Do these new wrestlers even lift anymore?

[128]

Stopped following ages ago but a Misc thread brought me back to see what's up and I'm confused.


How'd we go from larger than life living action figures:





To these skinny fat twinks:





It used to be a joke Vince loved bodybuilders, wtf happened?

[SmAshmoto]

Skinnyfat is the new jacked in WWE.

[eod8989]

I honestly don't know. Lashley and HHH are still jacked af though

[steve447]

Probably because they're natty unlike the guys in the top pic

[Bra29ine]

Steroids got the blame for the wrestlers dying

In reality it was the rec drugs, alcohol and working 360 days a year while hurt/concussed

Unless steroids are allowed to make a comeback wrestling is dead

[anonymous]

brian cage def rides a bicycle. i cant think of any wwe guys besides lashley who i'd say the same for.

[128]

Steroids got the blame for the wrestlers dying

In reality it was the rec drugs, alcohol and working 360 days a year while hurt/concussed

Unless steroids are allowed to make a comeback wrestling is dead

I remember a bunch of wellness suspensions after half the roster turned out to be juiced, and they would all come back looking like crap. ****ing Benoit

[davik]

[tnel00]

No they dont. They do yoga and pilates

[I3igAl]

That brief part of Takers career from 2005-2008 or so, where he used to have those jacked arms.

[I3igAl]

brian cage def rides a bicycle. i cant think of any wwe guys besides lashley who i'd say the same for.

Do you remember, who holds the titles?

[Rexcalibr]

Brain Cage does also Killer Kross, Jinder, Cesaro Roode all look like they lift. Instead though they mostly push guys who don't look like they lift like Owens, Corbin and Ali.

[ChristmasFnatic]

I am sure most of them lift(except the fatties like Bray and KO). Just that they are natty and prefer/afraid to do the oj. Nothing wrong with that as long as they deliver. But yeah, top champs should look like heroes and swole(nh).

[Murph0408]

agreed on most cases although drew mac looks like a million dollars and is the current champ

[I3igAl]

NXT is a pretty hostile territory to big men with limited wrestling experience. All those tall jacked guys like Tino Sabatellis and Dan Mathas just being jobbed or not appearing at all. Rusev was an afterthought on NXT and was pushed to the moon on the main roster. Strowman got lucky to be able to bypass NXT entirely.
WWE keeps signing bigger guys, but they end up getting lost in the shuffle beetween way more experienced indy guys with an established fanbase. As awesome as NXT is as a show, I sometimes feel it is not really a developmental territory anymore and more of a platform to exhibit already over indy darlings.

I am sure most of them lift(except the fatties like Bray and KO). Just that they are natty and prefer/afraid to do the oj. Nothing wrong with that as long as they deliver. But yeah, top champs should look like heroes and swole(nh).

Anyone else remember when Bray was injured and he tricked people into thinking he had gotten lean with angles?



Same with Big Show.

[ChristmasFnatic]

Same with Big Show.

Lol. Isnt Bray fatter now compared to his Wyatt Family days? Even when he was doing that Wyatt family persona last month, he looks fatter, his head rounder than ever.

[Murph0408]

honestly wyatt's not the problem. that guy's huge. wrestling needs some powerhouses like that. it's the adam coles of the world who make it look bad.

[128]

agreed on most cases although drew mac looks like a million dollars and is the current champ

You think he gets to the top if he never got jacked?

[Murph0408]

You think he gets to the top if he never got jacked?

no probably not. look it's no big news that vince appreciates a big ripped wrestler as his champ. that's one of the reasons Jinder got a nice little run with the title.

nothing wrong with it. big guys draw money from the casual viewer. it's never been a problem having a champion that looks like he can kick your ass. goldberg had 3-5 moves at most in his prime and made more money than probably any of these guys like adam cole.

john cena actually improved a ton over his career but even in the first half of it, we all knew he wasn't anything special in the ring, but money talks. it goes on and on.

[Deathstroke]

Heavy machinery I know lifts. Otis is insanely strong.

[BuckNakedinBama]

Being on the road 300+ days a year and staying natty makes it impossible to put on lean muscle...

[I3igAl]

Lol. Isnt Bray fatter now compared to his Wyatt Family days? Even when he was doing that Wyatt family persona last month, he looks fatter, his head rounder than ever.

Hard to tell, if fatter as well, but he added a lot of muscle during his time off. His traps are bigger, he posted a personal deadlift pr and his arms grew. He certainely looks tough especially in that Mr. Rogers sweater.

[BallGameFan]

Heavy machinery I know lifts. Otis is insanely strong.

Otis also has amazing cardio!

[BigElephant]

Meh I enjoy a lot of the regular sized guys' matches, a lot of them can do more in the ring and perform better than the jacked ones. Current champ Drew though looks awesome and is great in the ring so he's the best of both worlds. They also limit a lot of the guys' movesets for branding purposes. Like Lesnar is capable of doing a lot more **** in the ring yet they only have him do German suplexes and F5s.

[I3igAl]

You think he gets to the top if he never got jacked?

Depends on how jacked. He already looked really good when he first debuted. He also looked quite jacked with 3MB. So yes his physique improved, but he always had a good physique.

[Rexcalibr]

NXT is a pretty hostile territory to big men with limited wrestling experience. All those tall jacked guys like Tino Sabatellis and Dan Mathas just being jobbed or not appearing at all.

you're right, though Tino and Dan have both been released. They were part of the large group of people released months ago. they were both huge, great physiques and had potential

[marinevet63031]

Wow, with the Kofi Kingstons and Adam Coles etc let's bring Spike Dudley back. Maybe he can be the new WWE or Universal. Last year when Raw was in St. Louis I saw Murphy, Riccochet, Elias, Finn, etc. at Gold's across the street. Anyway when I look at anyone but Elias I thought, "Dude I have enough spec op training and grappling from Yudo and Hapkido, I would destroy you in a non scripted environment."

Rewind to 1990, "Royal Rumble" dark show Saturday prep show at the Show-Me-Center in Cape Girardeau. I saw Hogan, Macho Man, Perfect, Warrior, Piper, Hart, the list goes on. They worked out at Universal Physique for a week. All my mates in High School went and met them. Got to hang out with Jake and my Uncle Mike was great friends with Randy.

Guys like that you look at and believe they can legit take you down Smackdown avenue in a primal way. These modern guys remind me of a Jet Li movie without the wirework.

Let's look at the evolution of fitness centers. To use Ronnie Coleman's phrase, "Everyone wants to be a bodybuilder but they don't want to lift heavy weight." So you have cross fit, places like Planet Fitness, etc. just crazy.

[EidFnatic]

That brief part of Takers career from 2005-2008 or so, where he used to have those jacked arms.

[EidFnatic]

honestly wyatt's not the problem. that guy's huge.

Bray has a lickle size to him but you is fraudin' if you think he is 'huge'. He's no Bam Bam or Vader.