Most agile big or fat wrestlers

[dlg3000]

Ironically, one of my pet peeves is when people say that a wrestler who is big is "agile for a man his size". I get that a 350lb wrestler stereotypically could never be a high flyer, but still, some like Dusty Rhodes could last more than half an hour in the ring. Having said that, who was or were the most agile big or fat wrestler(s), past and present? I am also wondering, has an overweight man ever been a main eventer outside of Dusty Rhodes or Big Daddy? I am assuming I left some people out since some of you know more about wrestling history than I do.

[fuzzywarble, squat cobbler]

Crusher Blackwell. Never saw a 700 lb man do a dropkick before or since.

[Naniwa]

Bam Bam and Vader, both did moonsaults, Vader's looked like the scariest move you could ever take.
Also quake had a pretty good drop kick for such a big dude.
The headhunters did the odd suicide dive to the outside... not graceful people...

["Hollywood" Cactus Matt]

Vader - former WCW World champion
Bam Bam Bigelow - both he and Vader regularly did off-the-top-rope moves (BBB's diving headbutt; Vader's moonsault)
Big Bossman
Earthquake was pretty quick in the ring

[Matt]

Yokozuna when he first started was pretty agile for his size. It eventually wasn't that way anymore, but he was for a while.

[Naniwa]

this hardly counts as 'agile' but I always though Viscera's rolling wheel kick was pretty swift for a morbidly obese man.

[So Called Wrestling Fan]

Big Show was doing dropkick early.
Two guys who aren't that big but still - Samoa Joe and those days Kevin Steen.

[Kevin Hamilton]

For all-around agility, gotta be Bam Bam.

[DeathRay]

The Giant was very agile for a 500 pound guy, and Brodie Lee can pull off a sweet Hurracanrana. Mike Knox is insanely agile for his size. He was doing standing moonsaults in Deep South Wrestling

[Deleted]

Is Brock the largest guy to use the SSP? I would think so, but who knows.

The Big Show used to throw standing and top rope dropkicks when he was younger. Also, I thought that I read the Mark Henry would use moonsaults when he was in developmental, but I'm not sure of that one.

[Big L]

Umaga
Brodus Clay

[agent817]

This guy:

[Andrew is Good]

Definitely Bam Bam Bigelow. The Big Show in his early years as well, like, that guy was a freak. He's still athletic, like, age and injuries are gonna hurt the guy, but I remember when he did an in ring deal with Floyd Mayweather, where he dove out of the ring after him, that blew me away.

[Young Game]

Before his knees went, Kenta Kobashi. His moonsault was a thing of beauty.

[Deleted]

Rikishi was agile for a big man

[________ has left the building]

Bam Bam Bigelow- regularly did moonsaults, diving headbutts, cartwheels, and dropkicks
Big Van Vader-broke out the moonsault for big matches
Mike Knox-Used to do a beautiful legdrop off the top rope is DSW. Way more agile than what he did in WWE.
Yokozuna-Shockingly swift for his size and broke out dropkicks every now and then
Earthquake-Same as Yoko

[________ has left the building]

I forgot to mention The Giant. I remember one Nitro when Randy Savage was the world champ, The Giant did a top rope dropkick on Savage that crumpled him to the mat.

[Throwback]

Jan 29, 2011 14:23:10 GMT -5 fuzzywarble, squat cobbler said:

Crusher Blackwell. Never saw a 700 lb man do a dropkick before or since.

when was Crusher Blackwell 700lbs? I always saw him billed in the upper 400lbs range.

[lovingway]

Andre use to dropkick in his early years

[Trent Valentine]

like all the others, I pick Bam Bam and Big Vader. Both were very agile, especially Bammer, he was a super heavyweight but flew like a cruiserweight.