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Post by Mr. Old School™ on Apr 12, 2014 13:40:21 GMT -5
Wow!! That's awesome man. What a great, rare figure. I don't think I've ever seen one MOC before. I'd definitely hold onto that one for sure.
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Post by Mr. Old School™ on Apr 12, 2014 13:36:18 GMT -5
Link not working. Would LOVE to see pics!!
Just upload the pictures to tinypic.com and post them here. How hard is that??
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Post by Mr. Old School™ on Apr 12, 2014 13:25:31 GMT -5
Well, we'll never know either way, if he did know or didn't know how much time he had left. You can't prove it or disprove it either way. We just have OUR opinions, thoughts and theories on it. Some you can choose to believe and some you can just try to outright deny.
At any rate, this is THE most shocking wrestling death ever. I just feel so bad for his wife and 2 young daughters. This is a loss they will feel forever. Truly sad and unfortunate.
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Post by Mr. Old School™ on Apr 12, 2014 12:29:19 GMT -5
I'm sorry, I don't believe for a minute Warrior knew he was going to die soon. And if he DID, he certainly wouldn't let it be known. He would've kept it to himself and as I said, would've wanted to make the absolute best he could of the time he had left. I think he did that right up until the end.
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Post by Mr. Old School™ on Apr 12, 2014 12:20:40 GMT -5
Has anyone else checked out eBay recently for Warrior figures and various Warrior merchandise?? The prices for some figures are NUTS now!! There's a Jakks WWE Classic Ring Giant Warrior going for $167 plus $25 for shipping!! A series #1 WWF Hasbro MOC figure is going for $109.52 plus $23 for shipping!!
Some, if not most, of these eBay sellers are a bunch of vultures out to make money. It's really sad and unfortunate that when someone famous dies, their merchandise is in higher demand and the value goes up.
I do have a few Warrior figures in my collection and they will stay that way. I've had them for many years now and have no intention of doing what these vultures on eBay are doing. I don't agree with it for a second.
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Post by Mr. Old School™ on Apr 12, 2014 12:07:47 GMT -5
Hold onto that LJN Warrior!! Both loose and MOC are more in demand than ever since Warrior's unfortunate and untimely passing.
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Post by Mr. Old School™ on Apr 12, 2014 12:05:24 GMT -5
Wow!! Nice collection!! You have a small fortune on your hands there.
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Post by Mr. Old School™ on Apr 12, 2014 10:15:43 GMT -5
Liked.
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Post by Mr. Old School™ on Apr 12, 2014 10:12:18 GMT -5
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Post by Mr. Old School™ on Apr 12, 2014 10:03:09 GMT -5
I hope she is cancer free from here on out!! Way too young to get cancer!! Hope she heals up soon.
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Post by Mr. Old School™ on Apr 12, 2014 7:19:09 GMT -5
Wow...What a great video.
And after everything what Jake and Scott went through, who would've ever thought The Warrior would go before either of them?? Seriously, before Jake and Scott got with DDP, they were in VERY rough shape, especially Scott. I'm pretty sure he was knocking on deaths-door and thank God, DDP intervened and took him under his wing before any further damage could be done.
Thank God for Diamond Dallas Page. I really don't know if Jake or Scott would be here today if it weren't for what DDP did for them. I'm SO glad he's helped them out as much as he has.
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Post by Mr. Old School™ on Apr 12, 2014 1:09:05 GMT -5
If there were any warning signs of anything possibly wrong with Warrior, I just wanted to take a look back at this clip and point them out. This is the best clip I could find with the complete intro and everything.
When Warrior gets to the ring, there's kind of an awkward moment where the camera stays on the announcers a bit longer than it should have, and then it goes to the fan holding the Warrior Nation sign and back to the announcers and finally we see Warrior again start to climb up the steps into the ring. Then, we see a crowd shot and then another awkward shot of the announcers again and back to Warrior.
I believe during the first awkward shot of the announcers was done because Warrior was digging out his jacket from under the ring and putting it on. Whether he had any sort of difficulty getting it on, I'm not sure. Then, he does the first rope shake and steps into the ring and he's already huffing and puffing by that point. And the second rope shake and then a shot of the crowd where his wife and young daughters are front row cheering him on and a brief shot of Warrior breathing hard and another awkward long crowd shot around the 1:37 mark.
Finally, we see Warrior in the ring with the mic in hand and he yells out "Speak to me Warriors, along with trademark snarl, then a brief crowd shot and when he see Warrior again, he looks exhausted and lets out this weird looking breath at 1:51, almost looking like he's about to collapse and even takes a step or two forward and catches himself. I think that moment is key. I think he himself knows something is definitely wrong.
Then, he takes a long look out into the crowd and they cheer him on. Then, he's got a brief painful look on his face around 2:11 and at 2:12 he lets out a big breath. He says "As I thought about what I was going to say this evening, it's been hard for me to find the words." Then, he digs out the classic Warrior mask from his jacket pocket. And with a painful look on his face at about 2:33, he tells the camera guy to hold the mic for him while he puts the mask on.
Then, he cuts his famous profoundly eerie promo and right after he says "make the running of the man live forever" he takes this long strange breath at 3:45, then continues his promo.
After he says "The spirit of The Ultimate Warrior will run forever" and does his snarl, he looks completely exhausted and drained if you pause it at 4:42.
Then, he does another rope shake and steps out of the ring and looks like he has a bit of difficulty stepping through at 5:11 and he's still huffing and puffing while he walks down the ringside steps.
I just think there are a few key points in that clip that show clear warning signs that something was wrong and he himself knew it and wanted to say goodbye to his fans one last time.
However, in his last pictures shown with a few select fans on the Tuesday before his death, I think he looked fine. He looked better there than he did during his appearance on Raw.
Just remember, things happen for a reason. He said what he said for a reason. There was a reason he wanted to say what he said on Raw. He chose his words carefully. He even said himself "It's been hard for me to find the words". Why would it be hard for him to find the words??
I think it was hard for him to find the words because he knew something was definitely wrong and the time he had left was limited. I truly believe that. I really think he knew it and was taking that time to let us know.
Plus, I've read some people saying that his wife was much more emotional at the Hall of Fame than she should have been. Maybe she knew it too. Maybe she knew his time left was short. Maybe they both knew prior to making the weekend trip to New Orleans for Hall of Fame, WrestleMania and Raw.
Could it be possible that they both knew he didn't have much time left and that's why she was so emotional during the Hall of Fame and that's why he said what he said on Raw?? I think that would make PERFECT sense or it could all just be one weird coincidence.
Maybe he or they, went to the doctors prior to making the trip and were told some unfortunate news by the doctor that he only had a few days left to live and he wanted to make the absolute best out of them that he could. I think it's very possible.
One thing is for sure, he wanted to make sure that he left us with one last profoundly eerie message. One that would become true less than 24 hours after he said it.
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Post by Mr. Old School™ on Apr 11, 2014 13:21:57 GMT -5
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Post by Mr. Old School™ on Apr 11, 2014 13:10:33 GMT -5
Pretty cool pic. Can't believe they are all gone...
R.I.P. to them all
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Post by Mr. Old School™ on Apr 11, 2014 1:12:18 GMT -5
Man....This is the hardest I've ever taken a wrestling related death. I'm still very upset as I write this. I just can't believe he's gone....I just re-watched his final appearance on Raw and it's so hard to watch that and not get emotional knowing he would be gone less than 24 hours later.
As I said before, I grew up watching Warrior and he was a BIG part of my childhood and youth, as were most of the other wrestlers that have passed away. It's just different with Warrior....I don't know...
I don't know if it's silly to get this upset or what over someone I never met or knew personally, just grew up watching him over many years.
This past weekend was SO great. I stayed up late on Saturday to watch the Hall of Fame from start to finish and watched 'Mania at a friend's place on Sunday and again stayed up very late to watch the replay of Monday Night Raw and when I finished work on Tuesday night, that's when I read the terrible, shocking news of Warrior's passing. I was floored...Without question, THE most shocked I've ever been with any wrestling related death.
And all these hours later, I'm still taking it hard, just because it's still so fresh and surreal that someone can appear on t.v. one day and drop dead the next. So unthinkable that something like that can actually happen.
It's almost like God gave Warrior those 3 days (Sat, Sun, and Mon) to make everything right only for him to take him away on Tuesday. I am so jealous and envious of those select few fans that met Warrior and got their picture taken with him on the Tuesday mere hours before he would pass away. What a LUCKY experience that was. They should hold onto that forever.
Here's a fan cam recording of Warrior's final promo on Raw:
I will never forget The Ultimate Warrior.
R.I.P.
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Post by Mr. Old School™ on Apr 10, 2014 13:53:35 GMT -5
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Post by Mr. Old School™ on Apr 10, 2014 13:46:14 GMT -5
Yesterday I picked up the new Ultimate Warrior 3-disc DVD set and just today I picked up the new WWE 50 book, which was marked to 40% off.
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Post by Mr. Old School™ on Apr 10, 2014 0:20:30 GMT -5
Nice tribute video for Warrior: R.I.P.
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Post by Mr. Old School™ on Apr 9, 2014 22:06:01 GMT -5
Maybe Warrior knew something was up, you never know. And he wanted to come out on Raw the next night to make a final goodbye appearance. Only he knew if something was wrong. All these hours later and I'm still in shock of this unfortunate news. I will be for a while yet, I'm sure.
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Post by Mr. Old School™ on Apr 9, 2014 21:41:02 GMT -5
Here's a fan cam recording from WrestleMania XXX on Sunday when they announced the 2014 Hall of Fame line-up. Still so sad seeing Warrior come out and knowing he would be gone a short while later:
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