Scot Hall said it best "In Wrestling they either like you or they don't. When he ran to the ring and shaked the ropes they cheered and you can't teach that."

The week that Ric Flair lost in Saskatoon to Bret Hart, the WWF came to Charlottetown Prince Edward Island for a house show. (Ric of course didn't come, he had that inner ear problem at the time, not that any of us knew that.) There were 4000 people there, which was a big house for that town but was tiny by WWF standards, and for the most part, the talent was basically punching and kicking their way through the matches, not taking any risks for such a small crowd. The most impressive move of the night was Ted DiBiase giving the Ultimate Warrior a vertical suplex. Of course Ted lost the match, but I still appreciated the bit extra he did for our small crowd.

The Million Dollar Man is one of the top 5 heels in history in my opinion. Great in ring ability, absolutely amazing on the mic & that great laugh 😂

Warrior vs Goldburg would have been hillarious

Warrior gimmick was great. Fans love him. Wrestlers hate him.

Warrior was the biggest star overseas after Hogan for a wild! We loved him

"his star power didn't last that long"... Warrior really squandered what could've been a legendary career. Dude had all the stars aligned for him and it went to his head

I really think most people nowadays don’t understand context. People aren’t disrespecting Warriors these are just true stories from people who had to work with him so if you were a Warrior fan in the 80’s just remember him as one of your favorites

Ted should have been the wwf champion at least once.

I like that background/wooden screen behind Ted..

Thing about Ultimate Warrior & Hulk Hogan: they might get loads of criticism from their peers and wrestling-connoisseurs, but without them two that era would be much less memorable. Them two formed a profound bond with young fandom which then later drove the Attitude Era as they got older and wanted more. A lot of ex-pros always like to say "I didn't understand why Vince was pushing Warrior/Hogan"....and they still don't get it. But Vince got it. And so did the fans.

This guy is an absolute legend. A true heel who knew how to play the part.

Jeez no one like warrior. Vince knew how to capitalize on warriors hubris. Warrior knew how to pump up a crowd. Something many entertainers just don't know how to do now in all forms of entertainment.

Ultimate Warrior, Undertaker, Stone Cold, Hulk Hogan and Shawn Michaels are my 5 favorite wrestlers of all time.... Macho Man Randy Savage, Andre The Giant and Bret Hart are also in my favorites.

Warrior rest in peace

Whatever negative comments people say about warrior what can't be denied is that he was perfect for the WWF cartoon era he was colourful had charisma and personality

I don't understand how issuing ultimatums to Vince is a bad thing. Not everyone wants to join the "kiss my rear-end club"

1 of the best Heels in wrestling history

Met and talked to Ted back in 2003. Real guy. Same show I seen Road Warriors, Buff, and Greg the Hammer also.

A long time last seen The Ultimate Warrior, before he died aged 54 years old in 2014 by heart attack.

Back in the day I loved watching the warrior because of the song he ran out to and the electricity in the crowd when the fans went wild…. But hearing this interview their points are quite valid Warriors was no Bret the hitman hart or even close with technical skills….. these guys were spot on 😊

The main thing is selling it to the fans. In those days largely kids. This larger than life, massive built character captivated me, the same way as MDM sold being the bad guy. That's what mattered then. Both legends

Warrior is still larger then life and still sell a shit load of merch even dead !!!

THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR.... the best!!

Respect for Ted but guys who personally disliked Jim Hellwig don't see how new and exciting Warrior was to kid fans. Kids don't care that his matches were repetitive and phony. He fit Vince's brand of 80s wrestling.

I've heard honky tonk man and had nothing but nothing but nice things to say. People hated warrior because he shot up so hight through the roof in popularity and they resented that , even though he was still working his way up.

Ultimate Warrior today would be a bigger draw then AEW and Monday Night Raw

Ted “The Snake” DiBiase

Ted seems to forget about the Saturday Night's Main Event (or Friday un this case) match versus DiBiase. Warrior didn't do "the same stuff". It was their best match between one another. The main problem was that he wasn't consistent as far as doing more stuff moveset-wise. Warrior did apologize to Jake later and explained what was going on back during that time. I wish he would tell us what Helwwig told him. If true, it sucks that he had to ask him if it was okay to work a program with him. That was one of the best storylines to never finish playing out.

What people forget a lot of the time is the reason guys like Warrior, Hogan and Flair did similar matches over and over is because that is what people who paid for a ticket came to see. Flair and Hogan are both obviously more capable athletes than Warrior, but at their peaks, it was like paying for a ticket to Yankees game with the guarantee you’d see a Babe Ruth home run.

Ted already said his piece in the Self Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior documentary. Jim was alive back then. Now that he’s gone, let the man rest in peace.

I understand the animosity from other westlers for warrior because of how he acted but the he was an awesome character in the ring..he might not of had a bunch of mpves he did but neither does 90% of the biggest names in wrestling hogan, flair, dusty etc. If youve seen any of their matches youve seen them all. I absolutely love the million dolalr man. I wish he got more credit for being one of the best on the mic that stepped into the squared circle

I think Ted is referring to the match in Japan, warrior cut it short. But come on Ted, you guys had a classic on SNME, and yes I’m sure that had a lot to do with you. Warrior was in several classic matches. Hogan did the same 4-5 things too. And Jake. Most guys did back then.

First time I watch The Ultimate Warrior I immediately fell in Love with his character😂😂

This man was a REAL HEEL! not like today.

Ted Dibiase was a real talent. He has rasslin royalty in his blood and old time fans will always appreciate this.

Everyone shits on Warrior. Dude was super entertaining

You were the business MDM 🫡 Love from Perth, Scotland 🇬🇧

You can’t blame other wrestlers’ contempt for the Warrior considering Jim’s limitations and his absolute disdain for the wrestling business itself.

In general, people tend to shy away from saying bad things about the dead, whether they be true, or not. Wrestlers,- to an extent, are a closed circle. For the most part, they do NOT say bad things about other wrestlers. I would imagine alot of this comes from the knowledge that, "if I have to work with this guy down the road, I sure as hell don't want him thinking "this is the guy who bad mouthed me- I'll just lay into him in the match". Much has been said about Helwig's proffesionalism. We have seen glimpses of how other wrestlers percieved him. This is not bad mouthing a dead man, this is the truth of how he was to work with.

No one ever brings up warrior paved the way for modern contracts and the way of life for today's wrestler.

Say what you want? Warrior is the MOST MEMORABLE....You can trash him about his style, asking permission? Cause you don't know the behind business decisions Vince decides on for the betterment of the company and the the fans. There's always a bigger picture than meets the eye. Ultimate Warrior was king of the Gimmicks!!

You’d think warrior stole millions for Mississippians for his own benefit like Ted did

While Ultimate Warrior wasn't a great technical wrestler I think a lot of people judge his move-pool mostly for his early period in WWF, because he did start doing other moves too eventually, and not just clothelines and shaking the ropes. People might be surprised if you look into his later matches for WWE. Look at his matches with The Undertaker for example. Warrior was actually doing "tombstone" piledrivers on the Undertaker, and that's a pretty dangerous move if you don't know what you're doing. His match with Macho Man had some technical moves too, if I recall. Still pretty limited though, I guess. I think Warrior was arguably pushed too hard by Vince, because Vince liked the energy, intensity and look of Warrior. But Warrior had to deal with all the contempt of the others, and being a loner didn't help. He just didn't trust anyone, and got edgy and paranoid, because everyone was jealous of his push. That is my take on it. Him being on steroids and having steroid-rages at planes, resturants, fans, kids, and also not really caring about the other wrestlers too much also gave him a bad reputation.

Did Warrior improve any from the time you and Dr. Death vs Him and Sting and his and the WWF days?

Always Believe oWn Ultimate Warrior 4 Life!

So many wrestling personalities absolutely bash The Ultimate Warrior but you know what? Ultimate was over as big as Hogan was. When ultimates crazy promos hit everybody listen. When is music hit the freaking crowd erupted like nobody's business. Ultimate did it for himself and there's not a damn thing wrong with that.

The way Ted leaned back and put his hand to his face tells just how pissed he was at hearing the story about Jake having to ask the Warrior. Ted speaks low and doesn't emote but the little tells- tell a big feeling inside of him after hearing that

Warrior had the look. Especially for the 80s The muscle head. Tht looked like an action figure. ( vince had a hard on for big muscle heads) 👋

What did ted dibiase think of rick rude and mr perfect?

The fans loved Warrior

We get it Ted you didn't like the Warrior but most fans did get over it

Vince told Jake to ask warrior if he will have a match with him, Vince did not say warrior wants you to ask him if you'll have a match with him, it was because Vince wanted the warrior to work with who he can work with , who he would like to work with , Jake asked Vince can I have a match with the champion so he can make money, warrior did not say no to Jake he agreed but Jake came at him with an attitude because he was told to ask him

The Ultimate Warrior is forever legend!

We know how Andre handled it! According to Bobby Heenan. When Warrior was told to do a move with more care, just be a bit slower and not like 200mph and didn't do it, Andre just let him run against his fist, and that made Warrior learn. But it'sa fact that some people don't listen to words, they need to learn it the hard way. 😁

To me it is very interesting. Most wrestlers today have the mentality of The Warrior and very few have the mentatlity of what Ted is saying

Growing up in the 80's as a wrestling fan was awesome. I wish just for one night the WWE could figure out how to replicate the feeling that came along with shows and star power like Hogan and Warrior. I can't really explain what it was like being an 8-12 year old Hulkamaniac between 86-90 but there was nothing more awesome than being at the Hershey Park arena or the Spectrum in Philly and hearing "Real American" start blasting through the arena. The Million Dollar Man was the absolute perfect heel back then and as fans we absolutely loved to hate him. We truly believed he was a smug, racist, sexist and bigoted rich guy who always got away with his BS. Diabase would have been an incredible heel champion for Hogan to chase and feud with in the lead ups to WrestleMania 4,5 or 6. Of course ill also never forget Virgil finally breaking free of Dibiase and hitting that smug smile of his with the million dollar belt. My lord i miss those days and that amazing wrestling

Anyone being asked about Ted in interviews? 😂😂😂😂 nope just Warrior!!!!

Yeah but warrior called him out at the hall of fame speech Ted had nothing to say it’s different when warrior was there to defend himself

As a child i loved absolutely loved ultimate warrior. As a man mr ted is my true idol . Because if you garner respect youll hear it . Look at undertaker he is universally loved and shawn if meh . Catch my drift?!

Warrior's best match was the obvious WM6 title match against the Hulkster. He looked bloody tired half way through & could've lost the match had he not dodged the leg drop.

Dibiase was a great heel. His evil laugh was cool. Warrior was a beast.

I got a lot of respect for you Ted, been watching you as a kid. The man is dead, let him rest. Yall released the DVD when he was alive and already got all of this off your chest. To continue berating a man that’s dead, that’s just not the way, you’re better than that.

I'm sure it's easy to diss the Warrior now when you don't have him responding about the million dollar ministry Ted was running.

According to Ric Flair for his first NWA world title run it was down to him or Ted DiBiase and Flair won the vote.

Ted is awesome. Loveliest wrestler I ever met. Great, great guy, time for everybody.

The "didn't respect the business" Warrior envy is so tired. The key word is business. He made more money than anyone complaining about him. Period.

He put asses in seats regardless of his wrestling abilities !!! I liked Warrior regardless of his issues he was a great entertainer!!

Ted still playing heal

it's funny how many guys in the business say the same thing and yet the fans will constantly challenge their (effectively) expert opinion. if 99out100 say something about something they know better than you, chances are those 99 people are right. we can, as fans, be marks for his work but we also need to accept that just because someone entertained us doesn't mean they were a good guy for the business or behind the scenes

That Jake story really threw Ted for a loop….u can tell that baffled him

Let it go...just let it go.

rip Ted

The Million Dollar Man looks like such. Good for him. He probably didn't abuse his body as hard and it worked out for him.

Hulk did the same few things too, so did Flair, but they had a bit more, it’s folks like Ted, Jake,Piper and Perfect that wee the real talents in the squared circle🇬🇧👊🏼

Ted has always been very jealous of Warrior because Warrior had a fraction of Ted's wrestling ability and he didn't care about the wrestling business, yet he was very successful in terms of popularity, win/loss record, and money earnings.

In 2010, Ted headlined the Hall of Fame class. Since Wrestlemania was in Phoenix, WWE tried really hard that year to convince Warrior to headline the class -- can you imagine if Ted would have had to take 2nd place to Warrior, a guy he genuinely didn't like? Glad Ted was the headliner! 😀

Interesting

Lol. Ted has said at least 50 times in his episodes about whether he cared about being champion or not "its always about the money for me. I wanted the paydays." Yet here he is saying he didn't respect warrior because "it was a means to an end for him. He didn't care about the business. All the boys knew the deal." This has always been about Warrior being an outsider and less skilled. Jealousy that he didn't have to pay the dues they did. He had the attitude. The character idea. The right combination of all things that put him over the top. As a kid we believed he could kick all their asses bc he looked and acted the part. He just wasn't one of the boys. Simple as that amd because he didn't cuck out for them and mark for them they shit on him behind his back. That's really how it is. And he was still...better than all of them.

Warrior build his career entirely on the intensity of his entrance. After that there wasn’t much.

Every single wrestler has a moveset but the greats like shawn and bret, they could do 500 moves but you KNOW at some point bret will do the second rope knuckle drop, hbk will do the elbow and the flair turnbuckle flip but thry can draw out their match for an hour and keep it interesting. Warrior had a moveset but it only entails 5 moves. That's why his matches were so short.

Ted DiBiase should worry about his own kid's alleged crimes of fraud rather than continuing to bash a deceased man. It seems DiBiase wants to be relevant by appearing on podcasts to continually bash the Warrior.

See this is what irritates me, they all talk so bad about Warrior like he only cared for himself and the money. All the other wrestlers were the same. But if they all didn’t respect Warrior, they knew Warrior didn’t respect them and all the wrestlers thought he was dangerous and would hurt them, BUT….. they all still chose to go out there and work with Warrior AND put him over! So what does that say about the wrestlers griping about him? They all wanted the good payday associated with working with Warrior, rather than group together, go to Vince and say “this guy is not right for our locker room, he’s dangerous and he doesn’t respect anyone or the business, we aren’t working with him.” Vince would’ve had to do something about Warrior. But they all took the money. What hypocrisy, they all need to shut up.

Ted knew jake was bullshitting but didn’t want to make a thing of it 😂

Everyone does the same moves as a Wrestler. Their moves are their identity. Everyone does their same Entrance. It's their identity. That stuff on wrestlers kind of doesn't change. Warrior also got heat because he had a Modern look that would sell & the O.G.'s of wrestling didn't like it.

Wrestlers wish they had what warrior had, you cant teach his intensity and charisma. Sure he wasn't bret heart but he was interesting enough to keep people watching and selling out arenas anytime he was promoted. An a lot of wrestler where jealous, on drugs, have a shitty morals if any.. like jake at the time. I see no problem with warrior giving it back to them the way he was treated and talked about! Jealous because they're just wrestlers while warrior was a superstar. Jealous because they have to work their whole lives to achieve a spot on the mountain while warrior did it in flash! Right time for the right guy for the oush and other wrestlers where upset. Too bad they didn't realize they had no star power like other's.

You can't make someone a star . Either you are or you aren't and Warrior was definitely a star.

BRUH...LOOK HOW VINCE MISTREATED KAMALA...I TOTALLY GET IT AND UNDERSTAND WHY WARRIOR PLAYED VINCE THE WAY THAT HE DID. VINCE COULD BE RUTHLESS BRUH..🤔🤔

Say what you want - if ultimate warrior is available in any wwe2k game - im picking him!

Everyone’s got a price

Some people take it too seriously.

Fun fact, any video game version of the Ultimate Warrior can do more moves than the actual.

There's a ton of jealousy with this. Ultimate Warrior did his thing perfectly.

Wow This Sounds like People Talking about Ahmed Johnson

Please STOP interrupting Ted with “yes” and “mhmm” and “right” every time he answers a question. Let him answer uninterrupted!

Ted let it go

Money money money money moneeeeey. HHAHAHAHAHAH. Everybody has a price......everybody has to pay! Million dollar man. My favorite heel ever. Million dollar dream sleep!

I love how Warrior takes crap for always having the same match, meanwhile Orange Cassidy still has a job.

I will disagree with Ted in one regard. He said Warrior's star power didn't last. His star power always lasted. If he didn't maintain that star power, he wouldn't have gotten a prime spot in WCW against Hogan(I know Hogan wanted to avenge his loss, but Warrior got them great ratings that first night) and another shot with WWE, to include squashing HHH at Wrestlemania. It was his star power that got him second and third chances despite his limited move set and bad attitude.

I’d rather watch warrior than million dollar man, I think a lot of the other wrestlers we’re jealous of warriors look and how popular he was with fans