Firstly I want to attempt to clarify for some why people say UW sucks. I totally agree that being a good pro wrestler does not require one to do spinning toe holds and german suplexes and flips. You need to tell a story, draw people in, and do the moves that are belivable to your character. So I dont mark down the Warrior for not having a wide array of moves, becuase I dont feel its necessary. But the moves he DID do, he botched on a fairly regular basis. When he would gorilla press people, he would drop them, very haphazardly a lot of the time. The reason he isnt very "skilled" in the ring per say, to me, is becuase he fucked up the moves he did, not becuase he didnt posses a wide array of moves. Same thing with Kahli. I think he is terrific for the job he is put there to do. But he has absolutely horrendous timing, and skill when performing the moves he does use.
With that said I feel the ultimate Warrior is greatly underrated. The reaosn for this is, when you ask most smarks who think they know everything they say the ultimate warrior SUCKS. Which is so utterly wrong and out of touch with what PRO WRESTLING is supposed to be, its ridiculous.
At the time the ultimate warrior was popular, cartoonish, far out characters were the norm, and what was liked by fans, and warrior was perfect for this. Im not sure how all the naysayers think that character should have been portrayed....was some crazy motherfucker with a painted face and tassles on his face supposed to be in the ring putting people into figure four leg locks? was he supposed to be giving promos like a regular happy go lucky dude?
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK NO!!!
Has anyone ever SEEN the Ultimate Warrior???? lol of COURSE he had to be fuckin insane, run to the ring, and knock the shit out of someone. Its the CHARACTER....Obviously it wasnt THAT shit, becuase the whole over the top, crazy jibberish talking, 30 second squashing, punching slamming clotheslining UW made millions of dollars for WWE, Went over Hogan cleanly, and could go pop for pop with hogan during their primes, which no one else can say.
As far as value as a great pro wrestler, UW is hugely underrated. Its just kind of the popular "smart fan" thing to say that he is shit, when its far from the truth. Just becuase the guy was a whack job in real life has no bearing whatsoever on how valuble he was as a pro wrestler. This isnt a "good person forum" its a wrestling forum. and UW is very underrated as a pro wrestler.