10 Wrestlers Whose Entrances Were Better Than Their Matches

3. Ultimate Warrior

Ultimate Warrior energetically sprinting to the ring to his ‘Unstable’ theme is nostalgically remembered to this day. He’s fondly remembered for making his way to the ring to battle Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania VI in Toronto in the ‘Title For Title’ collision. The way Warrior would convulse and shake the ring ropes in his makeup was a special sight. It was as if he soaked up the atmosphere in arenas worldwide when shaking. Ultimate Warrior looked like a superhero come to life if used properly, and that centred on sending him to the ring for short squash matches and him celebrating with the fans afterwards.

Warrior for sure wasn’t paid by the hour. At WWF SummerSlam 1988 his entrance was as quick as his 31 second squash over The Honky Tonk Man for the Intercontinental Championship. Or when he defeated a young Hunter Hearst Helmsley at WrestleMania XII in a quick 1:39. And his matches weren’t exactly 7-star Tokyo Dome performances. He was a wrestler generally of four moves of doom: leaping shoulder blocks, multiple running clotheslines, Gorilla Press Drop and Running Splash. Just look to Goldust vs. Warrior at In Your House 7: Good Friends, Better Enemies which is infamously atrocious or Hollywood Hogan vs. The Warrior at Halloween Havoc in that legendary 15-minute bore.