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Yeah, how dare he point out that someone looked like they shouldn't have been on TV. What a jerk. On a scale of awful, there's Charles Manson, Osama bin Laden, the guy who killed people in the cinema, Piers Morgan and Ciaran, right guys?! The selective outrage machine on this site is as amusing as it ever was.

Watching Vince crying is one of the hardest things to do. Everyone else like HHH, it just seems a little... I dunno. Not entirely sincere? But when Vince starts getting teary, I get the impression that he really does seem a lot of these guys like his children. The only issue I had with the documentary was when Hogan was apologising to Warrior. Now I get that Hogan wanted to make peace and that's great, but Warrior was a GIGANTIC ***** to Hogan. Saying that someone's kids would be better off if their dad was dead?! That really skeeved me out a lot because if Warrior really wanted to bury the hatchet then he should have been on his hands and knees, licking out Hogan's ***hole. Dead or not, Warrior was a colossal **** sometimes and nothing really put that across in this doc. But other than that, the sheet scope of footage they had with the book for Vince and the meeting being filmed and even the court footage - to not only put it together but so damn quickly - the WWE production team are the best. THE best. Bar none.

If WWE Network can make more documentaries like that, it's going to make a ton of money. So well put together. Just brilliant to watch.

Late to the party again, but just to point out: the highest rated quarter in WWE history was Steve Austin vs. The Undertaker (9.5 rating), not Rock/Foley. It's a weird Russo/WWE thing there the This Is Your Life segment is generally thrown out as the highest rated wrestling thing ever, but it's actually not. [video=youtube;azVZHNdIVmw] As for Punk, WWE has been significantly better as of late without him. EDIT: I'm aware that Russo is probably talking about the segment from start to finish when it comes to the This Is Your Life segment, which is fair. But across quarters alone, Austin owns it with the overrun match. However, Rock was part of the two next biggest. Rock was definitely a huge draw, but Austin was definitely THE man.

I'll keep an eye out for these people when I'm looking through TIME Magazine. Sorry, you guys have probably never heard of that publication, right? Being all mainstream and such, you squares!

Hey guys, I'm here for the party. What have I missed?

I recall Meltzer or Alvarez making a similar statement about his family history, so it sounded like he had mentioned it at some point. Meltzer also reporting that there will be a death investigation which will be concluded in a few months, to determine - I guess - how he came to be a heart-attack-in-waiting as opposed to how he actually died. Judging by the rant he went on yesterday, sounds like Dave suspects Warrior didn't give up drugs as quickly as he possibly should have.

Didn't he apparently say a lot that he expected to go in his 50s because of his family?

Whatever happens, the lasting memory of Warrior to me will always be this story from CM Punk about Harley Race: http://cmpunk.livejournal.com/13570.html

I never complained about Warrior as a wrestler. He was what he was. As a family man, he was clearly awesome - adored his kids and loved his wife. As a political and social commentator, total ****er. Some of the stuff he came out with was horrific Fred Phelps-esque hate language. People should never forget that, just like Benoit will never be forgotten as a guy who murdered his family. Doesn't stop me being sad about his death though. He had quietened down in recent years and finally looked like he was finding peace with his life. Yeah, he knocked HHH and Ted Dibiase and such, but he also hugged Vince McMahon, thanked Hunter and seemingly brought his 'feud' with Hogan to an end. Almost as if he was just wanted it all to be laid to rest before things could move forward. To not only have that happen but to actually watch it unfold publicly over three nights and then it all be over just like that... that's sad, no matter who it is.

So Bret is suggesting Warrior may still have been on something? Given what Warrior said during his life, I don't necessarily think Bret is as wrong as people think. As for Nancy Grace, I think Meltzer wrote it best in his daily update. Looking at Twitter, I almost feel sorry for Nancy - the amount of misogyny that has spewed out from it is ridiculous.

Everyone at work has been talking about it too - same when Paul Bearer died. People talk about how wrestling doesn't really branch out into the mainstream, but it's really incredible how many people of my and the next generation up all know these guys when you really push them.

Meltzer and Alvarez made note of when Eddie died and how, for a month or two beforehand, he looked tired and like things were getting to him, comparing it to how Warrior was sweating profusely and almost blowing up during his speech and seeming a bit disorientated at times. It certainly makes sense if you look at it - sometimes the body just decides it's going to slow down a bit and then stop completely. I completely understand that the HOF weekend may have accelerated it and I'm sure part of him had a feeling that he wasn't quite his best - we'll never know but I'd assume he knew his body quite well. But generally these things are going to happen regardless, so if not this weekend it would have happened soon. And that's really sad.

My friend on Facebook posted a story yesterday about how the Lesnar/Undertaker match from Wrestlemania had been a shoot and how Vince was going to fire people, so when he posted a story this morning about The Ultimate Warrior I just figured "god, this guy believes anything." So I hit up TMZ and, sure enough, it's right there! I asked myself if it was April 1st and, when I realised it wasn't, I just felt incredibly sad. He seemed so happy, so at peace with most things in his life, and completely in love with his family. No matter how crazy he was, and how stupid his political and social ideas, he was a man with two young children and an adoring wife who he idolised. Completely out of the blue, but went out at his peak if nothing else. I dunno, man. RIP to a legend in pro wrestling and all thoughts directed to his family.

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