10 WWE Stars Who No-Showed Events
These 10 WWE stars didn't turn up for work
1. The Ultimate Warrior
When WWE decided to do business with the Ultimate Warrior again in 1996, few believed that the relationship would last.
In fact, most assumed it would end in disaster, as it had done not once, but twice previously.
Despite the prior acrimony and bad blood, WWE realised that the neon-soaked comic book hero come to life was a major star and that his box-office pulling power could negate any of the headaches that were part and parcel of working with Jim Hellwig.
One of those headaches was potential no-shows. He had previously threatened to no-show SummerSlam 1991, unless Vince McMahon acquiesced to a large range of demands, with Vince placating him enough to get him to the ring before suspending him indefinitely.
Over a year later (once he’d been brought back), Warrior once again skipped some dates in protest for being suspended due to a positive drug test.
So it was hardly a surprise four years after that when big Jim played house show hooky because, in his opinion, WWE had breached his contract by not giving him a cut of Warrior merchandise.
He was canned once again, kicking off a protracted, lawsuit-filled battle that only ended with Warrior’s return and Hall of Fame induction, which occurred just days before he passed away.
