Former WWE Champ's Unforgivable Rant on Heath Ledger
By Anna Elizabeth Anderson
Jan 25, 2008
Jim Hellwig, who legally changed his name to The Ultimate Warrior, has posted a blog on his website ranting about the death of Heath Ledger. It's far from our definition of sane. "This is unquestionable the ramblings of a man who has no perspective of how his words are going to be viewed," stated Wrestling News Desk.com editor Matthew Cooper.
Former WWE Champ's Unforgivable Rant on Heath Ledger (Image: Wenn)
"We have received more angry emails on this rant than anything else we've ever seen, and you have to imagine that a leading wrestling news website has seen a lot of controversial statements come and go."
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In the blog entitled DEAD LONG BEFORE 28, The Warrior obviously has a problem with Ledger's performance as a homosexual in BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, which Warrior refers to as "Bendover Brokeback." The former WWE Champion refers to Heath as "Leather Ledger," and makes the statement "His kid is without a father, yes, but the negative influence is now removed and his own child has the chance for a full recovery."
Wrestling News Desk's Cooper says he's not surprised by the rant. "It's just the latest in a long line what most would perceive as anti-gay, antisocial comments delivered by Warrior," Cooper commented, "can you imagine someone that even the wrestling industry is embarrassed by?"
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Here's the unedited rant:
"In the interest of full disclosure, I must tell you I have watched Brokeback Mountain no less than 45 times and I own the Limited Edition DVD, signed by Willie Nelson a short time after he wrote that queer cowboy song as a tribute to the courage of the producers and actors who broke such incredible creative ground when they made their agenda-less movie. Serious. Until I saw Bendover Brokeback, Braveheart was my favorite movie. But the love scenes of Brokeback sucked me right in and I had no choice but to give myself over to the passion of its wide open range, if you get my drift. Such courage this young man and his colleagues have. Reminds me of the courage of classic movie stars, where during the War they enlisted and flew bomber planes and fought on frontlines, then came back and picked up their lives and careers right where they left off, without anti-American sentiment, whining and complaining, or self-destructive self indulgence. I'm equally inspired."
"Apparently, Leather Hedger had sleeping troubles and anxiety and dealt with terrible mood swings. So do soldiers but they don't self-destructively (eff) up their lives. In fact, they don't sleep, handle anxiety and mood swings while dealing with whether or not they might at any moment lose their life. And they do this all the while they are dangerously protecting the freedom of others to (eff) up their own. By the way, how many 28 (or older or younger) year old soldiers met their death yesterday? It's not easy to find out. None of them made the headlines of any news."
"By today's standard, though, I do have to agree that he was a great father. Perhaps even greater then the father of the year, Hulk Hogan. After all, Leather Hedger did what it took to kill himself. His kid is without a father, yes, but the negative influence is now removed and his own child has the chance for a full recovery. Hogan, on the other hand, won't go quite that far. He insists on sticking around to keep further ruining, and profiting off of, the parentally mismanaged lives of his own children."
It is sad and tragic….that we don't demand attention be paid to greater things.
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