Post by TheXtremisT on Aug 3, 2023 5:52:41 GMT -5
I was watching a Smackdown from January 2000, and Tony Chimel announced X-Pac as 222lbs. I scoffed because I couldn't see that being the case.
They used to bill some guys in a questionable way - eg Al Snow at 240lbs+, but then Ken Shamrock was only 235lbs yet much more muscular and not much shorter.
DDP was billed at 250lbs in WCW. Yet the announce team/Heenan would say he was closer to 270lbs.
And Jim Ross would always say Chyna was about 200lbs. Even Taka Michinoku was billed as 200lbs in 1997.
So there's times where their weights are embellished and other wrestlers were basically dead on. So it skews what reality is.
I've seen discussions where real heights are a couple of inches shorter for a few guys, but never seen a discussion about real weights.
Does anyone know where certain guys fall regarding their actual weights? Like I'm curious for Shawn Michaels because he was billed at 227lbs in the 90s and some have said he was actually 210lbs soaking wet.
They used to bill some guys in a questionable way - eg Al Snow at 240lbs+, but then Ken Shamrock was only 235lbs yet much more muscular and not much shorter.
DDP was billed at 250lbs in WCW. Yet the announce team/Heenan would say he was closer to 270lbs.
And Jim Ross would always say Chyna was about 200lbs. Even Taka Michinoku was billed as 200lbs in 1997.
So there's times where their weights are embellished and other wrestlers were basically dead on. So it skews what reality is.
I've seen discussions where real heights are a couple of inches shorter for a few guys, but never seen a discussion about real weights.
Does anyone know where certain guys fall regarding their actual weights? Like I'm curious for Shawn Michaels because he was billed at 227lbs in the 90s and some have said he was actually 210lbs soaking wet.
