Live WWE Backlash Discussion Thread - Saturday May 6th 2023

[Comrade Khan]

when I close my eyes and think of a professional wrestler, I think of Brian Danielson and Kenny Omega myself.

 

[Smart Marx]

I mean all the bigger dudes are there in WWE, people don't notice until one of those guys goes to AEW or elsewhere. I do think guys are less big in general, but that is also because sports medicine and eductation is much better now. We know that being super muscular does not equate good in ring performance or explosiveness. it's not different in football, hockey, etc. Gone are the days where everyone had to be 6'2 + (in hockey in this example) or you wouldn't even get drafted. same with MMA, it showed ppl size does not equate fitness or talent.

Oh, I don’t think there should be a minimum requirement for pro wrestling because then we will lose a lot of really great talents, and I was a huge proponent back when I was a child for the cruiserweight division and liking what those guys brought back when that was a rare concepts. I’m just saying, I wish that there was just a few more bigger guys and yes I do mean outside WWE. MLW tends to find them so I think it’s possible. It’s probably easier to do as wwe and hire them off the street as it were.

And be fair I’m not a huge work rate guy. So if they hired a big 6’4 guy, I just expect him to work like a big dude I wouldn’t expect him to be working like a AJ Styles or Daniel Bryan or a etc..

 

[Comrade Khan]

Oh, I don’t think there should be a minimum requirement for pro wrestling because then we will lose a lot of really great talents, and I was a huge proponent back when I was a child for the cruiserweight division and liking what those guys brought back when that was a rare concepts. I’m just saying, I wish that there was just a few more bigger guys and yes I do mean outside WWE. MLW tends to find them so I think it’s possible. It’s probably easier to do as wwe and hire them off the street as it were.

And be fair I’m not a huge work rate guy. So if they hired a big 6’4 guy, I just expect him to work like a big dude I wouldn’t expect him to be working like a AJ Styles or Daniel Bryan or a etc..

MLW has some I guess. AEW seems to struggle boking big guys outside of monster for faces to conquer. I think they try to go too zig to WWE's zag in that regard, could use some balance there.

 

[Sabretooth]

when I close my eyes and think of a professional wrestler, I think of Brian Danielson and Kenny Omega myself.

And both those guys are more muscular than Bad Bunny

 

[Smart Marx]

MLW has some I guess. AEW seems to struggle boking big guys outside of monster for faces to conquer. I think they try to go too zig to WWE's zag in that regard, could use some balance there.

I’m just glad Brian Cage is finally getting used. He’s not a tall dude, but he looks phenomenal and he actually can move in the ring.

And I agree. Balance I think is the key to good pro wrestling. Having a bit of everything.

 

[Smart Marx]

And both those guys are more muscular than Bad Bunny

@Jeff Valley Driver btw while I understood what he meant by looks like a pro wrestler, judging a wrestler against another using this metric isn’t it. I agree.

 

[Smart Marx]

Finn is a jobber

I agree.

 

[Sabretooth]

@Jeff Valley Driver btw while I understood what he meant by looks like a pro wrestler, judging a wrestler against another using this metric isn’t it. I agree.

You’re a James Ellsworth fan aren’t you

 

[Comrade Khan]

And both those guys are more muscular than Bad Bunny

depends in which era lol Danielson was not jacked for a good portion of his early career. what is your obsession with dude's muscles lol

 

[Smart Marx]

You’re a James Ellsworth fan aren’t you

Not particularly. I do enjoy him being Carmella’s heater.

But outside of that he’s in that Orange Cassidy realm of quirky characters I don’t get, personally

 

[JakeYourBooty]

depends in which era lol Danielson was not jacked for a good portion of his early career. what is your obsession with dude's muscles lol

I think we know the answer to that


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[Comrade Khan]

Not particularly. I do enjoy him being Carmella’s heater.

But outside of that he’s in that Orange Cassidy realm of quirky characters I don’t get, personally

I think you should give OC more of a chance, he's pretty good these days even at short promos. He will never be your fave but I think you would enjoy some of it, especially this dumb Bandido stuff backstage.

for what it's (els)worth I actually though his ladder match with AJ was amazing lol

 

[Smart Marx]

so was X Pac, didn't stop him from being a wrestler.

They did call him Kid for a while for looking like a baby.

I love Pac. He desperately needed that beard.

 

[Comrade Khan]

I think we know the answer to that


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[Sabretooth]

They did call him Kid for a while for looking like a baby.

I love Pac. He desperately needed that beard.

His shaved head/ponytail combo is not it nowadays