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After several years spent mostly outside of the wrestling limelight, Warrior returned to the WWF briefly in 1996, squashing future superstar [[Triple H|Hunter Hearst Helmsley]] at ''[[WrestleMania XII]]''. Triple H refers to his match against Warrior as ''"not my best event."'' Following WrestleMania, Warrior participated in brief feuds with [[Virgil Runnels III|Goldust]] and [[Jerry Lawler]], before being fired once again. WWF terminated his contract when Warrior took time off to grieve the death of his father. WWF owner Vince McMahon, by way of explanation, said that Warrior had not seen his father in ten years and didn't care much for him; therefore, he did not take Warrior's explanation at face value, especially since this explanation came after Warrior [[no-show|missed several shows]] without prior notice. However, Warrior disputes Vince's explanation, claiming on his website that the real reason why he no-showed those events was a breach of contract by McMahon.
=== Debut with World Championship Wrestling in 1998===
[[World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW) signed Warrior in [[1998]] and gave him a degree of creative control over his matches, considered by some to be a foolish move. His debut drew huge audiences and ratings, but it didn't last. He created a storyline where he formed a [[stable (professional wrestling)|stable]] opposing Hulk Hogan's [[nWo|New World Order]]: the "One Warrior Nation." The acronym OWN for One Warrior Nation was a play on the name nWo. Highlights of the unpopular storyline included Warrior [[kidnapping]] and "converting" [[Edward Leslie|The Disciple]] and frequent instances of "magic smoke" knocking out all of the nWo members except for Hogan (and covering Warrior's movement through a trapdoor in the ring). [[Davey Boy Smith|The British Bulldog]] suffered a near career-ending injury when he landed on Warrior's trapdoor.
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