AHHHH!!! The rumor that just won't die is back.
This all started back in the early 90s. In 1991, he got fired from the then-WWF, for threating not to show at SummerSlam, unless he got paid (reportedly his $500,000 salary) in advance. Vince McMahon, after staving off a plot by Hulk Hogan to beat Warrior up in the locker room, reluctantly agreed to his request but fired him immediately after the PPV.
The Ultimate Warrior returned at WrestleMania VIII in 1992. However, he'd cut his hair and was about 20-25 lighter than he usually was. That's how the rumor got started.
There is (and has been) only one Ultimate Warrior. And that's the man, born Brian James (Jim) Helwig, who legally changed his name to "Warrior" in 1993, shortly after being fired from the WWF a second time.
Dayum!!!
Feel like I've been verbally bitch-slapped by a Star Trek nerd for ignoring some essential trivia, LOL!
The guy was pretty limited but entertaining for a really short gag. He just didn't have the charisma of Hogan, Flair, Stone Cold, etc...
I will admit having been more of a Legion of Doom fan at that time, LOL! They came, kicked ass and left.