10 WWE Superstars Who Recovered From Disgrace
3. Ultimate Warrior
The lionisation of The Ultimate Warrior by WWE for charitable causes has been grim to spectate, not least due to the awkward placement of his widow Dana in every single segment. The most recent recipient of the 'Warrior' treatment was the company's annual link-up with divisive (!) cancer charity Susan G Koman, in which survivors were encouraged to embrace their inner warriors and flog some t-shirts. This, despite the late Warrior himself making some hideous remarks about beloved cancer-stricken figure Bobby Heenan during 'The Brain's struggles with multiple bouts of the condition.
Those weren't his only problematic parables. He infamously took aim at the victims of Hurricane Katrina as they watched their lives float away in the devastation, repeatedly fired homophobic shots at Heath Ledger and drew audible gasps from the students of the University of Connecticut after defending his hardline views on homosexuality by suggesting that "queering don't make the world work", and later instructing an Iranian student to "get a towel".
During his time extradited from the WWE family, comments and outbursts such as these were looked upon with judgment by the organisation. Years later (and in the grim profiteering from his death), they were simply overlooked in a failed act of erasure.