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<p>Watching a live youtube tribute stream... no time has been wasted spinning a conspiracy theory about poisoning by Hulk Hogan.</p>
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<p>Collapsed outside a hotel apparently.</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.tmz.com/2014/04/08/ultimate-warrior-dead-dies-wwe/#ixzz2yNFVOvw1'>http://www.tmz.com/2014/04/08/ultimate-warrior-dead-dies-wwe/#ixzz2yNFVOvw1</a></p> -
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<p>Watching a live youtube tribute stream... no time has been wasted spinning a conspiracy theory about poisoning by Hulk Hogan.</p>
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<p>Thats in poor taste? Surely if his death was faked, then be a great plot....</p> -
<p>Poor taste...? This is pro wrestling - no such thing. When Paul Bearer died last year (for real), the following night CM Punk smashed his urn to ignite a feud with Undertaker. Many people were offended - but not Bearer's family, who were delighted. It's the bizarre universe where kayfabe and reality collide. But seriously - in reality -- Warrior (Jim Hellwig) and Hogan (Terry Bollea) -- allegedly hated each other's guts. If you watch the youtube shoot interviews from a couple years ago where Warrior exposes Hogan and Linda's "perverted" sex life, poisoning might not seem so absurd!</p>
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<div style="color:rgb(41,47,51);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' class="" href='https://twitter.com/WilliamShatner'><strong>William Shatner</strong> â€<span style="color:rgb(136,153,166);"><span style="color:rgb(177,187,195);">@</span>WilliamShatner</span> </a> <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' class="" href='' title="1:35 AM - 9 Apr 2014"><span>11h</span></a></span></div>
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<p class="" style="color:rgb(41,47,51);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:18px;">I saw that the Ultimate Warrior passed away. Very sad.</span></p>
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<p class="" style="color:rgb(41,47,51);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="color:rgb(136,153,166);">1:35 AM - 9 Apr 2014</span><span style="color:rgb(136,153,166);"> · </span><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' class="" href=''>Details</a></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:16px;">“As you, Hulk Hogan, travel to Wrestlemania by conventional means, the normals you travel with experience malfunctions. As you realize all that is left is total self-destruction, do you, Hulk Hogan, show self pity? Do you, Hulk Hogan, try to reason why? Do you, Hulk Hogan, try and comfort the normals that have even more fear than you? Or, do you, Hulk Hogan, kick the doors out? Kick the cockpit door down? Take the two pilots that have already made the sacrifice so that you can face this challenge. Dispose of them, Hulk Hogan. Assume the controls, Hulk Hogan. Shove that control into a nose dive, Hulk Hogan! Push yourself to total self-destruction. As you realize, Hulk Hogan, you are about to enter a world….. close to parts unknown. Ah, smell it Warriors.â€</span></p>
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I was in the capsule from a place long from here, and I came here for one reason: to attack and keep coming, not to ask, but just to give, not to want, but just to send, send the power of the Warrior down everybody's throat in the WWF until they become sick of it. Well you're gonna get sick of it, because this freak of nature right here is just beginning to swell, and when I get big enough brother, there ain't gonna be room for anybody else but me and all the warriors, floating thru the veins in the power of the Warrior.
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<p>Looking around the web, this is being reported worldwide on genuine media and news outlets, much like Randy Savage's passing was. Stuff and TV3 carried it here, and Hauraki (bless them!) have put together a video tribute for NZ's coverage. Wrestling websites are reporting tweets etc, and it's clear that Warrior buried a lot of hatchets over WM and Raw weekend, including with Vince (obviously that was done well before last weekend), Jake the Snake, Kevin Nash and Hulk Hogan (there's a photo from WM weekend doing the rounds of Hogan, Warrior and Pat Patterson - Patterson laid out their epic WM6 match). Hogan has tweeted about Warrior's passing, and it was all positive (his Twitter handle is HulkHogan if anyone wants to look into them).</p>
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<p>been out of the country and just catching up with news. Sad apart the death of Warrior - interested to hear the autopsy results when they come out.</p>
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<p>Really enjoyed Wrestlemania XXX - everything ran pretty much as expected, except</p>
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<p>[spoiler]<img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BiaKfOyCQAED5ED.jpg" alt="BiaKfOyCQAED5ED.jpg">[/spoiler]</p>
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<p>what the hell was Stephanie dressed like a waitress at a strip bar for?! s it just me, or does she get hotter the more evil she becomes?</p>
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<p>[spoiler]Stoked about Daniel Bryan. Well deserved. Loved the sign in the crowd too "If Bryan loses we riot"[/spoiler]</p>
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<p>Here is a different take on the Warrior</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://deadspin.com/the-ultimate-warrior-was-an-insane-dick-1561275496'>http://deadspin.com/the-ultimate-warrior-was-an-insane-dick-1561275496</a></p>
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<p>Most of that Deadspin hit piece is old news. Let him Rest In Peace.</p>
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<p>It's tasteless all around. One doesn't justify the other. Everybody has dark material from their past that they're not proud. Those things needn't be ignored, but they shouldn't be the lead or the summation of a man's life, either, at least not until the autopsy is complete.</p>
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<p>There's a good <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://espn.go.com/espnradio/grantland/player?id=10764100'><strong>Cheap Heat</strong> podcast discussion at ESPN with David Shoemaker & Peter Rosenberg</a> with a balanced discussion about Warrior's career and death. I am very much like Rosenberg, I disliked Warrior for most of his career, the way a performer of limited skills would always squash his opponents, and I disliked his political views, but I've long been fascinated by him. He's complicated.</p> -
<p><span style="font-size:24px;"><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://regressing.deadspin.com/wrestlemania-xxx-box-score-every-suplex-chair-hit-an-1560958251'>Wrestlemania XXX Box Score: Every Suplex, Chair Hit, And Top Rope Dive</a></span></p>
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<ul><li><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Daniel Bryan recorded 11 submission holds during his match with Triple H, showing that even when he was getting his ass kicked, the American Dragon stayed plenty active.</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">No surprise here: The Undertaker had by far the longest entrance, at just over seven minutes. Triple H and Bray Watt came in at 4:11 and 4:10, respectively.</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">However, a creaky Undertaker showed his age by relying on the turnbuckle—his six turnbuckle-based moves lapped the field.</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">John Cena kicked out of the most pins—including one out of a finisher—of anyone at Wrestlemania this year.</span></span></li>
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Forgot to mention earlier. How good is Bray Wyatt. That guy can really work a crowd and sell a match just as good as Ted DiBiase in his prime.
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<p>Holy shit, how bad did Orton's back look after he took the worst of it with a TV monitor in his back? He and Batista seemed to go to extraordinary lengths to clear that table, so it's a mystery how they missed the monitor beneath. I'm cringing just thinking about it, that could have crippled the poor bugger!</p>