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[1990-05-26-WWF-Superstars] Ultimate Warrior promo


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Rick Rude and Ultimate Warrior are in two different feuds, it seems. Rick Rude is training his ass off, preparing for another match with the Warrior, and speaking in coherent sentences. The Ultimate Warrior is babbling about his womb and the Intercontinental world and...well, I don't know what the fuck that psychopath is talking about. It's different from the Hogan feud, but it sure as shit isn't any better.

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If you read my post about the latest Rude vignette, you'll note that I put forth the theory (which I firmly believe to be true now that I've seen how this feud's being built) that, despite what Vince and others may say, Warrior was a placeholder for the title while Hogan was busy with Suburban Commando. Promos like this one and the ones in the Hogan feud are why.

 

As much as he depended on the children's market, Vince had to figure out at some point before Mania VI that a champion who couldn't talk like a normal human being if he was being held at gunpoint wasn't the smartest idea in the world. But with the match already sold, and Warrior having to take the belt no matter what so Hogan could leave, Vince resolved to make the best of the situation, making sure that Hogan/Quake was positioned as the top feud in the company and that Warrior was programmed with people who could get good matches out of him, like Rude and Savage. Then, just before Mania VII, with Hogan/Warrior II ready to go in front of 100,000 people at the LA Coliseum, Hogan would win the belt back from a turned Warrior, and Hulkamania would rule undisputedly once more. The Gulf War put the kibosh on that in more ways than one, but we ended up with Vince's intended result, which was Hogan back on top where he belonged.

 

In short, Mania VI, while it may have been conceived as a passing of the torch, wasn't one by the time the match was in the ring, and while Vince may not have wanted Warrior to bomb as thoroughly as he did, he never intended for him to have long-term success either. They can say whatever they like now, but the video evidence doesn't lie, at least not to me.

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Something about poison and infectious wounds and a bit of talk that Rick Rude will fall once again to the full poison and power of the Ultimate Warrior!

 

I was starting to dread Kerry Von Erich’s interviews every bit as much as the Warrior’s, then this reminded me that as bad as Kerry’s are, they will never be as bad as the Warrior’s.

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