What 60+ Year Old Wrestler is in the Best Shape?

[KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!!]

It’s gotta be Bob Backlund, right?



Not sure how old that photo is exactly, but my guess is a few years at most.

[TOK Hehe'd Around & Found Out]

It has to either be Backlund or Dallas Page.

[Vice honcho room temperature]

Knowing his pride about his cardio in his heyday Ric Flair is still probably in amazing shape.

[Jake, The Jake, Jake]

I know Scott Norton still looked like a beast on Dark Side. Turns sixty in June.

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Backlund looks almost the same.

Also Glacier is 57 and in amazing shape.

[Celexa Bliss 54]

How's Dan Severn looking these days?

[Sicho100]

Arn Anderson

[Cyno]

Sting's in pretty damn good shape.

[Gravedigger's Biscuits]

Kevin Nash and Hulk Hogan both still look pretty damn jacked.

[TOK Hehe'd Around & Found Out]

May 22, 2021 18:46:54 GMT -5 Gravedigger's Biscuits said:

Kevin Nash and Hulk Hogan both still look pretty damn jacked.

Nash was in terrible condition until he got his most recent surgery and stem cell treatments, and Hogan's less mobile than Flair

[Gopher Mod]

Last time that he was seen, Mike "Action" Jackson looked in phenomenal shape- doubly so since he was 70.

[fw91]

Does Vince count?

[Gravedigger's Biscuits]

May 22, 2021 18:51:28 GMT -5 TOK Hehe'd Around & Found Out said:

May 22, 2021 18:46:54 GMT -5 Gravedigger's Biscuits said:

Kevin Nash and Hulk Hogan both still look pretty damn jacked.

Nash was in terrible condition until he got his most recent surgery and stem cell treatments, and Hogan's less mobile than Flair

Hence why I said they look jacked, not 'they look incredibly healthy'.

Being in the 'best shape' can mean multiple things. It can mean cardiovascular conditioning such as OP's shout of Bob Backlund, it can mean physical health (which as you point out would rule out Nash and Hogan) or it can also mean muscularity/appearance. I chose to answer on behalf of the latter.

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May 22, 2021 17:54:23 GMT -5 Vice honcho room temperature said:

Knowing his pride about his cardio in his heyday Ric Flair is still probably in amazing shape.

As a kid in the 80’s I thought Flair was in amazing shape for a guy in his 60’s.

[TOK Hehe'd Around & Found Out]

May 22, 2021 18:56:53 GMT -5 Gravedigger's Biscuits said:

May 22, 2021 18:51:28 GMT -5 TOK Hehe'd Around & Found Out said:

Nash was in terrible condition until he got his most recent surgery and stem cell treatments, and Hogan's less mobile than Flair

Hence why I said they look jacked, not 'they look incredibly healthy'.

Being in the 'best shape' can mean multiple things. It can mean cardiovascular conditioning such as OP's shout of Bob Backlund, it can mean physical health (which as you point out would rule out Nash and Hogan) or it can also mean muscularity/appearance. I chose to answer on behalf of the latter.

I know what you mean, but other than his arms and tan Hogan hasn't looked good in years IMO. He moves like an LJN figure and he's able to hide his gut because he's got that ex-bodybuilder barrel chest

[johnnyk9]

May 22, 2021 18:53:10 GMT -5 fw91 said:

Does Vince count?

Whatever face Botox injections he got makes him look horrible in my opinion

[Gravedigger's Biscuits]

May 22, 2021 19:43:55 GMT -5 TOK Hehe'd Around & Found Out said:

May 22, 2021 18:56:53 GMT -5 Gravedigger's Biscuits said:

Hence why I said they look jacked, not 'they look incredibly healthy'.

Being in the 'best shape' can mean multiple things. It can mean cardiovascular conditioning such as OP's shout of Bob Backlund, it can mean physical health (which as you point out would rule out Nash and Hogan) or it can also mean muscularity/appearance. I chose to answer on behalf of the latter.

I know what you mean, but other than his arms and tan Hogan hasn't looked good in years IMO. He moves like an LJN figure and he's able to hide his gut because he's got that ex-bodybuilder barrel chest

Slight beer belly withstanding, I don't recall too many 67-year olds in wrestling with the arms/shoulders/back Hogan has.

[Ultimo Gallos]

May 22, 2021 18:52:30 GMT -5 Gopher Mod said:

Last time that he was seen, Mike "Action" Jackson looked in phenomenal shape- doubly so since he was 70.

Been 4 years since I saw Mike in person but the dude was in great shape back then.After his match he was kinda teasing Josh Hogan AKA Ultimate/Ultimo Dragon on the southern scene,about "Ya breathing heavy after the match son. I'm not. Need more cardio."

[Crappler El 0 M]

I don't know who is in the best shape of all 60+ wrestlers, but Tully Blanchard looks great for his age. Maybe it's because he quit wrestling regularly in late 1989, though obviously he still wrestled here and there afterward, including THIS YEAR on Dynamite. So many wrestlers of his era kept going much longer. Not only does Tully look in good shape, he still seems really sharp and moves around very well. He can still deliver on interviews and doesn't sound like he gets lost out there. I bet he would like standing next to Arn and Ric for photo-ops these days.

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May 22, 2021 18:52:30 GMT -5 Gopher Mod said:

Last time that he was seen, Mike "Action" Jackson looked in phenomenal shape- doubly so since he was 70.

I assume he hasn't worked Impact because of the Pandemic but I hope when crowds return they give him another look.