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Post by Alexis Malaware on Jul 12, 2012 17:43:09 GMT
Who in your guys' opinion were the best giants in professional wrestling?
Andre the Giant and Big John Studd are the first couple of names that come to my mind followed closely by Undertaker and Kane. Andre was an attraction back in the day and helped create that special WrestleMania III moment with Hogan and his feud with Big John was something.
Taker I add in there just because for a man of his size he can do amazing things, such as walking tight rope, launching himself out of the ring and having so many great matches with guys regardless of size. Kane stood out too because of his ability to climb the top rope from time to time.
While one can argue they aren't giants I'd say Vader and Yokozuna too. Both were heavy guys (450 and 589 respectively) who could do things you wouldn't expect a man of their size to be capable of doing.
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Post by Justin on Jul 12, 2012 17:46:06 GMT
Well I guess it depends on your definition of "Giant"
Heres my list of the best giants: Kamala Andre The Giant Big Show Yokozuna Vader
Those are the only Giants that really come to mind, but as you said Undertaker can also be considered a giant because of his size.
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Post by Guilha on Jul 12, 2012 17:49:05 GMT
I have to say the best big man (given size and height) has always been Big Show.. entertaining, plays pretty good as either face or heel, can make others look very good despite who he's facing, knows how to get a reaction from the crowd .. i'd rate him as the best BIG man.
André was simply attraction as was Yokozuna and Giant Gonzalez, IMO.
I wouldnt consider Taker or Kane in the same category. If I did , of course i'd put them both on the top. Taker did stuff for the business no one else did, legitely making kids wondering if he was really dead or alive. His feud with Orton was, for me, one of the greatest in WWE (not even kidding). Kane has always been outshined by Taker, but I actually feel sorry for that, he has enourmous talent in-ring, shame his promos suck though .
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Post by Alexis Malaware on Jul 12, 2012 17:55:48 GMT
Not sure how Taker and Kane wouldn't qualify as giants. In my mind if you're seven feet tall, near there or so huge it'd be a jaw dropper if someone body slammed you, you're a giant.
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Post by Ayen on Jul 12, 2012 17:57:42 GMT
In alphabetical order (because I'm OCD like that)
Andre Big Show Kevin Nash
Short list is short.
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Post by Guilha on Jul 12, 2012 18:02:01 GMT
I dont know, like . well, okay, they're around 6'10, but many people in the world are around that height, plus, surely slamming Taker/Kane shouldnt be much of a worry to many wrestlers in the WWE (consider Batista, John Cena, JBL even, among others) while slamming Big Show, Andre, Yokozuna or Khali is only in the reach of few human beings, let alone just WWE wrestlers
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Post by Mr. McMahon on Jul 12, 2012 19:45:16 GMT
Going by your argument Guilha I'd say you've included Khali in the same category as Andre and Yoko, but personally I would class him more in the Taker and Kane category - tall guy, but nothing huge weight-wise.
Obviously he's humongously tall - but it strikes me that Show, Andre and Yoko are (with all due respect to them all, and it may sound an exaggeration but I'm sure you know what I'm getting at) as wide as they are tall. THAT is what makes bodyslamming them so unusual - whereas Khali is more just insanely tall, and only a minor percentage of people have similar height to that of Taker and Kane. His weight isn't massively unusual considering his height, particularly when compared to Taker and Kane it seems about the norm, so slamming him is more a question of being awkward than unachievable.
As far as my own favourite giants go, Andre ranks number 1 every time, despite the fact he was severely limited in the last while of his WWE run. His character was amazing, and he just looked exactly like you would expect a giant to look - whereas Big Show, for me, as great as he is in WWE, just looks like a very big dude, if that makes sense.
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Post by Guilha on Jul 12, 2012 19:59:59 GMT
Going by your argument Guilha I'd say you've included Khali in the same category as Andre and Yoko, but personally I would class him more in the Taker and Kane category - tall guy, but nothing huge weight-wise. Obviously he's humongously tall - but it strikes me that Show, Andre and Yoko are (with all due respect to them all, and it may sound an exaggeration but I'm sure you know what I'm getting at) as wide as they are tall. THAT is what makes bodyslamming them so unusual - whereas Khali is more just insanely tall, and only a minor percentage of people have similar height to that of Taker and Kane. His weight isn't massively unusual considering his height, particularly when compared to Taker and Kane it seems about the norm, so slamming him is more a question of being awkward than unachievable. well, yes, his weight isnt abnormal if given his height, but still, if you put Khali and Taker side by side, I think Taker looks skinnier and much less hard to bodyslam
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Post by La Castellan on Jul 12, 2012 21:53:25 GMT
we're forgetting the greatest giant of all time: THE YEH-TEI!
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Post by Deej. on Jul 13, 2012 1:12:09 GMT
+ Taker & Andre.
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Post by Ayen on Jul 13, 2012 6:12:21 GMT
we're forgetting the greatest giant of all time: THE YEH-TEI! I was waiting for someone to post that.
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Post by La Castellan on Jul 13, 2012 6:45:14 GMT
we're forgetting the greatest giant of all time: THE YEH-TEI! I was waiting for someone to post that. you knew it would be me. Seriously though, what qualifies a giant, they had a whole "Big Man" era of people in excess of 260 lbs and 6'5 and taller. Does girth and strength qualify as a giant in this or are we just talking 7 feet and up?
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Post by brandon on Jul 13, 2012 14:41:51 GMT
I'd say Kane, but he's only 6'7" in real life. So I'll go with Big Show I guess.
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Post by steel90 on Jul 13, 2012 14:45:15 GMT
Nash, Big Show, Mark Henry, Scott Hall, Abyss for me. Wasn't able to see much of ANdre oh Hogan is pretty damn tall now that I think about it as is Sid Vicious.
Oh I can't forget Undertaker and Kane.
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Post by steel90 on Jul 13, 2012 14:46:01 GMT
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Reason - double post, posts merged, post count reduced. - McMahon
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