Something that's actually good about modern WWE (body types)
Mar 8, 2015 9:32:56 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2015 9:32:56 GMT -5
We have a lot more body and look diversity (especially for male superstars).
Gone are the days of the OVW/FCW 'beefy guys in trunks' clones. Gone are the days where people are getting called up or signed just because they're 6'2''+ and 220+ lbs.
Let's first look atHunter's Indy Fantasy League NXT:
-Adrian "5 foot 5 Brickhouse" Neville
-Sami "Skinnyfat" Zayn
-Finn "If Only I Were 3 Inches Taller" Balor
-Wesley "Little Too Chunky" Blake
-Buddy "Little Too Short" Murphy
-Bull "Not Really Muscular or Tall or Intimidating; Just Fat" Dempsey
-Baron "My Stomach Looks Like a f***ing Face" Corbin
-Tyler "Would Be a Bit More Gorgeous If I Cut 15 Pounds and Lost the Muffin Top" Breeze
-CJ "Where the Hell are My Abs? My Body Fat Isn't THAT High" Parker
-Kevin "Face Herpes and Fat and Well Under 6 Foot" Owens
Plus, we have "Short n Chunky" Rhyno and The Tiny Brian Kendrick showing up for cameos, and Samoa "HE'S FAT!" Joe is rumored to be on the way.
I know, NXT is a bit of it's own world. So let's take a look at the main roster side..
World Heavyweight Champion (you know it's coming)- Roman "Big But Not THAT Big Plus I Keep My Flabby Stomach Covered Up" Reigns
IC Champion- Wade "Bad News" "Tall and Too Skinny but At Least I'm Pretty Ripped Unlike the Skinnyfat Nexus Days" Barrett
US Champion-Alexander "Under 6 Foot and Not Lean so Basically a Stronger Less Fat Kevin Owens" Rusev
Tag Champs-Antonio "Probably Too Skinny for Vince but Still Jacked" Cesaro and Tyson "5 foot 7 LOL but At Least Pretty Ripped" Kidd
We also have...
Adam "Getting Older and Not Using Dat Dere Celltech Anymore Thus Left with A Frumpy Belly and Flabby Back" Rose
Big E. "THICK AF But Only Billed at 5 foot 11 LOL" Langston
Bo "Not Even that Big and Doughy Belly" Dallas
Bray "LOOK LIKE HUSKY" Wyatt
Curtis "Not That Big and Not That Ripped" Axel
Damien "Muffintop" Mizdow
Daniel "Speaks for Itself" Bryan
David "Jacked AF but MIA and Only BILLED at 6 foot" Otunga
Dean "I'm Not That Ripped, and My Arms Aren't That Big" Ambrose
Dolph "Too Short" Ziggler
Jimmy and Jey, the Muffin Top Twins
Konnor "I'm Not Really Buff, Just Fat" O'Brian
"Thick Dick" Rick "Also Not That Ripped and Pretty Small and Balding" Viktor
Star "Skinny But At Least I Don't Look Like Generic Clone Cody Rhodes" Dust
Plus we have all the tall chunky guys (Big Show, Kane [who is actually jacked AF for his age], Harper, Rowan).
Standard muscley 6'0''+ bodybuilder types are limited to:
Brock Lesnar (doesn't really count)
John Cena (dat dere celltech)
Fandango (sometimes he looks more bloated than jacked, also stuck with a go-nowhere gimmick)
Randy Orton (has ridden a few bicycles if you know what I mean)
The Ryback (also has ridden some cycles)
Sheamus (though not the most ripped)
Titus O'Neil (old and terrible wrestler)
Triple H (Doesn't really count)
Zack Ryder (he whipped himself into AWESOME shape over the last year or so... too bad the damage is done)
... that leaves us with 4 relevant full-time muscly bodybuilder guys (Cena, Orton, Ryback, Sheamus) compared to the other diverse bodies of WWE.
So, to make this less creepy and more worthy of an actual thread, let's open up the discussion:
1. Do you see having "the look" as a thing of the past?
2. What do you think has caused this change? Is it that Triple H values ring work rather than height and bicep size? Is it the fact that WWE is much more 'in house' with NXT than they were back in OVW/DSW/FCW? Is it the fact that they have failed at creating stars over the past 10 years?
3. Do you think that the women's division will ever be able to reach such a state of body diversity? I mean, apparently Havok was told they just weren't interested in her body type. They're going for actual wrestlers instead of models, but they're all very thin women.
4. Who were some of the worst generic developmental 'beefy guys in trunks' clones from back in the day?
Gone are the days of the OVW/FCW 'beefy guys in trunks' clones. Gone are the days where people are getting called up or signed just because they're 6'2''+ and 220+ lbs.
Let's first look at
-Adrian "5 foot 5 Brickhouse" Neville
-Sami "Skinnyfat" Zayn
-Finn "If Only I Were 3 Inches Taller" Balor
-Wesley "Little Too Chunky" Blake
-Buddy "Little Too Short" Murphy
-Bull "Not Really Muscular or Tall or Intimidating; Just Fat" Dempsey
-Baron "My Stomach Looks Like a f***ing Face" Corbin
-Tyler "Would Be a Bit More Gorgeous If I Cut 15 Pounds and Lost the Muffin Top" Breeze
-CJ "Where the Hell are My Abs? My Body Fat Isn't THAT High" Parker
-Kevin "Face Herpes and Fat and Well Under 6 Foot" Owens
Plus, we have "Short n Chunky" Rhyno and The Tiny Brian Kendrick showing up for cameos, and Samoa "HE'S FAT!" Joe is rumored to be on the way.
I know, NXT is a bit of it's own world. So let's take a look at the main roster side..
World Heavyweight Champion (you know it's coming)- Roman "Big But Not THAT Big Plus I Keep My Flabby Stomach Covered Up" Reigns
IC Champion- Wade "Bad News" "Tall and Too Skinny but At Least I'm Pretty Ripped Unlike the Skinnyfat Nexus Days" Barrett
US Champion-
Tag Champs-
We also have...
Adam "Getting Older and Not Using Dat Dere Celltech Anymore Thus Left with A Frumpy Belly and Flabby Back" Rose
Big E. "THICK AF But Only Billed at 5 foot 11 LOL" Langston
Bo "Not Even that Big and Doughy Belly" Dallas
Bray "LOOK LIKE HUSKY" Wyatt
Curtis "Not That Big and Not That Ripped" Axel
Damien "Muffintop" Mizdow
Daniel "Speaks for Itself" Bryan
David "Jacked AF but MIA and Only BILLED at 6 foot" Otunga
Dean "I'm Not That Ripped, and My Arms Aren't That Big" Ambrose
Dolph "Too Short" Ziggler
Jimmy and Jey, the Muffin Top Twins
Konnor "I'm Not Really Buff, Just Fat" O'Brian
"Thick Dick" Rick "Also Not That Ripped and Pretty Small and Balding" Viktor
Star "Skinny But At Least I Don't Look Like Generic Clone Cody Rhodes" Dust
Plus we have all the tall chunky guys (Big Show, Kane [who is actually jacked AF for his age], Harper, Rowan).
Standard muscley 6'0''+ bodybuilder types are limited to:
Brock Lesnar (doesn't really count)
John Cena (dat dere celltech)
Fandango (sometimes he looks more bloated than jacked, also stuck with a go-nowhere gimmick)
Randy Orton (has ridden a few bicycles if you know what I mean)
The Ryback (also has ridden some cycles)
Sheamus (though not the most ripped)
Titus O'Neil (old and terrible wrestler)
Triple H (Doesn't really count)
Zack Ryder (he whipped himself into AWESOME shape over the last year or so... too bad the damage is done)
... that leaves us with 4 relevant full-time muscly bodybuilder guys (Cena, Orton, Ryback, Sheamus) compared to the other diverse bodies of WWE.
So, to make this less creepy and more worthy of an actual thread, let's open up the discussion:
1. Do you see having "the look" as a thing of the past?
2. What do you think has caused this change? Is it that Triple H values ring work rather than height and bicep size? Is it the fact that WWE is much more 'in house' with NXT than they were back in OVW/DSW/FCW? Is it the fact that they have failed at creating stars over the past 10 years?
3. Do you think that the women's division will ever be able to reach such a state of body diversity? I mean, apparently Havok was told they just weren't interested in her body type. They're going for actual wrestlers instead of models, but they're all very thin women.
4. Who were some of the worst generic developmental 'beefy guys in trunks' clones from back in the day?