10 WWE Stars Who Pretty Much Asked To Be Fired

6. The Ultimate Warrior

No, this has nothing to do with the time Warrior strong-armed Vince McMahon into giving him more money so he'd perform at SummerSlam 1991. That certainly didn't help, and did lead to a lengthy suspension (the WWF reportedly refused Warrior's request to leave the company), but 1996's saga is somehow more interesting.

Listening to the likes of Jim Ross talk about what Warrior was like to deal with around that time on his 'Grilling JR' podcast is eye-opening stuff. Warrior was a gigantic nuisance who seemed to believe his brand was way more powerful than the WWF as a whole and that he could do what he wanted without repercussions.

Before a scheduled pay-per-view match in '96, he missed several other live events and claimed he was taking time off to grieve his father's death. According to Ross and Bruce Prichard, Vince found that hard to stomach because Warrior had never been particularly close to his dad and hadn't seen him in 10 years.

Later, both parties came to verbal blows when Warrior criticised the WWF for selling merchandise (including a comic book) branded with his name and likeness. The whole situation was a messy mix of ego and posturing.