The Ultimate Warrior Causes AOL Crash

[cawthon777 0]

This is hilarious. I love how the WWF/E spins everything.

 

Official news brief / press release:

 

AMERICA ONLINE SYSTEM CRASH COINCIDES WITH RETURN OF WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION SUPERSTAR ULTIMATE WARRIOR DURING WRESTLEMANIA XII COVERAGE

 

Stamford, CT - April 2, 1996 -- At approximately 9\8:15pm on Sunday, March 31st, America Online (AOL) experienced a major system error which resulted in members being unable to enter chat rooms or auditoriums and send or receive e-mail. This system crash coincided with the return debut appearance of the immensely popular World Wrestling Federation(WWF) Superstar Ultimate Warrior at WrestleMania XII, the WWF's most popular pay-per-view event.

 

WrestleMania XII's live online coverage on the World Wrestling Federation's AOL area included continual guest appearances and commentary from the WWF Superstars, who also took questions from fans around the world. The crash occurred immediately after a television shot of the Ultimate Warrior in WWF's online studio at WrestleMania XII. At the time, over 300 people were in the WWF's America Online auditorium. However, it is estimated that thousands of fans were trying to get in to the auditorium. Although no single thing can be blamed for the crash, except the Ultimate Warrior's phenomenal popularity, the Ultimate Warrior was visibly upset about not being able to speak to his fans. The entire AOL system was down for over two hours.

 

Lee Barstow, Vice President, Marketing, TitanSports, Inc., commented on this not-so-coincidental occurrence. "We've been overwhelmed with positive fan response since the announcement that the Ultimate Warrior was returning to the WWF. Following America Online's crash, we were innundated with calls from fans wondering what was going on. We never expected such a huge online response, and we apologize to AOL and its subscribers for any inconvenience this may have caused."

 

Since it was established last August, the World Wrestling Federation's America Online area has seen an amazing increase in paid accesses in just seven months. Reported paid accesses jumped from 102,282 in September of 1995 to approximately 450,000 form March of 1996!

[Placebo Effect 0]

Brilliant.

[DangerousDamon 0]

That's just hilarious.

[Guest wayzing]

Hahaha!!! This is priceless.

 

Finally some sig material. Thanks Cawthon

[therealworldschampion 0]

I guess it was that destrucity at work

[Copper Feel 0]

what really happened?

[Guest Kid Kablam]

It kinda sounds like Warrior wrote it himself. At least the Jim Hellwig who reads Ayn Rand and stuff. The 96 Ultimate Warrior would have thrown in references to splitting the world in two and putting Santa Claus in bondage.

[Boner Kawanger 0]

Well, Vince, how do you explain AOL crashes today? Fuckin' company...I swear...you just had to offer it for three bucks a month. Once I get out of this house, I am so through with you.