Warrior's career was a total aberration that you, I, we were all as crazy as he was for enjoying. He couldn't work and his promos were asinine. Warrior only got over because little kids - each and every one of you - are stupid and undiscerning.

Until there was money to be made from his Hall of Fame induction, at which point Warrior was suddenly an electric, energetic megastar once again.

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