Warrior leaving the WWF in 1991, justified?

[oogieboogie]

Actually Warrior did refuse to go out for the Main Event at Summerslam 1991. But this wasn't because he wanted the same or more money than Hogan. He wanted the money for Wrestlemania which he had not been paid and was owed to him.

Cos i have read about a few wrestlers who have not been paid there Wrestlemania money until months and months later.

[lowandmighty]

I think it was a little bit of both. Vince McMahon just not really being that big on Warrior and having a brain snap just because he was in charge when Warrior showed signs of what Vince saw to be disrespect but it was just what Warrior thought was fair. People who get as successful as Vince and who have as much power over people always become mentally corrupted.

Despite all that "The Ultimate Warrior" was asking for a little bit more than what he was really worth.
It was a case of McMahon could do without Warrior but Warrior could not do without McMahon. Quite unfair but thats life even though it shouldn't be.

[berlinbrawler]

Originally Posted by The Fabulous Rougeau's

... even though the Hoosier Dome erupted when he returned at WrestleMania VIII, his second run fell flat and he was gone again before the end of the year.

Yea, I remember that. What was really annoying was how they handled that situation on TV in Germany. I don't know how or if they explained Warrior's disappearance on American TV, but in Germany there was no explanation given at all. They had originally announced Savage & Warrior vs. Razor Ramon and Ric Flair at Survivor Series and the next thing you know it's suddenly Savage and Mr. Perfect vs Flair/Ramon and Warrior was never mentioned again as if he had never been there. It was frustrating as hell and in those days you couldn't look up the facts on the Internet. I was a kid and a huge Warrior fan and it was months until I finally accepted that he was really gone and not just injured or whatever.

As for Warrior's departure in '91, I think the fact that pretty much everybody (except for Warrior himself) who was remotely involved agrees that Warrior acted unprofessionally and deserved getting fired on the spot speaks for itself. There's always two sides to each story for sure and there is certainly more to it than the simplistic explanation given on the "Self-Destruction" DVD, but it's pretty clear that if Warrior had been wronged by Vince, he clearly went about correcting the situation the wrong way.