Would they work in this day in age?

[Fuel The Fire]

So I was going to try a come back in the forums and see whats up in the wrestling world today. Anyway this is a serious I've been thinking about trying and see how it takes off.

First person that I would like to discuss is The Ultimate Warrior.
Lets face it guys. People loved him in the 80's in his non coherent rambling. I think what made me like him back in the day the most was his music and how he ran to the ring.

The only real match that I can remember watching of his was when he faced Hulk Hogan. I don't think I remember it because of the story telling in the match or how good it was. It was the fact that they had the IC title and the WWF title at the time. "yes i said wwf".

Question is. Do you think if his character debuted in this generation would it work? Would the fans still love him with his music and as he ran down the ramp. Would people think of him being crazy? I'm just curious what you guys would think about this.

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What do you guys think, would this work in this era?

 

[Dagger Dias]

The Ultimate Warrior character could possibly work today, but the right guy would have to play it. Warrior had great music and a huge fanbase, despite a massive lack of in-ring ability. That is the main thing that would hurt him in today's wrestling. The promo style he had might help, the guy really stood out during his time. He would stand out even more today with all of the generic guys they have on the roster at the moment. If it was the same guy debuting today as the Ultimate Warrior character, he might still have seen some success but would be nowhere near as big as he was back in the day. Guys like Punk or Cena would destroy him with sarcasm in promos. If it was the same character but a different guy portraying it, then it depends heavily on the guy. They would need the right person playing it for it to get over. Batista would have been perfect for it a few years ago.

 

[The Dragon Saga]

If you were to take Ultimate Warrior and drop him into this day-and-age, have him in his prime, have him doing his crazy promos, sprinting to the ring like he was on fire and all that jazz, I'm actually fairly positive that to a certain, possibly large amount of the WWE Universe that Ultimate Warrior would have a slight connection with the fans and possibly would go over pretty well.

Ultimate Warrior was always very adrenaline fueled, he'd get you almost out of your seat. This rapid guitar and drum would hit and Warrior would sprint to the ring, do his thing with the rope and all that and the place would be pumpin'. In this day-and-age, with all the slow and similar persona, that would be something different. And as we've seen with CM Punk, John Cena, Sheamus, Randy Orton and even Zack Ryder, different seems to always work in modern day WWE.

How far he'd go though would be the question. Warrior's style of wrestling in his prime wouldn't work all that much in the WWE. It was sloppy, WWE made that a bit obvious with that DVD they put out on Helvig. He'd be dangerous these days, because they considered him dangerous back then. His promos would be all over the place too and over some peoples heads, but you never know, the whackiness and randomness might capture peoples imaginations.

I'm sure of Ultimate Warrior was plucked and placed into the modern day WWE, he'd have a good run at it. Again, he is different from almost everyone, if not everyone as he was back then and if it worked then, how come it couldn't work now? Modern day WWE Champion material? IDK, he'd maybe be a transitional Champion. But I do think he'd have decent success in the modern day landscape.

 

[TWJC: The Beginning]

Fuck yea Warrior would work. Not in the same way. In the 80s everything was big, you had a bunch of steroided, colorful, cokehead wrestlers saying batshit insane stuff in promos.

In the 80s Warrior worked as this larger than life super hero. Today I think he'd work as a "car crash" character. Meaning it's awful, but you can't stop watching. He's intriguing just because he's so crazy. I'd love to see a Warrior/Santino feud or tag team.

I'd book Warrior as this crazy person on a never-ending search for "Ho Kogan". He feuds with anyone he thinks is or knows information about Ho Kogan.

 

[Jack-Hammer]

Would The Ultimate Warrior work in today's age of wrestling? I think that could depend upon several factors.

Among the IWC, Warrior would be endlessly ridiculed and hated as a living symbol of everything wrong with pro wrestling. Now it's true that haters tend to come out in droves whenever a wrestler really makes it big so that's not necessarily saying all that much. In Warrior's case, however, you have to look at what he brings to the table. He has a great look and build, no doubt about that. However, that's really most of what he has. The guy was pretty terrible inside the ring and his promos were a rambling hodgepodge of screaming incoherency. Just because you scream at the top of your lungs everytime you get on the mic doesn't mean you can cut a good promo. Besides, if you had Jim Helwig portraying the character today and was in his physical prime, you'd have to worry about him really going off the reservation. For instance, he might be in the ring about to cut a promo on CM Punk before going on a rambling rant about how the "queers" are destroying the country. In terms of in-ring ability, he makes Batista look like Kurt Angle. I think, however, that there's at least a chance Warrior could appeal to younger fans in a way that Sin Cara does if the character was marketed the right way.

If Warrior, or a blatant Ultimate Warrior rip off, came to TNA, he'd probably be booed out of the building. Like WWE, TNA has its blind marks that will completely sop up anything TNA puts out like it's gravy but it also has a lot of smarks in the audience that would mercilessly hate the guy for the same reasons he'd get hate in WWE. And it's not as if they wouldn't have legitimate points. TNA already has a guy on the roster they've tried to get over based simply on the fact that he has an incredible look. And, last time I checked, Rob Terry isn't anymore over now than he was when he first debuted a couple of years ago.

 

[Miko]

Err. . . probably with the kids, not so much with the adult fanbase I think, some like me would like him simply because he is out there and the last thing I want in a predetermined sport is realism, even if I do hate Undertaker.

Like a guy above said though he'd be mercilessly ridiculed by the likes of CM Punk, although John Cena would probably have some comedy screen time with him, and he might even become a bit of a fixture in the midcard if it catches on. I just think things have gone to far into the world of realism for a character like Ultimate Warrior to make it like he did back then, maybe if he was a more modern day version, darker colours, a little less rambling it could work but then that wouldnt really be Warrior.

Huh, speaking of rambling.

 

[ThUnDeRpHoEnIx]

Im gonna go one further then you guys and say John Morrison could make it work.

John Morrison actually imitated a Ultimate Warrior Promo and it turned out pretty good.JoMo also has the build as since no one can be a huge steroid cokehead since it would cause WWE some trouble but he does have the same type of build as warrior albeit smaller.JoMo could be like a Smaller more Athletic Warrior and Change his Finisher to something similar to the Ultimate Warriors Splash but more athletic like a 450 Splash if WWE let him or a Running Shooting Star Press.

 

[RicoLen]

I don't think it'd work simply because of the promos. I mean, back in the day I liked Warrior just fine, but now, every time I watch one of his promos I just cringe. I don't do that with anyone. His style of making every promo sound like a biblical prophecy was just plain terrible. Everything else I think would work. Maybe if he was a comedy character, I suppose that might work. If they were to make all these biblical prophecies sound funny, which wouldn't be too hard, he might be hilarious. But if he takes himself seriously, absolutely not.