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Post by heyman on Jan 18, 2007 10:17:45 GMT -5
I dont understand you guys. How come you guys always say The Big show couldnt wrestle? I see him put on a couple of moves and for a big guy the guy moved pretty damn good. I mean hell after you see The Great Khali's performance you start to appreciate what The Big show could do for a guy his size. I think as far as giants aside from the undertaker he's one of the best giant wrestlers in the business
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Post by Matt Rogers on Jan 18, 2007 10:19:01 GMT -5
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Post by Johnny Danger (Godz) on Jan 18, 2007 10:19:12 GMT -5
I think he catches a lot of s*** here because a lot of us grew up watching him in WCW and early on in WWE when he was basically 100 pounds lighter and far more mobile.
I was still a fan of his though and was sad to see him retire for now. He was very under-appreciated, I give you that.
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Post by amsiraK on Jan 18, 2007 10:22:16 GMT -5
I loved Big Show. He has so much charisma that never got tapped. I had hopes with the HHH feud, but we got skunked out of that, too.
I miss the big guy. I always marked for his entrance music.
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Post by Jiren on Jan 18, 2007 10:24:46 GMT -5
I liked show
For a big guy i enjoyed his matches
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Post by MichaelRBoh on Jan 18, 2007 10:26:56 GMT -5
i liked him. he really could move around well for a big guy when he first started.
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Post by Lenny: Smooth like Keith Stone on Jan 18, 2007 10:27:44 GMT -5
I liked the Big Show too, and I thought he was good as the ECW champion. Thank you Bobby Lashley for helping me realize that.
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Post by odanobunaga on Jan 18, 2007 10:29:49 GMT -5
Yeah pretty much. Before Show´s health got him, he was a solid main eventer that always deliverid in ECW. It was so much fun to see him no sell chair shot to the head.
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Post by Ace Diamond on Jan 18, 2007 10:31:49 GMT -5
I liked Big Show as well, it's kinda bad that he had to retire but at the same time I wouldn't want to see him get really badly injured and have to retire forever. Plus he's the only person to technically hold all 3 titles of ECW, WCW, and the WWE. Clearly he's not underrated to some in the business.
Side Note: I liked how as Hardcore champion he'd sometime pin his challengers by putting them up against a wall backstage and pinning them that way.
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Post by #Classic Hi-Definition X on Jan 18, 2007 10:41:45 GMT -5
I liked him too. He was a decent big man wrestler.
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Post by nerdinitupagain on Jan 18, 2007 10:46:36 GMT -5
The guy who said the thing about his work in WCW is right.
I loved him as The Giant in WCW for the longest of time, he wrestled just fine for a big man.. and moved fast and worked well with other wrestlers. It's just by the time he was in the E and gaining so much weight, matches that he used to be able to get carried in, he was sinking them. Really only in the past year did he start to resemble The Taskmaster's Giant instead of McMahon hired goon to take out SCSA #45 Giant.
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Post by Johnny Danger (Godz) on Jan 18, 2007 10:48:15 GMT -5
The guy who said the thing about his work in WCW is right. I loved him as The Giant in WCW for the longest of time, he wrestled just fine for a big man.. and moved fast and worked well with other wrestlers. It's just by the time he was in the E and gaining so much weight, matches that he used to be able to get carried in, he was sinking them. Really only in the past year did he start to resemble The Taskmaster's Giant instead of McMahon hired goon to take out SCSA #45 Giant. Yeah, I NEVER thought I'd say the Big Show was one of the things that made ECW watchable, and him being gone is part of the reason I've stopped watching.
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Post by Byakugan on Jan 18, 2007 10:57:27 GMT -5
He was decent. Never liked him on the mic.
He had a cool cobra clutch backbreaker and that's it.
NEVER thought he should have been world champ (Just not on that level IMO) Upper midcarder at best.
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Post by mohamo on Jan 18, 2007 11:51:45 GMT -5
Well, I don't remember hearing anyone say "He is the worst wrestler of all time", he may not have had the best reputation, but a pretty solid one and could really draw from the crowd
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Post by Byakugan on Jan 18, 2007 11:53:00 GMT -5
He reminded me of a guy trying to be what he's not.
Seemed more like a softy inside who is really nice but got called fat in grade school. Just didn't work for me as a monster. Seemed very forced when he was a heel.
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Jan 18, 2007 11:53:20 GMT -5
Underrated, yes, but he just got too fat for his own good.
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Post by Byakugan on Jan 18, 2007 11:54:01 GMT -5
Underrated, yes, but he just got too fat for his own good. 1 big mac too many
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2007 12:00:49 GMT -5
What does it matter how fat he got though? I never liked when people criticized him for his weight, it didn't seem to affect his ring performance one bit, unless you think just because he can't do dropkicks off the top rope like in WCW anymore he's something less of a wrestler that he used to be. As "fat" as he was in WWE before retirement he was MILES better as a wrestler than he was when he was a hundred pounds lighter in WCW IMO.
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Post by Byakugan on Jan 18, 2007 12:06:16 GMT -5
What does it matter how fat he got though? I never liked when people criticized him for his weight, it didn't seem to affect his ring performance one bit, unless you think just because he can't do dropkicks off the top rope like in WCW anymore he's something less of a wrestler that he used to be. As "fat" as he was in WWE before retirement he was MILES better as a wrestler than he was when he was a hundred pounds lighter in WCW IMO. Because sometimes people do care about "The Look" It is a part of pro wrestling Sorry to say but that's how things work.
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Jan 18, 2007 12:11:35 GMT -5
I don't care about his weight or look, except for the fact that the guy could barely move towards the end. He looked to be in pain just walking to the ring.
He needed to lose at least 100 pounds.
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