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6. The Ultimate Warrior’s Comic Book Fate (WWF)
The unique thing about this strange conclusion is that it didn't even happen on wrestling TV. In the mid-1990s, Vince McMahon agreed terms with The Ultimate Warrior to bring his peculiar brand of madness back to the World Wrestling Federation's ailing product. The 'New Generation' was in full swing, but McMahon wanted to sprinkle some Warrior magic back onto things too.
Warrior said yes, but also said the WWF would have to agree to buy a truckload of copies of his new comic book as part of the deal. Once he realised the legacy star wasn't going to budge, McMahon relented and was stuck with a bulging inventory of unsold comics. After all, the storyboard for it was chaotic, and included Warrior himself being possessed, dragged to hell and tortured to death.
Yep, it had an 'RIP Warrior' moment. Most people didn't see that, because the comic books didn't sell too well, but this was presented as a natural end to The Ultimate Warrior's character arc. No grandiose casket finish or 'Buried Alive' match conclusion - just Warrior being tied up and tortured in purgatory.
Insert jokes about him no-selling the finish here.
Seriously though, this is all rather spooky in retrospect given Warrior's real passing in 2014. That was undeniably sad, especially considering he'd only just returned to be inducted into the WWE Hall Of Fame. Decades earlier, Warrior was written off in comic book form. Bizarrely, he wouldn't be seen on WWF/WWE television again until that HOF treatment.
The less said about his shortlived WCW run in 1998 the better too.