10 Times WWE Went Back On Big Decisions

For the better part of two decades, the Ultimate Warrior was blackballed from WWE.

Between 1987 and 1996, he’d come and gone on multiple occasions amidst pay disputes and steroid scandals before the company seemed to firmly cut ties after his no-showing of a series of ’96 live events.

Over the years, the love-hate relationship spawned a handful of lawsuits between the two parties, with both sides claiming ownership of the Ultimate Warrior character, though the man himself had legally changed his name to Warrior in 1993 in order to be able to use the name. Vince McMahon would later be heard to call Warrior a nut case before his company put out a damning DVD charting the "the Self-Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior."

In short, the bridge appeared to be burned beyond repair, until it was surprisingly announced that Warrior would be making a signing appearance WrestleMania 29 – the announcement even saw him go as far as speaking positively about his former employer, McMahon.

12 months later, Warrior was inducted into the Hall of Fame and welcomed back to the WWE family with open arms, in perhaps one of the biggest "never say never" stories in all of pro wrestling.