The Ultimate Warrior Stood Up To Bill Watts
One day, sick and tired from making peanuts, the Blade Runners set their sights on Mid-South and the person in charge there Cowboy Bill Watts.
According to Warrior, Watts had a habit of breaking newcomers to see if they would be able to endure the business.
According to Warrior, Watts ordered him to get on all fours in the locker room and let the other guys beat him up. This was a common practice on part of Bill Watts to test the new wrestlers, and in most cases, the guy on the receiving end of the kicks would end up breaking a few ribs.
Apparently, Warrior went up to Watts and told him that if he wanted him on all fours, he would have to put Warrior in that position by force.
Watts backed off and the rest of the locker room stood in awe of Warrior as nobody had stepped up to Watts like that. As per Warrior, Bill Watts wasn’t “man enough” to do anything to Warrior.
Warrior then looked around the locker room and found Sting just standing there.
This is what pissed him off as he felt that Sting, his tag-team partner, should have backed him up.
Warrior felt betrayed, and their relationship quickly fell apart. In Warrior’s own words, he was never afraid to think for himself while Sting liked it if someone was there to “handle” him.
After this incident, the two did not speak to each other.
Warrior later called World Class Championship Wrestling and went over there. In WCCW, he became the Dingo Warrior and soon moved to WWE, and the rest is history.
