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Date Posted: 17:56:19 10/22/02 Tue
Author: Scrapiron Bryan
Author Host/IP: pg4px.pg.com / 192.229.17.113
Subject: Re: Warrior on WWE television
In reply to: TCB 's message, "Re: Warrior on WWE television" on 00:01:33 10/22/02 Tue

The reason was Warrior was released was because he missed some house shows to spend time with his father who was ill and later to mourn his death. WWF suspended Warrior pending he sign an appearance bond. Warrior refused to sign so WWF terminated his contract. The termination of his contract was meaningless at this point because it's doubtful Warrior would have gone back to work for them due to their insensitivity about the death of his father.
All the stuff about the legal battle over the right to "The Ultimate Warrior" name came after he had left.

SIB

>Yo Scrapiron Bryan,
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> What was the main reason why the Ultimate Warrior
>left the WWF/E in 1996? I have heard many different
>stories, but never knew which information was the
>truth and which information was false. Was it the
>dispute over the rights to Warrior's name and
>gimmick? I know that was part of it, but what else
>contributed to the WWF/E dumping the Ultimate Warrior
>out during a time in which he was in a high-profile
>angle(with Shawn Michaels and Ahmed Johnson in a war
>against the late Owen Hart, the late Davey Boy Smith,
>and Vader)?
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> Regarding the WWE still seeing the Warrior's name
>as marketable, you darn right he is still marketable.
>After all, he was as equally(if not more) popular and
>marketable than Hulk Hogan in his prime. Had the WWF/E
>not mis-handled the Warrior's character the way they
>did, the Ultimate One would be an even bigger legend
>than Hulk Hogan. Like I said in a post a while back,
>Warrior was probably getting the last laugh watching
>Hulk Hogan get destroyed by Brock Lesnar in a match
>that had no build up or meaning. Had Lesnar been
>against Warrior, Warrior would have given it all and
>not gone down looking like a defenseless punk like
>Hogan did. Personally, I think the Ultimate Warrior
>would have destroyed Lesnar.
>
>TCB
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>>The Warrior clip being used as promotional material
>>for the upcoming CD as well as the fact that his music
>>is featured on the CD itself is proof that WWE still
>>view "The Ultimate Warrior" name as a valuable
>>marketing tool. Also the two clips used in the IC
>>Title feature show that they recognise him as a true
>>champion despite the differences WWE and Warrior have
>>had in the past.
>>SIB

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