Top lists Top 5 Skinniest People. Top lists Top 10 Strongest People in the World. Usain Bolt Height and Weight. LeBron James Height and Weight. To Top. This website uses cookies to improve your experience. Accept Read More. Warrior's emergence as a superstar came at the inaugural WWE SummerSlam of , where he demolished The Honky Tonk Man in 30 seconds to claim the intercontinental championship. He later defended his title against Andre the Giant , cementing his status as a top draw by hoisting and body-slamming his pound opponent.
The upstart scored a clean win by way of his patented "Warrior Splash," the passing of the torch marked by Hogan presenting him with the championship belt and the two embracing in the middle of the ring. Slaughter at the January Royal Rumble. However, WWE was then facing federal scrutiny over the proliferation of steroids in the sport, and the wrestler was again suspended that November after allegedly failing multiple drug tests. He resurfaced on the roster of World Championship Wrestling in , though his brief stint with the organization ended following a loss to Hogan at that year's Halloween Havoc.
He legally changed his name to "Warrior" in the early s and sought to capitalize on the brand by way of a comic book and the launch of the Warrior University gym and wrestling school in Scottsdale, Arizona.
He found a post-wrestling niche as a conservative blogger and speaker, though he was criticized for a engagement at the University of Connecticut that dissolved into a shouting match with several students, an episode that fueled the WWE-produced documentary The Self-Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior.
Warrior continued to film motivational videos, and later found another constructive outlet for his passions through painting. After divorcing his first wife, Shari, Warrior met his second wife, Dana, at his Arizona gym. I'd estimate that he was 6'0. Interestingly he says he weighs 35lbs less than his peak he was 45 at the time and he says he still occasionally gets up to lbs.
Id guess he was weighing lbs to lbs at the time. As far as height i'd say 6'2 peak, as with most guys who lose height you can see in later life his neck looked shorter, he looked hunched, his arms looked long.
When I met him in 08 I'd say he was just over 6ft. He still had very broad shoulders but his big suit jacket made it hard to determine his weight. I always thought he was huge but it was more to do with his physique and puffy hair that gave the illusion of a monster. But looking back now he was barely in boots. I would say without boots. He was maybe 6'0. In truth he was under Hogan was peak WWF told bogus tales on heights.
I think he had to have been near 6ft2. I dont know but Arnold looks not big so I believe it's far from his retirement of Bodybuilding in Nevertheless, the ultimate warrior is taller. I do believe that he was a strong cm at least in the 80's. Nothing less. But with kg of muscles during all these years, he shrunk to cm. Watch, it's on youtube. Definitely had more than a couple inches on Ric Flair, who was still a solid 5'11 in his first WWF run As for Randy Savage, there are a couple of mentions of him being 6'1 His baseball card: Click Here An article from when he left baseball for wrestling: Click Here.
Rude was one of the few who looked his exact billed stats 6ft, lbs , visibly taller than 6ft range guys. Hennig at 6ft3 is a stretch when you see him with Rude. Around the same as Warrior arguably 6ft2 aswell. Randy Savage didn't really look his billed 6ft2 but definitely not under 6ft like some have guessed.
Near 6ft1 in his prime is believable. Curt Hennig looked 6'2". Rude always had 1. I'm 6'3". He was about 6'2" then. I'm 5' Bear in mind this was 20 years after his prime I would agree, I met him in 08, I'm 6'05 and I'd say he was pretty much eye to eye with me. We had similar style boots, I would have said 6'1 tops. I've shared my picture on here plenty of times and there's nothing between us.
I read an old Bodybuilding interview with him where he said he hovered around lbs in In most pre wrestling stuff he was listed at 6'2 or 6'3. It can be incredibly hard to tell with wrestlers, most have terrible posture and very few actually seem to care about their height or looking tall. I'd give a peak barefoot Warrior 6'2 dropping down to 6'05 when I met him. He was always 1in taller.
Can look anywhere between 5'11 and 6'1. Warrior 6'1. Maybe he had lost a small bit by the time you met him Editor Rob. He could easily pass for 6'2 in the outside world, yet when compared to wrestlers around or near his height, his listing is perfect. For some reason a lot of 6. It's still a tall height Warrior always edged out 6'1 guys like Randy Savage. As for Sting, he is 6'2 without a doubt Sting easily peak was 6'2". Nowadays he looks like he may have dropped to 6'1.
He looks to be about an inch and a half to 2 inches shorter that Hulk Hogan as recently as last He could have been 6ft 2. I'd say that Warrior was 6'2" at his absolute tallest, but no taller. Back then the WWE was known for embellishing the heights of their wrestlers, but all of Warrior's action figure packages listed him at 6'2. If you look at the pictures with Vince Mcmahon and Triple H, Warrior was still a solid 6' near end of his life.
Either way, RIP Warrior. Truly larger than life character. If you see picture below, he is one inch taller than Arnold and Sting also. He had 2 inches on 5'11 Flair and was barely any taller than Savage. I'd give him max peak 6'2 and by the time of his death I'd say a flat 6ft tops. I met him and he just wasn't a naturally big guy.
Look at him in the backstage footage from mania 30 and the Hall of fame. Virtually everyone towers over him. Also back in his days the WWE bills height like crazy, I mean like inches. IMO something between , so is a good guess, maybe in his peak. Warrior is one inch taller and looked 20lbs heavier than arnie. He was real big guy at his peak. After recently meeting Hogan and seeing the height difference between them I'd give warrior 6ft. Looking at his old matches he may have been 6'1-ish peak but I do believe he was a lift wearer.
Warrior had noticeable height on Savage pre 91 but when he returned in 92 they were pretty much eye to eye. Warrior either lost significant height or dropped the lifts.
With lifts Warrior was always 1. Warrior's hair cut in stood at times about from his head, which explains the appearence of being shorter in with shorter hair and less body weight. He looks 1in taller. I'd give Warrior 6'1 maximum Peak maybe 6'2. I'm guessing he had lifts back in the day as he towered over some guys in who he was barely taller than in later years.
Savage for example. RIP Warrior I disagree. Savage was actually the taller of the two as seen in pictures of them together as the ultimate maniacs. He was about 6'4 by then so that makes warrior 6'1. Looked more cm in the last few years. His death last year was very tragic. Earlier on, in his IC days, he was a solid Power Slam Magazine, who were very conservative about estimating and stating wrestlers' legit heights and weights, said that Warrior was at his biggest and dropped to by the time of Wrestlemania VIII.
I've been reading some old Wrestling Observers recently and they said that Warrior's weight bounced up and down during his second WWF run, most likely due to cycling. I saw him myself at Summerslam and he was closer to his old size by then, probably about and far bigger than Randy Savage.
Im 5'11 and the original towered over me. The last one was only a little taller. Looks to me that warrior could be 6'2. Click Here Click Here These 2 are from mid warrior seems to have lost pounds of muscle during the steroid trial and looks a little shorter.
Warrior and tornado announced at 6'2 hawk at 6'3. He lost height and looked around 5'11 tops. He was 54, he lost a lot of size and looked to have some physical issues and lost a good 2 inches off his height I would say that Sting was really 6'1. Hogan never had any more than 4in over him, 6'1. He lost some height since younger days, also hunched posture in later years He was a great man, r.
He looked shorter than him back in too at Wrestlemania He even looked marginally shorter than 68 year old Vince McMahon in the documentary. I would give him 6'1 at the time of his passing. No matter,still was an amazing attraction to the sport. RIP Warrior. Warrior was generally billed at 6'2 and so was Hawk by the way , and considering the general habit of WWE of overbilling especially in those days it seems pretty unlikely that he was taller than that. My favorite wrestler when I was a kid.
The guy was full of energy,mystery,strength and had that crazy muscle build with arm ties. Talking about his family members, Warrior was the oldest child of five children. His father died when he was only 12 years old. However, his mother and his step-father raised him and his siblings. Later, he joined Indiana State University for only a year.
James died at the age of 54 on April 8, , while walking to his car with his wife. According to the reports, he clutched his chest and died at P. He was soon rushed into the hospital but was declared dead when he reached the hospital.
He had been in the WWE matches even just a day before his death. The post-mortem report revealed that he died of a heart attack. The Ultimate Warrior had a harsh childhood. So he focused on football and weightlifting in his school days. After building muscles, he shifted to Georgia to pursue his bodybuilding career.
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