7 Times Wrestling Promotions Were Held To Ransom
5. The Ultimate Warrior
Vince McMahon looked more like the meme'd orgasmic version of himself in WWE's 'Self-Destruction Of The Ultimate Warrior' hatchet job DVD when he described how it felt to sack the former star shortly he after he'd finished his SummerSlam 1991.
Like much on that production, the story was dissected and dispelled soon after, with the company themselves softening their stance as part of Warrior's posthumous lionisation. McMahon was more at fault than he was willing to admit - Warrior was owed cash and had a legitimate gripe with the Chairman for the shrunken size of some previously promised payoffs. His handling of it was unprofessional in the traditional sense, but not unjustified in the face of what he felt were a collection of lies and mistruths from his once-thriving boss.
As it turned out, Warrior needn't have bothered kicking up such a fuss. The booking of his tag team match alongside Hulk Hogan against token jobber heels The Triangle Of Terror was framed around 'The Hulkster's burgeoning friendship with latest chiselled musclehead Sid Justice. McMahon saw so many dollars in that as a WrestleMania match that the left a few zeroes off Warrior's payslip. His heart and head had long been turned before his 'Ultimate' creation raced out of the promotion altogether.