Another Warrior column

[Guest buffybeast]

Hello, Warrior here. Got over 600 hundred emails over the last 2-3 days. After over 2 years of not making any posts, I am surprised how quickly my 06.06.02 post made the rounds. I put the post up because I wanted to, for those who have been asking me to make a post at Warrior Web for quite some time. Not because I had the sole intention of getting it into the internet press wires. Yes, of course, I realized it would not remain unpublished...give me a break. Besides, all the Warrior criticasters have long held the position: “Warrior’s a kook, he’s got nothing sensible to say anyway.”

 

Those who wrote had much to say. Some of it vigorously expressed (both, of the negative and positive, here), some sensible, some sad, some sick, some just outright stupid and silly. Especially, the bible thumpers walloping me with quotes from its entire contents. I never knew the f’ word was used, let alone so frequently, in that book.

 

And these, responses that begin: “FOR CHRISTSAKES YOU ARE ONLY A WRESTLER, WHO ARE YOU TO...then, end a few lines later, “FOR CHRISTSAKES YOU WERE NEVER A WRESTLER.” Thank you for your multiple choice assessments. The undiagnosed mentally retarded are alive and...let’s just say out there.

 

My reason for this supplement is to clarify a couple things. Let me first say, I don’t intend to retreat from one word of of my 06.06.02 post. Neither am I going to attempt a play of semantics.

 

Some people who are reading it -- from both the negative and positive side -- are reading things into my post that just are not there. I make every effort, work very hard at putting my words together when I am going to state something. Especially when I write. I really don’t have that...what do you call it, talent to provide “soundbites”. That is why I enjoy writing. I like to work with words, move them around, use them literally. Anyway, there is always that chance some people are going to misunderstand (read words into) what it is you are attempting to get across. There are many better writers and wordsmiths. I know this and admire those talents. But I don’t let those who are better squelch my own desire to become better. Let me try again here...it is important to.

 

Those who have written positively to me about the post seem to be thinking that I am somehow putting myself up on a pedestal, criticizing only others about specific behaviors that I would never do or have never done. Applauding me as if “The Natural” and The Innocent” has stepped forward to speak for the purists. That is not true. I say:

 

“I’ve got personal opinion and experience about those types of things...”

 

I also use universal terms in my article, I don’t leave anyone out.

 

Me? My life is peppered with mishaps and mistakes, intentional and unintentional. Some of them embarrassing, some shameful. I would not say that choosing to make any personal sacrifices (or the taking of personal risks) that I did to succeed in Sports Entertainment was one of them. But as the saying goes: “When I knew better, I did better.” And really, more seriously, it is a case of understanding the importance of doing better (the effects and after-effects) than just knowing it, because only children can use the excuse “I didn’t know any better.” Adults know better and understand it.

 

And for those of you with your finger ever so lightly on the trigger, locked and loaded to take a “hypocrite” shot at me -- shoo!, I don’t have time to be a flyswatter. A hypocrite is someone who talks one line and walks another. It is the continuance of doing/supporting/condoning what you say you criticise or condemn that makes you a hypocrite. I have not, in any way, acted the hypocrite.

 

I also go on to make it very clear that there is “use” and there is “abuse”. I then go on to say: Many times there is nothing wrong, illegal or unethical if a person has a conscience and the discipline to control himself.

 

Not all drugs are illegal. Not every use of them is wrong or unethical.

 

Being in the Sports Entertainment business, Professional Athletics isn’t a cake walk. People who spend money for these events, in the abstract, are like the general population, they care about someone who is injured, they are sensitive to another’s pain. But deep down, somewhere in that animal instinct all people have, especially males, they don’t want any excuses -- they want their money’s worth. They make substances to kill the pain, wake you up and get you out there to do just that -- get the job done of giving the ticket buyer their money’s worth. Depending on your own personal mental discipline, sometimes adrenaline alone can be the best pain killer and jacked-to-the-moon juice. Very few have that kind of discipline. They depend more, and sometimes all, on the substances (legal and illegal) that are easy to get, always around. Either way you choose to go, you choose it, know one else does.

 

In the realm of Sports Entertainment and Professional Athletics, the ticket buyer wants to see the freaks. The strongest, the quickest, the most daring, the most intense, etc. Those are the unspoken rules, as a young kid you may not understand, as an adult the writing is very clearly written on the wall. To meet the rules there are calculated sacrifices elite athletes are willing to make. Once you see the rules and understand, willfully, the sacrifices you move forward at your own risk accepting all the risks to come. Each body has a line that it will not cross. Once the consequences of those risks meets up with that line, don’t turn and look to hold others accountable for what you were willing to do.

 

That said, it is not Davey’s or any others talent’s “use” of legally prescribed/physician supervised substances, in a vacuum, that I am criticizing. (Illegal drugs are illegal. That matter begins and ends there. Period) What I do criticize is the continual irresponsible lack of discipline and conscientious discretion which leads to “abuse”, and the lack of courage to face, like a man, the consequences of materialized risks.

 

My condemnation continues, when, after the for-certain consequences of such abuse eventually present themselves, the door of truth closes, the real story is stonewalled, and the one put forward is riddled with denial and deceit. I make this absolutely clear in my post:

 

Why am I stating this? Because I am sick of all the cover-up, phony emotion and flat out hypocrisy that is used to make what is unauthentic seem authentic. I’m tired of the quasi-coroner’s character make-up job that gets done to cover up the multitude of vices an adult individual had when they were alive.

 

I happened, as I said, to be working on a post for my web site. I came across the news that Davey died. The two just happened to coincide, there was no plan to have the two occurrences cross paths with one another. I knew in my mind as soon as I read about his death, that Davey pushed too far, and his system snapped. I kept working on my post over the course of a few days, and I saw that there were inklings of speculation that maybe Davey’s death was a murder mystery. There was also a little more about the surrounding circumstances: different stories given by the people present at the time of Davey’s death, there was an ex-con -- who had been in prison for murder, something like that -- present at the Hotel where Davey was vacationing, the Canadian Dr. said “Steroids, likely cause of death,” Davey’s dad was going to have another post-mortem, etc. I thought to myself: Just how far will people go to not see the truth? Just quietly be done with it.

 

Many people are not looking at the world around them. They believe it is not proper to judge and that there are no immediate or long-term consequences for laying back and staying silent about what happens in the world around them; specific to the issue I’m addressing, the cultural degeneration. I disagree, and have more right to disagree than most other people. Why? Because I had a firsthand opportunity to see, hear and feel the influence a public, role model identity makes. I have, also, been fortunate enough, because of my absences from the sport, to be able to view, with a double perspective (as an insider and an outsider), the degrading influence the storytelling elements of the business have had on kids today.

 

I understand people are sensitive about the death of someone. People are upset because I seem to be insensitive to that. They are wrong, I am not. But what I am more sensitive to is that adult human beings -- all of us adults are leaders for young people whether you think you are or not -- are ok with the fraudulent representation that Davey Boy, an adult role model for youth, somehow had little to do with his own death, or even if he did, the way he lived and ended up is really about the best any human being can do. That we should praise him for that, and forget all the rest, for he is still one of our best role models. That’s so wrong, so weak and so cowardly.

 

Adults need to put the children and young people first when it comes to how their fertile, absorbent minds are being built by the world around them. Adults have had their greater part of chance at life, success or fail. Davey Boy is dead. No amount of emotion can bring him back to life. He had his chance. I understand there is no way to erase the immediate sorrow some have, but his misfortune should be used to do something positive. To do that, telling the truth is the only way.

 

Davey died. How he lived before that is the way he lived it. All that was public knowledge before he passed. Even his wife, Diana, in her book, accused him of doping her juice and then raping her. What, his kids can’t read? What, there was private harmony between Davey and Diana and the Hart family that rose above public accusations like this? I didn’t concoct all the deception surrounding his death. I didn’t relate his living to a “cesspool”. The closest people to him, his relatives, made all that public, not me. Instead of just letting a man pass in silence, they came forward volleying back and forth different faces of the circumstances of this role model’s death. I didn’t. But if they can create lies about Davey’s life and death, a role model example of life and how to live it to youth, then certainly those more concerned about young people hearing the truth can be heard. Just how much respect should one have for a deceased person that wasn’t respecting himself when alive?

 

For those of you who believe under the circumstances, i.e., the grieving, the sadness of death, it is taboo to make statements of truth, then there is less reviving to be done for you than even Davey Boy. Too many people go through life, as much as they can, using their emotions, wearing their heart on their sleeve. This is what I say to you: Just sit down and shut up. Let the honest, courageous-enough-to deal-with-the-truth, thinking people run the world, so at the least, you can be safe, and better, we can be safe from you. For those who would -- even in death -- let young people be deceived by the untrue story of a public role model’s life is...well, it is just disgusting.

 

Talk about bitter. Many of the negative responses went on to say that I was bitter. How much more bitter could one be than to let a sponge-minded youth be taken in by an example that just is not true. Here one is, sitting there criticizing me; you, having had that crack at a great deal of life. Most of you, old enough to know the wisest of all things: Nothing is more important than the truth. And just because your emotions are low about the sadness of death, you consciously decide to let a role model’s last true image stay buried in fantasy and lies. When you know -- when we know -- that simply pointing out the truth of any ugliness will still not erase any of the parts that were shining light.

 

Young people deserve better than the example most adults are providing for them.

 

For those who wrote negatively, I would first point out that you are in the minority. Of the 600+ emails I received the split came down to 85/15, positive/negative, thinking/feeling. I would also like to thank you for your continued support. Congratulate yourselves, for continuing to hold high the banner of man’s worst image of himself. To reject reality is man’s worst failing. You say you won’t be back, be subjected to such atrociousness again. Yes you will. For the explicit difference between what I say and what you say, is this: I believe what I say, you aren't quite sure. When you speak your voice shakes and when you write your hand does. Truthsayers are like the violent car wrecks on the roadside. You want not to know but you can’t control your temptation to just sneak a peek.

 

I will end now by thanking all those who are thinking out there. I’ll be going back through some emails over the next week, will respond to many personally. All those who have made business related inquires will be hearing from me as well. Thank you for your interest.

 

More to come. Always Believe, Warrior

[Guest]

?Warrior?s a kook, he?s got nothing sensible to say anyway.?

I thought about writing  lengthy post slamming this guy, who makes James Clavell's writings look brief and to the point, but I think the above says it all.

 

jester

[Guest dreamer420]

does he honestly believe that millions of fans are reading this crap and loving it?

[Guest Edwin MacPhisto]

Well, no destrucity, but he actually put together something relatively intelligent.  I don't think he's been shaking the ropes nearly enough for my liking.

[Guest converge241]

...............and on that note we cue the music

 

 

 

 

 

....the insane person music

[Guest godthedog]

what's so insane and incoherent about what this guy's saying?  he thinks it's wrong that people are making davey boy into a victim and a saint when he let everything happen to himself and knew where it would lead him.  i don't happen to agree with that, i think the issue of drug addiction is more complicated than someone just letting his own weakness overcome him, but he does have an opinion and he stated it quite well.  i don't agree with his general pseudo-nietzschean philosophy of life, but the man is more articulate than about 95% of professional wrestlers, which i do respect (even if he did suck a dick in the ring & was a horrible prima donna).

[Guest snowfan]

what's so insane and incoherent about what this guy's saying?  he thinks it's wrong that people are making davey boy into a victim and a saint when he let everything happen to himself and knew where it would lead him.  i don't happen to agree with that, i think the issue of drug addiction is more complicated than someone just letting his own weakness overcome him, but he does have an opinion and he stated it quite well.  i don't agree with his general pseudo-nietzschean philosophy of life, but the man is more articulate than about 95% of professional wrestlers, which i do respect (even if he did suck a dick in the ring & was a horrible prima donna).

Mr. *ahem* Warrior's ramblings make him look like an inarticulate prison inmate who has read the dictionary and started firing out 15 cent words when in fact 5 cent words will do.  He does have a valid point in there somewhere, but one of the most basic things in communication is be as brief as possible without sacrificing content.  Destrucisity fails that with his multi-paragraph diatribes.

 

snowfan

[Guest converge241]

exactly.

the guys got a thesaurus and a dictionary , so what.

 

 

"im not a hypocrite as i dont abuse, i use"

 

whatever, maybe hell change his legal name to "mr. articulate"

[Guest]

"He's a nut-bag! Just because the fucker's got a library card doesn't make him Yoda!"  -Brad Pitt, Seven

 

As for the whole user/abuser thing, it wouldn't surprise me if Warrior's had a few problem himself, we just haven't heard about them yet.  In any event, one wrong move and he's as crippled and messed up as anyone.  He shouldn't speak so, he's inviting some wandering karma to come along and fuck him up.

 

jester

[Guest pinnacleofallthingsmanly]

Why is this dumbass trying to live his gimmick?

[Guest evenflowDDT]

Whoa whoa whoa! What's wrong with what this guy is saying? Sure, he stretches his point for entirely too long, but at least he has a point, and even though he's stretching it, he at least stretches it in a pretty intelligent manner.  Sure, he may just be using the thesaurus to make himself look smarter, but he's essentially answering his critics.  When you're answering critics, you have to make yourself look more intelligent... although judging from the critics in this thread, The Ultimate Warrior will never be taken seriously anyway.  More power to him for trying though... it's certainly one of the better wrestling columns I've read recently.

[Guest Shaved Bear]

criticasters

 

what now?

[Guest JHawk]

Say what you will about this rambling (and I couldn't finish it because I got lost about halfway down), but...

 

 

Especially, the bible thumpers walloping me with quotes from its entire contents. I never knew the f’ word was used, let alone so frequently, in that book.

 

Best Warrior line ever

[Guest]

exactly.

the guys got a thesaurus and a dictionary , so what.

Maybe he's just got an extended vocabulary?  Ever think about that?  Instead of coming across intelligently, he coulda just done internet speak.  Hell, I'd pay to see a column written by him translated (fully) into internet speak just to see "Always Believe, Warrior" translated to "w@rri0r ownz j00!!1, Warrior LOLOL"!

[Guest evenflowDDT]

criticasters

 

what now?

If you want to get down to the nitty-gritty, "smark" isn't a real word either, yet that's used in the majority of internet columns and posts on this board, or at least alluded to.

[Guest pinnacleofallthingsmanly]

It seems like the guy is trying to be something he's not. Mike Tyson also tries to use big words, but nobody thinks he's smart. There are points in Ultimate Warrior's columns where he seems like he was looking through a dictionary, especially when he tries to use illiteration. He tries to be inspirational by saying that the patriotic forefathers had balls that dug trenches when they walked. What I want to know is, what dumbass is going to pay money to attend an Ultimate Warrior wrestling school? Who in their right mind looks at him and decides that he's a wrestler that they wantto pattern themselves after? Is he going to teach them how to blow up on their way to the ring and be carried through a match? That cheek puffing wasn't just for show. His ass couldn't breath! It's funny how he never mentions his own steroid use, but he talks about people who use drugs under a doctor's prescription to make them legal. He also was talking about Bret Hart's nostalgia for the business, yet he's asking people to get in touch with him so that he can work at their shows. He can take hs delusions of grandeur and disappear in a cloud of smoke, but this time he shouldn't bother ripping off Batman when he does it.

[Guest Shaved Bear]

warriors intelligibility is strongly in questionality

 

EDIT: spelling mistake

[Guest]

Oh Sorry mr EARWIG errr Warrior or whatever you want to Legally call yourself....

 

Im Sorry that you got some emails that wasn't Mindless support to what the Gods that talk through your hands say?

 

Im sorry that a few people out there doesn't take your negative words of Davey Boy Smith as Gospel

 

IM sorry that your facepaint was soaked through your skin and effecting your brain

 

My only Explaination why your Loyal Legion of Warriors hasn't risen up to support you

 

ITS NOT 1990 ANYMORE YOU FRUIT LOOP!