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Gets Hardcore in the gym
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Who is the "largest" wrestler that could flip and fly?
I was watching some older matches from Japan featuring Vader, the Undertakers (not the one from the WWE) and Land of Giants (Two near 7 footers) and I was just curious who are some of the larger and taller wrestlers who could get up to the top rope and could do moonsaults, senton bombs, etc. Most perople know of Bam Bam Bigelow (6ft 3 400lbs) and Vader (6ft 5 450lbs) being able to moonsault or Sean O'Haire is I think the tallest I've found at 6ft 6 that could fly, but has there been any bigger than that? I've heard that One Man Gang could do some aerial manuvers durring his prime but I've never seen them.
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Doin' It Right
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Doin' It Right
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Former TPWW Royalty
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I think Mable/King Mable/Viscera/Big Daddy V could do flips and top rope moves but not as much while in the WWF/WWE since Vince likes his big men to be more about power and mat-based wrestling.
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Skibbidy Lock Jaw
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Didn't The Big Show use a moonsault when he was in WCW?
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I heard Umaga was pulling off Lionsault's in Japan.
Adrian Adonis could also really fly as well. |
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Soundly Defeated Wadding
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Mike Awesome.
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He's Here
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Franchise of TPWW
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I've never actually seen it, but i know there was the story abou thow when show first started on a saturday night show when he was closer to 300/350 he did a moonsault and bisch absolutely laid into him about leaving the ground. Told him never to do it again. I've heard it several places.
That being said, even if it is true, Brock Lesnar and Bam Bam were the most athletic true Big Men ever. |
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TPWW's #3 Peep
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Big Show doing a Moonsault now would be the greatest thing ever.
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Hugh Morrus
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He's Here
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What?
Is that supposed to be funny? |
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No, is that?
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Over Like Rover
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What we have here is failure to communicate
(And I think the line was 'Is that supposed to be...humourous?') |
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He's Here
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Said "funny" first.
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John Kronus was a pretty big guy to be doing springboard moonsaults and 450 Splashes on a regular basis.
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when Umaga was still in his Jamal gimmick, i remember him doing the getting clotheslined backflip thing, or maybe it was Rosie? either way, pretty impressive.
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He's Here
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Rikishi sold a clothesline like that from Chyna.
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Tongue my Fartbox
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According to Paul Wight he never done a moonsault outside of the powerplant and even then it was DDP that talked him into trying it and he only ever did it once. That was when he was just starting out training and was considerably thinner than he is now.
Was in an interview on byte this a while back. Last edited by Gerard; 02-09-2010 at 09:08 PM. |
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He's Here
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I swear to God I've seen the footage. It's shot from the floor near the turnbuckle.
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Tongue my Fartbox
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Id link the byte this episode but wwe has fucked the links for it and the vid no longer plays. ![]() Just found an interview where he mentions it Quote:
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That's Not My Name
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You can't teach that
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b/c 5 is better than 4
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The largest I have seen is Bam Bam. I remember watching it live and thinking that the man was a fucking maniac.
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That's Not My Name
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What about The Headhunters? They were bigger than Bam Bam and they both did moonsaults.
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That's Not My Name
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Headhunters vs Miguel Pérez, Jr. and Crash the Terminator Uploaded by Maffewgregg. - Check out more sports and extreme sports videos. See the 11:30 mark Hugh Morrus' moonsault just precedes it too by about 30 seconds. |
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I'm Mr. White Christmas
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Lance Hoyt flips around occasionally
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