1996 Re-Watch:
The whole situation with Ultimate Warrior was awkward as fuck. First of all, in this era, he's like a fish out of water because he's such a clash with the names they are building as their new stars. He's more of the 80's guard and looks nothing like anyone remaining on the roster. So when he's booked in the International Incident 6 man war between Shawn Michaels, Ahmed Johnson and Ultimate Warrior vs Owen Hart, British Bulldog and Vader, he sticks out like a sore thumb and just doesn't fit into the equation.
Then, out of nowhere, Gorilla announces at the start of Raw that Warrior had missed some dates and would be barred from future WWE appearances until he paid a fine or whatever. They still had him taped to wrestle that night on Raw though, so he would still appear.
This is where it gets awkward. You can tell in the match that they had to go back and re-do commentary and they only half re-did it. In one instance when you see one of Lawler's live jabs there is a stark contrast in audio quality when it cuts back to the studio feed. Also, they rip Warrior a new one in this match....seriously.
I do like his replacement in Sycho Sid a lot better as he does fit a lot better into the "here's a guy you can't take out" roll. Even though I know this is the B show of B shows, I'm kind of looking forward to a few matches on it. I mostly just want to get through this to Summerslam though.