The Renegade Born: October 19, 1965 in Marietta, Georgia Died: February 23, 1999 in Atlanta, Georgia Was the Renegade a rip-off of the Ultimate Warrior? Yes. Renegade with Savage, Hart, and Hogan The Renegade had a Warrior-like backstory as Hulk Hogan proclaimed; he found The Renegade atop a mountain of human bodies (sounds like a Manowar album cover). Hogan said The Renegade was the powerful man he had ever met, and he was unlike the Ultimate Warrior, but like the Warrior, The Renegade ran to the ring; he was a power-based wrestler, had face paint, long wild hair, and did several of the Warrior’s signature moves, including his finishing move, the Ultimate Splash which The Renegade called his the Renegade Splash. But, unlike the Warrior, Renegade was able to do more in the ring than the Warrior could as he was able to jump off the top rope and handspring-like move which was rather impressive for a man of his size. The Renegade might have been based on th...