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The Ultimate Warrior

1959 - 2014

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Warrior (born James Brian Hellwig; June 16, 1959 – April 8, 2014) was an American professional wrestler and bodybuilder. Best known by his ring name The Ultimate Warrior, he wrestled for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) from 1987 to 1992, as well as a short stint in 1996. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of The Ultimate Warrior has received more than 8,332,563 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 30 in 2019). The Ultimate Warrior is the 69th most popular wrestler (down from 45th in 2019), the 5,880th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,650th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Wrestler.

Memorability Metrics

  • 8.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, The Ultimate Warrior ranks 69 out of 1,027Before him are Rey Mysterio, Hamit Kaplan, Lou Thesz, Bertil Antonsson, Shozo Sasahara, and Johannes Kotkas. After him are Buddy Rogers, Kristjan Palusalu, Shawn Michaels, István Kozma, Darren Young, and Claes Johanson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, The Ultimate Warrior ranks 210Before him are Anthony LaPaglia, Aleksandar Petrović, Christian Bach, Bernardo Rezende, Antonio Pappano, and Tsukasa Hojo. After him are Viktoria Mullova, Anne Fontaine, Steve Stevens, Bob Lazar, Fabio Luisi, and Sabine Meyer. Among people deceased in 2014, The Ultimate Warrior ranks 264Before him are Gyude Bryant, Anton-Günther, Duke of Oldenburg, Atef Ebeid, Gordon Tullock, Durdy Bayramov, and Ruby Dee. After him are Leonid Stadnyk, Ernie Terrell, Lilli Carati, Joachim Fuchsberger, Helena Rakoczy, and Richard N. Frye.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, The Ultimate Warrior ranks 5,880 out of 20,380Before him are Burrill Bernard Crohn (1884), John Hopcroft (1939), Annabella Sciorra (1960), Bob Guccione (1930), Michael Stuhlbarg (1968), and Anna Katharine Green (1846). After him are Leonard Rosenman (1924), Sharon Gless (1943), Robert Henri (1865), Greg Bear (1951), Karl Lashley (1890), and Helen Herron Taft (1861).

Among WRESTLERS In United States

Among wrestlers born in United States, The Ultimate Warrior ranks 22Before him are Brock Lesnar (1977), Kevin Nash (1959), Bill Goldberg (1966), Randy Orton (1980), Rey Mysterio (1974), and Lou Thesz (1916). After him are Buddy Rogers (1921), Shawn Michaels (1965), Darren Young (1983), Stan Hansen (1949), Chris Jericho (1970), and Sting (1959).