Ultimate Possibility?
It was always thought that Warrior was on a list of people — also including Macho Man Randy Savage and Bruno Sammartino — who would either never be asked or never accept a HOF invitation.
However this year marks the 20th anniversary of his famous WWE championship victory over Hulk Hogan and relations between him and Vince McMahon are said to have thawed.
They recently came to terms after Warrior filed a legal complaint about the company's negative Self-Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior DVD.
The 2010 WWE Hall of Fame ceremony will take place on March 27 in Phoenix, Arizona, the day before WrestleMania.
The Figure Four Newsletter reports: "Warrior is all over WWE.com these days.
"He lives in Phoenix, where Mania is being held. It'll be 20 years since he beat Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania VI.
"Obviously Hogan is on the outs with WWE, the lawsuit is settled and so all signs are pointing to him going into the Hall of Fame this year.
"I guess we'll see what happens. They're likely going to unveil the first name on the night after the Royal Rumble."
In a 2004 interview with SunSport — at a time when he was at loggerheads with Vince McMahon — Warrior told us: "To be honest, I'm not really interested.
"I'm the first guy to step up to defend my career, and how special and credible Ultimate Warrior as a character was, but I have more important things in my life."
He added: "It's not a far reach to say that every person who has ever left the WWE of their own accord but then went and cowered back to Vince, he has used them and totally eaten them up.
"That's the way he operates, and there's just no way I can go back to the WWE.
"Especially with the creative direction of cultural degeneration they've been on in the last five or six years.
"It's not an easy thing for me to say that I'll never go back — because I do miss the money, success and thrill of the business — but that's the truth."
(Source:The Sun Online/Figure Four Newsletter)
Woooow…that is big news. One thing I am sick of tho; it’s this love/hate relationship Vince, Warrior and Hogan got goin on.
313rd,
It would be great for HOF and make Wrestlemania that extra special. Ultimate Warrior may have been a poor worker but he was over and had great camera presence.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbjNNrO8CeM
Oh no doubt there Pole. It’s just say for example Vince were to come on tv and say Warrior was gonna be inducted. That obviously means he and Vince are cool again. But all it takes is someone not doing something unfairly and Warrior backs out at the last minute before WM starts. Like I said, I’m just tired of the love/hate relationship they have.
313rd,
Your right as on the dvd they totally buried Warrior and his fellow wrestlers just do not give him credit. But it still would be great if they inducted him.