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Fat Guys

Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:19 pm
by Mike Hunt
I remember when I was a kid, I was always interested by the fat guys of the sport. That seems to be an element that's almost completely gone from wrestling today (The guy formally known as Mabel is the only one I can think of and maybe Umaga).

Here are a few interesting Fat guys I was a fan of, I invite you guys to add to the list and to talk about your favourites.

Some bigger names:

-Andre the Giant
-Earthquake
-Tugboat/Typhoon
-King Kong Bundy
-Vader
-Yokozuna

Some lesser knowns:

-Bastion Booger
-Mantaur

Re: Fat Guys

Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:31 pm
by SpReEfOrAlL
Always liked Rikishi

Re: Fat Guys

Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:56 pm
by sh00n
Man, how could you have a list of big guys and not include Bam or Bossman?

Re: Fat Guys

Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 4:24 am
by Mike Hunt
Bam Bam Bigelow was a borderline fat guy. He was big but he was freakishly agile, not many fat guys did cartwheels and had moves from the top-rope (I guess Vader did). Bossman was a big guy but I never thought of him as a fat guy...

Re: Fat Guys

Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 5:28 pm
by EZ
I always like Jim the Anvil Neidhart...he wasn't overly fat, but dude was portly for sure.

Bastion Booger..oh man, that cat was flat out gross

Re: Fat Guys

Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 6:43 pm
by Mike Hunt
I forgot to add Kamala and the One Man Gang to my list.

Re: Fat Guys

Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 7:15 pm
by sh00n
Bam was a big guy dude. It's just he was so insanely agile that people never viewed him as an intimidating big like Earthquake and Yoko.

Bret Hart's even gone on record to say Bam will always be the most talented big guy he's ever worked with.

Re: Fat Guys

Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 3:06 pm
by dms269
I doubt we will see any more big guys who get a big push in a while. Vince either likes the body builder type or the smaller "no roids/cm punk" type, depending on his mood.

Re: Fat Guys

Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 2:39 am
by cocktailswith_2short
Vader was the best big man the industry ever knew . That guy could do top rop moves like X division guys . What a speciman . Its time its vader time .

Re: Fat Guys

Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 3:05 am
by sh00n
cocktailswith_2short wrote:Vader was the best big man the industry ever knew . That guy could do top rop moves like X division guys . What a speciman . Its time its vader time .

Bam Bam >>> Vader.

Vader was stiff as ****. Bam never hurt a dude he was wrestling. Not on purpose, anyways.

Re: Fat Guys

Posted: Thu Mar 5, 2009 6:10 pm
by Gold Chain
Blue Meani was pretty good.

Kamala was cool.

King Kong Bundy.

One Man Gang.

Re: Fat Guys

Posted: Thu Mar 5, 2009 6:11 pm
by Gold Chain
cocktailswith_2short wrote:Vader was the best big man the industry ever knew . That guy could do top rop moves like X division guys . What a speciman . Its time its vader time .


He was apparently the worst smelling wrestler of all time as well.

Shower Time!!

Re: Fat Guys

Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 3:46 am
by El Hardee
Playboy Buddy Rose and Dusty Rhodes, the most charismatic fat boys to ever enter the squared circle.

Re: Fat Guys

Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 5:03 am
by sh00n
Dusty is definitely the one guy I forgot to list that I can't believe I missed.

Re: Fat Guys

Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 6:38 pm
by Lane1974
Abdullah The Butcher ftw

how about another 80s blast from the past? Adorable Adrian Adonis???

are you not counting Big Show for some reason?
how about Big John Studd, although he was more BIG than fat

Re: Fat Guys

Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 9:03 pm
by sh00n
Lane1974 wrote:Abdullah The Butcher ftw

how about another 80s blast from the past? Adorable Adrian Adonis???

are you not counting Big Show for some reason?
how about Big John Studd, although he was more BIG than fat

Big Show was more big than fat, too. In his prime he was, anyways.

Re: Fat Guys

Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 12:58 pm
by Hilltop
Nothing beats the Big Daddy V persona.

Re: Fat Guys

Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 7:27 pm
by Dagameplaya PnG
I liked his theme song better when he was Visara tho ^

Re: Fat Guys

Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 1:57 am
by CapeCrusader
I like Yoko and Bam Bam. Future HOF's in my book...RIP to Both Big men.

Re: Fat Guys

Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 2:03 pm
by Peter_parker