Is There A Reason Why 'Big Men' Have Been Shying Away From Wrestling?
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JerseyBoy23
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So it's similar to how baseball is missing out on athletes because there's no guaranteed success.
The average American weigh 195.5 according to the CDC, that along with the population increase means there should be more guys that fit the bill.
TheBigBopper
Banned
Couple things here--
1. The whole big hoss thing is relatively recent in the grand scheme of things. Bruno Sammartino, Verne Gagne, Bob Backlund and Pedro Morales, while all built weren't especially tall men. The big boss face didn't become a thing until Hogan in the 80s. Most wrestlers pre Vince Jr looked like suburban dads.
2. Big men are being drawn to bigger money in UFC, NBA and NFL.
3. Stricter drug testing--half these midgets would at least be chris benoit size if Vince let them get back on the juice. Wellness is allegedly a joke but keep in mind that WWF didn't even do drug testing pre 92 and Attitude era.
1. The whole big hoss thing is relatively recent in the grand scheme of things. Bruno Sammartino, Verne Gagne, Bob Backlund and Pedro Morales, while all built weren't especially tall men. The big boss face didn't become a thing until Hogan in the 80s. Most wrestlers pre Vince Jr looked like suburban dads.
2. Big men are being drawn to bigger money in UFC, NBA and NFL.
3. Stricter drug testing--half these midgets would at least be chris benoit size if Vince let them get back on the juice. Wellness is allegedly a joke but keep in mind that WWF didn't even do drug testing pre 92 and Attitude era.
JerseyBoy23
Veteran
Hmm 1 and 3 haven't been brought up yet. In the case of (1), other companies didn't have hosses but they did have above average height and weight guys like Dusty, Flair, Bockwinkel who was 5' 10 but 240 lbs, Harley Race, Nikita Koloff. These guys weren't hosses but they damn sure didn't make the average fan think they could beat them up in a real fight.
Art Barr
INVADING SOHH CHAMPION
no ...
people have been small and undersized as a rule and constant.
since I was in high school as sophomore, watching the freshmen who was in the class of 1995.
since then people have been consistently smaller and shorter.
art barr
MrFirst2doit
All Star
I don't buy the nfl excuse...there are ton of big guys who never sniff the nfl like the rock who only made it to college or nfl washout like corbin....the real answer is wwe doesn't recruit well
And even if they did recruit well and bring in decent athletes, what would they do with them
Just more people for them to mismanage
Art Barr
INVADING SOHH CHAMPION
And even if they did recruit well and bring in decent athletes, what would they do with them
Just more people for them to mismanage
this.
art barr
JerseyBoy23
Veteran
And even if they did recruit well and bring in decent athletes, what would they do with them
Just more people for them to mismanage
Teach them the basics and hope they become either really good on the mic or really good in the ring. Pretty much what they did for Braun.
Playaz Eyez
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Mason Ryan 
Jackson Andrews
Ryback
Kozlov
Ezekiel Jackson
(Big Ryck 
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Nathan Jones
Dan Matha
Braun
Brennan Williams
Authors of Pain
That huge bald bi-polar dude
Jackson Andrews
Ryback
Kozlov
Ezekiel Jackson
(Big Ryck )Nathan Jones
Dan Matha
Braun
Brennan Williams
Authors of Pain
That huge bald bi-polar dude
JerseyBoy23
Veteran
Mason Ryan
Jackson Andrews
Ryback
Kozlov
Ezekiel Jackson
Nathan Jones
Dan Matha
Braun
Brennan Williams
Authors of Pain
That huge bald bi-polar dude
I get what you're saying about how they can be hit or miss but they just signed a damn 5'6 160 pounder. They really couldn't find at least 6'1 260 dude anywhere to sign?
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FunkDoc1112
Heavily Armed
Big men athletes who aren't good enough to make the NFL, NBA, etc have way more avenues now than they did 30 years ago. Plus they don't have a guy like JR who scouts those folks.
Art Barr
INVADING SOHH CHAMPION
are you talembout lio rush.
if so you do not watch wrasslin at all and till you do.
you really need to research being what a smart is.
art barr
FunkDoc1112
Heavily Armed
Hell, WWE even eased up on the roid testing in the mid-90s to compete with WCW and that's why we saw the influx of musclehead losers in the 2000s
JerseyBoy23
Veteran
I know who Lio Rush is. Talking about the fact that the best talent outside of WWE is 90% small guys rather above average guys or big guys.