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Post by sdoyle7798 on Dec 21, 2021 10:30:39 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. It's like they think they have to make him bigger to be the title holder, and think we won't notice they made the change. So basically, they hope we notice the change they made to something they didn't think we'd notice... ...why do I feel like Yogi Berra now? |
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Post by salz4life on Dec 21, 2021 14:59:23 GMT -5
I don't see the problem here. Crash was a legit 400lbs. You just have to look at him... Sir... he was WELL OVER 400 lbs.! |
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Post by salz4life on Dec 21, 2021 15:00:51 GMT -5
every time Hogan tells the story of slamming Andre, he says Andre was in the neighborhood of 900 pounds With inflation.... this is now 1150 lbs. |
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Post by fg on Dec 21, 2021 18:15:44 GMT -5
I remember when the future Big Daddy V in the WWE in the 90s. From his debut until the week before KOR 95, he was billed at around 500 lbs. the week before the show (aka later on during the 4 hour long RAW taping), he was all of a sudden 568 lbs. He didn’t look like he gained weight at all I think.
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Post by Mozenrath on Dec 22, 2021 3:06:45 GMT -5
I remember when the future Big Daddy V in the WWE in the 90s. From his debut until the week before KOR 95, he was billed at around 500 lbs. the week before the show (aka later on during the 4 hour long RAW taping), he was all of a sudden 568 lbs. He didn’t look like he gained weight at all I think. He had a big lunch. |
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Post by Dang! on Dec 22, 2021 3:52:39 GMT -5
Arrest sheets usually give a good hint at how much wrestler's weights and height are exaggerated. Scott Hall was billed as 6'7" and 287 lbs, but his arrest sheets says 6'7 and 225 lbs. His actual weight is off by more than 60 lbs, while his height is not THAT far off. (Also, Razor Ramon is white and his second name is Oliver  )  |
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Dec 22, 2021 4:02:15 GMT -5
What did WWE claim was Viscera and Stevie Richards heights
Met both. Stevie is shorter than me,so under 6'3" and Vis was maybe an inch taller than me.
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Post by agent817 on Dec 22, 2021 12:35:35 GMT -5
I remember Shawn Michaels being billed at 227 pounds. I was always like, "Yeah, right!" Hell, he was smaller in the closing parts of his career in the late-2000s. He looked like he was at 170 pounds.
Paul Wight (I am going by his real name here because this applies to The Giant and Big Show as a whole) was billed at 450 pounds during some parts of his career in WCW. Then later on he was billed at 540 pounds. Even as a 12-year-old, I thought that he didn't put on 90 pounds in such a short amount of time, nor did he look like he got bigger. Then he came to the WWF and was just an even 500 pounds.
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Post by 4TheGlory on Dec 22, 2021 15:08:24 GMT -5
I will have to give Mr. Colt Cabana credit, he is EXACTLY what he is billed at 6'1 I met him in ROH and were practically identical in height. He is a big dude and could easily exaggerate him self being a lot bigger, even more so when a lot of the Dark Order guys are shorter than him. Edit: and I found the picture!  Nice cameo by the boys |
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Post by Magnus the Magnificent on Dec 22, 2021 16:41:36 GMT -5
I remember Shawn Michaels being billed at 227 pounds. I was always like, "Yeah, right!" Hell, he was smaller in the closing parts of his career in the late-2000s. He looked like he was at 170 pounds.  Taken from this match, HBK vs One Man Gang, in 1985. Looks legit to me! |
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Post by Alice Syndrome on Dec 23, 2021 6:51:48 GMT -5
I remember Shawn Michaels being billed at 227 pounds. I was always like, "Yeah, right!" Hell, he was smaller in the closing parts of his career in the late-2000s. He looked like he was at 170 pounds. Paul Wight (I am going by his real name here because this applies to The Giant and Big Show as a whole) was billed at 450 pounds during some parts of his career in WCW. Then later on he was billed at 540 pounds. Even as a 12-year-old, I thought that he didn't put on 90 pounds in such a short amount of time, nor did he look like he got bigger. Then he came to the WWF and was just an even 500 pounds. I remember in 2008 they gave him his legit weight of around 440 for a while, because he'd noticably lost weight in his time off, but then they just set it back to 500 again |
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Post by koreycaskets on Dec 24, 2021 20:11:48 GMT -5
I'm shocked they didn't say Yokozuna was 1200 pounds.
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Post by Mozenrath on Dec 24, 2021 20:37:04 GMT -5
I'm shocked they didn't say Yokozuna was 1200 pounds. I guess when you're already legitimately like 500+ pounds, you don't need to pump it much more than that. |
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Post by Vampiro138 on Dec 24, 2021 21:12:33 GMT -5
at Wrestlemania when Dusty and Sapphire were announced at a combined weight of 465 pounds and Jesse just went off!!! "YOURE TELLIN ME RHODES ONLY WEIGHS 200!!!!??"
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Post by sungod2020 on Dec 25, 2021 15:13:45 GMT -5
I'm shocked they didn't say Yokozuna was 1200 pounds. I guess when you're already legitimately like 500+ pounds, you don't need to pump it much more than that. I know he was constantly gaining weight throughout his WWF tenure and the commentary team billed him up as such, but even at his fattest, there's no way he could've been 800 pounds. Did you see any of those people on my 600 pound life? If Yoko was as heavy as they made him out to be, there's no way he could stand, let alone wrestle like he did. |
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Post by chrom on Dec 25, 2021 16:13:55 GMT -5
In his first few months in TNA, Samoa Joe was billed as six feet eight inches tall
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Post by jason1980s on Dec 25, 2021 17:15:12 GMT -5
I know he was constantly gaining weight throughout his WWF tenure and the commentary team billed him up as such, but even at his fattest, there's no way he could've been 800 pounds. Did you see any of those people on my 600 pound life? If Yoko was as heavy as they made him out to be, there's no way he could stand, let alone wrestle like he did. I know it's always been said WWF wouldn't bring him back unless he lost the weight but I feel like Vince probably loved seeing him get THAT big. There were other wrestlers who were 600+ pounds but Yokozuna was the first under Vince's control of the company and I'm sure he saw it as some sort of honor. |
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Dec 25, 2021 18:01:53 GMT -5
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Post by lildude8218 on Dec 25, 2021 21:09:08 GMT -5
 His opponent, Big John Studd, was also billed at that weight so it's possible the graphics guy just forgot to change the weight. But it's still funny. |
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