Thread: How long has Vince had his Big Man fetish?
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Old 03-28-2005, 12:44 AM   #22
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Originally Posted by PureHatred
Not that I'm against old-school wrestling, but half the roster in the 80's were just big guys with a little wrestling skill and a costume/gimmick. Hillbilly Jim, Big John Studd, Nikolai Volkoff, Hercules Hernandez, the Power of Pain, Demolition, Ulitmate Warrior....so yeah it was probably something he was raied with. In his mind, wrestlers should inherently be "big men."

Which raises two questions: since he was so willing to take risks as far as storylines and the direction of his company, why is he such a traditionalist when it comes to that? And also, snce Shane is such a 'spotfest' as a wrestler, when Vince retires is there any hope that Shane will be more willing to look at a differetn type of perfromer to carry his company?
That's the thing. Wrestling was very much about the big man. The hoss. The muscles. Impressive looking. But wrestling has so clearly evolved, and Vince was one of the forces in that evolution, so it makes you wonder why he would return to aspects of the past when he should be looking at how changes affected the business.

Hell, he can take risks by creating the XFL and WWE films, but the minute you suggest checking out this Mordecia guy's skills before he wrestles at a PPV? You're talking crazy now.

What's up with that?
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