Great look, terrible in-ring skills. Some fans might've realized that by the late 80's he really slimmed down his physique. There was a running joke amongst the wrestlers that he was "blown up" (heavily fatigued) just from his entrance which was running down into the ring and shaking the ropes. I will say that Warrior is one of only a handful of pro wrestlers who had halfway decent legs during his career. As Rick Rude once said, "It's an upper body sport". LOL
I know what you mean. Sure, by professional wrestling standards his skills were terrible, and he was unprofessional to work with, according to Triple H (Paul Levesque) and a lot of his former colleagues. For that matter, Hulk Hogan is a terrible wrestler as well, as are a lot of wrestlers who depend on their physique and personality to get the pop from the marks in the crowd.
In the context of popular culture, it doesn't matter. As a personality and a public figure, Warrior and Hogan were iconic figures, and immediately identifiable to just about everyone in the general population. And as far as 80's and 90's bodybuilding goes, both of them were inspiring and made so many boys and young men pick up weights and want to get into bodybuilding.
How many famous bodybuilders can the average person on the street name? Even now in the year 2021, Arnold or Lou Ferrigno are pretty much the only bodybuilders the average person might know. Out of a hundred people on the street, how many would know who Ronnie Coleman is, or Dorian Yates, or Lee Haney? But everyone knows who the Ultimate Warrior was, or who Hulk Hogan is. They transcended the limitations of cult popularity in their given calling, and became icons to the general public, even immortal in their own way.
There are lots of great technical wrestlers who will never get their due respect or accolades, even though we might respect their work in the ring. They do a great job, whether as faces or heels, get used up and ground down by the sport, and are promptly forgotten by all but a cult following once they are done with wrestling, fading away into anonymity without so much as a bang, or even a whimper.
But there will always be the iconic figure of the Ultimate Warrior, as a memory and a legend, and he still lives on to inspire those of us who grew up during that time.