That didn't stop him being a multi-time WCW champion and joint Royal Rumble winner though, did it?
Which is exactly my point. The big guys always get over in the eyes of management because at the end of the day the average wrestling fan wants to see two monsters go at it. If every match featured guys like Jamie Noble versus Crash Holly (rest his soul), while the real fans would enjoy the skill involved and the creativity, the average fan, who makes up a large percentage of the fanbase of the industry, would find it boring and tedious.
And it's still a business at the end of the day.
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Originally Posted by Russ B
It might get someone noticed but if they can't work and don't get over then a ripped physique gets you nowhere, just look at Lex Luger in the 90s, a body that looks like it was carved from granite but he couldn't work to save his life.
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I can name a ton of guys who are exactly like that in the industry right now who are or have been champions at one time. Khali is a great example of a guy who was clearly only given the belt because he's over 7ft and weighs 400 pounds of pure muscle. I'm not saying Khali roided up at any point (it's always possible though), but he can't "wrestle" to save his life. He lumbers around like a giraffe on stilts that can't bend it's legs and performs the most basic of moves, yet Vince McMahon put the world title on his shoulder the same way he did for a bunch of other talentless guys. Hell, it's only been in the last year or two that Batista has even been worth watching, yet he's a multi-time world champion too.