5 Stars Vince McMahon Fought Then Made Amends With

#2 The Ultimate Warrior

Ultimate Warrior and Vince McMahon - Fell out repeatedly in the 1990s

Vince McMahon had a love-hate relationship with The Ultimate Warrior; one of his biggest ever stars.

Their first big falling out occurred prior to the SummerSlam 1991 main event, in which Warrior was due to team with Hulk Hogan versus the team of Sergeant Slaughter, Colonel Mustafa (The Iron Sheik) and General Adnan.

Warrior allegedly held McMahon up for a six-figure sum, refusing to compete in the match if he was not given the money up front. McMahon acquiesced but fired Warrior immediately after the bout.

However, when business fell markedly over the next few months, McMahon invited Warrior back in spring 1992 but he was gone once again before the end of the year. Warrior's final in-ring comeback was even shorter and began nearly two decades of acrimony between the two men. The Warrior comeback lasted just four months.

McMahon fired Warrior for missing several dates which Warrior had explained was due to the death of his father. However, McMahon did not believe his superstar as Warrior was estranged from his father and he was not convinced that he would be upset by his passing.

Warrior was also angry at McMahon as he believed he was not receiving royalty payments on merchandise bearing his likeness that he believed he was entitled to.

Clearly, there were two sides to this story but each man was only interested in their own.

McMahon and Warrior made up prior to the latter's premature death

The animosity was further inflamed in the 21st Century when McMahon sanctioned the release of the curious DVD entitled The Self-Destruction of The Ultimate Warrior in 2005.

An incredible burial of a former superstar, it featured interviews from a myriad of WWE contracted staff dissing Warrior as a person, as a wrestler and belittling his career achievements.

Warrior understandably was so upset by this production that he refused to have anything to do with WWE for close to another decade and refused induction into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2010, querying why if WWE felt so little of him they could produce a burial of a DVD, then why would they want him in their Hall of Fame.

It was a fair point and it wasn't until Triple H played peacemaker between Warrior and McMahon that the former WWE Champion returned to the fold for a WWE Hall of Fame induction in 2014. McMahon also offered Warrior an ambassador position in the company, however, sadly he did not live long enough to begin his new role.

Warrior died three days after his Hall of Fame Induction from a heart attack but happily he was able to pass away with none of the animosity that had plagued him for many years.