The release of this DVD caused a lot of controversy with both Warrior fans and WWE fans and debate on the war between McMahon and Warrior went all over the internet forums. But I knew that you can't judge Warrior or WWE for the stuff said until you actually see the documentary. Having seen it, I think the project isn't really negative on Warrior overall as there is just as much praise as there is criticisms on the DVD. Therefore I think it is a mixed opinion production. Although there are a lot of things said on the DVD that I think the WWE didn't have any right to say.
First off, quite a few of the people interviewed said they couldn't make out anything the Warrior said in his promos, which was a fair enough opinion, but only a bit after covering this, they showed a promo given by Andre the Giant who (no disrespect to him) was even harder to make out. The documentary spent all this time criticising Warrior of not giving clear enough interviews but never said a damn thing about the fact that Andre was even worse.
Also, when covering the third time Vince McMahon fired Warrior, Vince said his reason for the dismissal was because Warrior failed to attend some live events because his father had passed away. Vince then mentioned how the Warrior said he hated his own father and couldn't care less about him and so Vince saw this as a false excuse to not attend and so he fired Warrior. This was an unfair dismissal in my opinion because even if Warrior couldn't care less about his father, his family would still expect him to spend time with them in their mourning. It would also be a time of regret for Warrior because he would wish he had spent more time with his dad. So I can see how it would have been a difficult time for Warrior.
They also said how weird it was that he changed his name from Jim Hellwig to Warrior. Mr. T officially changed his name to that of Mr. T but you don't hear anyone ridicule that. And Mr. T had a good relationship with WWE.
Despite the biased criticism, the rest is terrific, with some really good footage of the Ultimate Warrior as well as other interesting information on Warrior's career and on the DVD extras there is the legendary Hogan vs Warrior battle from WrestleMania 6 and his cage match against Rick Rude from SummerSlam 1990. Like I said earlier, this DVD has as much praise to the Warrior as it has criticisms, and it is only because negative stuff sticks out more that people say the DVD is completely against Warrior. If you want to join the debate about Warrior and McMahon, you MUST watch this first.
First off, quite a few of the people interviewed said they couldn't make out anything the Warrior said in his promos, which was a fair enough opinion, but only a bit after covering this, they showed a promo given by Andre the Giant who (no disrespect to him) was even harder to make out. The documentary spent all this time criticising Warrior of not giving clear enough interviews but never said a damn thing about the fact that Andre was even worse.
Also, when covering the third time Vince McMahon fired Warrior, Vince said his reason for the dismissal was because Warrior failed to attend some live events because his father had passed away. Vince then mentioned how the Warrior said he hated his own father and couldn't care less about him and so Vince saw this as a false excuse to not attend and so he fired Warrior. This was an unfair dismissal in my opinion because even if Warrior couldn't care less about his father, his family would still expect him to spend time with them in their mourning. It would also be a time of regret for Warrior because he would wish he had spent more time with his dad. So I can see how it would have been a difficult time for Warrior.
They also said how weird it was that he changed his name from Jim Hellwig to Warrior. Mr. T officially changed his name to that of Mr. T but you don't hear anyone ridicule that. And Mr. T had a good relationship with WWE.
Despite the biased criticism, the rest is terrific, with some really good footage of the Ultimate Warrior as well as other interesting information on Warrior's career and on the DVD extras there is the legendary Hogan vs Warrior battle from WrestleMania 6 and his cage match against Rick Rude from SummerSlam 1990. Like I said earlier, this DVD has as much praise to the Warrior as it has criticisms, and it is only because negative stuff sticks out more that people say the DVD is completely against Warrior. If you want to join the debate about Warrior and McMahon, you MUST watch this first.