#2 WrestleMania 12 – Ultimate Warrior buries Triple H
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Triple H once called Ultimate Warrior one of the most “unprofessional” athletes that he had ever worked with. That comment was made on the “self destruction of The Ultimate Warrior” DVD and was in reference them working together at WrestleMania XII.
Warrior returned to the WWE for one more run in 1996. Before their scheduled match, Triple H approached the Warrior to work out how the match should go.
The Warrior shot down all his ideas, telling him in a not-so-polite way that they were doing a squash match, which is exactly what they did. The backstage incident and the match itself left a bad taste in Hunter’s mouth.
However, in the long-run, it probably aided Triple H in becoming the ruthless powerful backstage politician that he would go on to become. The Warrior seemed to agree, based on what he wrote on his website, following the release of the DVD:
“I’m the most unprofessional person you’ve ever stepped into the ring with? Well, now, ain’t that pretty. Because what I remember, Mr. Stephanie McMahon, is that you were only in the ring with me one time — and for less than 5 minutes.
Here all these years since leaving the ring and becoming interested in mentoring young people, I often wonder what kind of impact I am having because I take it seriously and it is important to me do it effectively.
Well, it sure sounds like I taught you very well in the 5 minutes you had in the ring with me. Because from what I hear you are the biggest unprofessional asshole the business has ever seen. You are welcome.”
