10 Times WWE Made MASSIVE Changes That You Didn’t Even See
3. Hulk Hogan & The Ultimate Warrior Vanish Without Trace
How can one address the total disappearance of two of the biggest stars in the company, even if their time appeared fleeting?
Put simply? Don't.
Between 1991 and 1993, Hulk Hogan and The Ultimate Warrior both left the company they'd been dual figureheads of, and on both occasions, explanations ranged from vague to completely non-existent.
We were presumably led to believe that Warrior had taken on a Forrest Gump-sized running challenge after SummerSlam 1991 that he miraculously completed at WrestleMania VIII, so nondescript was his exit. On the same night he returned, 'The Hulkster' said a rather ambiguous farewell.
There was no kayfabe reason that effectively masked the realities of the pressures placed upon him thanks to increased scrutiny on steroid abuse in wrestling, but very little had changed on that front considering Warrior's sudden departure just months before Hogan's 1993 return. That wasn't built to last either - his WrestleMania IX and King Of The Ring pay-per-view clashes were the only on-screen outings for the cheeky b*stard before he was gone again. It took a decade and the demise of WCW for the door to be opened again.