WWE Raw: 10 Things You Might Have Missed (2 Oct)

5. Ultimate Insult

WWE Raw Oct 2 Sasha Bayley Callback
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'Unleash Your Warrior' was the call-to-arms from WWE (and Jim Hellwig's widow Dana), as they launched this year's saccharine Susan G Komen campaign. Stood next to some legitimately heroic cancer survivors, Warrior's widow asked those and others stricken with the awful disease to 'Be Strong. Act Bold. Always Believe'.

Oh. Unleash that Warrior.

So don't unleash the Warrior that once infamously commented publicly that 'queering don't make the world work'? Or the one that referred to Todd Grisham and Droz respectively as 'the queer and the cripple'. Or the one who responded to Hurricane Katrina with an astonishing takedown of a city in ruin too long to post here. Or, similarly, the heartless rant he had at Heath Ledger's expense after the actor committed suicide. Both of those diatribes and countless others are available to view in Deadspin's excellent 'The Ultimate Warrior Was An Insane D*ck' thought-piece, bravely penned in the wake of his posthumous deification.

But yes. Unleash your Warrior. Just absolutely not the one the called Bobby Heenan a 'pure two-faced bag of s**t', noting that it was 'too difficult to keep a straight face' talking about his suffering. From cancer.

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation over 8 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 62,000,000 total downloads. Within the podcasting space, he also co-hosts Benno & Hamflett, In Your House! and Podcast Horseman: The BoJack Horseman Podcast. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, Fightful, POST Wrestling, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett