Ultimate Warrior

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 3-Return to WWF and winning the 1990 Royal Rumble

## Various feuds, alliance with Sting and rise (1987-1988)

Ultimate Warrior debuted at Superstars 91 squashing former intercontinental champion Don Muraco. At SNME May, he held an open challenge which was answered by Paul Orndorff who was squashed as well, Kamala came out to help his friend but the lights went out and Sting debuted helping his Jim Crockett Promotions tag team partner. He was in the money in the bank ladder match which was won by Jim Duggan. Kamala and Orndorff continued feuding with Warrior who needed a teammate for Summerslam since Sting had become WWF champion. At Summerslam, Ultimate Warrior and local wrestler The Blue Blazer defeated Paul Orndorff and Kamala to qualify for the G1

Warrior wasn’t featured as much after losing the G1 even going as low as being eliminated by Honky Tonk Man in 29 seconds at the Royal Rumble.

In a really unexpected turn of events, in the 16 men tournament for the WWF Championship at Wrestlemania 4, Warrior defeated his teammate Sting in the first round, Haku in the quarter finals, Harley Race in the semi finals and Ted Dibiase in the finals to become WWF Champion out of nowhere

## Dominant WWF Champion and heel turn(1988-1989)

Warrior quickly became a dominant champion ending most of his matches in 5 minutes, he was(as of 1999) the only WWF champion to be involved in the Money in the Bank match which would grant him a full year of not having to worry about someone cashing in but Hulk Hogan won after Bad News Brown powerbombed Warrior off the ladder. At Summerslam 1988, Warrior defeated Bad News Brown but it wasn’t the main event, he defeated Jake Roberts at SNME September and Brutus Beefcake at G1 Finals in 1 minute. At Survivor Series, Warrior faced off against the G1 winner Big Boss Man with Sting and Harley Race as special guest refs, with all the distraction Boss Man managed to do his finisher and Sting was forced to count the loss of his friend’s title. Sting would end up winning the title a day later in a house show.

Warrior won the 1989 Royal Rumble lastly eliminating Andre The Giant but due to the respect he had for his partner, he chose to face the Intercontinental Champion instead, in the following weeks multiple people would taunt Warrior for this choice saying that Sting made Warrior lose on purpose at Survivor Series 1988 just to get a reaction by Warrior, it worked as at Superstars 171, Warrior attacked Sting after a lost tag match. Ultimate Warrior says that Sting has never beaten him and had to wait for Warrior to lose the WWF Championship to get the title back and he felt forced to put Sting out of his misery. At Wrestlemania 5, Warrior defeated Sting to win the WWF title and continued beating up Sting afterwards but Hulk Hogan came out and cashed in to win the title.

## WCW(1989)

Vince Mcmahon told Warrior to go make himself more of a star than he is and let him do indie dates and other companies, the only catch was that he had to be back by Royal Rumble 1990. Warrior got back the support of fans and got more over than ever doing different companies.

At Halloween Havoc 1989, Ricky Steamboat, Junkyard Dog and Terry Funk revealed their last teammate for the wargames match against Ric Flair, Barry Windham, Ole Anderson and Sting which was Warrior himself wrestling for WWF’s direct competition, Warrior got the win pinning the WCW Heaviweight champion Ric Flair. He would challenge Flair in the first ever Starrcade. At Survivor Series 1989, it was revealed that Warrior would be returning to WWF in the 1990 Royal Rumble match spoiling the result of Starrcade as obviously Flair defeated Warrior to retain the WCW Heaviweight title.

## Failed push, lower feuds and retirement(1990-1991)

Warrior returned at number 11 and became the first man to win 2 royal rumbles, a clash of the titans was set for Wrestlemania 6 as a hugely over Warrior would face off against Hulk Hogan whose reign had gotten stale in the past year. Hogan defeated Warrior to retain the WWF title which disappointed a lot of people.

With this huge failure, fans stopped caring about Warrior, he got into random feuds like Jimmy Snuka who he defeated at SNME May, Dusty Rhodes who defeated him at Summerslam.

In October Gorilla Monsoon vacated the WWF title and announced a tournament for the vacant title, Warrior defeated Dibiase in the semi finals and Undertaker in the finals but Haku announced his cash in to be taking place at G1 Finals 1990 so one more match had to happen. At G1 Finals, Haku did the most dangerous move in wrestling, the king’s shadow, he got Warrior up and headbutted him twenty six times in a row, the ref called out the match as Warrior had completely passed out and Haku celebrates with Warrior’s blood on the title and on his forehead.

Ultimate Warrior would only return at Wrestlemania 7 announcing that due to the injuries that happened at G1 Finals, he would be forced to retire, Haku came out and put him through a table to end Warrior’s career for good

## Second WWF run(1996)

At RAW 205, Jerry Lawler revealed the ultimate challenge to end Vader’s WWF title reign, a returning Ultimate Warrior. At In Your House 20, Vader defeated Warrior to retain the WWF title. At Money in the Bank 1996, Warrior was involved in the 2164 pounds of mass ladder match where Vader retained the title against him, Undertaker, Sycho Sid, Yokozuna and Ahmed Johnson.

At RAW 215, DX was put on a challenge as every member had to face Warrior, Warrior defeated Road Dogg, Billy Gunn but then was defeated by Shawn Michaels, Chyna bodyslammed Warrior after the match which got him riled up as he challenged her to a match at Summerslam which Chyna managed to win in Warrior’s last WWF match

## Championships and accomplishments

* World Wrestling Federation
* WWF Championship(2 times)
* 24/7 Championship(2 times)
* Royal Rumble(1989)
* Royal Rumble(1990)
* Wrestler of the Year(1988)
* Match of the Year(1988) vs Hulk Hogan vs Honky Tonk Man vs Sting vs Jacques Rougeau vs Haku vs Mr.Perfect vs Jake Roberts in a MITB Ladder Match at SNME June
* Match of the Year(1990) vs Haku at G1 Finals

* World Championship Wrestling
* Match of the Year(1989) with Ricky Steamboat, Terry Funk and Junkyard Dog vs Ric Flair, Barry Windham, Ole Anderson and Sting in a War Games match at Halloween Havoc