The Long-Standing Urban Legend Involving The Ultimate Warrior
If you were in elementary, middle, or high school back in 1992, it was the equivalent of an office water cooler topic. People all over the world, especially kids, were claiming that the Ultimate Warrior who returned at WrestleMania VIII was not the same Warrior who beat Hulk Hogan for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania VI two years prior. The reason why? Apparently, the "new" Warrior had a different hairdo, new ring gear, and a leaner physique, thus making it likely that he was a totally different person or a stunt double, per Bleacher Report.
As for the fate of the "original" Warrior, there were various conspiracy theories claiming that he died in some sort of freak accident. For example, in the Philippines, one version of the theory (via Indolent Indio) suggested that the OG Warrior popped a vein while trying to bodyslam Andre the Giant and died shortly thereafter. Of course, there was no tangible evidence to corroborate the claims, and since this was years before the internet and the rise of online wrestling "dirt sheets," many people were fooled into thinking the urban legend of Warrior's death was legit.
As WWE itself explained, there was no truth whatsoever to those tales. Parts Unknown's most famous resident was, and always had been played by the man known in real life as Jim Hellwig — until he legally changed his name to Warrior. Sadly, Warrior died for real on April 8, 2014, just days after he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.
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