Ultimate Warrior: 5 Things To Forget And 5 Things To Remember

5. The Self Destruction Of The Ultimate Warrior DVD

We begin with the five things to forget about Ultimate Warrior and at the top of that list the unnecessarily negative home video release World Wrestling Entertainment produced in 2005. A company that created the character and pumped so much money into it, then reaped the benefits when it became a massive hit, released a DVD in which sports-entertainment figures of the past ripped apart and tore down the entire career of the Ultimate Warrior. Vince McMahon himself, Bobby "the Brian" Heenan, Ted DiBiase, Hulk Hogan and Steve "Brooklyn Brawler" Lombardi are just a few of the talking heads that criticize Warrior and attempt to devalue his career throughout the documentary's 90-minute run time. Some of the criticism is undoubtedly deserved. Having worked with him during the height of his career, those men would surely have stories about Warrior that would ring true. With that said, for WWE to produce a DVD that's only purpose was to run down one of its greatest characters was incredibly petty. There are rarely major stars that do no have differences with their boss or with some of their co-workers. Hulk Hogan, for one, has had plenty of instances where ego got in the way of business but there has never been a DVD produced where he was harshly criticized and had his credibility questioned. Nor should there be. It was a classless act by a company that is better than that.