Jim Hellwig aka Ultimate Warrior Passes

http://thebiglead.com/2014/04/09/the-ultimate-warrior-has-passed-away/

 

God speed back to Parts Unknown, Jim.

 

Wrestlers seem to have such short life spans.

RIP

 

In that video he looked like breathing was a little harder than it should be. Maybe it was just the circumstances. RIP. So sad.

 

That sucks

 

That makes me feel old.

I thought he was awesome as a 5 year old

 

And you're making me feel even older because I remember him as a 12 year old.



Another part of my childhood that has passed away

 

His speech on Raw made it seem as if he knew he was about to go.

 

Pretty sobering article, mostly because of the list at the end:

http://prowrestling.about.com/od/whatsrealwhatsfake/a/wrestlersdeaths.htm

 

I havent followed wrestling since college, but that list is upsetting. I didn't realize Chris Candido and Test were dead

 

I didn't realize it was ever much of a "secret"

 

Me either. Steroids and cocaine don't mix

 

...pain pills and alcohol.

Its amazing how many in that link died before 40.

 

I think it is more of an elephant-in-the-room type a deal. Like he said, if it was baseball players dropping at such an alarming rate, we would have more press about it.

 

Candido died due to a blood clot that happened during surgery. That's a freak accident that's not "wrestling related", but the rest all seemed to have died of either an OD or heart troubles.

 

My favorite Ultimate Warrior moment was the promo he cut leading up to he and Hogan's match.


Edit: it's the one where the pilots of Hogan's plane to Toronto make "the Ultimate Sacrifice" and crash the plane into Parts Unknown.

 

Geez. Half the popular wrestlers from when I watched as a kid are gone, it seems like. I didn't realize Hawk passed away

 

To me, 54 is young.

 

Jericho and Edge talking about that interview in the Warrior DVD is classic.

 

RIP Warrior