Let me clear something up before I start. This isn't personal. It can't be since we don't know each other at all. I read an article just minutes ago from Jacob Kuhn about The Ultimate Warrior and I just couldn't let that go. I decided to come back and get away from my very busy schedule and write one more article. I find that Kuhn has a good writing style but since he says that The Warrior is his least favorite superstar of all-time, you know that the article, not the writer, is going to suck. He's going to take sides and he's done just that. He's taken WWE's side even if he acknowledges that very often, the WWE has screwed people just because they decided to do so. You have to take sides sometimes but you have to at least look at the facts correctly.

I repeat, Kuhn has writing talent but he didn't even see the DVD or considered that Warrior was angry when he wrote the article. He didn't even acknowledge the fact that Warrior is among the most charismatic wrestlers of all-time along with Hulk Hogan and The Rock. It's hard to say if The Rock is more charismatic because they never fought each other or talked during the same era. I can definitely say that Warrior was way more charismatic than Hogan and that is hard to believe. In an era where Hogan was the number 1 superstar of the company, Warrior made McMahon see it in another way. He made McMahon see that he had hired a more powerful force. Warriors were chanting alongside Hulkamaniacs and if you're asking how can I tell that Warrior was more charismatic than Hogan " At Wrestlemania VI. He didn't need to do anything. He just had to be there. He had made his fans since 1987 and 3 years later, he didn't need to pump the crowd as much. They cheered louder than the Hulkamaniacs.

Something that makes me sick is Hogan's book. It doesn't make me sick because he bashes Warrior because you can bash Warrior or anybody. It's just that he bashes Warrior with lies and with no reasons, just because the book was published while he was in WWE. Hogan had agreed to give the WWE title to Warrior, the new leader of the WWE. Hogan even said this earlier. He had no problem giving the belt to Warrior not because they had agreed to give the title back to him by beating Warrior but because he was retiring to make movies and the WWE just couldn't overlook the Warrior's popularity.

Hogan briftly retired in 1990 to make movies and then they came up with the idea of having him feud with Earthquake. I asked John Tenta on his forum about this and he said that Hogan wasn't really planning to comeback until that moment. He had never told McMahon about the title. He wanted to do movies. Of course, before leaving, he thought about the fact that he might comeback one day. He didn't know when or even if he'd do it. He didn't want to get the title back from Warrior. That's one of the reasons Warrior lost the title to Sgt. Slaughter so that Hogan, the all-american, could save the United States of America by beating Slaughter. Warrior, as he said in his 2nd letter, had no problem doing this because at the time, the WWE had plans for him. They wanted him to feud with Randy Savage.

Warrior was very open to that. He didn't mind. He just didn't want to feud with a mid-carder or lose to someone that wasn't in his class. He was doing that to protect the character of The Ultimate Warrior.

Warrior says he's not a legend but The Ultimate Warrior is. Of course. In his short stint as WWE champion, he was loved by millions and millions of little Warriors. Before and after, it was no different.

When he was a mid-carder, he was battling people like Hercules like at Wrestlemania IV and when the WWE saw that The Warrior had too many fans to remain a mid-carder, they gave him the Intercontinental championship from the longest reigning Intercontinental champion of all-time, the Honky Tonk Man. Of course, Brutus Beefcake was the one they had planned to make champion but his life and career didn't turn out exactly as planned, like in 1990, and they had to think about somebody else. One simple choice : Ultimate Warrior.

He had great feuds and the most memorable is of course the one against "Ravishing" Rick Rude. Rude was a very talented wrestler and also had a lot of charisma, very far from Warrior but he had a lot. So "The Sexiest Man Alive" finally gave Warrior his first defeat at Wrestlemania V. He cheated but that was the way Rude's character was. Warrior had lost the title but not for long. They met again and at SummerSlam 1989, Warrior recaptured the strap with help from Roddy Piper.

What was left for him to do " Just one thing : win the WWE title from Hulk Hogan. Warrior was told 4 months before that he would win the title. He was really excited ! They had planned the Royal Rumble confrontation just days prior to the Pay-Per-View. It was way more apparent that they'd be facing each other when Warrior accidentally hit Hogan with a clothesline when they were teaming against Mr. Perfect and The Genius. For the following weeks to come, Warrior defended Hogan against Earthquake & Dino Bravo and so did Warrior. Each time, they were unhappy that the other came to give help.

The Ultimate Challenge. Wrestlemania VI. Toronto Skydome. 67 000 fans. Warrior defeated Hogan to capture the championship. People went crazy. Hogan had never been pinned fairly. After that defeat, it left Hogan time to make his movies, like "Suburban Commando" and it left the company on the shoulders of The Warrior.

He took on all comers and even restarted his feud with "Ravishing" Rick Rude. Hogan came back at SummerSlam 1990 to take on Earthquake but Warrior was still main eventing against Rude in a Steel Cage match.

At Survivor Series 1990, Hogan was back and was teaming with Warrior in the finals. How many times have you seen Hogan at that time enter the ring not last " Not many ! Warrior was still the most loved and actually gave his team the win.

Hogan wanted the title back because, I admit, it was the right thing to do. Warrior had no competition or so. He had to lose to Sgt. Slaughter, who had just betrayed the USA. Who was the best to recapture the strap and "win the war" " Hulk Hogan. That left Warrior with Savage and that unbelievable match at Wrestlemania VII. Savage pinned after 25 minutes and with just one foot over him.

From there, the WWE didn't know what to do with Warrior anymore. A feud with The Undertaker was good but that didn't last too long. "When he put me into that coffin, that's the most rest I got !", laughed Warrior in 2004.

That's where the real story starts. The "Warrior asked for more money at SummerSlam 1991" incident. I won't defend Warrior by lying. It's true but I would have done the exact same thing. In fact, I would have done it a lot more early. He carried the company for a long time with that belt and Hogan was still paid more. Warrior was right but they declined him so Warrior left. He was right ! McMahon and his stooges couldn't find him and Vince was starting to lose confidence. "Where' my Warrior "!", he asked. When they could find him, they agreed to give him more money and he cameback at Wrestlemania VIII. He thought things would be different. He left after 8 months. What did he do in those 8 months " Feud with The Berzerker and Papa Shango. They gave him one last shot at the WWE title against Randy Savage but this time, he wouldn't win it as the Flair-Savage feud was too intense. They wanted to put him against Nailz but it was all too much for the Warrior. He didn't want to do it so McMahon fired him.

For the first time since 1983, the WWE didn't have Hogan and Warrior working for the company. Though Hogan would comeback at Wrestlemania IX, Warrior wouldn't. Look at what Hogan has done in 1993. Force McMahon to give him the title. Warrior didn't want to feud with a lower mid-carder and he got fired. There was something about Warrior that McMahon didn't like or was jealous of. It happens a lot. Jealousy is in McMahon's veins. Hogan testified against McMahon for his steroid trial and later, Hogan paid the price. He became Mr. America in 2003. What a nice gimmick for a legend. Not mentioning the times he mocked Hogan. His poses, Billionaire Ted-Nacho Man-Huckster, Big Show dressed as Hogan. All that happened just because Hogan had gotten the best of him.

Same thing with Warrior but it didn't work. McMahon never achieved what he was trying to do : bury The Warrior. Warrior always left on his own terms or it didn't matter much to him. After he was fired, Warrior went to work for some independant promotions but after too many broken promises made to him, Warrior left.

He brought the WWE to court and won over his name, character and everything about him. He just wanted to earn a living and by changing his name to Warrior, he could earn it. Some call him crazy for that but he did it to be able to wrestle again with the name and character he had created. "My wife and kids took the name of Warrior too.", he said.

He started the Warrior University and his comic books. He knew comics were big for the kids and he tried to start his own. I will admit that they were pretty horrible but I think some Batmans and Supermans suck too. It's just that all of Warrior's did...

McMahon tried to get him back in the WWE. That's what Warrior meant about "Fired" and "Hired". Everytime he fired Warrior, he came back and tried to rehire him. It worked 2 times. Warrior agreed to comeback in late 1995. He also agreed for the merchandise. T-Shirts, magazines and books with 2 different mentions : one would be "Always Believe" for the official Warrior products and the other would be "Feel The Power" for the wrestling related items. McMahon said he agreed but he did not. They were supposed to be sold as different items. They were sold together as WWE merchandise.

The plan was for him to comeback at Wrestlemania XII.

He came to talk to Triple H, or Hunter-Hearst-Helmsley, at the time about his match. "You'll hit me with your finisher, that will make no effect, I will get up and pin you." Triple H agreed but just prior to the Pay-Per-View, he went to see McMahon and tried to change the plans. The match went on as planned and that's why Warrior pinned Hunter in about 1 minute and 30 seconds.

Warrior wanted to make an impact and Hunter, like many others like Goldust, were there to put him and guys like Michaels, Undertaker, Diesel and Bret Hart over.

Hunter didn't understand that and he is still mad at Warrior for this.

Warrior had a short feud with Goldust in 1996 before being fired again. The official story is that Warrior didn't show up for many many shows. That's true but there was a reason to this. Warrior's mother had just died. He needed time. McMahon didn't care and fired him anyway.

And you think Warrior is an asshole and an idiot "

wCw had approched Warrior on numerous occasions but Warrior always declined. This time, they promised to offer him more money. They did and Warrior joined the company in 1998 to confront Hollywood Hogan.

Everybody knows that Hogan, Nash and Hall were behind everything in wCw. Just days prior to Fall Brawl, Warrior injured his arm but he showed up anyway. That's why the match looks less than a good Warrior match. He won though. He teamed up with Sting, his old partner before they were both popular, to take on Hogan and Bret Hart on wCw Nitro but he didn't care.

"The matches that were put together were put together so fast that it didn't mean anything to me or Sting.", Warrior said. "Sting was very friendly.", he added.

About the trap door he used to vanish thorugh with smoke, Warrior said that Davey Boy was stoned that night, like so many other nights. He fell on it but Davey had back problems before. More than all, he had big drug problems. It's funny to say that it was Warrior's fault when the only wrestler to ever trip on it was stoned...No one else did.

Warrior finally faced Hogan at Halloween Havoc 1998. "He didn't want to put any time on the match.", Warrior said about Hogan. He didn't care. The match was pretty bad but Hogan did what he always wanted to do, beat Warrior in the middle of a ring. I'm proud he didn't do it fairly. Warrior never lost fairly. It was the way his character had to be. Until the end, he achieved his goal.

Not long after that, Warrior's contract expired and he wasn't seen in a wrestling ring anymore.

He started many other things including his own website where he'd talk about anything. He'd speak his mind. For all the pathetic people that thought he acted like his character in real life, you see that you got it wrong.

And The Rock wasn't the first one to talk about himself at the 3rd person. Warrior was the one.

I don't want to defend anybody but when something is wrong, I want to clarify it. Warrior happens to be my favorite wrestler of all-time, that's all. I defended Kane, Undertaker and Bret Hart on numerous occasions. I try to defend other people when wrong things are said. I don't care who the person is, I've just got to do it. I even defend my ex-girlfriend when someone tells me something not wrong, but incorrect about her and we hate each other.

The fact is, people are misjudging Warrior. No, he isn't perfect but he has more class than you think and he doesn't kiss anybody's ass. He said he's never be in the Hall Of Fame and he isn't. He always declines. He doesn't want to meet McMahon or accept the invitations of the WWE. He stands by what he believes in. That's a real man.

I'm a big fan of actor James Stewart. I recently learned that he was racist but I still love him a lot. I'm aware that Stewart wasn't born that way. He was born in 1908 and in that time, a lot of people were racists.

The moral is that before misjudging someone, learn hard to love him and if you can't, learn to respect him at least. Everybody has a reason to be the way he is.

Hogan is about the money but he loves wrestling too. He'd make more money in Hollywood even if he has no good scenarios. I don't think Hogan is a bad actor. He is good in wrestling when it's time to act hurt or whatever. I think he has talent but just like Elvis Presley, we'll never know it because of the poor scenarios.

Learn the facts before misjudging someone.

I've also got to defend people like Hogan, Warrior and Savage again. You think on telling that they suck at wrestling. I read someone say it correctly here not so long ago. If everybody were like Chris Benoit or Bret Hart, wrestling would be boring. If there would be 7 billions Einsteins on the planet, it would be boring. Warrior had his way, Hogan had his, Savage had his, Michaels has his, Hart had his, Undertaker has his...everybody has his. I know Kane is an agile man because he was very agile as Dr. Isaac Yankem DDS. He showed it a little bit as Kane but Kane is more about his power. Warrior used submission moves like the camel clutch before being in WWE and using his power and charisma to build his character.

Last year, he declined the invitation of the WWE to appear as a Legend in their Smackdown ! games. He went with Acclaim instead and "Showdown : Legends Of Wrestling".

Now, there's the DVD. There was the magnificent Shoot DVD from Warrior before that which told his career in an interview. Now, there's another DVD. This one is mocking The Warrior. McMahon had asked Warrior to give his thoughts and interviews for a new DVD for The Ultimate Warrior. One like so many others (Stone Cold, The Rock, Hulk Hogan, Legion Of Doom...). Warrior declined so they made another DVD. From a Legends DVD to a Mocking DVD, "The Self-Destruction Of The Ultimate Warrior" was born. All the wrestlers in it mock him, with no exception. He was green, stiff, no talent, had no brain...They all said that using different words.

There's even a section where they show bloopers of The Warrior. Bloopers are always funny except when they are made to mock the person. Here, they do just that.

When you watch the DVD, you tell yourself : "This guy hasn't done anything good in wrestling. He was a zero !" but when you know him or you know his story, you can't say that. Of course, he wasn't like that at all. They try to make you believe that. They try to make you believe that it wasn't a character and that he was really like that in real life. On Emule, I have even found a video of The Warrior in 1990, as WWE champion, in a parade where he talks with his normal voice.

Remember the "Bret Screwed Bret" story " It's the same with Warrior. Bret got screwed and didn't screw himself. They always tried to screw Warrior but it never really worked.

When Warrior responded, he was angry so don't look for the 100 % intelligent Warrior. It will pass. Today, Bret would probably not even consider thinking about McMahon as an asshole anymore. People grow up and they change.

Warrior will probably forgive McMahon one day and I'm sure that one day, even if it's in 20 years, McMahon will admit what he did wrong to people like Warrior, Hart or the Dudley Boyz. Always Believe, remember "

That's right, always believe and look further than your eyes do.

I know I took Warrior's side here but when you know the entire story, how can you not take his side "

by Dany Mercury..