# The Ultimate Warrior has died.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-warrior-has-died/685698
**Category:** The Game Room
**Created:** [April 9, 2014, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-warrior-has-died/685698 "2014-04-09T04:31:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2014, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-warrior-has-died/685698/1 "2014-04-09T04:31:02Z")
[Jim Hellwig, “the Ultimate Warrior,” is dead at 54.](http://www.tmz.com/2014/04/08/ultimate-warrior-dead-dies-wwe/)
Holy cow. I just watched him on Raw last night.
I was never a fan of his, but he did have a number of absolutely iconic moments in the business.
I wish that he could have controlled his own insanity long enough to have made a career. I wish he would have taken some editing.
But be that as it may, he did make a bunch of stellar memories for a bunch of kids. And as he said last night (I’ll parse), the legend lives on in those he inspired.
RIP, Warrior.
_ding_
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### Author:  [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2014, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-warrior-has-died/685698/2 "2014-04-09T04:53:29Z")
OMG
First time I ever saw a use for that phrase.
RIP Warrior
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### Author:  [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2014, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-warrior-has-died/685698/3 "2014-04-09T08:48:56Z")
Hogan v Warrior at WM6.
RIP crazy man.
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### Author:  [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2014, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-warrior-has-died/685698/4 "2014-04-09T09:09:25Z")
[Story here.](http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2022449-former-wwe-star-ultimate-warrior-passes-away-at-age-54?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial&hpt=hp_t3) The details aren’t yet fully known, but he apparently collapsed earlier tonight and was pronounced dead at the hospital.
As someone who was just the right age to really be into wrestling right as Warrior’s career was peaking in 1990-1991, there have been few celebrity deaths that have been as much of a shock to me as this. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame just this last weekend and looked great when he got to take a bow at WrestleMania on Sunday. It’s a real shame to lose him just as he’d finally buried the hatchet with Vince and things were starting to look up for him.
I and the rest of the little Warriors will never forget you.
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### Author:  [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2014, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-warrior-has-died/685698/5 "2014-04-09T09:50:45Z")
Although it’s just speculation without knowing the cause of death, he was supposed to have brought steroid consumption to a new high back in the day. _Spy_ magazine once quoted him in character: “I eat the chemical toxins other men fear!”
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### Author:  [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2014, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-warrior-has-died/685698/6 "2014-04-09T10:30:12Z")
unfortunately, and sadly, the lifespan for professional wrestlers is fairly low on average.
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### Author:  [@Cell\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cell_Guy)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2014, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-warrior-has-died/685698/7 "2014-04-09T12:37:40Z")
Right after his big weekend at Wrestlemania. RIP Warrior.
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### Author:  [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2014, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-warrior-has-died/685698/8 "2014-04-09T12:48:21Z")
Duplicate thread - [The Ultimate Warrior has died. - The Game Room - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=720475)
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### Author:  [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2014, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-warrior-has-died/685698/9 "2014-04-09T13:14:27Z")
So long Ulti. I’m glad you made it to your Hall of Fame induction.
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### Author:  [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2014, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-warrior-has-died/685698/10 "2014-04-09T13:15:37Z")
I’m a little surprised at how much this is affecting me. I’m not a fan. The man was a lousy worker and an inveterate reactionary homophobe, but nobody deserved the hatchet job that MacMahon did on Helwig. Taking his money to come back to the company must have been devastating.
Rest in peace, big man.
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### Author:  [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2014, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-warrior-has-died/685698/11 "2014-04-09T13:18:09Z")
Is this the guy who had the destrucity comic?
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### Author:  [@Athabasca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athabasca)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2014, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-warrior-has-died/685698/12 "2014-04-09T13:42:45Z")
> [@StusBlues](#):
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> I’m a little surprised at how much this is affecting me. I’m not a fan. The man was a lousy worker and an inveterate reactionary homophobe, but nobody deserved the hatchet job that MacMahon did on Helwig. Taking his money to come back to the company must have been devastating.
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> Rest in peace, big man.
I’m scratching my head at ‘homophobe’. Looking at the videos, the guy was certainly acquainted with his inner stylist. Peach-coloured, tight-fitting outfits, fringes, tassels. There is a certain disconnect there.
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### Author:  [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2014, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-warrior-has-died/685698/13 "2014-04-09T13:54:12Z")
> [@Athabasca](#):
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> I’m scratching my head at ‘homophobe’. Looking at the videos, the guy was certainly acquainted with his inner stylist. Peach-coloured, tight-fitting outfits, fringes, tassels. There is a certain disconnect there.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/YDHW9DZKBac?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque
Sorry to post this, kind of sorry that I mentioned it, but the man had his flaws. He went to some dark places on his journey.
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### Author:  [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2014, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-warrior-has-died/685698/14 "2014-04-09T14:22:35Z")
I wonder if the steroids played a part in his behavior over the years and his death?
He made quite a name in wrestling. Big crowd draw. R.I.P.
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### Author:  [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2014, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-warrior-has-died/685698/15 "2014-04-09T14:24:36Z")
> [@Telemark](#):
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> Duplicate thread - [The Ultimate Warrior has died. - The Game Room - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=720475)
Threads merged.
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### Author:  [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2014, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-warrior-has-died/685698/16 "2014-04-09T15:16:52Z")
Like **HSHP** , he was never my favorite, but he was iconic. At least he got one last moment in the sun. So long, Bladerunner Rock.
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### Author:  [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2014, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-warrior-has-died/685698/17 "2014-04-09T22:52:41Z")
The Ultimate Warrior has returned home, to “Parts Unknown.”
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### Author:  [@randompattern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randompattern)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-warrior-has-died/685698/18 "2014-04-09T23:27:36Z")
I thought he was excellent as “Bonesaw” in the Spiderman movie too. R.I.P.
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### Author:  [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2014, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-warrior-has-died/685698/19 "2014-04-09T23:43:52Z")
> [@randompattern](#):
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> I thought he was excellent as “Bonesaw” in the Spiderman movie too. R.I.P.
Wrong Wrestler - that was [Randy “Macho Man” Savage](https://www.google.com/search?q=bonesaw+spiderman&client=firefox-a&hs=gVO&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=sb&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=DdtFU9aDKvKssASxjYGYBQ&ved=0CEIQsAQ&biw=1295&bih=685) - he’s passed on as well.
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### Author:  [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2014, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-warrior-has-died/685698/20 "2014-04-10T02:15:13Z")
_ding_
RIP, Warrior.
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