How the fuck did he win king of the ring? Who should have

me

He was a legit 6'9' 400 plus pounds and was young and agile. That's all it took for Vince back then.

>>2935820
you weren't even born back then reddit

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1995 was a diffent time OP

It was Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Five, the wrestling business was weird back then.

>>2935819
>Who should have won instead in 1995?
Crack smoking Bulldog.

the guy who won it in 1996 wasn't even the main card for Summerslam

at least Mabel got a main event out of it

>>2937960
The guy who won it in '96 ended up drawing a dime or two tho.

>1995
>Business is down so Vince defaults to big men
>Diesel pushed as the top face despite fan resistance
>Mabel, who has nothing but size, is split from his tag team and pushed to the main event to feud with Diesel

>2017
>Business is down so Vince defaults to big men
>Roman Reigns pushed as the top face despite fan resistance
>Big Cass, who has nothing but size, is split from his tag team and pushed to the main event to feud with Roman

>>2937966
Big men historically have always drawn the most. WWF was built on big men. Big men are still WWE's biggest draws.

>>2937965
maybe three dimes at most

>>2937966
Austin and Rock saved the company

by todays standards they are big men

Austin was one of the shortest main eventers they had

>>2938006
>Big men historically have always drawn the most.
Rock, Austin, and Cena are not "big guys" by WWE standards.

>>2938016
Neither was Savage.

>>2935820
I was going to say that.

The government should enact legislation that:

*Allows for the prosecution of individuals who do things I intend to do before ample opportunity has arisen for me to do them

*Provides restitution to me when my sensibilities have been offended

*Establishes a hierarchy of originality and wit, at the top of which I shall sit alone.

*Makes individuals legally obligated to suck me off at my request

>>2938016
The Rock is a very large man. He was build as 6'5 and 275lbs in his prime.

6'1 & well built 250lbs while small in wrestling (at least I used to be - not anymore) is also big in comparison to average male 5'10 180lbs.

Historically means all time not just last 20 years dipshit.

Do we really have to have a history lesson right now?

>>2935819
HHH was going to before the outsiders screwed over Vince and he was punished for it

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>>2938024
But he was jacked to the gills on steroids. He didn't look like an average joe. When he walked in a room and saw his massive biceps and unique look you knew he was wrestler. When people met Savage they didn't say "oh he's a small guy".

>>2938050
wrong year

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>>2938015
Austin makes normal men look small.

>>2935819
Mabel was over as fuck as a face in 1994

>>2938054
holy fuck how was hogan top guy? vince must have had a massive erection for this savage

>>2938043
>He was build as 6'5 and 275lbs in his prime.
Getting worked by kayfabe numbers, wow.

>>2938043
>Historically means all time not just last 20 years dipshit.
>Do we really have to have a history lesson right now?
You do know that what drew before TV and before the era of wrestling as entertainment means jack-fucking-shit in the discussion of modern wrestling, right?

>>2938070
Austin is 6'2". They audition for these shows and height is always a factor. All production companies protect their talent.

I work experienced at a main UK TV studio and they would move me out of crowd shots because I am over 6' tall.

Most people in showbiz are fucking hobbits.

>>2938006
>WWF was built on big men.

>bruno sammartino is a manlet

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>>2938006
>Big men historically have always drawn the most. WWF was built on big men.

>tfw 6'2
>tfw I would be towering some main eventers whom I saw as larger than life as a kid

>>2938663
Bruno was fucking 275lbs in his prime & held weight lifting records - he was built like a gorilla. Claiming Bruno was a small man is like saying Scott Steiner was a small man in 2000 i.e. retarded.

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>>2938701
5'10 and.....275lbs.

Built like a GORILLA.

Big man doesn't just mean height dumbass.

>>2938006
>>2938701
>>2938736


Jim Londos was 5'8.

>>2938736
Bruno was the same size as Samoa Joe but instead of fat he was muscle

>>2938659
Austin is 6'. He is the same height as Bret and Shawn and a few inches shorter than Rock, who is 6'2".

>>2938736
Man his build looks like mine except a bit bulkier

>>2935819
Men on a Mission was over huge

>>2938764
oh yes, to clarify - 6'2" is his kayfabe height. So probs is 6' shoot. He is definitely a bit shorter than hunter who is 6'2" legit height.

>>2938016
They are big guys though. It may be easy to forget if your only human interaction is on 4chan where people think the average man is 6' 4'' and you will fail at life if you're under 6', but most people think of people over 6' as big. I have a friend who's 6' 3'' and his standout characteristic is height, everyone considers him a tall person.

>>2938740
In 1912 the average 21-year-old male was 68.25 inches (5 feet 8.25 inches) tall. Now the average male in the US is 69.9 inches (5 feet 9.9 inches) tall.

Frank Gotch was 5'11 in early 1900's
Primo Carnera was 6'6
Lou Thesz was 6'2
Wilbur Snyder was 6'2
Killer Kowalski was 6'7
Giant Baba was 6'10 (in Japan)
Antonio Inoki was 6'3 (in Japan)
Don Leo Jonathan was 6'6
Hans Schmidt was 6'4
Gene Kiniski was 6'4
Fritz Von Erich was 6'4
Bobo Brazil was 6'6
Ernie Ladd was 6'9
Bill Watts was 6'3
Bruiser Brody was 6'8
Stan Hansen was 6'4

>>2938764
Austin said on his podcast he was 6'2 in his career. Now he's 6'1 after neck/knee injuries.

The Rock is 6'4.

Fuck off spreading bullshit.

>>2938817
How the fuck can you just lose an inch like that?

>>2938820
Hogan lost inches also. I think he was legit 6'6 in his prime but back/knee surgeries and now he's 6'4.

Age also play factor.

>>2938820
You lose height across your lifetime, mostly from bones grinding down, getting compressed by gravity. The same reason why you have less bones when you get old.

>>2938820

I think big dick Dave said Hogan has lost like 3 inches with all his fucked up knees/back/etc.

I also don't understand how it works

>>2938659
I remember reading an article about how it's easier from a filming perspective for your leading men and women to have a 2-3 inch height difference. Anymore and it looks awkward when shooting.

That's why all the leading men in Hollywood are manlets (also because the geeks who did drama never usually played sports)

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>>2937966

>>2938817
>The Rock is 6'4.
Embarrassing yourself.

He was part of Undertaker's backstage Bone Street Janetty Krew correct?

I''m sure that helped.

>>2938736
Jesus his pubes doe

>>2939288
I did! =D

If you want a big name to win, which is what most of the King of the Ring winners had in common at the time, then Shawn Michaels or Yokozuna. If you want to push a smaller name with it, which is probably what they had in mind with Mabel, and what definitely helped in '96, then I'd say Undertaker or Kama Mustafa.

>>2938817
Austin was barely taller than Tyson who is 5'10"

>>2939828
>smaller name
>1995 Undertaker

>>2935819
'95 was a dark time in American wrestling. May as well put over a dark wrestler.

>>2940059
He wasn't at the level of Shawn Michaels or Yokozuna, and you know it. He may have been upper midcard and pushed strong, but the most he had to his name at that time was a WWF title reign that didn't even last a week and 4 Wrestlemania victories, one of which was by DQ and against Giant fucking Gonzales.

>>2940069
>Undertaker wasn't at the level of fucking YOKOZUNA

Michaels hadn't even had *A* WWF World Title reign at that point you underage shit

>>2937966
Diesel and Mabel had charisma.

>>2940125
Shawn Michaels
>GOAT IC ladder match back when the belt meant something
>Won Royal Rumble the same year
>WWF title match at Wrestlemania the same year
Yokozuna
>Won Royal Rumble 2 years prior
>Held WWF title for nearly 300 days
>Won tag team titles with Owen Hart just months prior

If anything, you're an underage faggot for thinking Yokozuna wasn't a top guy at the time.

>>2935823
More like, he was Black. Vince has always been a hardcore BBC enthusiast: Ahmed Johnson, Mark Henry, Lashley, Big E, the list goes on.

>>2938701
5 10 in the 70s was tall though.

>>2941158
5'10" was the exact average for males in 1970.