Ultimate Warrior - Revision history

Northwest: Info added; changed terms (except within certain contexts) to avoid using WWE's preferred term for professional wrestling and wrestlers

2018-12-11T05:13:28Z

Info added; changed terms (except within certain contexts) to avoid using WWE's preferred term for professional wrestling and wrestlers

DavidB4-bot: Spelling/Grammar Check, typos fixed: 1980's → 1980s

2016-09-15T16:59:25Z

Spelling/Grammar Check, typos fixed: 1980's → 1980s

DavidB4-bot: clean up & uniformity

2016-07-12T07:19:28Z

clean up & uniformity

RJJensen at 22:04, February 1, 2009

2009-02-01T22:04:47Z

CMcFreeze: wwf days

2009-01-13T15:20:45Z

wwf days

CMcFreeze: New page: '''The Warrior''', born 1959 as Jim Hellwig, is a semi-retired sports entertainer. In 1993, he had his name legally changed to The Warrior.http://www.charleston.net/n...

2009-01-02T17:13:32Z

New page: '''The Warrior''', born 1959 as Jim Hellwig, is a semi-retired sports entertainer. In 1993, he had his name legally changed to The Warrior.<ref name="intro">http://www.charleston.net/n...

New page

'''The Warrior''', born 1959 as Jim Hellwig, is a semi-retired [[sports entertainer]]. In 1993, he had his name legally changed to The Warrior.<ref name="intro">http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/jun/22/the_ultimate_warrior_enters_ring_after_y45326/</ref> He has made appearances for [[World Wrestling Entertainment|the World Wrestling Federation]] and [[World Championship Wrestling]] under the ring name Ultimate Warrior. In recent years, he has become a [[conservative|right of center]] political commentator.

==References==
<small><references/></small>

==External Link==
*[http://www.ultimatewarrior.com Official Webpage]

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-'''The Warrior''', born 1959 as Jim Hellwig, is a semi-retired [[sports entertainer]]. In 1993, he had his name legally changed to The Warrior.<ref name="intro">http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/jun/22/the_ultimate_warrior_enters_ring_after_y45326/</ref> He has made appearances for [[World Wrestling Entertainment|the World Wrestling Federation]] and [[World Championship Wrestling]] under the ring name Ultimate Warrior. In recent years, he has become a [[conservative|right of center]] political commentator.
+'''The Warrior''' (born James Hellwig; June 16, 1959 – April 8, 2014) was an American [[professional wrestling|professional wrestler]]. In 1993, he had his name legally changed to The Warrior.<ref name="intro">http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/jun/22/the_ultimate_warrior_enters_ring_after_y45326/</ref> He made appearances for [[World Wrestling Entertainment|the World Wrestling Federation]] and [[World Championship Wrestling]] under the ring name Ultimate Warrior. In recent years, he became a [[conservative|right of center]] political commentator.
 ==Early Days==
-Warrior got his start as a [[sports entertainer]] in the Tennessee and Oklahoma areas during the mid 1980s. He then moved to the Texas area and used the ring name Dingo Warrior.
+Hellwig, a former amateur bodybuilder, got his start as a wrestler in 1985, initially debuting in California as part of the wrestling stable Powerteam USA.  He subsequently joined fellow Powerteam USA member Steve Borden to form a babyface tag team called the Freedom Fighters in the Continental Wrestling Association in [[Memphis]], with Hellwig adopting the ring name Justice while Borden called himself Flash.  The team subsequently turned heel and renamed themselves the Blade Runners (after the 1982 science fiction film ''Blade Runner''), with Hellwig becoming Rock while Borden adopted his most famous ring name, Sting, then moved to the [[Oklahoma]]-based Mid-South Wrestling Association (later renamed the Universal Wrestling Federation) in early 1986.  After the Blade Runners split up, Hellwig then moved to the World Class Wrestling Association in [[Texas]] and used the ring name Dingo Warrior.  His career began to take off while in the WCWA after he turned face again as he won the WCWA World Tag Team Championship and the Texas Heavyweight Championship with the promotion.
-==World Wrestling Federation==
+==World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment==
 ===1987-1992===
-By 1987 the WWF had taken notice and hired him. They quickly pushed him to the top of the card by having him win the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|Intercontinental Title]]. He would hold that title for most of the next twenty months. WWF owner [[Vince McMahon]] decided that the Warrior would be the [[sports entertainer]] he wanted to replace [[Hulk Hogan]] as his top star. McMahon had Warrior beat Hogan for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Title]] at Wrestlemania 6 in an effort to improve the wrestler's crowd support. With Hogan off to pursue a movie career, Warrior was a regular at the top of the card. He would make a successful title defense against Rick Rude at the 1990 Summerlam. With Warrior not taking off with the fanbase, the decision was made to have him drop the [[WWE Championship|WWE Title]] to [[Sgt. Slaughter|Sargent Slaughter]] at the 1991 Royal Rumble. Over the next year he would work shows against sports entertainers such as [[Randy Savage]], [[The Undertaker]] and [[Jake "The Snake" Roberts]]. He then opted to leave the company due to unhappiness with his role.<ref>http://www.wrestleview.com/info/faq/warrior.shtml</ref>
+By 1987 the WWF had taken notice and hired him.  They quickly pushed him to the top of the card by having him win the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|WWF Intercontinental Championship]].  He would hold that title for most of the next twenty months.  WWF owner [[Vince McMahon]] decided that the Warrior would be the "[[sports entertainer]]" (McMahon's term for professional wrestlers) he wanted to replace [[Hulk Hogan]] as his top star.  McMahon had Warrior beat Hogan for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight Championship]] at WrestleMania VI in an effort to improve the wrestler's crowd support.  With Hogan off to pursue a movie career, Warrior was a regular at the top of the card.  He would make a successful title defense against Rick Rude at the 1990 SummerSlam.  With Warrior not taking off with the fanbase, the decision was made to have him drop the WWF title to [[Sgt. Slaughter]] at the 1991 Royal Rumble.  Over the next year he would work shows against wrestlers such as [[Randy Savage]], [[The Undertaker]] and [[Jake Roberts|Jake "The Snake" Roberts]].  He then opted to leave the company due to unhappiness with his role.<ref>http://www.wrestleview.com/info/faq/warrior.shtml</ref>
 ===1996===
-Warrior made a brief return in 1996. After defeating [[Triple H]] in his first match back, he entered a storyline against Jerry Lawler. Warrior left again after a dispute over the direction of his character.
+Warrior made a brief return in 1996.  After defeating [[Paul Levesque|Triple H]] in his first match back, he entered a storyline against Jerry Lawler.  Warrior left again after a dispute over the direction of his character.
 ==References==

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 ==Early Days==
-Warrior got his start as a [[sports entertainer]] in the Tennessee and Oklahoma areas during the mid 1980's. He then moved to the Texas area and used the ring name Dingo Warrior.
+Warrior got his start as a [[sports entertainer]] in the Tennessee and Oklahoma areas during the mid 1980s. He then moved to the Texas area and used the ring name Dingo Warrior.
 ==World Wrestling Federation==
 ===1987-1992===
-By 1987 the WWF had taken notice and hired him. They quickly pushed him to the top of the card by having him win the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|Intercontinental Title]]. He would hold that title for most of the next twenty months. WWF owner [[Vince McMahon]] decided that the Warrior would be the [[sports entertainer]] he wanted to replace [[Hulk Hogan]] as his top star. McMahon had Warrior beat Hogan for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Title]] at Wrestlemania 6 in an effort to improve the wrestler's crowd support. With Hogan off to pursue a movie career, Warrior was a regular at the top of the card. He would make a successful title defense against Rick Rude at the 1990 Summerlam. With Warrior not taking off with the fanbase, the decision was made to have him drop the [[WWE Championship|WWE Title]] to [[Sgt. Slaughter|Sargent Slaughter]] at the 1991 Royal Rumble. Over the next year he would work shows against [[sports entertainer]]s such as [[Randy Savage]], [[The Undertaker]] and [[Jake "The Snake" Roberts]]. He then opted to leave the company due to unhappiness with his role.<ref>http://www.wrestleview.com/info/faq/warrior.shtml</ref>
+By 1987 the WWF had taken notice and hired him. They quickly pushed him to the top of the card by having him win the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|Intercontinental Title]]. He would hold that title for most of the next twenty months. WWF owner [[Vince McMahon]] decided that the Warrior would be the [[sports entertainer]] he wanted to replace [[Hulk Hogan]] as his top star. McMahon had Warrior beat Hogan for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Title]] at Wrestlemania 6 in an effort to improve the wrestler's crowd support. With Hogan off to pursue a movie career, Warrior was a regular at the top of the card. He would make a successful title defense against Rick Rude at the 1990 Summerlam. With Warrior not taking off with the fanbase, the decision was made to have him drop the [[WWE Championship|WWE Title]] to [[Sgt. Slaughter|Sargent Slaughter]] at the 1991 Royal Rumble. Over the next year he would work shows against sports entertainers such as [[Randy Savage]], [[The Undertaker]] and [[Jake "The Snake" Roberts]]. He then opted to leave the company due to unhappiness with his role.<ref>http://www.wrestleview.com/info/faq/warrior.shtml</ref>
 ===1996===

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 ==World Wrestling Federation==
 ===1987-1992===
-By 1987 the WWF had taken notice and hired him. They quickly pushed him to the top of the card by having him win the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|Intercontinental Title]]. He would hold that title for most of the next twenty months. WWF owner [[Vince McMahon]] decided that the Warrior would be the [[sports entertainer]] he wanted to replace [[Hulk Hogan]] as his top star. McMahon had Warrior beat Hogan for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Title]] at Wrestlemania 6 in an effort to improve the wrestler's crowd support. With Hogan off to pursue a movie career, Warrior was a regular at the top of the card. He would make a successful title defense against Rick Rude at the 1990 Summerlam. With Warrior not taking off with the fanbase, the decision was made to have him drop the [[WWE Championship|WWE Title]] to [[Sgt. Slaughter|Sargent Slaughter]] at the 1991 Royal Rumble. Over the next year he would work shows against [[sports entertainer|sports entertainers]] such as [[Randy Savage]], [[The Undertaker]] and [[Jake "The Snake" Roberts]]. He then opted to leave the company due to unhappiness with his role.<ref>http://www.wrestleview.com/info/faq/warrior.shtml</ref>
+By 1987 the WWF had taken notice and hired him. They quickly pushed him to the top of the card by having him win the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|Intercontinental Title]]. He would hold that title for most of the next twenty months. WWF owner [[Vince McMahon]] decided that the Warrior would be the [[sports entertainer]] he wanted to replace [[Hulk Hogan]] as his top star. McMahon had Warrior beat Hogan for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Title]] at Wrestlemania 6 in an effort to improve the wrestler's crowd support. With Hogan off to pursue a movie career, Warrior was a regular at the top of the card. He would make a successful title defense against Rick Rude at the 1990 Summerlam. With Warrior not taking off with the fanbase, the decision was made to have him drop the [[WWE Championship|WWE Title]] to [[Sgt. Slaughter|Sargent Slaughter]] at the 1991 Royal Rumble. Over the next year he would work shows against [[sports entertainer]]s such as [[Randy Savage]], [[The Undertaker]] and [[Jake "The Snake" Roberts]]. He then opted to leave the company due to unhappiness with his role.<ref>http://www.wrestleview.com/info/faq/warrior.shtml</ref>
 ===1996===
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 ==References==
-<small><references/></small>
+{{Reflist}}
-==External Link==
+==External links==
 *[http://www.ultimatewarrior.com Official Webpage]

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