10 Wrestlers You Won't Believe Got The Better Of Vince McMahon

6. Ultimate Warrior

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In 2005 - years after Vince, who actually wanted to sign the motherf*cker in December 1997 with Steve Austin on the ascent, realised that the Ultimate Warrior was officially useless - vengeance was taken.

The Ultimate Warrior had failed dismally in WCW in 1998, and faded from public review, emerging only to become a homophobic and racist piece of sh*t in an ill-fated touring intellectual bid. By 2005, with his reputation in tatters, WWE released - infamously - the 'Self-Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior' DVD.

A cathartic hatchet job, it was basically comprised of various WWE personnel burying Warrior for being an unprofessional and uncoordinated lummox who spoke as much vile as gibberish. This was truly shocking. No top WWE star had ever received such an unnecessary shovel across the bracket. All this accomplished, in the end, was alienating Warrior's following and the man himself. Serves the f*cker right for extorting Vince 14 years prior.

If you know the sheer extent to which Vince McMahon was a carny, you likely will believe that Vince, years later, invited Warrior back into the fold, exposing the COO as precisely that.

Those Warrior masks on WWEShop dot com were a hot seller.

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Michael Sidgwick is an editor, writer and podcaster for WhatCulture Wrestling. With over seven years of experience in wrestling analysis, Michael was published in the influential institution that was Power Slam magazine, and specialises in providing insights into All Elite Wrestling - so much so that he wrote a book about the subject. You can order Becoming All Elite: The Rise Of AEW on Amazon. Possessing a deep knowledge also of WWE, WCW, ECW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, Michael’s work has been publicly praised by former AEW World Champions Kenny Omega and MJF, and current Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. When he isn’t putting your finger on why things are the way they are in the endlessly fascinating world of professional wrestling, Michael wraps his own around a hand grinder to explore the world of specialty coffee. Follow Michael on X (formerly known as Twitter) @MSidgwick for more!