The documentary focuses on the professional wrestling career of Jim Hellwig, known professionally for much of his career as The Ultimate Warrior. Throughout the documentary, which is composed mostly of archive footage of Warrior, numerous other professional wrestlers and WWE employees are interviewed. Many of these individuals share negative opinions of Warrior and criticize many aspects of the person, including his in-ring capabilities as a wrestler, his nonsensical promos, and his general unprofessional behavior.
Beginning in the mid-1980s, Warrior worked for the Continental Wrestling Association and Universal Wrestling Federation with tag team partner Steve Borden (better known as Sting). Warrior eventually pursues a singles career in World Class Championship Wrestling before joining the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in the late 1980s. In the WWF, Warrior became one of the most popular wrestlers in the promotion, headlined multiple pay-per-views, and won both the Intercontinental Championship and the WWF Championship. However, after failing a drug test, Warrior was fired from the company in 1992. In 1996, Warrior is rehired, but is fired several months later after missing several shows. Throughout the 1990s, Warrior engages in several lawsuits with the WWF, including over the 1996 firing and over the intellectual copyright to his character. In 1998, Warrior signed with competing promotion World Championship Wrestling, though his time with the company is short-lived after a poorly rated pay-per-view match against Hulk Hogan and disagreements over pay. Following this, he permanently retires from in-ring action.