The Self Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior
by Dunn (III), Kevin
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Actor: Bobby Heenan, Eric Bischoff, Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Ted DiBiaseDirector: Dunn (III), Kevin
Brand: WELLSPRING/GENIUS
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 180 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-09-27
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: World Wrestling
Movie Reviews of The Self Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior
Movie Review: Not enough self-destruction. And too much crapping on the Warrior
Summary: 3 Stars
I probably should have realized that the WARRIAH~! parted on poor terms with the WWF in 1996, but I hadn't realized just how poor they were.
This documentary is rather entertaining, with lots of footage of the ULTIMATE WARRIAH~! but for the most part... it's not a "documentary"; it's commentary.
While people like Edge, Jericho, and Christian seem to respect the WARRIAH~!, everyone else just absolutely s***s on the man every moment they can after the opening pleasantries about how big an impact he made on the business!
Every other scene features Hulk Hogan or Ted DiBiase or Bobby Heenan or Sergeant Slaughter or Steve Lombardi or Bruce Prichard or Gene Oakerlund s***ing on the WARRIAH~! Every chance they can, they keep saying how awful a wrestler WARRIAH~! was, which in the case of some people (Hulk Hogan much?) is the equivalent of the Pot approaching the Kettle and saying "You are black".
Obviously WARRIAH~! was nowhere near a decent wrestler at the time, but the fact that his peers constantly remark just how awful he is is insulting and a blatant "hitjob" to tarnish his skills. The fact is, while his skills weren't likely very good, they were about on par with much of the WWF's in-ring quality of the time. Is the WARRIAH~! a bad wrestler? Yes. Is he substantially worse than Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant, Rick Rude, Sergeant Slaughter? Absolutely not. The WWF's in-ring style in the mid-late 80s and early 90s was what is called by some "hoss" style, meaning a heavy emphasis on "big" guys (muscly or tall) and little to no emphasis on actual athletic talent. This was in the era where Vince's Big and Tall fetish was running rampant.
Even after showing the part regarding WARRIAH~!'s Wrestlemania victory over Hogan, they CONTINUE to s*** all over WARRIAH~!'s skill, and go on to start PRAISING HOGAN as if he were the superstar for so graciously "passing the torch" to Hogan, while Jericho, Edge, and Christian have the decency to say that WARRIAH~! could put on great matches with great opponents.
Before this DVD, I had figured the ULTIMATE WARRIAH~! had had some sort of colossal mental breakdown or devolving into serious drug use or something to warrant such a title as "The Self Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior". Instead, it starts ALL OF A SUDDEN in early 1991, after continuous WARRIAH~! bashing and a quick overview of his feuds with Rick Rude and Randy Savage.
ALL OF A SUDDEN at the Royal Rumble, it's said that WARRIAH~! basically held up Vince for more money, saying he wouldn't go out and perform unless he got paid a certain amount. I agree that this is a really piss-poor unprofessional thing to do, but the talking-head commentary takes this event and runs with it for the next ten minutes, bashing and bashing how awful and evil a man WARRIAH~! is and how arrogant he is and how bad a wrestler he is (take a shot) and how ungrateful he is.
Then comes his lawsuit in 1993, changing his name to Warrior, and returning to the WWF in 1996, only to be fired again for no-showing and demanding more money. Again, this is a bad thing, but hardly anything like "self destruction".
Perhaps his brief time in WCW could explain the whole "self destruction" part, and it does... for five minutes. And only covering one promo. ONE! WARRIAH~!'s first coming to WCW, where he had a 15 minute rambling promo on Hulk Hogan that, due to WCW's own incompetence and lack of leadershipm was completely unscripted, nonsensical, redundant, and absolutely mad and out of control.
And that's it. Then they go on to show his match against Hogan from Halloween Havoc 98, arguably one of the worst in history.
Then it ends with some brief mention of his speaking tours, which unfortunately they can't show any footage of (I would've given this DVD five stars if they just had the footage or at least mention of that damn chestnut of WARRIAH~! wisdom "Queering doesn't make the world work"*), and that's it.
So what we have is a fun collection of videos of WARRIAH~!, accompanied by a total hitjob of bashing and heavily biased commentary, boiling down to Christian, Edge, and Jericho respecting WARRIAH~! for his contributions to the business, and the rest hating WARRIAH~! and hoping he burns in hell (exaggeration, but close enough).
Also, bonus matches~! But why would you want to watch a WARRIAH~! match?
*I completely disagree with this statement and believe it is wrong and in poor taste. However, I happen to find it a hilarious statement due to the sheer ridiculousness and tastelessness of it.
Summary of The Self Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior
A driving guitar beat heralded his explosion to the ring with his signature arm bands and face paint. His intensity was unparalleled. His controversial personality was equally unmatched. Learn about the man and the myth from the people who witnessed his meteoric rise to the WWE Championship in a victory against Hulk Hogan before 67000 fans at Wrestlemania VI. Hear from the Superstars who worked with the man. Did he burn out or drop out?Relive his feuds with "Macho Man" Randy Savage "Ravishing" Rick Rude Hulk Hogan and more. Exclusive interviews with Vince McMahon and Eric Bischoff break down the Ultimate Warrior's stints in WWE & WCW. Find out exactly what happened at Summerslam 1991 when The Ultimate Warrior help up the WWE for more money!System Requirements: Running Time 180 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre:?SPORTS/GAMES Rating:?NR UPC:?651191938902 Manufacturer No:?WWE93890Sports DVD Video
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