Thread: Who's the best big man?
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Old 03-27-2015, 06:19 PM   #27
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Originally Posted by hb2k View Post
Did a fun podcast on this topic ages ago, and my pick was Andre. If you have an idea in your head of Andre as the immobile big lug he was in his late WWF run, search for "Monster Rousimoff Vs. Strong Kobayashi" on YouTube, it's a much better representation of his early work. Seeing Andre tombstoning fuckers in 1972 is really something, not to mention he is the best drawing big man ever.

I'll listen to the Vader argument in terms of a better body of work in the ring though. I'll also listen to the Brock Lesnar argument (especially if his next three years continues on track) in terms of a freak athlete who plays his role perfectly and is just incredible in the role of big man.

I blow hot and cold on Taker depending on the day, which I probably shouldn't if I thought he was the best big man.

Yoko, Kane and Sid don't belong in this discussion at all.
Andre was really agile in his youth, but I just haven't been exposed beyond what WWE has shown and the angles and matches I have seen from youtube in the early 80's and 70's. He was pretty fucking awesome, but even his working punch just doesn't compare one bit to The Undertaker, or Vader.
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