WWE Hall of Fame Beckons for Warrior

WRESTLING experts predict the Ultimate Warrior will finally enter the WWE Hall of Fame next year.

The beloved former WWE world champion has long been at odds with company owner Vince McMahon.

But the man with the colourful face paint and personality to match completed an unlikely virtual comeback last week by signing as a character in the new WWE 2K14 console game.

Since then, Warrior has featured heavily on the WWE’s website and even recorded a new interview in which he PRAISED McMahon.

He is yet, however, to appear back inside a WWE ring.

It is now thought the Warrior will follow other former out-of-favour grapplers Bruno Sammartino and Bob Backlund — who entered the Hall of Fame this year — by headlining the 2014 induction event.

The 54-year-old is fondly remembered by WWE fans for his WrestleMania VI defeat of Hulk Hogan, as well as classic feuds with Rick Rude and Randy Savage.

Multiple fallings-outs with McMahon led to a stop-start WWE career, which finally ended in 1996.

After a failed run in WCW in 1998, Warrior became a writer and motivational speaker — returning to the ring just once a decade later for an independent event in Spain.

Having been welcomed back into the WWE fold by McMahon on Twitter, Warrior replied: “Vince, thank you for your personal welcome back to the WWE Universe. It is noted and appreciated.

“All the Warriors of Parts Unknown take pride in being one of the original galaxies of the universe you created.

“Not one of my days has passed without a flashback to my time in the business and my relationship with you.

“After 17 years of battling one another, perhaps the stars have finally aligned and destiny is prepared to tell one of sports entertainment’s greatest stories.

“I am proud Ultimate Warrior is an iconic, immortal spirit in the universe you created. I know, Vince McMahon, you are proud, too.”

source: the sun