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There has been a lot of power based wrestlers in the past but what are your favourite feats of strength that you have witnessed.
Heres a few here.
GOLDBERG PRESS/SPINEBUSTER COMBO ON BROCK
GOLDBERG PRESSING SCOTT STEINER
BROCK POWERBOMBS BIG SHOW
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You've got to include Hogan slamming Andre. :D
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You've got to include Hogan slamming Andre. :D
He tore a lat doing that
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He tore a lat doing that
I'm sure taking his vitamins would fix that!
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I'm sure taking his vitamins would fix that!
LOL yes his vitamins
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Old school Mid-Atlantic from late 70s (like almost all my contributions lol)
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Don't have the footage but I remember when lex lugar had big show in torture rack.
walked him out to the center of the ring in it and somebody came out of nowhere and took out his leg. LMAO.
nothing like the last minute bail out guy sprinting from the locker room
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Cena FUs the Big Slow
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nice...I remember that one. I was like "oh damn" lol
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This was stolen from an old thread on the Powerlifting board!
'Superstar' Billy Graham - 585
BRAWK! Lesnar - 475
Eddie Guerrero - 275
Taz - 450
'British Bulldog' Davey Boy Smith - 550
Doug Furnas - 600
Scott 'Flash' Norton - 650
'H2O' Ron Waterman - 500+
Bruno Sammartino - 565
The Ultimate Warrior - 500
Road Warrior Animal - 550
'Superfly' Jimmy Snuka - 525 (in his bodybuilding days, before he became a wrestler)
Sting - 365
Chyna - 310 (she once claimed she could bench 375, but looking at other female lifters, I find that HIGHLY unlikely)
Kurt Angle - 420
'relliK' Johnny Stamboli - 495
Bill Kazmaier - 660
Tony 'Ludwig Borga' Halme - 600
'Total Package' Lex Luger - 530
Bulldog Brower - 500
Bryan 'Crush' Adams - 585
'The Big Show' Paul Wight - 500 (when challenged in the weights room - he did it without too much apparent effort and didn't bother going any higher)
Dino Bravo - 570
Chris Benoit - 450
Shane Douglas - 420
The Barbarian - 550 for 3 reps (no pause)
Iron Sheik - 345
Tank Abbott - 600
Bret 'The Hitman' Hart - 415
'Big Bully' Nick Busick - 605
Nikolai Volkoff - 600+
Ole Anderson - 405
Dynamite Kid - 450
Ted Arcidi - 700
Reggie Lisowski - 500
'Polish Power' Ivan Putski - 600
'Ravishing' Rick Rude - 405 for 3 reps (no pause)
Skandor Akbar - 500
The Rock - 425
Batista - 525
Ahmed Johnson - 520
Chris Candido - 400+
The Warlord - 575 for 6 reps (no pause)
Road Warrior Hawk - 515
'Lethal Weapon' Steve Blackman - 550 (in his weightlifting days, before wrestling)
Bill Goldberg - 495 for 5 reps (but has claimed in interviews that he only does 400)
Triple H - over 400 (no figure stated beyond that)
Scott Steiner - 525 (he claimed he could do over 600 in the dying days of WCW BUT Steiner was heavily into kayfabe back then and had stated in previous interviews that he avoided the benchpress where possible, owing to injuries)
Austin Idol - 505
Jim 'The Anvil' Neidhart - 550 (with ease and just fooling around)
Mark Henry - 620
Magnum TA - 350 (for 10-12 reps)
Hulk Hogan - 550
Kevin Sullivan - 350
'Nature Boy' Ric Flair - 500 (in his days as a 280lb powerlifter before his plane crash)
Mike Graham - 440
Tony Atlas - 600
'Cowboy' Bill Watts - 500
Steve Keirn - 425
The Crusher - 500
Bill 'Ax' Eadie - 450 (estimated)
Jos LeDuc - 600
Kane - 405 (for sets - no max recorded)
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This was stolen from an old thread on the Powerlifting board!
'Superstar' Billy Graham - 585
BRAWK! Lesnar - 475
Eddie Guerrero - 275
Taz - 450
'British Bulldog' Davey Boy Smith - 550
Doug Furnas - 600
Scott 'Flash' Norton - 650
'H2O' Ron Waterman - 500+
Bruno Sammartino - 565
The Ultimate Warrior - 500
Road Warrior Animal - 550
'Superfly' Jimmy Snuka - 525 (in his bodybuilding days, before he became a wrestler)
Sting - 365
Chyna - 310 (she once claimed she could bench 375, but looking at other female lifters, I find that HIGHLY unlikely)
Kurt Angle - 420
'relliK' Johnny Stamboli - 495
Bill Kazmaier - 660
Tony 'Ludwig Borga' Halme - 600
'Total Package' Lex Luger - 530
Bulldog Brower - 500
Bryan 'Crush' Adams - 585
'The Big Show' Paul Wight - 500 (when challenged in the weights room - he did it without too much apparent effort and didn't bother going any higher)
Dino Bravo - 570
Chris Benoit - 450
Shane Douglas - 420
The Barbarian - 550 for 3 reps (no pause)
Iron Sheik - 345
Tank Abbott - 600
Bret 'The Hitman' Hart - 415
'Big Bully' Nick Busick - 605
Nikolai Volkoff - 600+
Ole Anderson - 405
Dynamite Kid - 450
Ted Arcidi - 700
Reggie Lisowski - 500
'Polish Power' Ivan Putski - 600
'Ravishing' Rick Rude - 405 for 3 reps (no pause)
Skandor Akbar - 500
The Rock - 425
Batista - 525
Ahmed Johnson - 520
Chris Candido - 400+
The Warlord - 575 for 6 reps (no pause)
Road Warrior Hawk - 515
'Lethal Weapon' Steve Blackman - 550 (in his weightlifting days, before wrestling)
Bill Goldberg - 495 for 5 reps (but has claimed in interviews that he only does 400)
Triple H - over 400 (no figure stated beyond that)
Scott Steiner - 525 (he claimed he could do over 600 in the dying days of WCW BUT Steiner was heavily into kayfabe back then and had stated in previous interviews that he avoided the benchpress where possible, owing to injuries)
Austin Idol - 505
Jim 'The Anvil' Neidhart - 550 (with ease and just fooling around)
Mark Henry - 620
Magnum TA - 350 (for 10-12 reps)
Hulk Hogan - 550
Kevin Sullivan - 350
'Nature Boy' Ric Flair - 500 (in his days as a 280lb powerlifter before his plane crash)
Mike Graham - 440
Tony Atlas - 600
'Cowboy' Bill Watts - 500
Steve Keirn - 425
The Crusher - 500
Bill 'Ax' Eadie - 450 (estimated)
Jos LeDuc - 600
Kane - 405 (for sets - no max recorded)
I call BULLSHIT.
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More than a few surprises on that list (if accurate).
Bill Watts – 500 lb. max?
I’ve talked to some non-wrestling folks who’ve seen different wrestlers train over the years.
Davey Boy & Anvil were always said to have been genuine powerhouses.
Warlord, too, but I’ve never heard “exact” numbers for him.
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Superstar billy graham's bench was NO bullshit. He trained with Arnold and worked his way up to 6 plates aside.
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Nice pic of Arnie and Superstar. Note how big superstar is....wrestlers are not small being 6'2" - up. He is dwarfing Arnold in that pic just with sheer mass.
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Actually the Road Warriors had better lifts than what is listed.
Animal 605 max bench
Hawk 565 max bench
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Nice pic of Arnie and Superstar. Note how big superstar is....wrestlers are not small being 6'2" - up. He is dwarfing Arnold in that pic just with sheer mass.
I wouldn't say he's 'dwarfing' Arnold. He's just slightly taller. Arnold has bigger thighs and calves.
By the way, why did Arnold walk around barefoot in a hardcore gym? I'd be worried some idiot would accidently drop a weight on my foot.
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arnies spotting technique needed a little work back then
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Looks like he’s in position for a side spot.
Probably someone else at the other end of the bar who didn’t make it into the shot.
I don’t seen it often, but this method of spotting is quite common on presses (bench/squats) involving more than 5 plates.
Wouldn't want to be the poor bastard responsible for doing a 500 lb. upright row when Graham gets pinned under the bar. :)
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Looks like he’s in position for a side spot.
Probably someone else at the other end of the bar who didn’t make it into the shot.
I don’t seen it often, but this method of spotting is quite common on presses (bench/squats) involving more than 5 plates.
Wouldn't want to be the poor bastard responsible for doing a 500 lb. upright row when Graham gets pinned under the bar. :)
That's a hell of a monster bench press on Grahams part. Side spotters are common on extremely heavy lifts.
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Some of those are completely made up.
I have personally witnessed :
Sullivan pushing 455 for 5
Larry Zybsko 405 for several sets of 10
Rick Steiner 275 for around 15 non lock out reps (this was after he clearly came off the juice and was very smaller towards the end of WCW)
Bobby Eaton - yes, THAT Bobby Eaton - 405 for 4
Sid Vicious 365 for 4 - talk about a disappointment
Arn Anderson - 315 for reps about 10-12. he usually would come in and pick 2 exercises and just do 10-15 sets for each while he was waiting on Flair to get off the stairmaster
Willy Mayes - old school WCW jobber and personal friend of mine - 545 for 6
Glacier - at Powerhouse gym in Alpharetta - 275 for 2. (Pathetic)
Robbie Rage - 495 for reps (had to be over 10 easily) but he usually just did incline flyes with 110 lb dumbells
Paul Roma - 315 and bombed out on the 3rd rep
hercules hernandez - no BP but did dumbell presses with the 150s for close to 20 reps. several sets and never broke a sweat. (this was about 1PM in the afternoon and bell time for the night was 7PM, he said he had to eat, shit and sleep before the match)
Billy Kidman would work up to 335 for 4-6
Raven would use 315 for 8 reps but he trained inthe slow-mo style. Took about 10 seconds for each rep to be go all the way down to his chest. Probably could have added another 200lbs to the bar easily if he did his reps in the explosive fashion.
Saw Goldberg workout several time, but never bench pressing.
Same thing for Virgil/Vince/Shane/Mike Jones/whatever he is now.
Barry Windham was so weak he probably couldn't do 10 pushups.
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Zybysko used to train with Bruno Sammartino, who was also ridiculously strong.
They were both built similarly – albeit Larry was a shade smaller.
Both had big, powerful chests, and Larry’s discussed some of those training sessions they had together in Pittsburgh.
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he usually would come in and pick 2 exercises and just do 10-15 sets for each while he was waiting on Flair to get off the stairmaster
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How about two weeks ago on Raw when Beth Pheonix double scooped two of the divas like two sacks of potatoes.
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Tony Atlas press slamming Abdullah
Stan Hansen hitting a lariet on Thunderbolt Patterson so hard that TP actually turned a back flip. This was back in late 70's before flipping backwards on impact was chic.
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the under rated johnny the bull stamboli pressing that tub of lard rikishi at his heaviest. never understood why this guy didn't make it bigger. last run was as rellik which is killer spelled backwards in tna wrestllng
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seems to me I remember back in the day luger body slammed yokozuna..
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He did.
That didn’t get him over, either.
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Hogan bodyslamming Andre was the best feat IMO. No one at that time expected that to happen. Andre weighed 530lbs during WM3. When Warrior slammed him in 1989 in their house show match at MSG, Andre was already gravely ill and had lost about 150lbs. Hogan's slam was far more impressive and the crowd went nuts.
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I loved when Hogan referred to that slam in subsequent promos.
He would often say something like, “As I picked up that 550 lb. giant…lifted him over my head…and…”
Everything in wrestling is exaggerated – particularly when a scoop slam (with a lot of help from Andre) magically turns into a Gorilla Press.
But even without Hogan’s embellishment, yes – the slam was very impressive. Hogan was a very strong dude, and in his prime, was quite a spectacle.
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I loved when Hogan referred to that slam in subsequent promos.
He would often say something like, “As I picked up that 550 lb. giant…lifted him over my head…and…”
Everything in wrestling is exaggerated – particularly when a scoop slam (with a lot of help from Andre) magically turns into a Gorilla Press.
But even without Hogan’s embellishment, yes – the slam was very impressive. Hogan was a very strong dude, and in his prime, was quite a spectacle.
I'll never forget the crowd reaction to that slam. WM3 was defiantely one of the best WM's.
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When Flyin Brian Pillman first arrived on the scene with the Bengals tights, he was a slender but toned little thing. I was surprised to see him slam Norman the Lunatic and then deliver a text book suplex to him. Wouldn't have thought that was possible.
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Pillman reminded me a bit of Curt Hennig in the respect that he just had a great deal of natural talent, ability, athleticism – all with a good look to go along with it.
Often seemingly overlooked, it’s nice to see him mentioned here in the company of such good accolades.
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a forgotten slam is Hogan slamming Andre following their match at WM 4, but it wasn't nearly as good as the WM3 one.
the warrior andre slam is crazy powerful.
I think the WM3 Andre slam tops the list, esp. when you take into account that it is the most famous moment in wrestling history.
Hogan did some crazy stuff to Bundy too - atomic drops, powerslams back in 86 etc.
He also suplexed bossman in 1989 which was pretty good considering bossman was 350 at the time.
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skip to 7:55 for some serious strength from Smash of demolition:
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That was a cool clip. Was that SS '90?
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89. it was a great card.
harts -brain busters was great
warrior rude for the IC title one of the best ever
six man tag with rockers and tito vs rougeaus and martel really good
hogan beefcake vs savage and zues was not bad
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89. it was a great card.
harts -brain busters was great
warrior rude for the IC title one of the best ever
six man tag with rockers and tito vs rougeaus and martel really good
hogan beefcake vs savage and zues was not bad
I remember that card. Rude vs Warrior was a really good match. Piper interfered and cost Rude the title. Not too many people had good chemistry with Warrior but Rude did.
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yeah, Piper mooned rude.
I was a total warrior mark back in 89. I was 11.
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yeah, Piper mooned rude.
I was a total warrior mark back in 89. I was 11.
I was 14 but remember it like it was yesterday. They had a great fued.
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Any picks for this one ? I have no clue......Mark Henry maybe.
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Maybe Animal?
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Goldberg hitting the Jackhammer on Show and holding him up perfectly for a couple of seconds
Bulldog picking Vader up onto his shoulders from being on all 4's, just insane strength. In the same match he catches Vader in the corner and does a walking powerslam on him :o
Takers effortless tombstones on Mark Henry & Kamala
Sting holding Rude above his head for what seemed like FOREVER before walking across to one side and dumping him out
Big Show choke slamming Stevie ray was ridiculous. Ray was 300lb + and sacked it but Show just kinda said "fuck you!" and finished the move
Show pressing Kane with monumental ease before throwing him horrifically and nearly breaking his arm, his chokeslam on him was also the most impressive ive seen as he made Kane look like he was 150lbs. In his prime had unrivalled power
Ill list more if i can think of them..........
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Goldberg hitting the Jackhammer on Show and holding him up perfectly for a couple of seconds
Bulldog picking Vader up onto his shoulders from being on all 4's, just insane strength. In the same match he catches Vader in the corner and does a walking powerslam on him :o
Takers effortless tombstones on Mark Henry & Kamala
Sting holding Rude above his head for what seemed like FOREVER before walking across to one side and dumping him out
Big Show choke slamming Stevie ray was ridiculous. Ray was 300lb + and sacked it but Show just kinda said "fuck you!" and finished the move
Show pressing Kane with monumental ease before throwing him horrifically and nearly breaking his arm, his chokeslam on him was also the most impressive ive seen as he made Kane look like he was 150lbs. In his prime had unrivalled power
Ill list more if i can think of them..........
Goldberg's jackhammer on the then "GIant" was incredible. Goldberg was a powerhouse.
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When Bob Backlund did step ups for a whole hour.
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most of what that shows is that the huge fucker is a great athlete.
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or when the hulkster picked up Rocky in "Rocky III" and throw him into the crowd
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that huge fucker is strong.
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I found the other thread I was looking for; the one with bench press numbers.
I cannot vouch for the accuracy of the entire list, but many seem quite accurate based on other accounts I've heard & read.
For those interested, the BP stuff starts about half-way down page 1.
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Goldberg was a god damn powerhouse in the shoulder department.
Giant was obviously pretty strong and coordinated for his size too, I remember when Buff Bagwell (who was 245) jumped on his back from behind off the top rope, Giant didnt even budge and threw Bagwell off like a damn toddler lol.
I remember Scott Steiner throwing Chase Tatem onto his shoulder like a 130lb teenager impressed the hell outta me, guy had some crazy core power for being smaller than the biggest guys. He also T Boned suplexed Giant around 96 i think without any help from Giant at all, and pulled it off flawlessly.
Scott Hall was actually pretty strong guy for being a tall lanky guy too
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I guess it’s a given that Bill Kazmaier and Ted Arcidi were crazy strong, given their respective backgrounds.
Some other guys who possessed rather impressive strength were Ivan Putski, Dino Bravo, and Crush Adams, who allegedly crushed several state power lifting records in the day.
As I mentioned in aother thread, one of my old gym buddies saw Warlord bench pressing once.
I can't remember the poundage, but my friend was astonished at the weight and ease with which Warlord handled it.
Even more impressive to me was that my buddy was a 270lb. juicer and no slouch himself on the bench.
Another guy who was supposedly very strong was Nikolai Volkoff.
Occasionally, someone from that time will mention their experiences training with/around the other boys: Iron Sheik was said to be a real slacker in the gym, but Volkoff was performed some strong lifts.
Also, my cousins in Baltimore live close to Nikolai and subsequently run into him on occasion at the grocery store, etc.
They said he is an EXTREMELY NICE man.
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Goldberg was a god damn powerhouse in the shoulder department.
Giant was obviously pretty strong and coordinated for his size too, I remember when Buff Bagwell (who was 245) jumped on his back from behind off the top rope, Giant didnt even budge and threw Bagwell off like a damn toddler lol.
I remember Scott Steiner throwing Chase Tatem onto his shoulder like a 130lb teenager impressed the hell outta me, guy had some crazy core power for being smaller than the biggest guys. He also T Boned suplexed Giant around 96 i think without any help from Giant at all, and pulled it off flawlessly.
Scott Hall was actually pretty strong guy for being a tall lanky guy too
I remember the Bagwell incident, i thik it was when the NWO surrounded Show. He did fall over if i recall because Bagwell jumped straight at him instead of onto him, but he stood up and launched him off. Ill see if its online....
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Hennigs strength in the beginning is incredible, so Wight had to help him but ive never seen Hennig do something like this. I always loved the ending too :)
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There it is!
Giant must have been strong. He was in such good shape back then too, now hes just so lethargic looking.
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I was looking for the clip were Volkoff presses Hogan with sheer ease and walks around with him like hes nothing, but this one is beyond belief. Skip to 4.10
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I was looking for the clip were Volkoff presses Hogan with sheer ease and walks around with him like hes nothing, but this one is beyond belief. Skip to 4.10
Impressive.
LOL @ Hogan pulling the wedgie out of his crack on the mat afterwards.
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Observations so far:
Big show - throwing Kane down like a rag doll... WOW holding a 320lb man like an infant with almost one hand is scary strong...
Golberg - biggest surprise! I guess because of his football background, really good at static holds (military presses, etc.) very impressive when he spiked Big Show and multi-pressed Lesnar
One guy not really mentioned much but prove by his crazy bench pressing, Warlord .. 575 for 6 ?!!? the guy was insanely strong, read lots of stories of him and Barbarian
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Observations so far:
Big show - throwing Kane down like a rag doll... WOW holding a 320lb man like an infant with almost one hand is scary strong...
Golberg - biggest surprise! I guess because of his football background, really good at static holds (military presses, etc.) very impressive when he spiked Big Show and multi-pressed Lesnar
One guy not really mentioned much but prove by his crazy bench pressing, Warlord .. 575 for 6 ?!!? the guy was insanely strong, read lots of stories of him and Barbarian
Warlord was 320lbs of massiveness. Met him in person once. The guy is insanely huge and would easily dwarf most IFBB pro's.
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Warlord was 320lbs of massiveness. Met him in person once. The guy is insanely huge and would easily dwarf most IFBB pro's.
That guy was larger than life, and just too big for doorways. Lots of pro wrestlers make bodybuilders look small just with their stature alone..
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I know I mentioned this here before but I saw Sid Vicious at a peeler joint after a show here in Toronto back in '97 and he litterally took up two urinals when pissing. He was that wide. He litterally had to duck underneath the doorway to get into the bathroom. Just unreal.
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i hate getting older :(
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I know I mentioned this here before but I saw Sid Vicious at a peeler joint after a show here in Toronto back in '97 and he litterally took up two urinals when pissing. He was that wide. He litterally had to duck underneath the doorway to get into the bathroom. Just unreal.
Sid was somewhere in the 6'8" range correct? Seemed huge on camera, at least a head taller than everyone around him. Another guy as big as a house.
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His greatest impression on me from a physical point of view was the cover of WM8. Ridiculously big, especially in the traps
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Ridiculously fragile bones as well.
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Ridiculously fragile bones as well.
300lbs+ landing on one ankle off the top rope...fragile??
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Sid was somewhere in the 6'8" range correct? Seemed huge on camera, at least a head taller than everyone around him. Another guy as big as a house.
Sid was a legit 6'11" tall. He has to duck under doorways. Its unreal.
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Sid was a legit 6'11" tall. He has to duck under doorways. Its unreal.
Sid is shorter than Nash, who stands 6'10", id say hes 6'8" on the button. Have you seen Gunnar Eudy?! Same size as his old man at 16 / 17 years of age (minus the hulking muscles) and is now developing into a half decent indy wrestler since he filled out his frame.
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Nash is 7'1"
He played basketball for a number of years before getting into wrestling.
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Nash is 7'1"
He played basketball for a number of years before getting into wrestling.
Ive seen Nash and hes definitely closer to 7 feet.
6'11" minimum, I couldnt get over how tall he was.
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By his own admission, skip to 6.15
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Heights, weights, and measurements are oftentimes (ridiculously) misrepresented/exaggerated in wrestling.
I remember when Foley took a bump off the WCW ring ramp back in his Cactus Jack days.
The announcers said he fell something like 10 feet.
He said it was funny because in the next shot, viewers saw the referees & paramedics standing at ground level in front of the ramp - and they were almost as tall as the ramp was high.
Mick made a comment to the effect, "I guess WCW employed 9-ft. tall referees."
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like the old WWF days of the 15 foot steel cage & the 12 foot ladder
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like the old WWF days of the 15 foot steel cage & the 12 foot ladder
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LOL!!
Maybe if you measure from the ground...
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I call BULLSHIT.
I can see it, totally. One time back in the very early '90s Warlord stopped in at my then-gym (all WWF/E wrestlers used this Powerhouse Gym when they came through Toronto) and did a quick couple sets of squats with 315 for HIGH reps and then went over to the bench and, after a couple quick warm-ups, did six paused reps with 455. Let me tell you, this was one of the easiest sets I have ever seen done with poundage such as this. No spot and each repetition was FAST. Dude was traveling and likely burnt ... plus a strange gym, etc.
He also did some inclines with 365 like it was the friggin' bar.
Warlord was MASSIVE. Also extremely polite and helpful (even spotted me on some flat dumbell presses).
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I can see it, totally. One time back in the very early '90s Warlord stopped in at my then-gym (all WWF/E wrestlers used this Powerhouse Gym when they came through Toronto) and did a quick couple sets of squats with 315 for HIGH reps and then went over to the bench and, after a couple quick warm-ups, did six paused reps with 455. Let me tell you, this was one of the easiest sets I have ever seen done with poundage such as this. No spot and each repetition was FAST. Dude was traveling and likely burnt ... plus a strange gym, etc.
He also did some inclines with 365 like it was the friggin' bar.
Warlord was MASSIVE. Also extremely polite and helpful (even spotted me on some flat dumbell presses).
Light weight for a massive dude like that, humongous and would make anybody look puny.
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Light weight for a massive dude like that, humongous and would make anybody look puny.
Well, as a competitive powerlifter (and a pretty good one, if I do say so), I wouldn't say 455 is ever "light" weight ... for anyone. Even a 600-pound raw presser (and there aren't many) would likely not consider that kind of resistance light. However, I know what you're talking about, sure. Warlord was beyond massive and the way he moved 455 was like watching Scott Mendelson move 365.
He did this weird thing where on each repetition ... going down, he'd raise his head off the bench, and then place it back down on the concentric.
Like I say, despite looking intimidating as ALL hell, the man was super friendly and didn't give off any hint of arrogance.
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Well, as a competitive powerlifter (and a pretty good one, if I do say so), I wouldn't say 455 is ever "light" weight ... for anyone. Even a 600-pound raw presser (and there aren't many) would likely not consider that kind of resistance light. However, I know what you're talking about, sure. Warlord was beyond massive and the way he moved 455 was like watching Scott Mendelson move 365.
He did this weird thing where on each repetition ... going down, he'd raise his head off the bench, and then place it back down on the concentric.
Like I say, despite looking intimidating as ALL hell, the man was super friendly and didn't give off any hint of arrogance.
Of course. I just meant that only a giant of a man like him could make that kind of weight look light, even thought its obviously not. Hes just that damn huge.
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Of course. I just meant that only a giant of a man like him could make that kind of weight look light, even thought its obviously not. Hes just that damn huge.
Gotcha. Sorry for my confusion. :)
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I find it both ironic and amusing that our board has the most polite & civilized posters.
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I find it both ironic and amusing that our board has the most polite & civilized posters.
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