I’ve never really considered myself a wrestling ‘fan’, but I will admit that as a child, I did attend some Wrestlemania screening’s as a casual viewer. It was pretty cool, but I think I was more interested in the toys and the cartoon. Once the characters started to get ‘edgy’, I lost interest completely. I missed the glory days of such colourful characters as Rowdy Roddy Piper (whom I knew better from his performance in They Live), The Iron Sheik, Nikolai Volkoff and Captain Lou Albano. Stereotypes aside, these were some kick ass good guys and bad guys. Then there was the Ultimate Warrior. He came a little later in the game, but managed to hit the wrestling scene just before I tuned out. I remember everyone in grade school ranting and raving about The Warrior, doing their best playground impressions. I’d even go so far as to say that The Warrior bumped Macho Man Randy Savage off of the list of ‘most frequently performed WWF wrestler impression’. (Just above Papa Shango and Paul Bearer) Needless to say, we were all completely unaware of The Ultimate Warrior’s mental breakdown, as illustrated in the video below. Apparently he was a pretty off the wall guy, and would go off on senseless tangents on camera. I remember when ‘The Self Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior‘ hit DVD, and I never really gave it much attention. I’d only seen two wrestling documentaries; Beyond the Mat and Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows. Both are great films, but I never really gave any of these WWE self-produced documentaries a chance. Having said that, I think this clip of The Ultimate Warrior might send me to the video store for this one. I can feel my veins popping just looking at the guy.

Related Video: The Self Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior

Bonus Video: Hulk Hogan’s Rockin’ Wrestling