What's the most blatantly airbrushed a wrestler has been...

[Burst]

...versus how they actually looked at the time?

Off the top of my head, I'm thinking of Triple H vs. Punk at Night of Champions 2011. Granted, Trips is almost always airbrushed to a ridiculous extent or at least blended with pictures of when he was more definitively ripped, but you see this promo shot:



versus how he looked during the actual match:



and it's, well, a bit obvious.


Regarding a different sort of airbrushing, I haven't been to a WWE show for a while (not since 2011) but I remember in the program how supernaturally airbrushed Taker was, which only stood out because he was literally the only one with that sort of supernatural-ish airbrushing. You know, the white eyes, the swirly ectoplasm, that sort of thing. I wonder if they still do it for him or if they do it for anyone else with a similar sort of gimmick like the Wyatts.

[Tiger Millionaire]

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I always thought it was funny when they'd patch more hair on Shawn Michaels head in their online images.

[Mayonnaise]

Aug 16, 2012 7:04:14 GMT -5 Sparvid said:

Aug 15, 2012 22:35:22 GMT -5 JCBaggee said:

Where's that one before and after pic where he was wrestling in a PPV, and the WWE 'shopped some more hair in for the highlights?

Post is from '12 but the pic is actually from '08

[Bub (BLM)]

Oct 7, 2014 13:28:48 GMT -5 Burst said:

...versus how they actually looked at the time?

Off the top of my head, I'm thinking of Triple H vs. Punk at Night of Champions 2011. Granted, Trips is almost always airbrushed to a ridiculous extent or at least blended with pictures of when he was more definitively ripped, but you see this promo shot:

And yet they couldn't 'shop the massive thin strip up the center of Punk's head.

[Push R Truth]

If I remember right, it might have been Candice's playboy (or possibly maria) where I couldn't even tell it was them in the photos.

Like I literally had no clue who I was looking at to the point I even questioned if the magazine didn't run the wrong photos.

[mizerable]

...wait, what?

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Just about anything involving Mickie James.

Was funny when people would counter "Mickie is fat" jokes with WWE pictures of Mickie James where she suddenly had the body of a French lingerie model.

[Martin: #TeamBella Treasurer]

I seem to remember this cover being brought up a lot when it was released with folk saying Triple H was airbrushed here. But it is from 2002, and I remember him being very ripped when he came back. Also, odd they went with a 2002 picture for a game released in late 2006. 

[tms]

Oct 7, 2014 15:55:15 GMT -5 @bootytime said:

Just about anything involving Mickie James.

Was funny when people would counter "Mickie is fat" jokes with WWE pictures of Mickie James where she suddenly had the body of a French lingerie model.

Ditto for Molly, too.

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Oct 7, 2014 14:03:52 GMT -5 mizerable said:

Dude, I bust out laughing because I thought you were saying Ryback was RVD after getting airbrushed in photoshop.

[The Spelunker!]

Giant Gonzales for sure.

[saintpat]

Oct 7, 2014 13:28:48 GMT -5 Burst said:

...versus how they actually looked at the time?

Off the top of my head, I'm thinking of Triple H vs. Punk at Night of Champions 2011. Granted, Trips is almost always airbrushed to a ridiculous extent or at least blended with pictures of when he was more definitively ripped, but you see this promo shot:



versus how he looked during the actual match:



and it's, well, a bit obvious.


Regarding a different sort of airbrushing, I haven't been to a WWE show for a while (not since 2011) but I remember in the program how supernaturally airbrushed Taker was, which only stood out because he was literally the only one with that sort of supernatural-ish airbrushing. You know, the white eyes, the swirly ectoplasm, that sort of thing. I wonder if they still do it for him or if they do it for anyone else with a similar sort of gimmick like the Wyatts.

Yeah, no way Punk was that skinny-fat in real life

[Dang!]

Oct 7, 2014 13:40:58 GMT -5 Bub (BLM) said:

Oct 7, 2014 13:28:48 GMT -5 Burst said:

...versus how they actually looked at the time?

Off the top of my head, I'm thinking of Triple H vs. Punk at Night of Champions 2011. Granted, Trips is almost always airbrushed to a ridiculous extent or at least blended with pictures of when he was more definitively ripped, but you see this promo shot:

And yet they couldn't 'shop the massive thin strip up the center of Punk's head.

That's what I realized at second glance as well. That's something you'd certainly shop in a promo photo. It's easy and no one would notice it, YET they spend shitloads of editing in parts where it's blatantly obvious. That's actually really bad picture editing.

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I remember there was a graphic hyping something with Cena, I think his match with Orton at the Rumble this year, where he was really badly photoshopped to look younger to the point that he looked like a completely different person.

[slappy]

Oct 8, 2014 0:54:45 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

I remember there was a graphic hyping something with Cena, I think his match with Orton at the Rumble this year, where he was really badly photoshopped to look younger to the point that he looked like a completely different person.

[ritt works hard fo da chickens]

Versus...

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Oct 8, 2014 1:03:15 GMT -5 slappy said:

Oct 8, 2014 0:54:45 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

I remember there was a graphic hyping something with Cena, I think his match with Orton at the Rumble this year, where he was really badly photoshopped to look younger to the point that he looked like a completely different person.

That's no photoshop, don't you remember Cena going through a Boy John phase?

[Ryushinku]

Oct 8, 2014 2:02:01 GMT -5 ritt works hard fo da chickens said:

Versus...

Okay, that one's hilarious.

New Triple H, now with 25% less torso. It's like they set the sliders to the minimum on his abdomen and maximum on chest width.

[Ryback on a Pole!]

Photoshopping HBKs bald.patch will always be my favorite.