Breaking News: WWF legend Ultimate Warrior DEAD - age 54

[BoysInBlue]

WWE STATEMENT:
WWE is shocked and deeply saddened to learn of the passing of one of the most iconic WWE Superstars ever, The Ultimate Warrior. Warrior began his WWE career in 1987 and quickly went on to become one of the biggest stars in WWE history. Warrior became WWE Champion at WrestleMania VI, defeating Hulk Hogan in an epic encounter. We are grateful that just days ago, Warrior had the opportunity to take his rightful place in the WWE Hall of Fame and was also able to appear at WrestleMania 30 andMonday Night Raw to address his legions of fans. WWE sends its sincere condolences to Warrior’s family, friends and fans. Warrior was 54 and is survived by his wife Dana and his two daughters.

Totally shocked by this. He was only on live tv last night.

They showed his wife & 2 little girls no more than aged 10 on tv as well. Very sad.

EDIT: From TMZ: http://m.tmz.com/#Article/2014/04/08/ultimate-warrior-dead-dies-wwe

9:52 PM PT -- Officials tell TMZ ... Warrior collapsed outside an Arizona hotel at 5:50 PM on April 8th ... while walking to his car with his wife.

Warrior was transported to a nearby hospital ... where he was pronounced dead.

 

[BoysInBlue]

This was his last ever appearance on live tv last night on Raw. It was his first appearance back on WWE tv in 18 years:

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

Not to go off topic, but where was this held...someone in the crowd is holding up a sign that says Purple Aki.

 

[BoysInBlue]

Not to go off topic, but where was this held...someone in the crowd is holding up a sign that says Purple Aki.

New Orleans. There's loads of Brits out here & plenty of Scousers. Purple Aki sign has been shown loads over the years.

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

New Orleans. There's loads of Brits out here & plenty of Scousers. Purple Aki sign has been shown loads over the years.

Ah, OK...don't watch it myself so didn't know that.

 

[ijjysmith]

Devastated.

 

[ijjysmith]

Warriors last speech:

 

[TheFinnFan]

My all time favourite wrestler.

UW VS. HULK best stuff

R.i.p

 

[Roger Milla]

 

[tommye]

*looks for the 'he's a celebrity so it must be drugs, and i have no sympathy' troll posts.......

@butters
@Eric McNamara

 

[chewee]

*looks for the 'he's a celebrity so it must be drugs, and i have no sympathy' troll posts.......

@butters
@Eric McNamara

To be fair his heart probably took a pounding in the mid 80s from the steriods he took. Heart related problems are a very common cause of premature death for ex wrestlers

 

[Big Fat Sam]

*looks for the 'he's a celebrity so it must be drugs, and i have no sympathy' troll posts.......

@butters
@Eric McNamara

What an absolute divvy.

I"ll bet you 500 pounds right now if he hadn't taken drugs during his career he'd still be alive right now.

Just lol.

 

[Big Fat Sam]

To be fair his heart probably took a pounding in the mid 80s from the steriods he took. Heart related problems are a very common cause of premature death for ex wrestlers

What proof do you have mate, apart from the 500 ex-wrestlers who've died before they reached 55 due to drug-related issues?

 

[ijjysmith]

No offence lads but shut up hey.

 

[ArtetaMagic]

Not a fan of wrestling anymore but I loved it when I was a kid and purely because of the Ultimate Warrior. Legend