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WWE Survivor Series 1992: Ultimate Warrior Fired - Sean Mooney Shares All

Prime Time with Sean Mooney

Prime Time with Sean Mooney

Sports, Sports News, News, Leisure, Wrestling

4.8761 Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2025

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Step back into one of WWE’s most shocking backstage moments as Sean Mooney reveals the untold story behind Survivor Series 1992, when two of the biggest stars of the era—The Ultimate Warrior and The British Bulldog—were suddenly fired from WWE. In this exclusive deep dive, discover the real reasons behind their departures, the chaos it caused leading up to Survivor Series, and how WWE scrambled to adjust one of its biggest pay-per-views of the early 90s.

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0:00.0

No warrior, no Hogan, but we have Macho Man.

0:03.5

It's Survivor Series 1992.

0:05.4

Mooney, how are you doing today?

0:07.4

I'm doing great.

0:08.2

How are you doing, Steve?

0:09.3

It's been a minute or almost a week, I think, since we chatted.

0:13.8

So how are you, pal?

0:15.1

I am doing great.

0:16.6

And today, Survivor Series 1992, is very special because I have watched all the superstars that have built up to this moment.

0:24.1

And when I get to this moment, it's Survivor Series 92.

0:26.6

Hmm.

0:27.6

It did not deliver what I wanted it to as a fan, but we're talking about the backstage drama at this event as well.

0:35.6

But this is the first Survivor Series.

0:40.4

I'm going to start off right off, very angry about this show.

0:44.0

There's only one traditional Survivor Series match.

0:48.6

It is filled with tag team matches, one-on-one nightstick coffin matches.

0:53.1

Why do you think this year particular they finally drop Survivor Series,

0:54.7

the traditional way of doing it.

1:03.5

Well, I think because the roster was pretty depleted at this time. And we should talk about the overall picture here before we get into it, Steve, because, you know, I often think back,

1:10.0

and I have lamented, you know, many times at the time,

1:13.6

because people always ask me, why did you leave?

1:15.5

And I would leave in 93, but this was, you know, during a period of time where when I looked at

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