Friday, February 02, 2007
The bigger you are.....yadda yadda yadda
At one point for wrestlers during the late 70's and all of the 80's it did not pay to be big. At a time when the average wrestler weighed 200-240 pounds being big just didn't fit in so to speak. A good example of this was Andre the Giant. Consensus says that Andre didn't hold many titles due to moving around and not staying in one place very long which is true. What is not discussed is how promoters did not want to be the one to ask Andre to "job" for another wrestler 200-250 pounds lighter than him and end his aura of invincibility. In todays wrestling world, even the independents have wrestlers who are jacked up on something causing them to be huge men with little brains and smaller penises. Being big is now common place and, more importantly, expected by the fans which also explains the push for light weight and junior heavyweight titles in most federations. This separation allows for big men to be pushed against other big men like Batista, John Cena, and Randy Orton but holds back accomplished wrestlers such as Shane Helms, Jamie Noble, and Paul London. They will never be seen as anything other than "Cruiserweights" which is a shame as I would really like to see Trik Davis come to the WWE and Kick Big Show's ass.
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