spec
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Post by spec on Nov 9, 2010 22:37:04 GMT -5
Tugboat was billed at 384 pounds but he seemed to be as big as the 400+ pound guys.
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Post by hajimenoippo on Nov 10, 2010 1:36:01 GMT -5
Abyss can finally afford boot lifts, but before then his 6'8 height was so bs because he was shorter than lance vance.
Then he looked as tall as joe and team 3D
the bootlifts he wears do help
also AJ and Chris Daniels are way tiny they have to be about 5'6 when i met them
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Post by Mozenrath on Nov 10, 2010 1:38:56 GMT -5
I've heard/read that Andre was closer to 6'11 than 7'5. More or less. Big Show, I believe, is the taller of the two, though I would give Andre the edge on weight, and seemingly bigger head and hands.
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Post by newbombturk on Nov 10, 2010 3:38:29 GMT -5
I've heard/read that Andre was closer to 6'11 than 7'5. Too bad he never got to have a match with Undertaker. Undertaker is a legit 6'10(maybe 6'9) Undertaker was (is?) billed at 6'10.5 I believe. In reality he's around 6'7.5 according to celebheights.com. Hogan was consistently billed at 6'8 in the WWF and at 6'7 in WCW. His peak height was 6'5.5 - 6'6, which he was billed at before his 80's WWF run and which I heard him say himself during an early 90's UK TV interview (which I found odd then, since I believed all billings back in the day). Tommy Dreamer was billed at 6'2 in WWE. My 5'11.25" friend has a picture with him and Dreamer is at most an inch taller.
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Post by percymania on Nov 10, 2010 3:38:45 GMT -5
Big Show is always overbooked with his height/weight. When I stood next to him in person recently, I quickly noticed he's really not that much bigger than me. (I'm 6'2" 215lbs) His weight is always fluctuating, but no way is he seven feet tall. Shaq even made Big Show look kind of small, if you remember that confrontation.
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Post by NOwave on Nov 10, 2010 18:13:06 GMT -5
Both Hogan and Andre got shorter over the years. My dad worked in the Memphis promotion when both of those guys came thru in the late 70's, early 80's. He was about 6'6" and Hogan slighter taller than that. He's probably around 6'4' now after all the surgery.
Andre was at least 7'0" at that time, as he was clearly taller than Plowboy Frazier(destined to become Uncle Elmer in WWF) who was a solid 6'10" at the time. With Andre it was hard to tell because his hair was much longer then and stood nearly straight up, making him seem taller. Later, he also lost several inches due to injuries and surgery. He could barely stand up straight toward the end of his life.
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Post by Dave the Dave on Nov 10, 2010 18:23:41 GMT -5
I don't know what Roderick Strong is billed at, but my 6 feet was looking down at him.
It's fun to think I'd be pished up to like 6'3 if I was a wrestler.
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saintpat
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Post by saintpat on Nov 11, 2010 0:32:23 GMT -5
Whatever Matt Hardy's listed weight toward the end of his WWE run would certainly have been underestimated
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Post by Pervy Stone Cold on Nov 12, 2010 12:48:06 GMT -5
Vito in SvR 2007 was listed as a light heavyweight. The hell?
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Post by 67 more on Nov 12, 2010 12:49:29 GMT -5
I do not believe 2 Cold Scorpio was ever 239 lbs. He was obviously a slim, trim, cut, buff, ripped, chiselled and JAAAAAAAAAAACKED! 238 lbs. [/Gertner]
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Post by agent817 on Nov 12, 2010 13:03:16 GMT -5
I was watching my Heatwave 98 DVD months ago and for the match with Chris Candido (RIP), it was said that he weighed in at 240 lbs. I really don't think that was accurate. I mean, yeah, he was in good shape, but at his height, which was I think 5'8" or 5'9", wouldn't he need to be bulky in order to be that weight level muscle-wise?
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Post by "Nature Boy" Ric Moranis on Nov 13, 2010 20:44:39 GMT -5
They always listed Scott Hall during the Razor Ramon/NWO years around 6-7 or 6-8, 280-290, but during the NWO years there was a mug shot floating around on the net where the police said he was 6-5, 225.
I believed 280-290 during his roided-up looking AWA years, but the listed weight always seemed WAY too high once he trimmed down considerably during the mid 1990s.
Razor Ramon was a monster when he debuted in WWF, but looked more like a basketball player once McMahon started testing everybody for those couple years during/after the Zahorian trial. Always stuck with the listed weight though.
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Post by noleafclover1980 on Nov 14, 2010 3:58:00 GMT -5
Vito in SvR 2007 was listed as a light heavyweight. The hell? I don't recall if it was that specific SvR but in one of em they used the designations to coincide w/ strength for some reason, to make sure you didn't have guys like rey Mysterio power bombing The Big Show. You ended up w/ guys like Bubba Ray being classified as a light heavyweight so he couldn't toss around super heavyweights like a rag doll.
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Post by newbombturk on Nov 14, 2010 5:18:16 GMT -5
They always listed Scott Hall during the Razor Ramon/NWO years around 6-7 or 6-8, 280-290, but during the NWO years there was a mug shot floating around on the net where the police said he was 6-5, 225. I saw that mugshot and noticed that too. Aren't mugshots taken with shoes on? If that's the case, that would mean Hall's around 6'4'' (depending on what kind of footwear he's wearing).
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Post by smokey1980 on Nov 14, 2010 12:11:42 GMT -5
Abyss can finally afford boot lifts, but before then his 6'8 height was so bs because he was shorter than lance vance. Then he looked as tall as joe and team 3D the bootlifts he wears do help also AJ and Chris Daniels are way tiny they have to be about 5'6 when i met them Yeah, I think AJ gets billed at 5'10 or 5'11". I'm 5'7" and was exactly eye to eye with him when I met him.
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Post by Tyfo on Nov 14, 2010 12:33:43 GMT -5
I'm not sure what Ron Simmons is billed at, but I met him at a Supershow taping in 2007 and he was the same height, if not a little shorter then me, and I'm 6'0.
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Post by britishbulldog on Nov 14, 2010 12:58:48 GMT -5
I wish I would have known they did this when I was younger. Hell I'm 5'8" and 200lb. Could have been billed as atleast 6ft and 220
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Post by doguncle on Nov 14, 2010 13:17:59 GMT -5
Candido was pretty thickly built, like an avid powerlifter, which Dave Meltzer said he was known for among wrestlers. He was bigger than Benoit, Saturn, Guerrero and Malenko, among other athletes of comparable height.
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Post by SAJ Forth on Nov 14, 2010 13:22:10 GMT -5
I think The Rock's weight was overbilled at 275 pounds. He looked too trimmed down.
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Post by agent817 on Nov 14, 2010 14:03:02 GMT -5
Candido was pretty thickly built, like an avid powerlifter, which Dave Meltzer said he was known for among wrestlers. He was bigger than Benoit, Saturn, Guerrero and Malenko, among other athletes of comparable height. Now that you mention it, you might be right. I was looking at it again and he was pretty jacked for a guy his height. I stand corrected.
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