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Let's see what we know about The Ultimate Warrior.
The Ultimate Warrior was born James Brian Hellwig on June 16, 1959 in Crawfordsville,
Indiana, United States, and was a professional wrestler who competed in the World Wrestling
Federation (now WWE).
He was a two-time WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion, beating Hulk Hogan along the way.
Hellwig's wrestling career started in 1985 and ended in 2008.
He passed away on April 8, 2014, at the age of 54 due to a heart attack.
Hellwig was the oldest of five children and was raised by his mother after his father
left his family when he was 12.
The family moved and he graduated from Veedersburg's Fountain Central High School and attended
Indiana State University for a year.
Hellwig started training with weights when he was 11 years old and described himself
as "the small, insecure kid who wasn't into any sports".
After seeing bodybuilder Robby Robinson, he decided to take up bodybuilding.
Warrior married Shari Lynn Tyree in 1982.
They remained together for the majority of Warrior's WWF career before divorcing in 1991,
two days before WrestleMania VII.
Warrior married for the second time to Dana Viale in 1999.
They had two daughters, Indiana and Mattigan.
In his early career as an amateur bodybuilder, Hellwig competed in a number of NPC contests
and won multiple titles including the AAU Coastal competition in 1983 and Mr. Georgia
in 1984.
He then met a group of bodybuilders in California in 1985 who were training to be wrestlers
and shifted his focus.
Hellwig began his professional wrestling career as Jim "Justice" Hellwig as a member of Powerteam
USA.
They later changed their name to The Freedom Fighters and The Blade Runners, but Hellwig
left to have his solo debut in the Dallas, Texas-based World Class Championship Wrestling
(WCCW) promotion in 1986.
It was during this time that he began to be called "Dingo Warrior" or "Warrior".
Warrior made his final appearance with WCCW in June 1987 before wrestling for World Wrestling
Federation (WWF, now WWE).
He won numerous titles during his time with the WWF, including two WWF Intercontinental
Heavyweight Championships and a WWF Championship when he pinned Hulk Hogan in the main event
at WrestleMania VI in Toronto, making him the first wrestler to hold both titles concurrently.
He retired from professional wrestling in 1998 and embarked on a public speaking career,
but wrestled one final match in Spain in 2008.
On April 5, 2014, Ultimate Warrior was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class.
Warrior died on April 8, 2014, in Scottsdale, Arizona, at age 54.
He had been inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame on April 5, appeared at WrestleMania
XXX on April 6, and made his first Raw appearance in almost 18 years on April 7, the day before
his death.
According to reports, Warrior clutched his chest and collapsed at 5:50 p.m., while walking
to his car with his wife.
An autopsy revealed Warrior died of a heart attack caused by atherosclerotic cardiovascular
disease.
At the time of his death, The Ultimate Warrior's net worth was around $1.5 million, according
to Celebrity Net Worth.
Warrior had been largely alienated from his peers in professional wrestling in the decade
before his death.
With Warrior's reconciling with the professional wrestling industry just before his death,
some of his former adversaries offered their condolences.
McMahon stated that "We are all so sad that the Ultimate Warrior has passed away.
Our heart is with his wife Dana and his two daughters."
Hogan said, "RIP WARRIOR.
We’ve talked, both forgave each other.
I am so sad, God bless his beautiful family".
WWE called him one of the legends and one of the most recognizable wrestlers in the
company history, praised his ability to draw power from "the WWE Universe".
The company paid tribute to Warrior on the April 14 episode of Raw with a ten-bell salute
and a video.
The WWE Network aired a lineup dubbed "Warrior Week" in Warrior's memory.
In 2021, Warrior's life was chronicled on A&E's Biography: WWE Legends and Viceland's
Dark Side of the Ring.
His final public appearance on television was seen by many viewers as being prophetic
of his death, and serving as a kind of auto-eulogy for the legendary wrestler, including the
lines "Every man's heart one day beats its final beat, his lungs breathe their final
breath and if what that man did in his life makes the blood pulse through the body of
others and makes them believe deeper in something larger than life, then his essence, his spirit
will be immortalized."