Ultimate Warrior

The Ultimate Warrior, born James Brian Hellwig on June 16, 1959, and died on April 8, 2014, was an American professional wrestler, bodybuilder and motivational speaker who wrestled for the World Wrestling Federation from 1987 to 1992. He came to wrestling from bodybuilding, was paired with Steve Borden, later known as Sting, as the Blade Runners in 1985 and 1986, and won the WCWA Texas Heavyweight Championship as the Dingo Warrior. In the WWF he was a two-time Intercontinental Champion within two years, and at WrestleMania VI in 1990 he beat Hulk Hogan in a title versus title match to become the first wrestler to hold the WWF Championship and the Intercontinental Championship at the same time. A pay dispute with chairman Vince McMahon led to his release in 1992, he legally changed his name to the single word Warrior in 1993, and he returned to the WWF briefly in 1996 and to WCW in 1998.