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Post by Instant Classic on Dec 19, 2021 23:18:20 GMT -5
I always found it crazy the Undertaker was billed at like 305-320.
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Post by JoDaNa1281 on Dec 20, 2021 1:36:52 GMT -5
Daniel Bryan being arbitrarily billed as 210 is the first thing that came to mind. Almost as ridiculous as Adam Cole being 6'0 Seriously...going into TLC 2011, he was still billed at 192 lbs., but after cashing in the MITB, he was suddenly 210 lbs.
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Post by The Creepo Man on Dec 20, 2021 2:02:53 GMT -5
Playboy Buddy Rose did his own exaggerated weight! He worked so hard for that slim, trim 217 pound physique thanks to his Blow-Away Diet!
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Post by The Creepo Man on Dec 20, 2021 2:09:08 GMT -5
My personal rule-of-thumb is to remove (at least) 25 lbs and 2 inches from everyone to get more accurate numbers, and even then it's way off in some cases. So Alexa Bliss is really 4 foot 10 inches and 80 pounds? How did she manage to pin Nia Jax? It would be like a chihuahua jumping onto a waterbed.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Dec 20, 2021 3:56:54 GMT -5
A strange case is that of Christian, who WWE would bill as 5'10 despite him being about 6'0 or maybe 6'1. I am not sure why they did that, but it lingered for ages. The blue dot đ” over his face made him appear smaller Yeah Christian was one of the few guys they underbilled for some reason. I found it funny around that same time they were billing Kurt Angle at 6'2" even though when they were in backstage segments together Christian was clearly taller by like two or three inches.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2021 9:36:01 GMT -5
I did a photo op once with Piper and Hogan at Mad Monster Party ten or twelve years ago. I'm 6' even, and I was pretty much nose-to-nose with Piper. I can easily believe Hogan was 6'8" or so in his prime. This was after all of his back surgeries, and he still had a good 6 inches or so on me.
Also, Jerry Lawler is a tiny man. I don't know if he's just lost height from surgeries and aging, but there's no way he's 6'. I have pics sitting at a table with him, and it looks like I could have carried him around on my shoulders like a kid.
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Post by Garyspivey on Dec 20, 2021 12:53:04 GMT -5
Daniel Bryan being arbitrarily billed as 210 is the first thing that came to mind. Almost as ridiculous as Adam Cole being 6'0 Seriously...going into TLC 2011, he was still billed at 192 lbs., but after cashing in the MITB, he was suddenly 210 lbs. He always weighed himself wearing the title lol
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Dec 20, 2021 13:40:54 GMT -5
Over the past decade I leanred first hand how weight and height are fake in wrestlig.
For example-Luke Hawx is billed as 6'3". Known Luke since late 2012 and I'm legit 6'3" barefoot. Stood next to Luke many times and I got at least 3 inches on him.
What did WWE bill Chris Master's as being? Cause he is legit 6'2".
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Post by Feyrhausen on Dec 20, 2021 14:27:28 GMT -5
Crash came to mind early on but that was the joke. Even as a kid it confused me how someone like Hogan (303 pounds) or Barbarian (even 300 pounds) kept the same weight. Or how both Demolition were viewed as "well over that 300 pound mark." Then you have someone like the beloved John Tenta who was a hundred pounds lighter looking from the early 90s, said he was a "500 pound man" to Mean Gene. It seemed like they pretty much never altered the announced weights. What they were announced at when they came in was what they were pretty much always announced at. The first time I remember hearing an exception to this was Mania 19 when Kurt Angle was announced at a lighter weight than usual. Michael Cole pointed out that Angle had been training for extra speed and had dropped weight as a result. Back when Michael Cole was a pretty good announcer, at least IMO.
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Post by "Playboy" Don Douglas on Dec 20, 2021 14:35:26 GMT -5
The blue dot đ” over his face made him appear smaller Yeah Christian was one of the few guys they underbilled for some reason. I found it funny around that same time they were billing Kurt Angle at 6'2" even though when they were in backstage segments together Christian was clearly taller by like two or three inches. How tall is Kurt? I stood next to him once and was very surprised that he wasn't taller. I'm 6'4" and had quite a bit on him. Of course, he could toss me around like a loaf of bread and tie me in knots.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Dec 20, 2021 14:49:54 GMT -5
Yeah Christian was one of the few guys they underbilled for some reason. I found it funny around that same time they were billing Kurt Angle at 6'2" even though when they were in backstage segments together Christian was clearly taller by like two or three inches. How tall is Kurt? I stood next to him once and was very surprised that he wasn't taller. I'm 6'4" and had quite a bit on him. Of course, he could toss me around like a loaf of bread and tie me in knots. If I had to guess probably about 5'10". Maybe 5'11" but I wouldn't say any more then that.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Dec 20, 2021 14:51:33 GMT -5
Over the past decade I leanred first hand how weight and height are fake in wrestlig. For example-Luke Hawx is billed as 6'3". Known Luke since late 2012 and I'm legit 6'3" barefoot. Stood next to Luke many times and I got at least 3 inches on him. What did WWE bill Chris Master's as being? Cause he is legit 6'2". Masters was billed at 6'4"
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Post by "Playboy" Don Douglas on Dec 20, 2021 14:55:42 GMT -5
How tall is Kurt? I stood next to him once and was very surprised that he wasn't taller. I'm 6'4" and had quite a bit on him. Of course, he could toss me around like a loaf of bread and tie me in knots. If I had to guess probably about 5'10". Maybe 5'11" but I wouldn't say any more then that. Makes sense, I was thinking 5'9" or 5'10"
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Post by Mr Mario Mario on Dec 20, 2021 16:47:17 GMT -5
Art Donovanâs favourite thread ever
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Post by bob on Dec 20, 2021 17:00:32 GMT -5
every time Hogan tells the story of slamming Andre, he says Andre was in the neighborhood of 900 pounds
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Post by Kyle Butler on Dec 20, 2021 18:37:15 GMT -5
Art Donovanâs favourite thread ever If only he knew who any of the people weâre mentioning are. No one has mentioned âthe guy with the American flagâ or the guy that âlooks like a businessmanâ
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Post by Alice Syndrome on Dec 20, 2021 19:21:07 GMT -5
My personal rule-of-thumb is to remove (at least) 25 lbs and 2 inches from everyone to get more accurate numbers, and even then it's way off in some cases. My favourite is Mysterio supposedly being about 5'6 or even taller. Thanks to growing up with an eating disorder I'm barely above the cutoff to legally class as a dwarf in the UK, and Mysterio is maybe 2 inches taller than me.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Dec 20, 2021 21:40:35 GMT -5
Art Donovanâs favourite thread ever If only he knew who any of the people weâre mentioning are. No one has mentioned âthe guy with the American flagâ or the guy that âlooks like a businessmanâ Or his guy Razor. Always cracked me up when they asked who he thought was going to win the King of the Ring and him saying Razor Ramon in a way that made it obvious that he had no clue who the hell he was and was told by someone to say that.
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Post by 06vwgti on Dec 20, 2021 23:33:10 GMT -5
My personal rule-of-thumb is to remove (at least) 25 lbs and 2 inches from everyone to get more accurate numbers, and even then it's way off in some cases. So Alexa Bliss is really 4 foot 10 inches and 80 pounds? How did she manage to pin Nia Jax? It would be like a chihuahua jumping onto a waterbed. Are they even listing weight for the women? That always seemed to be omitted.. But I do recall they did add an extra 2in. of height for Jacqueline on the magazines and website info, they listed her at 5'3" or so, but one of the woman's specials she flat out said she was only 5'1". Then I see a picture of her with Red Velvet and they were about the same height too.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Dec 21, 2021 1:42:51 GMT -5
So Alexa Bliss is really 4 foot 10 inches and 80 pounds? How did she manage to pin Nia Jax? It would be like a chihuahua jumping onto a waterbed. Are they even listing weight for the women? That always seemed to be omitted.. But I do recall they did add an extra 2in. of height for Jacqueline on the magazines and website info, they listed her at 5'3" or so, but one of the woman's specials she flat out said she was only 5'1". Then I see a picture of her with Red Velvet and they were about the same height too. They don't list weights for the women. Nia Jax was the only one probably because her size was a big part of her gimmick. I don't know why they don't as most of they are all in good shape so I don't know what they would be self conscious about. If I had to guess very few of them are legit over 150. Probably just Doudrop, Rhea Ripley, Raquel Gonzalez, and Tamina. I could be wrong but it seems like most of the women's billed heights seem to be pretty spot on and look to be accurate give or take maybe an inch. Most seem to be about what they are billed or maybe only an inch shorter. Only exceptions are Bayley and Rhea who oddly both seem to be underbilled. Bayley is billed at 5'6" even to me she's probably more like 5'7" as she looks taller then several women who are billed as the same or taller. Rhea is billed at 5'7" even though she towers over most of the other girls and is one of the tallest on the roster.
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