GUNTHER is hoping to remain undefeated at WrestleMania this April, and will join an exclusive club when he puts the Intercontinental title on the line. 

The Austrian Superstar has been a dominant champion since capturing the gold back in June of 2022. Not only has GUNTHER proven himself in his own right, but having Imperium alongside him has made the Ring General even more dangerous. 

GUNTHER’s Record at WrestleMania

At WrestleMania, GUNTHER will defend the Intercontinental Championship against Sami Zayn. The Austrian has been immensely confident in recent weeks and is sure that Zayn is simply not good enough to beat him. 

Win, lose, or draw, GUNTHER will become the fourth Superstar in WWE history to defend the gold at back-to-back WrestleManias. This is a feat accomplished by only three Superstars at WWE’s biggest show of the year. 

Who’s In the Club?

The first man to do so was ‘Macho Man’ Randy Savage, who put the gold on the line at WrestleMania 2 and WrestleMania 3. The latter match is the much-acclaimed bout that saw Savage lose the gold to Ricky ‘The Dragon’ Steamboat.

The Ultimate Warrior would defend the title at WrestleMania 5 and WrestleMania 6, with the latter match seeing him capture the WWF title. The most recent man to have back-to-back title defenses is The Rock, who retained at both WrestleMania 13 and WrestleMania 14.

GUNTHER’s Other Records

This is hardly the first accolade for GUNTHER. In September 2022, GUNTHER broke the record for the longest solo Intercontinental Championship reign. In February 2024, GUNTHER broke the record for the most days combined of any Intercontinental Champion. 

GUNTHER is also part of an elite club of Superstars that have held two championships in WWE for over a year. In addition to his current reign, GUNTHER held the NXT United Kingdom Championship for 870 days. 

Sting went through many different phases in his almost 4 decades-long wrestling career. One such phase that came very early in his run was his tag team with Jim “Justice” Hellwig, who would later become known as the Ultimate Warrior.

Teaming with Warrior got The Icon some of his early opportunities in wrestling but according to the wrestling veteran himself, it could have also killed him.

The former champion took part in the media scrum following his retirement match at AEW Revolution 2024 where he talked about the different stops of his career. Answering a question about his time with Ultimate Warrior, Sting mentioned how they got opportunities because they looked pretty intimidating together:

“I think it was definitely good that we were both together to begin with, because, he just, he looked like a freak. I was 265 pounds and I looked like a little kid compared to him. But both of us together were pretty intimidating. And you know, we had a lot of people saying, ‘Maybelline Road Warriors,’ I don’t know if you remember any of that. But yeah. But we thought who cares? You know, we get a match with the Road Warriors, we hit the big time.”

Sting Comments On Past Steroid Usage

The former WCW Champion then mentioned that while they were meant to start together, the tag team wasn’t meant to last long. According to Sting, the duo would have killed each other due to steroid abuse if they stayed together:

“So, but you know, I think it was good that we ended up splitting up it was good that he went his way and I went mine. We were not meant to be together. We were meant to start together and it got us in the door for sure.

But he needed to be on his own and I needed to be…we were gonna kill each other, literally on the road. Two roided out young man. That’s what it was then. Two roided out guys. Just shooting straight here. That stopped in 1990 for me, so yeah. It didn’t stop for him, but it stopped for me.”

Ultimate Warrior sadly passed away at the age of 54 back in April 8, 2014, only three days after his induction into WWE Hall of Fame. An autopsy confirmed that the legend died of a heart attack caused by atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

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Seth Rollins further makes his case for Cody Rhodes to challenge him instead of Roman Reigns at WrestleMania and Ric Flair has taken note.

Rollins continued his campaign for Cody on social media as a compelling video package was put together by WWE with Rollins doing the narratiion and asking Rhodes what road he wants to take in finishing his story.

“Cody Rhodes – look in your heart and ask yourself what kind of champion do you want to be? Do you want to be like the Ultimate Warrior or do you want to be like The Nature Boy Ric Flair? Tell me, Cody, what kind of champion do you want to be?”

During the clip, it was highlighted how “The Nature Boy” was a staunch defending champion of the “Big Gold” during his Jim Crockett Promotions prime and although unprompted, Ric Flair looks to be in support of Cody choosing Rollins over Roman.

“The answer to that question is obvious! Just look at how Cody Rhodes styles & profiles! WOOOOO!”

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During WWE Raw this past Monday, Rollins interrupted the 2024 Royal Rumble winner right before he was going to stake his claim for the WWE Undisputed Universal Title and pitched himself to The American Nightmare as the appropriate opponent for him at WrestleMania 40 in Philadelphia. 

While The WWE World Heavyweight Championship doesn’t have direct lineage to the original World Heavyweight Title in WCW, it sure bears a resemblence. Rollins may have invoked Ric Flair’s name during the video package, but he also spoke of Dusty Rhodes as someone whom held the “working man’s” title.

A&E and VICE TV are both airing new episodes of documentary series’ dedicated to wrestlers at the moment. This week, both docs-series will place a spotlight on the life and career of the Ultimate Warrior.

The A&E documentary episode aired Sunday night and WWE creative team member and husband to the late wrestler, Dana Warrior, took to Instagram to comment.

Dana was asked if she had any involvement in Dark Side of the Ring’s episode on her husband in the comments section of her Instagram post.

“Do you know about Dark Side doing a documentary on Warrior coming out Thursday? did you approve of this? please let us know” a follower asked her.

“I had no part in this project. Smut and filth does not rise to my note,” Dana Warrior responded.

Dana Warrior On Ultimate Warrior’s Daughters Making Him A Better Person

Many people have criticized the handling of Ultimate Warrior’s legacy by WWE due to past hateful comments he made throughout his life. Dana Warrior’s response to this has always been that having daughters made Warrior a better person. She says that they taught him not to hate in this way.

“I will not be disloyal to my husband’s memory or speak ill of a man who is not here to defend himself. I can, however, tell you his heart was changed by conversations with his two daughters. The true testament of the man behind the character is his ability to evolve. My husband did just that,” Dana Warrior said in a statement in 2017.

It’s not often that two documentaries from two different companies about the same topic are released within days apart from the other, but that’s what will be happening next week about the life and career of The Ultimate Warrior. 

Warrior was fast-tracked to the main event scene in WWE where he became a popular wrestler among fans. He had an up-and-down relationship with Vince McMahon during his tenure. He worked for WWE from 1987 to 1991 and again in 1992 and 1996. He also had a stint with WCW in 1998. 

Warrior became a two-time Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion and won the WWE Championship when he pinned Hulk Hogan in the main event at WrestleMania VI in 1990. After being on the outs with WWE, he returned to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, but died just days after appearing on the post-WrestleMania episode of Raw in 2014 at the age of 54. 

A&E Biography Episode

WWE has teamed up with A&E for new “Biography” episodes with the latest edition to be about Warrior, which will air on Sunday, May 23rd. 

The synopsis for A&E’s WWE Biography reads, “The Ultimate Warrior inspired an entire generation of fans living by his mantra of ‘always believe.’ With his colorful face paint and equally colorful interviews, Ultimate Warrior is perhaps best remembered for defeating Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania VI to become both the WWE Champion and the Intercontinental Champion.”

You can view the A&E Biography trailer in this tweet:

Dark Side Of The Ring

Just a few days later, Vice TV drops their highly anticipated Warrior episode of Dark Side of the Ring on Thursday, May 27th:

The Ultimate Warrior was briefly part of the WCW roster in 1998. He feuded with Hollywood Hogan, formed the “One Warrior Nation” and then was gone from the promotion by the end of the year. Eric Bischoff recently spoke about Warrior’s contract with WCW and the negotiations he went through with him.

“The deal closed with Warrior a matter of weeks after my first meeting,” Bischoff said. “It wasn’t a long protracted negotiation or discussion. There was no follow-up meetings, there was no open issues that had to be addressed. We had the meeting, we covered it, we almost immediately started into contract negotiations with Warrior’s attorney and they wrapped up rather quickly.”

Conrad then asked Bischoff if Warrior had creative control of his storylines worked into his contract.

“Nope,” Bischoff responded. “Look, he wanted an opportunity to be involved in the discussion, so would anybody, so would anybody right now in WWE and so would anybody right now in AEW. Who wouldn’t want to be part of that conversation? But there was no creative control discussion whatsoever.”

Conrad then asked if Warrior had any weird requests during contract negotiations but evidently there were none.

“There were no eccentric requests that I can remember,” Bischoff admitted.

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The Ultimate Warrior signed with WCW in 1998. His run with the company began in May of that year. He competed in 3 matches and was eventually gone from the company that fall.

Eric Bischoff recently spent some time on his 83 Weeks podcast talking about what it was like working with Warrior. In particular, Bischoff spoke about Warrior cutting a 20-minute promo on Hulk Hogan on his debut appearance with the company.

“It was the worst feeling I’ve ever had on live television,” Bischoff said about the promo. Warrior’s promo went almost half an hour, causing chaos for the production that night.

Bischoff was asked by Conrad how many minutes he feels they had scheduled for Warrior’s promo.

“Under 10,” Bischoff responded. “Probably 7 or 8 tops. Keep in mind we had to hit a commercial break. Fortunately, we were owned by the same company that owned the network we were on.”

Bischoff continued to say that even short promos can be hard to keep the audience engaged for.

“I think this could have gone as long as 27 minutes,” Bischoff said about Warrior’s promo. “I don’t know anybody who can get out there for 27 minutes and hold an audience.”

Bischoff told Warrior to wrap it up during the promo.

“When you’re standing in that ring and the camera is on you and you realize that at home 3,4,5 million people possibly are dying all at the same time, there is nothing worse as a producer or a talent of live television than a moment like that, and that’s how I felt.”

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The Ultimate Warrior briefly returned to WWE in 1996. He defeated Hunter Hearst Helmsley at WrestleMania 12 but was gone from the company by that July. Jim Ross recently spent some time on his Grillin JR podcast talking about Warrior’s return to the company and why it was so short-lived.

JR commented on why Triple H was booked against Warrior at WrestleMania 12.

“The deal with Hunter was the fact that he already was a hell of a good worker and we knew that he could take care of Warrior and be in the right place at the right time to not exploit the Warrior’s weaknesses. That’s the mark of a great talent and Triple H is a great talent.”

Jim Ross On Ultimate Warrior/Jerry Lawler Angle

One thing that was brought up was when Warrior conspicuously wore a baseball hat during a segment on RAW. Jerry Lawler was going to hit him with a picture frame during the segment and Warrior evidently wore the hat to protect him from the shot.

“Selfishness. Lack of trust. Lack of understanding,” JR said about Warrior’s decision to come out wearing a hat for the segment. “You’re working with Jerry Lawler for god’s sake. Do you think Lawler’s going to hurt you? No, he isn’t. You think that you’re the first guy to get hit over the head with a framed picture? No, you’re not. But, he influenced his angle because it was convenient for him, and the fact that his balls are small, they’d fit in a thimble, and he decided to basically hijack the angle.”

Warrior then no-showed some events and things fell apart between him and WWE.

“The reason he wasn’t given a bigger push is the lack of confidence. He still was a volatile, combustible talent that you could not really fully trust, ever.”

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JR’s comments can be heard in the player below:

Jim Ross shared his opinion of The Ultimate Warrior on a recent episode of his Grilling JR podcast. Good o’l JR worked with Warrior during the late Hall of Famer’s 1996 return to the World Wrestling Federation.

“I think he was a giant pain in the a** from day one,” Ross said on the show.

JR and Conrad Thompson were discussing a lawsuit involving Warrior on the show, leading to JR’s comments.

“He had a massive ego, knowing that he was not highly skilled, knowing that his #1 selling point was his physique and his charisma that largely was created through music and lights and pyro and things of that nature.”

Ross continued to talk about why he didn’t feel Warrior was a good person.

“He wasn’t a good person in my view, that’s my opinion,” JR continued. “I thought that he used extremely coarse and abusive language in front of women of all ages. I thought that was ridiculous, I seen it with my own eyes.”

Ross continued to talk about Warrior’s Hall of Fame induction. Ross noted he’s glad his family and fans got to celebrate him before he died.

“I’m sad that he passed, I’m glad that he got his moment in the sun before he died, I really am, for his fans’ sake and for his family,” JR said.

Jim Ross’ comments about The Ultimate Warrior can be heard in the player below:

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The Miz has revealed who his ultimate dream opponent would be in an interview with The 11th Hour.

WWE’s resident A-Lister has faced several WWE Legends and Hall of Famers throughout his long career. There’s one name, however, that has consistently topped the list: The Ultimate Warrior.

“[…] my dream was always to wrestle Ultimate Warrior, and it just sucks that he passed away… But, man, when I was a kid growing up, I would put streamers on my arms, paint my face and run around like the Ultimate Warrior. So that would be my one dream,” Miz said.

Despite this, Miz admitted that he’s been incredibly lucky to wrestle notable names such as Shawn Michaels, The Rock, and Bret Hart.

“I’ve been able to wrestle a lot of my heroes. I’ve gotten to act and wrestle with Shawn Michaels. I’ve gotten to wrestle Marty Jannetty. I’ve gotten to wrestle The Rock. I’ve wrestled Bret “The Hitman” Hart. I mean, how many people can say that– in this generation– they have had a match and actually lost the United States Championship in Toronto, of all places, to Bret “The Hitman” Hart? So, I mean, it’s pretty incredible.”

The Miz is scheduled to face Shinsuke Nakamura for the Intercontinental Championship at WWE’s Clash of Champions on September 15th.

Former WWE Intercontinental Champion and Hall of Famer Scott Hall appeared as part of Starrcast earlier today. The ‘Bad Guy’ joined nWo members Sean Waltman/X-Pac and Kevin Nash as part of the ‘1-2-360’ degrees panel.

Hall made some interesting points regarding his original WWE contract and how he ‘jumped ship’ to WCW. Hall joking remarked that “I got all the heat” when he and Kevin Nash left for the rival promotion, this led to the revelation that Hall “didn’t get a royalty [cheque] from WWE for 15 years.”

The Bad Guy followed up this revelation with a humorous story involving the Ultimate Warrior. Warrior is another star that left WWE on extremely bad terms in the mid 90’s and was also brought back into the fold in 2014. Warrior reportedly held Vince McMahon up for money before the Summerslam 1991 PPV event.

Hall had a conversation with Warrior at the 2014 Hall of Fame where he told Warrior “it feels great to be back, I didn’t get a cheque for 15 years.” Warrior looked at Hall and simply replied “EIGHTEEN.”

You can check out the full live podcast over at FITE.tv ahead of ALL IN. Speaking of ALL IN…

Here’s the full card for the historic event:

• IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kenny Omega vs. Pentagon
• NWA World Heavyweight Champion Nick Aldis vs. Cody Rhodes
• Kazuchika Okada vs. Marty Scurll
• Rey Mysterio, Bandido, and Fenix vs. The Young Bucks and Kota Ibushi
• Adam Page vs. Joey Janela
• Stephen Amell vs. Christopher Daniels
• ROH World Champion Jay Lethal vs. The Winner of The Over Budget Battle Royal
• Tessa Blanchard vs. Madison Rayne vs. Chelsea Green vs. Britt Baker

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Last week, VICE Sports ran a lengthy feature examining WWE’s decision to use The Ultimate Warrior as the face of their Breast Cancer Awareness campaign. The crux of the article looks at controversial comments Warrior made surrounding Bobby Heenan’s cancer battle, Martin Luther King Jr., Hurricane Katrina victims and actor Heath Ledger’s death.

WWE issued the following statement in response to the article:

“WWE’s ‘Unleash Your Warrior’ breast cancer awareness campaign and annual ‘Warrior Award’ recognize individuals that exhibit the strength and courage of WWE’s legendary character The Ultimate Warrior. Any attempt to distract from the mission of these initiatives and take the spotlight away from the honorees is unfortunately misguided.”

Warrior’s widow Dana also commented, noting that Warrior evolved his controversial viewpoints after conversations with their daughters.

“I will not be disloyal to my husband’s memory or speak ill of a man who is not here to defend himself. I can, however, tell you his heart was changed by conversations with his two daughters. The true testament of the man behind the character is his ability to evolve. My husband did just that.”

Perry Saturn to be featured in new documentary

INFLUX Pictures is working on a documentary featuring Perry Saturn and the highs and lows of the wrestling business. Below are some photos of Saturn in the documentary.

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Dana Warrior responds to Ryback

Ryback recently claimed on his podcast that a match between himself and the Ultimate Warrior was scheduled for WrestleMania XXX. Ryback stated that it was WWE’s Mark Carrano that showed him the idea for the card and that he was skeptical of it because he didn’t know what kind of condition Warrior would be in. He are Ryback’s comments on his Conversations With The Big Guy podcast:

“Mark Carrano actually had showed me the WrestleMania card early. They kind of have an idea of what they want to do, obviously, ahead of time, and they had on it Ryback versus Ultimate Warrior. And I just said, ‘cool.’ But, in my head, at the time, it was during my heel deal, that first one, where it probably wasn’t gonna be a favorable position for me as far as all that. But I was excited, because I figured it was his one last moment in WWE. So, I thought it would be really cool. I didn’t think I would necessarily be the right guy for that, because I didn’t know anything… I didn’t know what kind of shape he was in, if he could wrestle or not, but I 100 percent would have done it, because I did everything that they asked me there.”

Dana Warrior denied Ryback’s claims in the following tweet:

Not true. It always saddens me when people tell untruths on a man's grave to promote their lives. Do your OWN work. Dana https://t.co/B4gFSmKljq

— Dana Warrior (@DanaWarriorWWE) July 14, 2017

Ryback then responded and tweeted the timestamp of the podcast when he discussed a potential match with Ultimate Warrior:

2:06:39 mark to be exact. Hope all is well Dana ? https://t.co/3xc8ejm0Pm

— RYBACK (@Ryback) July 14, 2017

Dana responded with the following tweet:

I'm well, Ryan. Cultivating a legacy not living in fantasy xo?Dana https://t.co/73XfwmbKFy

— Dana Warrior (@DanaWarriorWWE) July 14, 2017

– Bray Wyatt is dealing with a significant back injury, which is why Brock Lesnar ended up working against Luke Harper at WWE Roadblock. Wyatt can remain on WWE television in a non-wrestling capacity while he recovers, but another injury is the last thing WWE needs right now.

Wyatt was originally scheduled to face Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania, but it’s unknown if the injury was the reason for WWE pairing Lesnar with Ambrose instead. When he’s cleared to return, Wyatt is still scheduled to feud with Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar in the coming months.

– The recipient of this year’s Warrior Award is rumored to be Joan Lunden. The longtime host of Good Morning America has battled breast cancer publicly and has appeared on WWE TV during Breast Cancer Awareness month.

– Last week it was reported that Triple H and Kurt Angle had a meeting at the Arnold Sports Festival. While both were in attendance and both were spotted with Arnold Schwarzenegger, there was no meeting between Triple H and Angle.

H/T: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

WWE Hall Of Famer Scott Hall recently spoke with the folks at Title Match Wrestling about why he didn’t receive as many world title shots as others did, as well as the back-story behind an incident involving Ultimate Warrior during his WWE run.

“I was doing whatever was asked of me,” said Hall of not being put in many world title matches. “I looked at it as being a team player, whatever the team needed me to do on pay-per-view. Whether it was being on first or being on last.

Hall was also asked about some major reshuffling that took place prior to WWE Survivor Series 1992, as significant roster changes prevented the originally scheduled line-up from taking place.

“It was supposed to be Flair and I against Warrior and Savage. Warrior had a history of holding Vince up for money before pay-per-views to get his guarantees, and Vince called his bluff. They had to substitute for Warrior, so they brought Mr. Perfect in,” Hall said.

“I was told prior to the match I was going to break Randy’s leg and retire him. But when you have a substitute, you have to feature the substitute, so I think I got PerfectPlex’d and Flair got PerfectPlex’d.”

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– WWE Hall Of Famer Ric Flair is in town for WWE SummerSlam weekend. Flair is there primarily to watch his daughter Charlotte wrestle at SummerSlam, and apparently other members of the Flair family are also in town for the show. Former WCW star David Flair is among those from the Flair family that made the trip.

– WWE taped the following matches for tonight’s edition of WWE SmackDown:

* Ryback vs. Big Show
* The New Day vs. Los Matadores and El Torito
* Neville vs. Bo Dallas
* Brie Bella vs. Sasha Banks vs. Becky Lynch
* Randy Orton, Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns and Cesaro vs. Sheamus, Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper and Kevin Owens

– WWE posted the following video of Triple H looking at the new Ultimate Warrior book, “Ultimate Warrior: A Life Lived Forever.”

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Dana Warrior, widow of the late WWE Hall Of Famer The Ultimate Warrior, took to social media recently to thank the fans in the United Kingdom for the success of the new “A Life Forever” book on The Ultimate Warrior.

The book, which chronicles the life and career of the late WWE performer, is enjoying success in the U.K. already.

Dana Warrior wrote the following:

“Thank you UK Warriors for making “Ultimate Warrior: A Life Lived Forever: The Legend of a WWE Hero” the number one new release on Amazon UK (full awesomeness)!!! I’ve not seen the physical book, I want to see it first in Brooklyn but I’m just thrilled the UK was first with the Ultimate launch! Hope one day to hop the pond to meet you all and express my appreciation for your love and loyalty! Warrior always spoke of the crowds there and the legion of warriors who rocked Wembley Stadium. You still rock and you obviously still believe….ALWAYS!! xo Dana”

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As reported earlier this week, Insight Editions have announced August 22, 2015 as “Ultimate Warrior Day,” in honor of the late WWE Hall Of Famer.

Below is a press release issued by the company this week, which announces details on the tribute, including Dana Warrior launching “Ultimate Warrior: A Life Lived Forever” book during WWE SummerSlam weekend.

Join Insight Editions at The Powerhouse Arena for Ultimate Warrior Day!

Including a Book Signing with Dana Warrior

Saturday, August 22, 2015, is Ultimate Warrior Day, and Dana Warrior will be at The POWERHOUSE Arena celebrating Ultimate Warrior’s enduring legacy and promoting Insight Editions’ new book, Ultimate Warrior: A Life Lived “Forever.”

Known for his vibrant face paint, Ultimate Warrior’s true colors can be seenin Ultimate Warrior: A Life Lived “Forever.” Releasing on Tuesday, September 15, 2015, this biography showcases the WWE Hall of Famer through stories and photographs of his historic matches, as well as rare candid, behind-the-scenes images and personal ephemera from his family, making this the ultimate collectible for diehard Warrior fans worldwide.

This book launch will feature an autograph table, Warrior statue, museum displays, a face paint artist, and more! Ultimate Warrior Day, on Saturday, August 22, 2015, begins at 3:00 p.m., and is open to the first 300 fans at The POWERHOUSE Arena, which is located at 37 Main Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11210 and is exclusive to Ultimate Warrior book purchases made at POWERHOUSE.

About Insight Editions:

Insight Editions is a publisher focused on creating superlative illustrated books on photography, music, and popular culture. Lavishly produced and visually stimulating, every volume from Insight is dedicated to the skillful interplay of word and image. The books produced are unique works that combine the highest quality print production values with time-honored traditions of publishing and rich subject matter. Elegant and informative, books from Insight showcase the best of art and photography in exquisite presentations of the bookmaker’s craft. For more information, visit www.insighteditions.com.

About POWERHOUSE Arena:

The POWERHOUSE Arena is a laboratory for creative thought. Home to world-renowned art book publisher powerHouse books, the Arena is a gallery, boutique, book store, performance, and events space located at 37 Main Street, in New York City’s scenic DUMBO neighborhood. With soaring 24- foot ceilings on the 5,000 square foot ground floor (with over 175 linear-feet of glass frontage and amphitheater-style seating), The POWERHOUSE Arena showcases a series of landmark exhibitions, performances, and controlled mayhem fusing the worlds of art, photography, design, fashion, pop culture, advertising, music, dance, film, and television into a glorious whirlwind of captivating spectacle. For more information, visit: www.powerhousearena.com.

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“Insight Editions” revealed today that they are officially announcing August 22nd as “Ultimate Warrior Day.”

Warrior passed away in April of 2014, just days after being inducted into the WWE Hall Of Fame after a lengthy period of being “on the outs” with WWE.

Below is the press release Insight Editions sent out today.

Join Insight Editions at The Powerhouse Arena for Ultimate Warrior Day!

Including a Book Signing with Dana Warrior

Saturday, August 22, 2015, is Ultimate Warrior Day, and Dana Warrior will be at The POWERHOUSE Arena celebrating Ultimate Warrior’s enduring legacy and promoting Insight Editions’ new book, Ultimate Warrior: A Life Lived “Forever.”

Known for his vibrant face paint, Ultimate Warrior’s true colors can be seenin Ultimate Warrior: A Life Lived “Forever.” Releasing on Tuesday, September 15, 2015, this biography showcases the WWE Hall of Famer through stories and photographs of his historic matches, as well as rare candid, behind-the-scenes images and personal ephemera from his family, making this the ultimate collectible for diehard Warrior fans worldwide.

This book launch will feature an autograph table, Warrior statue, museum displays, a face paint artist, and more! Ultimate Warrior Day, on Saturday, August 22, 2015, begins at 3:00 p.m., and is open to the first 300 fans at The POWERHOUSE Arena, which is located at 37 Main Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11210 and is exclusive to Ultimate Warrior book purchases made at POWERHOUSE.

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– Here is the synopsis for Total Divas airing on Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at 9/8 CT on E!: “Nattie is caught in a web of lies after she invites her sister to move in with her; Nikkie is concerned that Brie isn’t taking Bryan’s health seriously enough; and Trinity’s future hinges on her inner bad girl.” The episode is titled “Good Diva, Bad Diva.”

– With the NBA off-season in full swing, Cleveland Cavaliers star forward LeBron James took a moment to connect with his fans as he held an impromptu Q&A session with his Twitter followers on Tuesday afternoon. James, a self-admitted wrestling fan, responded to a question asking who is his favorite wrestler of all-time.

@Briantelevision Ultimate Warrior, Sting, Ric Flair and Legion of Doom

— LeBron James (@KingJames) July 28, 2015

– The official WWE website issued this poll asking fans who wore Lana’s look better: Lana or Summer Rae.

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– The St. Lucie Mets minor league baseball team in Florida will be having WWE NXT Night on Wednesday, July 22nd from Tradition Field. NXT Champion Finn Balor and Bayley will be appearing.

– The Ultimate Warrior’s widow Dana will be signing copies of WWE’s new Ultimate Warrior book during SummerSlam weekend in Brooklyn. She’ll be at the Powerhouse Arena in Brooklyn, New York on Saturday, July 22nd. There will also be Warrior memorabilia on display, face painting and the Ultimate Warrior statue that was unveiled back in April during WrestleMania weekend.

– 2K Sports has released the following video of WWE Champion Seth Rollins calling out “Stone Cold” Steve Austin to promote the new WWE 2K16 video game

Today, June 16th, would have been the 56th birthday of WWE Hall Of Famer Ultimate Warrior. On Tuesday, Warrior’s widow — Dana Warrior — took to social media to write about her late husband.

Below is Dana Warrior’s latest Facebook blog.

Warriors must not stare too long through the garden gate that has been closed to them….

I have been very reflective as the second June 16th neared after Warrior’s death. I always knew I would observe the day he came into the world with our girls in one way or another…I just was not sure how. There have been a couple things written that have been touchstones for me to get through the grieving process. One came from a book called tiny beautiful things by Cheryl Strayed. Under the advice columnist nom de plume, Sugar, Strayed spoons out some of the most delicious advice I’ve ever read. The girls and I were in Hawaii observing our first birthdays and Christmas since Warrior’s passing and I read the book three times cover to cover tears streaming down my face beneath sunglasses. The entry that struck me the most was of a father devastated by the loss of his beloved son. The young man was in his early twenties and had been killed senselessly by a selfish drunk driver careening through a red light striking the young man’s car, killing him on impact. The father writes the most gut wrenching account of his pain to Sugar and she responds with her raw, authentic candor. The line that lives with me most is what has propelled me forward. She tells the dad there was no day written for his son beyond the day he died. There was no twenty two or twenty three, there was just the years, days, and months he did live to treasure. When I read those words I began to accept the fifty four years of Warrior’s life as his destiny. I began to accept the twenty years of our life together as not just a gift but as the whole gift…not a cheated gift, or a partial gift but as the entirety of the gift I was given. I shouldered much sorrow over what would never be…the things we would never do, the milestones we would never reach and now I am starting to accept, those things were never in the plan from the start.

We all have things in our lives that do not go the way we believed they would back when the dream was just a whisper in our sleep. Whatever your sadness or disappointment or broken dream might be it is time to set them down. It is time to turn away from the garden that is locked to you and walk in the direction of a new one. I promise there are flowers to smell on the path to the next garden and its gates will open to you..let the sunshine usher you in…

Today had my husband lived he would have turned 56. We would have baked him a cake and taken him to a movie where he would have eaten chocolate almonds and popcorn. I would have decorated the dining room with streamers and balloons and we would have spoiled him with his favorite dinner at home. My husband won’t turn 56. He will forever be 54. He will forever have gone out on top having seen all you warriors, heard your cheers, felt your love one final time. I can feel sorry for a lot but I must feel joy for that…and I choose joy as often as I can discipline myself to do so even in the face of great sadness and loss.

Today we will observe the life Warrior lived. The wonderful fifty four years his intensity graced this planet. I would ask you warriors to make a choice today in whatever area of your life you deem fitting to move towards happiness even from the depths of any personal despair. Stop staring at what cannot be yours and move toward what rightfully can be. I promise you all I am doing the same work myself. I am moving forward on the next path that lies before me with the warmth of the lessons my husband taught me resting companionably on my back.

“When one door of happiness closes, another one opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us…”.

I believe my husband fulfilled his destiny and now so must we.. I believe our lives have a certain span of time given and we mustn’t waste a precious moment in a bitter garden lamenting what we cannot have. I believe in tearing ourselves away from even our most heartfelt dreams when they are no longer ours to dream.. I believe in looking for the open door… ALWAYS!

Dana xo

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– As noted on Tuesday, WWE Chairman Vince McMahon delivered a promo as part of an intro to the “sneak peek” special of the new “Ultimate Warrior: Always Believe” documentary that premiered after RAW on the WWE Network. You can watch McMahon’s intro promo video below.

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– After last night’s WWE RAW from London went off the air, the WWE Network opened from the O2 Arena with the fallout from the Rollins & Orton main event segment. The announcers then plugged the WWE Network sneak peek of the new Ultimate Warrior DVD and cut to a promo from Vince McMahon, who talked about Warrior’s impact on people and introduced the Warrior DVD preview.

– Last night on RAW, we saw Fandango dump Rosa Mendes and revert back to his ChaChaLaLa theme music. Fandango is scheduled for a babyface push.

Sometimes you know when it feels right. Thank you, #RawUK. #ClassicFandango #Raw #ChaChaCha

— Dango (@DirtyDangoCurty) April 14, 2015

– Backstage at RAW, Dolph Ziggler spoke to Renee Young about his ongoing issues with Sheamus:

WWE will be airing a five minute block of live RAW Fallout programming on the WWE Network immediately after Monday’s taped show from London, England airs on television. WWE Network lists the program as a “Network Exclusive.”

In addition to the RAW Fallout, WWE will be airing a preview of the new Ultimate Warrior DVD and Blu-ray on the WWE Network.

The official description for the post-RAW lineup on the WWE Network this Monday night reads as follows:

“The action continues with exclusive interviews, matches and fallout LIVE from Monday Night Raw.”

After that at 11:11pm EST, a 24 minute preview of WWE’s upcoming “Always Believe: The Ultimate Warrior” DVD and Blu-ray will air. The description for that special reads like this:

“A First Look to watch exclusive content from WWE Home Video’s latest release, Ultimate Warrior: Always Believe!”

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