#4 Vince McMahon had a complicated relationship with The Ultimate Warrior
The relationship between Vince McMahon and The Ultimate Warrior got off to a good start in the late 1980s/early 1990s.
Warrior held the WWE Intercontinental Championship on two occasions before defeating Hulk Hogan for the WWE Championship in the main event of WrestleMania VI in April 1990.
Unfortunately, Warrior’s relationship with Vince McMahon began to sour in 1991.
Six weeks before SummerSlam 1991, Warrior sent a letter to Vince McMahon threatening to no-show the event if various financial demands were not met in his new contract.
As Vince McMahon did not want to jeopardize the SummerSlam main event (Hulk Hogan & Warrior vs. Sgt. Slaughter, General Adnan & Colonel Mustafa), he agreed to Warrior’s demands before suspending him after the show.
Warrior went on to return to WWE in 1992 and 1996 but both comebacks were short-lived.
In 2005, WWE released a derogatory documentary about Warrior, titled The Self-Destruction of The Ultimate Warrior, in which he was portrayed in a negative light by many of his former WWE colleagues.
Warrior ultimately reconciled with Vince McMahon before receiving his induction into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2014.