Ultimate Warrior Dead - WWE Planning Multiple Tributes to Wrestling Legend
Only six days after the man known as the Ultimate Warrior passed away, the World Wrestling Entertainment industry is working to pay him tribute. Tonight's episode of "Monday Night Raw" will feature one tribute to the wrestling icon, while another tribute is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, April 16.
According to the WWE's website, there will be a special tribute, complete with bell-ringing ceremony and movie montage on "Raw." Also, the WWE Network will feature an entire night of Warrior programming, including his induction into the WWE Hall of Fame, which took place just three days before his death and his return to "Monday Night Raw," which featured his emotional speech that now seems prophetic.
"Every man's heart one day beats its final beat," Warrior said during his "Raw" appearance. "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 bleed deeper in something larger than life, than his essence, his spirit will be immortalized."
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The Warrior and his wife were walking to their car in Arizona when he suddenly collapsed. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital, but no cause of death has been released just yet. The 54-year-old wrestler's death came as a shock to fans and members of the WWE family. The Warrior had just begun mounting a comeback of sorts and thrilled fans.
The WWE Network will not only air the Hall of Fame induction, the "Raw" episode but will go back to Wrestlemania VI, when the Ultimate Warrior battled his arch enemy at the time, Hulk Hogan. It was a time when the Warrior's followers vied against the Hulkamaniacs who followed Hogan. The pay-per-view will be featured in its entirety, so as to allow fans to relive every moment of the time.
The WWE is also reportedly putting together a special that will air on Wednesday night entitled "Warrior: The Ultimate Legend," TMZ noted.
