As the title suggests, The Ultimate Warrior did indeed soar very high and then spectacularly fell as a wrestling entity. Once he was a main player winning both the Intercontinental title and WWF championship and headlining Wrestlemania 6. However, through a very unprofessional attitude to the business and a well publicised addiction to steroids he sank like a stone. This DVD tells the story of James Brian Hellwig a bodybuilder who decided to become a professional wrestler. He adopted the gimmick of The Ultimate Warrior and through a series of incomprehensible vignettes and banging entrance music he quickly became a household favourite in the late 80's. Hellwig ...  Read the complete review

The Ultimate Warrior - aka The Dingo Warrior, aka Jim Hellwig - was the power-and-paint powerhouse the World Wrestling Federation groomed through the back end of the 1980s to be their top man into the next decade. They even put the world heavyweight title on him at Wrestlemania VI with a 'passing of the torch' victory over Hulk Hogan. But somewhere it all went wrong, and on this DVD you will struggle to find anyone who has a single good word to say about the man himself. Whether this is an accurate portrayal of an egomaniac of a wrestler, who held the company to ransom by refusing to perform at a key event unless he was given $1m on the ...  Read the complete review

About the Ultimate Warrior -Born in Crawfordsville, Indiana, United States -Born Brian James Hellwig -Billed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) -Billed weight 275 lb (125 kg) -Was studying to be a chiropractor -Won the 1984 NPC Mr. Georgia contest -In 1985 was invited to join a group of bodybuilders - Garland Donoho, Mark Miller, and Steve "Flash" Borden who were vying to be professional wrestlers -Began his professional wrestling career as Jim "Justice" Hellwig of Powerteam USA -Legally changed his name to Warrior in 1993 -2 Time WWE Intercontinental Champion -1 Time WWE Champion -Retired from ...  Read the complete review

One of the biggest stars from the early nineties, The Ultimate Warrior was somewhat of an enigma. He boasted little if no talent, he was in horrible physical condition (in a cardiovascular sense) and his promos featured ramblings and incoherent dribble. Despite all this, he was MASSIVELY over with the WWF fans and was touted as the next one to receive the torch from Hulk Hogan. This documentary documents his rise and his subsequent fall, as he managed to annoy pretty much everybody on the roster including management, and even tried holding WWF to ransom a couple of times when he refused to do the job for his opponents. It really is an intriguing DVD and shows ...  Read the complete review

It should come as no surprise to those who know of the history between Vince McMahon and the Ultimate Warrior that this DVD was going to be a somewhat jaded presentation of the Warrior's past in the WWE. In my view the Warrior is one of the top ten greatest wrestlers/entertainers in all of wrestling and it disappointed me that the DVD wasn't about Jim Hellwig's genuine contributions rather than a smear attempt. All of the classic WWE crew gave their opinions (Mean Gene, Bobby Heenan, Sgt Slaughter, Hulk Hogan, Ted Dibiase and Vince McMahon). I did find Heenan's criticism of the Warrior to be amusing (well is there a moment where Heenan isn't funny), as ...  Read the complete review