Official LA Knight Hairline Analysis (MEGATHREAD)
Aug 13, 2023 11:04:11 GMT -5
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It appears as if my services were summoned on Friday night.
We need our hairline expert to analyze LA Knights situation there
We need our hairline expert to analyze LA Knights situation thereI wish I knew Rick Viktor's Hairline's username, so that I could tag them.
@derringgeneral
After much deliberation, I have decided to come out of retirement and answer the call.
(You might remember me from such great posts as “What to do with all the balding guys?”
officialfan.proboards.com/thread/510802/all-balding-guys ).
So, please enjoy this multimedia analysis of Shaun Ricker/Dick Rick/Slate Randall/Eli Drake/LA Knight’s hairline.
Let us first look at some pictures pre-original NXT run.
Here is a 2004 match in which he wrestled as “Deuce”. I bet he was mad when WWE gave Jimmy Snuka Jr. that name a few years later. Note the relatively large forehead. This will be important to keep in mind.
You will also see our current Megastar in a commercial for Aldi (or, as it’s colloquially known by some folks, Aldi’s). Sorry for the potato quality but on some of this one, but you can still make out his relatively large forehead.
Here are a few photos from his stint as “Dick Rick” from BG (big gay?) East, the infamous fetish wrestling company that also featured Finn, Seth, other men, and a lot of women who went on to become stars.
(Getting some major ‘Kirk Steel’ vibes on these for anyone who has ever seen Broad City.)
Now we are into the 2010s. He got signed to NXT and in spite of growing his hair out by this point, he still had a large forehead and a hairline that is questionable at best. Fun fact—that one picture is from a promo class video that was leaked to some Russian Youtube and is still floating out there. In it, he dropped “That’s just a fact of life,” which became one of his signature phrases later. His other catchphrase, “You’ve been Slated,” based on his original NXT ring name Slate Randall, did NOT catch on.
As we move into his early TNA days, we start getting more clear and consistent pictures of him and his hairline. I remember the introduction of “The Rising” (basically they gave Drew two lackies in Eli Drake and Micah, the former Camacho and future Tanga Loa) and how Eli insisted he was his own man but how The Rising’s cause, of being fair and nice and restoring honor to wrestling or some bullchit, was greater than him. Well, thankfully that didn’t last long, and we soon got the E-LI DRAKE character, with mannerisms he still carries today. YEAH!
At some point in his TNA run, we hairline analysts were gifted with an AMAZING breakthrough: he cut off most of his hair, revealing the horseshoe hairline that he has likely had for many years given the prior evidence of his large forehead. Maybe it was a hair versus hair match? Frankly, I couldn’t be assed to pay attention because 2016 TNA was trash (except the memeable Hardy stuff). I’m guessing he just wanted to try something new. If anything, in my totally subjective opinion, I feel like the shorn nutsach look made him look 20 years older.
He began growing his hair out, looking more like his previous self by the time he hit NWA and NXT. The hairline thankfully stayed intact and it all mostly grew back. Great call IMO.
Then, he hit the roster as Max DuPRI. Perhaps subtly throwing shade at Vince and co. for making him a manager due to his age, he posted a ton of thirst trap photos showing how in shape he was. Of course, we can see that in spite of being in his late 30s and having perma-fivehead for over a decade, his hairline has not especially receded.
And of course, here we have the megastar of 2023. He now has his hair cut a little shorter, revealing the hairline that we all know and love.
Final verdict—We are nowhere near critical Rick Viktor/Baron Corbin levels just yet. We are somewhere north of a Shawn Spears, but not quite at Finn Balor. LA has had a big forehead and high hairline for a long time; his hair is doing pretty well for his age and will continue to have a decent head of hair in the next few years.
Shoutout to my great and adoring fans, especially Very Kneevil who likes a lot of the dumb shit I post, and to my girlfriend who caught me in 4K compiling 20+ pictures of this nice-looking buff man. (I identity as mostly straight and had to explain that they were strictly for a science project.)
Any other legendary hairlines in wrestling that you would like to discuss?
Aug 11, 2023 20:17:14 GMT -5 @vonwagner said:
Aug 11, 2023 20:17:14 GMT -5 @vonwagner said:
I wish I knew Rick Viktor's Hairline's username, so that I could tag them.After much deliberation, I have decided to come out of retirement and answer the call.
(You might remember me from such great posts as “What to do with all the balding guys?”
officialfan.proboards.com/thread/510802/all-balding-guys ).
So, please enjoy this multimedia analysis of Shaun Ricker/Dick Rick/Slate Randall/Eli Drake/LA Knight’s hairline.
Let us first look at some pictures pre-original NXT run.
Here is a 2004 match in which he wrestled as “Deuce”. I bet he was mad when WWE gave Jimmy Snuka Jr. that name a few years later. Note the relatively large forehead. This will be important to keep in mind.
You will also see our current Megastar in a commercial for Aldi (or, as it’s colloquially known by some folks, Aldi’s). Sorry for the potato quality but on some of this one, but you can still make out his relatively large forehead.
{Spoiler}
Here are a few photos from his stint as “Dick Rick” from BG (big gay?) East, the infamous fetish wrestling company that also featured Finn, Seth, other men, and a lot of women who went on to become stars.
{Spoiler}
(Getting some major ‘Kirk Steel’ vibes on these for anyone who has ever seen Broad City.)
Now we are into the 2010s. He got signed to NXT and in spite of growing his hair out by this point, he still had a large forehead and a hairline that is questionable at best. Fun fact—that one picture is from a promo class video that was leaked to some Russian Youtube and is still floating out there. In it, he dropped “That’s just a fact of life,” which became one of his signature phrases later. His other catchphrase, “You’ve been Slated,” based on his original NXT ring name Slate Randall, did NOT catch on.
{Spoiler}
As we move into his early TNA days, we start getting more clear and consistent pictures of him and his hairline. I remember the introduction of “The Rising” (basically they gave Drew two lackies in Eli Drake and Micah, the former Camacho and future Tanga Loa) and how Eli insisted he was his own man but how The Rising’s cause, of being fair and nice and restoring honor to wrestling or some bullchit, was greater than him. Well, thankfully that didn’t last long, and we soon got the E-LI DRAKE character, with mannerisms he still carries today. YEAH!
{Spoiler}
At some point in his TNA run, we hairline analysts were gifted with an AMAZING breakthrough: he cut off most of his hair, revealing the horseshoe hairline that he has likely had for many years given the prior evidence of his large forehead. Maybe it was a hair versus hair match? Frankly, I couldn’t be assed to pay attention because 2016 TNA was trash (except the memeable Hardy stuff). I’m guessing he just wanted to try something new. If anything, in my totally subjective opinion, I feel like the shorn nutsach look made him look 20 years older.
{Spoiler}
He began growing his hair out, looking more like his previous self by the time he hit NWA and NXT. The hairline thankfully stayed intact and it all mostly grew back. Great call IMO.
{Spoiler}
Then, he hit the roster as Max DuPRI. Perhaps subtly throwing shade at Vince and co. for making him a manager due to his age, he posted a ton of thirst trap photos showing how in shape he was. Of course, we can see that in spite of being in his late 30s and having perma-fivehead for over a decade, his hairline has not especially receded.
{Spoiler}
And of course, here we have the megastar of 2023. He now has his hair cut a little shorter, revealing the hairline that we all know and love.
{Spoiler}
Final verdict—We are nowhere near critical Rick Viktor/Baron Corbin levels just yet. We are somewhere north of a Shawn Spears, but not quite at Finn Balor. LA has had a big forehead and high hairline for a long time; his hair is doing pretty well for his age and will continue to have a decent head of hair in the next few years.
Shoutout to my great and adoring fans, especially Very Kneevil who likes a lot of the dumb shit I post, and to my girlfriend who caught me in 4K compiling 20+ pictures of this nice-looking buff man. (I identity as mostly straight and had to explain that they were strictly for a science project.)
Any other legendary hairlines in wrestling that you would like to discuss?
