WCW Wrestler Renegade (real name Rick Williams)
 committed suicide Tuesday night. Born on October 16th,
 1965, he breifly was a Male Stripper and a Bouncer, before
 he was brought into the business by Marty Jannetty. He
 wrestled on the independent circuit as Reo, Lord of the
 Jungle and shortly after signed with WCW. He made his
 WCW debut on March 19, 1995 (Uncensored PPV) as Hulk
 Hogan's "Ultimate Surprise."
 His gimmick as a wrestler was basically a rip-off of The
 Ultimate Warrior. Rumor has it, his "creation" was the
 product of Terry Bollea's (Hulk Hogan) attempt at booking.
 From there he went on to beat Arn Anderson for the TV title
 on June 18th of the same year. He held the belt until
 September 17th 1995, when he lost it to Diamond Dallas
 Page.
 1995 was a great year for The Rengade, and he went to
 have a 25 win/5 loss/1 DQ record. He tag teamed with Sting
 for two victories. However, WCW booking only saw fit to
 give Renegade six good months.
 In 1996, The Renegade dropped drastically, losing 11
 matches while winning only 2. In the previous year, only
 Sting, Kevin Sullivan, and Hulk Hogan had better win/loss
 records. In under less than a year, Super Calo had a better
 record. During that year he tagged with Joe Gomez (2-4
 record together,) Jim Powers (0-1,) and Dave Sullivan (0-1).
 Within literally weeks, The Renegade went from a top star,
 to the lowliest jobber.
 1997 and 1998 were equally forgettable years. 1997 saw
 Renegade go on a better (but still jobber-ish) 7 win, 12 loss
 streak. He once again teamed with Joe Gomez, getting 1
 win, 4 losses, and one 1 dq loss. In 1998, his record was 3
 wins, 15 losses, and one 1 dq loss. He didn't tag again. After
 some time his gimmick changed slightly from that of an
 Ultimate Warrior clone to that of a modern Native American
 warrior.
 A chance for Renegade to shine, irnoically, was when The
 Warrior entered WCW. There were rumors of a "nWo
 Warrior," similar to the "nWo Sting," but that didn't happen.
 However, during Fall Brawl '98, Renegade was the "fake"
 Warrior. After that, his last match was a 10.3.98 loss to Rick
 Steiner on WCW SN. There were rumors he had been let
 go by WCW. We wouldn't see him on TV again.
 He died of a self inflicted gunshot wound. He was 33 years
 old.
 He was found in his Marrieta, Georgia home on Tuesday
 evening. Coroner reports are that he committed suicide on
 Tuesday morning with a gunshot to the head. His girlfriend
 has said that he had been suffering from depression after
 his contractual release from WCW a few months ago.
Credit:Alexi Franklin, WCWUniverse.com
My feelings about Rick:
I admit that I wasn`t his biggest fan, but as a Hulkamaniac I loved his first months as Warrior look alike.
I hate when this happens, but also I hate the fact that Eric Bischoff was responsible for his death
much like Waltman,Austin and many others, and best example, Ricky Steamboat who was
fired right after his career ending injury, prior his match with Austin(before Duggan won).
Eric fires wrestlers without no reason, no chance, nothing. I hope this will teach him a lesson.
I didn`t know Rick in person, but I saw his passion for this game, and if WCW and Eric,Taylor,Sullivan,Orndorff had any idea how to book or to make a show, they`d feud him with the Warrior or put him as nWo Warrior.
   Anyways, I wanna send my condolences to Rick`s family and hope this thing will never happen again.
Although Rick wasn`t the greatest wrestler, his spirit and his passion will be remembred by me always and I just wish Bishoff would`ve acted diferently and gave him a Warrior nWo gimmick.
I wanna make a shout out to all the wrestlers that feel bad about themselves, IF YOU FEEL BAD, THEN GO TO NEW-JAPAN/ALL-JAPAN!!! PLEASE!!!
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