{"id":92730,"date":"2021-05-29T16:05:34","date_gmt":"2021-05-29T20:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=92730"},"modified":"2021-05-29T16:05:34","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T20:05:34","slug":"ae-vice-tv-ultimate-warrior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/05\/29\/ae-vice-tv-ultimate-warrior\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparing A&E and VICE TV’s Treatment of the Ultimate Warrior"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently, The Ultimate Warrior<\/strong> was the subject of an episode of A&E\u2019s Biography<\/em>. A few days later, Warrior was the subject of VICE TV\u2019s Dark Side of the Ring<\/em><\/a>. When two people tell the same story, the facts are usually the same but the details will be different. Here, the facts of the life of the Warrior were the same. However, while A&E delivered a simple retelling of Warrior\u2019s life and career, VICE was more brutal in its approach.<\/p>\n

The first major difference between the two shows was in the participants. Biography<\/em> used Warrior\u2019s widow Dana to fill in necessary details while Dark Side <\/em>employed Warrior\u2019s first wife Shari. While it was obvious that Shari was still quite fond of Warrior, her time with him was rockier than Dana\u2019s.<\/p>\n

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A&E’s Biography<\/em> described The Ultimate Warrior\u2019s early career as a series of bad matches, stating that he wasn\u2019t well trained. VICE had several people stating that the matches were horrible because Warrior didn\u2019t think that he needed training.<\/p>\n

The split between the Blade Runners<\/strong> was, according to A&E, because Warrior felt that he was owed money from Bill Watts<\/strong>. Because of this, Warrior chose not to continue working for Mid-South Wrestling<\/strong> while Sting<\/strong> elected to stay. Dark Side<\/em> stated that the powers in Mid-South felt that the boys needed more training and Warrior felt as if he didn\u2019t need it so he left. Sting was willing to do anything that he was told. The primary story of Dark Side<\/em> was that Warrior\u2019s massive ego was his biggest adversary. The Ultimate Warrior allegedly believed that he didn\u2019t need training because his look would make him a top guy.<\/p>\n

There were no real differences between the information that was revealed about Warrior\u2019s family history, but while A&E presented in chronologic order, Vice used it to explain Warrior\u2019s feelings and decisions. Supposedly, Warrior was sensitive about his work as a wrestler. Oddly, on the same show, Warrior stated that he didn\u2019t feel as if he needed training.<\/p>\n