Cartier Murphy
Apathy’s a Tragedy & Boredom is a Crime
He benched Savage who still had plenty left in the tank because it was a New Generation, just to bring back Warrior who was done
Was Vince really crazy enough to offer the Ultimate Warrior 750k a year in late 97?
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prophecypro
Hollywood North
at 14 dates per month, he'd basically be a special attraction, so hopefully he wouldnt have gotten in the way of the week to week so often
The Great One
Swag Surfin
I mean i disagree, 14 dates was about the same as everyone back then. Remember there was no smackdown.
So 14 dates a month is 2 house show weekend dates, 4 raws and a PPV.
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Keepin' it 100
He’s a wwe stooge. Obligated to defend them no matter what.
He would of easily recouped and make profit on merch alone
If you look back at all the merch that was released in that time period that was already lucrative adding Warrior would literally be new found gold
If you look back at all the merch that was released in that time period that was already lucrative adding Warrior would literally be new found gold
Homeboy Runny-Ray
From Around The Way
because warrior was an actual draw.
some of yall take these revisionist smear-piece documentaries to heart, then act shocked when yall find out that vince was really jockin warrior the entire time.
some of yall take these revisionist smear-piece documentaries to heart, then act shocked when yall find out that vince was really jockin warrior the entire time.
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He was a nostalgia act by the time he made it to WCW in 1998. The way Jim Ross talked about him recently in his podcast, there wasn't any sense of urgency to go after him in 97/98 and Vince was in agreement with him. It was WCW's problem to deal with at that point.
Homeboy Runny-Ray
From Around The Way
warrior wasnt done. he was the biggest draw the WWF had in '96, just a year prior.
and he was a bigger draw than savage.
also, im sure by that point, vince realized that he f*cked up by letting savage and others go.
jim ross is often full of chit, pushing narratives. i dont know what you dropped that link for, like im supposed to swear by his word.
i remember WWF fanboys watching nitro instead of raw when warrior was over there. it just didnt last very long.
im sure vince backed off the idea when austin and then the rock took off. but they couldve definitely used the warrior in '97.
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Elim Garak
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Awful posterwarrior wasnt done. he was the biggest draw the WWF had in '96, just a year prior.
and he was a bigger draw than savage.
also, im sure by that point, vince realized that he f*cked up by letting savage and others go.
jim ross is often full of chit, pushing narratives. i dont know what you dropped that link for, like im supposed to swear by his word.
i remember WWF fanboys watching nitro instead of raw when warrior was over there. it just didnt last very long.
im sure vince backed off the idea when austin and then the rock took off. but they couldve definitely used the warrior in '97.
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1) Just proved my point with the first bolded/underlined part. Nobody checked for him after that initial drawn-out hogan promo.
2) No the fukk they couldn't in regards to the second. Date on that letter is December 1997 and by that time Austin was about to become a superstar and Rock was starting to bubble.
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Warrior at that point was nothing more than a nostalgia pop. Vince loved the Ultimate Warrior too much. i mean who else could get away with the shyt he was doing? Warrior, i'm guessing, must have a made a shytload of money in his first and second stints for him in order for him to be like that. After 92, Warrior wasn't shyt in the ring at all lol.
Elim Garak
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I don't like him but he was smart enough to know pleasing people in the wrestling business is stupid. Basically get your money and get the fukk out lol.