Jim Cornette on The Fattest Wrestlers

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@MilMaska
@MilMaska 4 жыл бұрын
"Yokozuna was carrying so much weight. He was doing cardio walking to the car" - Jim Cornette
@hhhguy2004
@hhhguy2004 4 жыл бұрын
I mean he ate literal things called Turkey asses and dip them mayo !!
@TimmyTickle
@TimmyTickle 4 жыл бұрын
@asantos128 They're actually called "turkey tails"... they're a very popular, national-dish level delicacy in Samoa (a result of when US poultry producers exported excess turkey parts to Pacific Island nations in the 1950s so they wouldn't go to waste)
@danengen8833
@danengen8833 4 жыл бұрын
I thought Yoko died of a build up of liquid in his lungs and not due to his weight.
@tempestfennac9687
@tempestfennac9687 4 жыл бұрын
@@danengen8833 It was a heart attack while he was in the UK. I remember the Daily Mirror at the time claiming it was brought on by him seeing a spider in his hotel room because he was very arachnophobic but it seems more likely that it happened because of his obesity.
@williamshaw9047
@williamshaw9047 4 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of Gregg Valentino dismissing fat guys who insisted they were powerlifters: "Sure, you're a powerlifter...every time you get out of bed!"
@birdmantd
@birdmantd 4 жыл бұрын
The McGuire Twins were surprise witnesses at the Simpsons trial of Chester J. Lampwick vs. Itchy & Scratchy Studis.
@nriab23
@nriab23 3 жыл бұрын
which episode???
@gregoryknockwood9045
@gregoryknockwood9045 3 жыл бұрын
@@nriab23 the one where Bart and Lisa help that bum (Chester J Lampwick) sue Roger Meyers Jr over the rights to Itchy and Scratchy because Roger Meyers Sr stole the cartoon off of Chester. In the same episode he fights grandpa Simpson because of Chester not painting his fence.
@tonyclifton2230
@tonyclifton2230 8 ай бұрын
Yeah I think they ended up in court themselves for driving into the courtroom on their motorbikes.
@nriab23
@nriab23 3 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad Jim tells these stories, so that they don't get lost to history.
@richardpreston7333
@richardpreston7333 2 жыл бұрын
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Jim Cornette is one of the best oral historians today
@insupportofjunhado
@insupportofjunhado 4 жыл бұрын
Bruno Sammartino said no one believed Calhoun was as heavy as he was billed, so they had an official weigh in that revealed Calhoun was fourteen pounds heavier than he was billed!
@d3ath8ybac0n4
@d3ath8ybac0n4 4 жыл бұрын
The picture of the McGuire twins on bikes is iconic. After 30 years that is the only picture in the Guinness book that I remember vividly. Hell they became a shirt, a meme, etc.
@solitaryman7485
@solitaryman7485 4 жыл бұрын
That one and the guy with about 100 cigarettes in his mouth.
@d3ath8ybac0n4
@d3ath8ybac0n4 4 жыл бұрын
@@solitaryman7485 LMFAO! I forgot about that one. Cheers!
@craigusselman546
@craigusselman546 4 жыл бұрын
Very Iconic.
@samkershaw8474
@samkershaw8474 4 жыл бұрын
Even appeared in the Simpsons.
@SuperDevolution
@SuperDevolution 4 жыл бұрын
The most surprising part of the death of the McGuire Twin is that he died in a motorcycle accident and not from being 700 pounds.
@juanckjim
@juanckjim 4 жыл бұрын
You know, 700 pounds is quite a lot for a motorcycle. That change in the inertia...
@SuperDevolution
@SuperDevolution 4 жыл бұрын
@@juanckjim I can't find any details of the accident online, so it's possible his weight was a factor.
@KayFabe87
@KayFabe87 4 жыл бұрын
Either way, it will be classified as a covid-19 death.
@GameTime-yj6qv
@GameTime-yj6qv 8 ай бұрын
​@@KayFabe87😂
@FerretJohn
@FerretJohn 4 жыл бұрын
Giant Haystacks in England also should be mentioned, he was huge
@Mike-qo3dq
@Mike-qo3dq 4 жыл бұрын
True. Also had a stint in WCW as Loch Ness in the 90s. Huge man!
@FerretJohn
@FerretJohn 4 жыл бұрын
@It is What it is Big Daddy, he was another big one, though not the biggest around, in the 70s I think he was somewhere around 350 lbs., in the first half of his career in the 50s he was huge in the other way, a big powerhouse, old-school steak & potatoes type of musculature renowned for his strength. In the 70s he returned heavily overweight, couldn't wrestle his way out of a paper bag but when he entered the room everyone knew he was there
@willjohnboy
@willjohnboy 4 жыл бұрын
@@Mike-qo3dq and he didn't last long in wcw even back in the clown show that was early 90s wcw he was awful.
@thebristolbruiser
@thebristolbruiser 4 жыл бұрын
@@willjohnboy To be fair to Giant Haystacks he was 50 years old at the time and had cancer.
@drinksomewater123
@drinksomewater123 4 жыл бұрын
He was mentioned first thing
@dwade6322
@dwade6322 4 жыл бұрын
Pretty soon Chris Jericho will qualify.
@angelvega5757
@angelvega5757 4 жыл бұрын
Bruh I can't... 😂😂
@rawsko0316
@rawsko0316 4 жыл бұрын
@Brandon Linares bwahahahahahaha I'm dying. Thanks yall.
@travisheckel5576
@travisheckel5576 4 жыл бұрын
Fuuuucckkkkkkkkl...😂😂
@TheREVreynolds
@TheREVreynolds 4 жыл бұрын
I hardly ever comment and I saw this and started laughing so hard I almost cried 😭. Thanks friend
@tonyroach9415
@tonyroach9415 4 жыл бұрын
At least his new action figure is buff lookong 😆
@sabrecrusher
@sabrecrusher 4 жыл бұрын
There was Cheeks on one of the first episodes of TNA. Under 6 foot but weighed over 600 pounds. Lasted one match where he was gassed walking to the ring, won his bout which probably lasted less than a minute and was never seen again.
@petertr2000
@petertr2000 4 жыл бұрын
He was the first ever match I think - dark match before the 1st PPV started and he BROKE THE RING. TNA went on air for the very first time with all the crew frantically trying to fix the ring!
@maddogwrestlingfan
@maddogwrestlingfan 4 жыл бұрын
Benny had the weight loss surgery.... I got to know him by correspondence on the old Yahoo wrestling legends group... We were all saddened when he passed away.... He was such a nice man....
@ChrisWoollett
@ChrisWoollett 4 жыл бұрын
Mabel aka Viscera aka Big Daddy V could surprisingly do a spinning heel kick despite his 500lb weight in the 90's.
@ljaproductions07
@ljaproductions07 4 жыл бұрын
'They had to flap their arms so you could tell whether they were rolling or walking' 😁😂🤦🏾‍♂️ wow
@multivox
@multivox 4 жыл бұрын
I think they used the same pic of the McGuire Twins for several years in the Guinness Book. I recall seeing them on Phil Donahue's show in the 80s along with other so-called "freaks".
@mritchie85
@mritchie85 4 жыл бұрын
Fatty Thomas, Big Daddy, The Klondikes and Giant Haystacks all big fellows from the UK.
@gtrman69777
@gtrman69777 4 жыл бұрын
Didn't Big Daddy accidentally kill a guy in the ring when he did a splash on him?
@jacoblocklear6809
@jacoblocklear6809 4 жыл бұрын
@@gtrman69777 😲
@jonathanbohm6489
@jonathanbohm6489 3 жыл бұрын
Fatty Thomas is the TwinkleToes McFingerBang in real life
@SCBUFC
@SCBUFC 4 жыл бұрын
There was a Haystacks Calhoun reference on Raw this week to pop the younger viewers
@SuperDevolution
@SuperDevolution 4 жыл бұрын
Given the RAW demos, this is barely an exaggeration.
@hhhguy2004
@hhhguy2004 4 жыл бұрын
@SuperPikachu Jexs im 35 and know of him only cause my dad told me about him
@DeeEllEff
@DeeEllEff 4 жыл бұрын
Not to be confused with “Giant Haystacks,” who in the ‘70s was Andre’s height and 600+ lbs, but stayed mostly in the U.K.
@glennjanot8128
@glennjanot8128 4 жыл бұрын
@@DeeEllEff I remember him, he was in WCW for a bit, part of the Dungeon of Doom. 6'11 and 685 lbs.
@Pogo113
@Pogo113 4 жыл бұрын
@@DeeEllEff the only way modern sort of fans may know him is under the name Loch Ness. He was on WCW Uncensored 1996.
@tomwellman4500
@tomwellman4500 4 жыл бұрын
I saw the McGuire Brother versus Jerry Lawyer and Gorgeous George, Jr. in Evansville, IN sometime around '72 or '73....
@mikelapointe6095
@mikelapointe6095 3 жыл бұрын
The fact that happy Humphrey made it to 62 and new jack only made it to 58 is amazing to me
@jokerswank6082
@jokerswank6082 Жыл бұрын
Add to the fact that Abdullah the Butcher is still around at 82-83 years old
@Pogo113
@Pogo113 4 жыл бұрын
Yarborough was UFC 3. Faced 205 pound Keith Hackney, Keith knocked the shit out of him.
@Supervillain725
@Supervillain725 4 жыл бұрын
Which was why Yarborough retired and became an actor.
@stonecold6521
@stonecold6521 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah Jim is thinking of Teila Tuli. Another huge dude who went in to acting. Was in Get Him To The Greek amongst others.
@Gorski122
@Gorski122 3 жыл бұрын
Yarborough also was in pride & I believe went like 1& 9. Pretty much immobile
@lonesomelou4188
@lonesomelou4188 Жыл бұрын
I remember that match. I saw Yarbrough coming down the aisle and thought this guy will beat everyone. WRONG!!!! He got his butt handed to him in his first match.
@jasperdriver8546
@jasperdriver8546 4 жыл бұрын
Crusher Blackwell looked morbidly obese but was athletic as a cruiserweight. A true anomaly in wrestling
@thomasschradle6183
@thomasschradle6183 4 жыл бұрын
He did cool promos too. I remember him body splashing 2x4s to snap them in half.
@jasperdriver8546
@jasperdriver8546 4 жыл бұрын
Blackwell had it all but the AWA didn’t have secondary singles titles like the NWA or WWF at the time. But he was at his prime best when he was paired with Ken Patera and Shiek Adnan el-Kassie
@KayFabe87
@KayFabe87 4 жыл бұрын
Blackwell could throw a standing dropkick as good as anyone in the business. He was tremendously agile for his size as was Adrian Adonis.
@TheJaviferrol
@TheJaviferrol 4 жыл бұрын
Well, after over 20 years i finally know who those two motorcycle guys were when Homer went buy obese clothes
@TuMalditaMadre
@TuMalditaMadre 4 жыл бұрын
And when Lionel Hutz called all his surprise witnesses again they were there
@abelincoln5698
@abelincoln5698 4 жыл бұрын
kids in the 80s who read the Guinness book of world records , which was just about every kid, knew who those fat twins were. I believe they were the ' heaviest twins in the world' for a time, maybe they still have that record idk.
@sgtraytango
@sgtraytango 4 жыл бұрын
Also wen they appeared in plasticine form in the 80s on Michael Jackson's video for "Speed Demon".
@Timalloy6782
@Timalloy6782 4 жыл бұрын
@tapset47 heres a movie for you fatty, a fridge too far
@TuMalditaMadre
@TuMalditaMadre 4 жыл бұрын
@@Timalloy6782 I think I'll order a tab
@IanSane
@IanSane 4 жыл бұрын
I think the logical fat guy gimmick these days is more the offensive lineman kind of size. So guys like Vader. They have a noticeable amount of flab on them but are also muscular and athletic and look like they could kick your ass. Or you can go sumo like Rikishi and Earthquake where they can still work a match but can incorporate a butt drop or splash into their offense and that's a protected finisher because of their size. The day of freak show wrestlers that make the odd appearance every few years makes no sense without the territory system. WWE isn't going to hire some fat guy to appear a few times and then disappear and bring him back a few years later.
@walsh9080
@walsh9080 4 жыл бұрын
Keith Lee is a good example of a modern fat guy with the Vader physique.
@johnkolko5199
@johnkolko5199 2 жыл бұрын
I like this guy that was in ICP's JCW usually billed as Haystacks Calhoun Jr elsewhere but they called him Hornswaggling Hillbilly kzbin.info/www/bejne/enbclqKXpp58p9k kzbin.info/www/bejne/amialHl-lqiCnNU
@mritchie85
@mritchie85 4 жыл бұрын
Giant Haystacks from the UK was 6ft 11 and weighed 685lbs.
@mritchie85
@mritchie85 4 жыл бұрын
I met him in person I'm 6ft 9 and he was taller than me!
@mritchie85
@mritchie85 4 жыл бұрын
That was later in his career with age and surgery he was hunched over like Hogan today.
@johnlynn9388
@johnlynn9388 3 жыл бұрын
Earthquake and Typhoon were up there in terms of weight back in the early 90’s.
@DMForever1
@DMForever1 4 жыл бұрын
Anyone remember the episode of Space Ghost when Macho Man was Braks dad and talked about Haystacks calhoun?
@Kingofweasles
@Kingofweasles 4 жыл бұрын
Macho Man was actually Space Ghost's dad in that episode. He also name-dropped the original Gorgeous George, Chief Wahoo McDaniel, Leapin' Lanny Poffo & Wildfire Tommy Rich in a promo about how all of them "Fell to my patented Purple-Nurple, Yellow-Bellied OOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH YEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!".
@roebuckmckinney
@roebuckmckinney 4 жыл бұрын
@@Kingofweasles Exactly. Brak's dad is a tiny Argentinian man.
@crowdpleaser2k
@crowdpleaser2k 4 жыл бұрын
Sent him home to mommy with a roooollllinn DDT
@colincunningham5820
@colincunningham5820 4 жыл бұрын
Here's part of it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHmQnqp_i5ejppo
@sheriffofrockridge9095
@sheriffofrockridge9095 4 жыл бұрын
Did you know your on the tv??!!
@EmmaBonn96
@EmmaBonn96 4 жыл бұрын
And then on Raw it just so happened that Shayna Bayzler referenced Haystacks Calhoun Love to see wrestling references in my wrestling
@thekidfromiowa
@thekidfromiowa 4 жыл бұрын
Don't tell the Beaver
@chada75
@chada75 4 жыл бұрын
@@thekidfromiowa He be like "We don't talk about old wrestlers. This is sports entertainment" while he's chomping on some wood.
@andraethegiant1987
@andraethegiant1987 4 жыл бұрын
@@chada75 😂😂
@tankwfw
@tankwfw Жыл бұрын
This video got me thinking so I looked up Fred Ottman (Tugboat/Typhoon) and I honestly thought he had died years ago so I was pleasantly surprised to find out he's still alive
@Cold-Duck
@Cold-Duck 4 жыл бұрын
The artwork sells itself.
@TimmyTickle
@TimmyTickle 4 жыл бұрын
"Jim washes mah back with a raaaaaaaaag on a stiiiiiiiiiick"
@InsignificantNick
@InsignificantNick 3 жыл бұрын
According to Harley, Happy Humphrey wrestled at over 900 pounds once. Humphrey and Haystacks Calhoun coincidentally both died in 1989.
@LoganSewell83
@LoganSewell83 4 жыл бұрын
Conrad Thompson does some amazing work for his size.
@averyl6372
@averyl6372 3 жыл бұрын
" he had no weight to him he was just huge " - jim
@lmurphy0000
@lmurphy0000 4 жыл бұрын
Marko Stunt would get lost behind one of these guys' moobs.
@tammyforbes2101
@tammyforbes2101 4 жыл бұрын
Shelton Benjamin running up that ladder was the most athletically thing I ever seen a muscular guy do! It was impressive! So my vote it he was fast!
@insupportofjunhado
@insupportofjunhado 4 жыл бұрын
Shinya Hashimoto was both fast and fatty!
@belindahefner9510
@belindahefner9510 4 жыл бұрын
On wwe 24/7 legends of wrestling on episode Jim Ross talked about The McGuire Twins using the whole shower stale
@kinginthenorth1437
@kinginthenorth1437 4 жыл бұрын
Viscera had a point in his career where he was the most immobile wrestler I have ever seen. I remember their was a backstage hardcore match from around the 24-7 era where 2 wrestlers brawled towards Viscera, Viscera body slammed one of them and then they wrestled away from Viscera.
@funtimes7757
@funtimes7757 4 жыл бұрын
Giant Heystacks and big daddy in the u.k Heystacks would go on to be Lock Ness in WCW
@petertr2000
@petertr2000 4 жыл бұрын
Its a shame Haystacks was ill with cancer when his WCW run started. He couldn't work and basically came straight home.
@Djarra
@Djarra 4 жыл бұрын
Haystacks could work as well, he was also tall. In the late 60s he faced Andre and was clearly taller and larger than him. Although Andre kept growing so by their second match in the 70s he was taller than Stacks.
@funtimes7757
@funtimes7757 4 жыл бұрын
@@Djarra He was really good for a big man considering he was working with little guys like Kendo Nagasaki and a pre steroids Davey Boy Smith. He held his own really well.
@Djarra
@Djarra 4 жыл бұрын
@Metropcs Metropcs Giant Haystacks was from the UK, Haystacks Calhoon was American. Giant Haystacks worked as Luke McMaster and Loch Ness in the US/Can (Primeraly for Stu Hart and then for WCW in the mid 90s)
@gtrman69777
@gtrman69777 4 жыл бұрын
I didn't know that was him. I vaguely remember that character in WCW.
@EmperorPigeon
@EmperorPigeon 4 жыл бұрын
BIG Sal E. Graziano of the FBI in ECW was huge.
@HeartlessRandomguy
@HeartlessRandomguy 4 жыл бұрын
Haystack Calhoun wasn't just big, he was super strong in real life, and was able to move Happy Humphrey easily around the ring, despite being outweighed by 200 lbs
@jamescampbell39
@jamescampbell39 4 жыл бұрын
My parents in WV knew Haystacks Calhoun they lived in the same rooming house as the wrestlers who came into Charleston to wrestle.
@waltglow6396
@waltglow6396 4 жыл бұрын
I met Haystacks in 1969 at Collingswood N.J.he was driving a International truck, I was 18 yrs.old ,he was huge !
@easyriderrider4580
@easyriderrider4580 4 жыл бұрын
Earthquake, Typhoon, Vader, Bastion Booger, Mabel and Yokozuna are all Big Boys from the late eighties and up. :)
@flairfan4life1
@flairfan4life1 Жыл бұрын
Love Me some Jim Cornette. He is one of the only Managers I've never met. Still would LOVE to.
@danielwilson9724
@danielwilson9724 3 жыл бұрын
" bring the midgets tonight, the kids are wrestling"- Jim Cornette 😂
@PaulieD1984
@PaulieD1984 4 жыл бұрын
What about British wrestler Giant Haystacks aka loch Ness in wcw
@theradgegadgie6352
@theradgegadgie6352 4 жыл бұрын
Six foot eleven and just under seven hundred, so should've been mentioned.
@Hi-kq1vi
@Hi-kq1vi 4 жыл бұрын
@@theradgegadgie6352 He made Big Daddy Shirley look slim.
@theradgegadgie6352
@theradgegadgie6352 4 жыл бұрын
@@Hi-kq1vi I trained for just under a year, back in the last couple of years of the last century. Every old-timer I ever met told me the same thing: Shirley Crabtree, the country's top blue-eye, was the tightest old bastard ever, who wouldn't give you a cup of piss to put out your home if it was on fire; but Martin Ruane, the country's top villain, was the sweetest-natured guy who'd give you the shirt off his back.
@MrJjburgess11
@MrJjburgess11 4 жыл бұрын
What about Road Block lol
@Hi-kq1vi
@Hi-kq1vi 4 жыл бұрын
@@theradgegadgie6352 I saw Daddy live in 1984 & he exposed the business for me-from the high seat I had I could see his belly flop missed the opponents by a long way-he had been my hero until that point. My dad took me ringside after the match to meet him with the other kids-they were all jumping up & down to get his autograph etc, I just looked at him not wanting anything to do with him-my dad was more excited to meet him & Daddy looked back shocked/surprised like he knew I had seen what a fraud he was. He stunk of what smelled like perfume as well.
@jeffreyb6165
@jeffreyb6165 4 жыл бұрын
Ironically Billy McGuire was killed on his motorcycle in the late 70s. Benny lived into his 50s and died of heart failure (shocker)
@JeremiahEcks777
@JeremiahEcks777 4 жыл бұрын
Earthquake, Yoko and Rikishi are my favourite 'big guys' all who could work, and were over. Earthquake is one of my all time favourites. Great wrestler and totally underestimated. Yoko is considered by those in the business as a great worker and he was over to me. Rikishi has gotten out of vogue but in his 2000's push he was great! He had one of my favourite Cage matches with Val Venis. Perhaps the most legendary big guy was Vader but he doesn't fit the 'big guy' moniker like Yoko or Mabel. I've also got a soft spot for Giant Haystacks and Viscera. Ones I never want to see again are the Bastion Booger or Abdullah. Abdullah is... bleurgh. It's what was wrong with wrestling.
@Supervillain725
@Supervillain725 4 жыл бұрын
Abby was good at making guys bleed.
@NickIntoTech
@NickIntoTech 4 жыл бұрын
Can’t forget about my boy King Kong Bundy
@scottbreon9448
@scottbreon9448 2 жыл бұрын
Earthqauqe, Bundy, and Bigelow for me
@ThatDoesntWorkForMeBrother
@ThatDoesntWorkForMeBrother 4 жыл бұрын
What about Viscera, he was near 7ft and weigh close to 500 lbs?
@BigDuke529
@BigDuke529 4 жыл бұрын
Viscera was 6'9
@lrts1lrts181
@lrts1lrts181 Жыл бұрын
Viscera was 6'6",6'7 at most. Nowhere near 7ft.
@johnnyd6135
@johnnyd6135 4 жыл бұрын
One thing Bobby Heenan said that was so funny was in a match between Earthquake and Typhoon vs Money Inc, he argued how both Money Inc should be allowed to be in the ring at the same time with Earthquake or Typhoon because of their size to make it fair. lol
@MikeHammersmithreselling
@MikeHammersmithreselling 2 жыл бұрын
Old wrestling fan I knew saw Haystacks in 1970 up in Massachusetts and drank a few beers with him in the parking lot after the show. He asked Haystacks "How strong are you, really?" Haystacks set down his beer and casually deadlifted the front end of the car he'd been leaning against.
@lonesomelou4188
@lonesomelou4188 Жыл бұрын
I saw Haystacks wrestle Gorgeous George in Boston Garden in the early 60's.
@nickd6345
@nickd6345 4 жыл бұрын
Of course the first RI letter has a misspelling. Great job reppin the state Eric!
@kennymike7937
@kennymike7937 4 жыл бұрын
There's a version of The Mcguire Twins in Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal Video".
@UnitedDudesofAmerica
@UnitedDudesofAmerica 3 жыл бұрын
The Mighty Biggs Hagerstown Maryland HoPWF in 2000 or so. He was massive even as he crumbled under his own weight from a back injury(?). Met him once. Super nice.
@christopherwilliams7905
@christopherwilliams7905 4 жыл бұрын
I thought Jim was going to say the dog faced pony soldier 😂💀💀💀
@DK-yt4id
@DK-yt4id 4 жыл бұрын
Tenta was quite the light on his feet big guy.
@HK-xc4lp
@HK-xc4lp 4 жыл бұрын
I remember a team of huge men called Kongs. Think it was in GWF
@insupportofjunhado
@insupportofjunhado 4 жыл бұрын
The Colossal Kongs?
@drgwhatsthetruth3783
@drgwhatsthetruth3783 4 жыл бұрын
Yes. I've seen the 'Twins' live in the Portageville, MO National Guard armory.
@drharleyquinn553
@drharleyquinn553 4 жыл бұрын
haha the picture reminds me of when bart simpson had the fat fantasy and was like "I wash myself with a rag on a stick"
@zakrowe1301
@zakrowe1301 4 жыл бұрын
First to come to mind were the McGuire, wasnt Harley race their handler back when he was coming up lol
@XLordLeamingtonX
@XLordLeamingtonX 4 жыл бұрын
Harley was Happy Humphrey's handler
@zakrowe1301
@zakrowe1301 4 жыл бұрын
@@XLordLeamingtonX aaah that's right.
@nomikes4392
@nomikes4392 4 жыл бұрын
I saw Haystacks Calhoun when I was a teenager when he tagged with Abe Jacobs in Seattle. I went to the wrestler's entrance aisle to see him and remembering thinking "my height, maybe slightly taller, 400 to 450 tops". He actually had a lot of muscle underneath. He probably got fatter during his career waiting for the hot tag from Jacobs. And, maybe he kept the horseshoe on when he was weighed and it weighed 150 pounds
@HeadyOCDP
@HeadyOCDP 4 жыл бұрын
"JoJo the dog faced boy or Zippy the pinhead or whatever" Jim I'm fucking DEAD
@gjfwang
@gjfwang 2 жыл бұрын
I think guys built like offensive lineman in nfl would still work in today’s wrestling
@gridiron8870
@gridiron8870 Жыл бұрын
You still have to have the strength and Flexilbity agility spped to be a offensive linemen in the nfl,
@michellebouchard9221
@michellebouchard9221 4 жыл бұрын
Emmanuel Yarbourgh was UFC 3 . The sumo from UFC 1 was Teila Tuli Aka Taylor Wily . 😉
@williamshaw9047
@williamshaw9047 4 жыл бұрын
He was on "Oz" as well.
@ThePooler43
@ThePooler43 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah the twins on bikes in the Simpsons when Lionel huts called surprised witness 😭
@williamshaw9047
@williamshaw9047 4 жыл бұрын
There were also mannequins of them in the big and tall store Homer goes to after he gains a ton of weight so he can work from home.
@p.d.l7023
@p.d.l7023 4 жыл бұрын
McGuire twins were referenced on The Office when Michael Scott did his Klumps impression.
@ASwagPecan
@ASwagPecan 4 жыл бұрын
No mention of Conrad Thompson??
@LoganSewell83
@LoganSewell83 4 жыл бұрын
Conrad could eat the Natural Disasters for breakfast.
@rickyusa1000
@rickyusa1000 4 жыл бұрын
Back in the '40's I think there was a Man Mountain Dean but he wasn't as big as the later fat giants. I saw Haystacks Calhoun. He could work.
@deniseboldea1624
@deniseboldea1624 4 жыл бұрын
The WWE actually did attempt to bring back the country bumpkin angle in the 80's. They had a guy dressed up like haystacks called Hillbilly Jim supposedly trained by Hulk Hogan. He had a successful run for a few years, and they brought in 2 more "Family" members named Uncle Elmer and Cousin Junior. Jim and Junior could move around alright for thier size, but Elmer just lumbered around in or out of the ring. All 3 seemed to have disappeared after Wrestlemania 3.
@nathanmiller8213
@nathanmiller8213 Жыл бұрын
I want to say Jim ended up becoming some type of management for Coliseum Video (which was WWE's original video arm). No idea on what happened to Junior or Elmer though I believe Elmer died a number of years ago.
@pumpkinsdontcry
@pumpkinsdontcry 4 жыл бұрын
Weren't the twins in the Michael Jackson video for speed demon on moonwalker vhs?
@williamshaw9047
@williamshaw9047 4 жыл бұрын
Yep...I think they're part of the group chasing MJ for his autograph.
@Cobralalalala
@Cobralalalala 4 жыл бұрын
I think Jim's right in that people started seeing through it. The fitness craze of the 80s and 90s probably didn't really help things either. It became more about muscles than just size. After that, big guys had to be able to move some. Granted, there were still plenty that weren't the marvels guys like Bam Bam, Vader, Blackwell, or Gang were, but they moved enough that they could believably beat people. Even Mabel, for all of his problems in the ring, could move around. Then over time that obsession started seeing the "fat" guys getting more or less phased out all together. Every now and then someone would make it to WWE, but it's become rare. I'm not sure anyone on the roster is even approaching 400 lbs.
@nonosquad2221
@nonosquad2221 3 жыл бұрын
National television. Once you can see the best of the freak acts on television there’s no appeal in seeing a lesser act at a small show.
@Vonwra
@Vonwra Жыл бұрын
I know a year ago when Omos was being pushed he was around 400-410 but he was also 7’3 so he didn’t look fat
@derekroberts5931
@derekroberts5931 4 жыл бұрын
Eventually Jericho will literally break the walls down.
@JonLa89
@JonLa89 4 жыл бұрын
Right now the walls have stretch marks with a Front Butt.
@derekroberts5931
@derekroberts5931 4 жыл бұрын
@@JonLa89 I never thought I'd see Al Snow look more buff than Jericho. What happened to him? Even in 2010, he looked young.
@takerdust
@takerdust 4 жыл бұрын
The LionheartAttack
@arnavbhagwat4232
@arnavbhagwat4232 4 жыл бұрын
@@derekroberts5931 He looked pretty good even in 2017....probably age caught up to him....he is 50 years old....makes sense that he can't go as long as he uses to back in the hay days...
@JoseMiranda-gj4pq
@JoseMiranda-gj4pq 4 жыл бұрын
Arnav Bhagwat Jericho’s a pretty heavy drinker add the fact he’s seems to be trying to live the whole rock and roll lifestyle now a days I’m not surprised he’s let himself go as much as he has.
@MikeDest
@MikeDest 4 жыл бұрын
Cumberland Rhode Island is where that bar Tim White owned is located.
@TNLable
@TNLable 4 жыл бұрын
McGuire Twins, Haystacks Calhoun, Yokozuna, Rikishi, Kevin Owens and Nia Jax are heavier than the entire NXT roster 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@FerretJohn
@FerretJohn 4 жыл бұрын
Kevin is only 260-270, nowhere near the largest even today, Nia is big but not as big as Awesome Kong
@jarrettjordan
@jarrettjordan 4 жыл бұрын
Owens used to be bigger when he was on the indies. WWE had him get his weight under control a little better. He's chubby now, but I wouldn't put him in the category with Nia. She's a big 'un 😂.
@MrJjburgess11
@MrJjburgess11 4 жыл бұрын
Mick Foley was fatter than Kevin Owen's
@chrisyancey89
@chrisyancey89 2 жыл бұрын
First ones that come to mind are Yokozuna & Mabel/Viscera. Then King Kong Bundy & Rikishi.
@bucksatanII
@bucksatanII 4 жыл бұрын
Holy shit. I live in Cumberland RI so random
@A_real_Ha_So
@A_real_Ha_So 4 жыл бұрын
Humphries, Calhoun, McGwires .. I mean in comparison, wrestlers like Big Daddy was almost like Mike Von Erich. And if you're going to go there, Bigelow, Kamala and Crusher Blackwell were up there as well.
@Sandbagger300
@Sandbagger300 4 жыл бұрын
I met Benny McGuire when I was real young(Maybe at a carnival) he was sitting on a couch and people would come up to him and he would talk wrestling, I might have been 5 or 6 years old so I don't remember much more than that.
@josephhillman8831
@josephhillman8831 4 жыл бұрын
Remember crusher Blackwell ? From Stone Mountain Georgia he and haystack went at it on the TV on Saturday morning
@JonLa89
@JonLa89 4 жыл бұрын
Chris Jericho the Walrus god beating others with a little bit of the blubber.
@nevermindgaming6848
@nevermindgaming6848 4 жыл бұрын
Let's see your picture
@kylesheeks2822
@kylesheeks2822 4 жыл бұрын
Anybody that has never seen old Andre footage will assume he was always fat.
@brian9670
@brian9670 4 жыл бұрын
Very true. Andre was in great shape when he was young, even had a flat stomach.
@TimmyTickle
@TimmyTickle 4 жыл бұрын
@ShadowAngel Did he refuse, or was the surgery unavailable at the time?
@reptilegovernment9481
@reptilegovernment9481 4 жыл бұрын
Chicken Parma refused, he believed that he wouldn’t be able to draw anymore if he stopped growing.
@marcleon1513
@marcleon1513 4 жыл бұрын
ShadowAngel While abandoning his daughter.
@marcleon1513
@marcleon1513 4 жыл бұрын
I ain’t got no flyin’ shoes. I’m sorry you must have been under the impression I give a damn what you have to say.... I really don’t. So we can discontinue. Good day sir.
@obersveyourmind
@obersveyourmind 4 жыл бұрын
You gotta love the artwork 😂😂😂
@williamshaw9047
@williamshaw9047 4 жыл бұрын
Prob my favorite of all the cartoons I've seen here.
@AJ-oy8ed
@AJ-oy8ed 4 жыл бұрын
The NEW HAVEN COLISEUM I remember going there as a kids once a month for wrestling the best childhood memories!!!!
@BASEMENTWORKOUT-s2o
@BASEMENTWORKOUT-s2o 4 жыл бұрын
Wow Cumberland Ri. Pawtucket here awesome to here someone else in my small state listening
@user-cx9gq2ud6t
@user-cx9gq2ud6t 4 жыл бұрын
I miss the really big guys. Earthquake was one my favourites as a kid
@nkotbfreak2983
@nkotbfreak2983 4 жыл бұрын
Mid 80's wwf had Uncle Elmer who beside being fat really couldnt do anyhting
@jimwhitt
@jimwhitt 4 жыл бұрын
I’m surprised he didn’t mention him, he was a mainstay of Memphis wrestling for a very long time
@Caolan114
@Caolan114 3 жыл бұрын
Wrestling In the 70s and early 80s was so different, now we have high productions, everyone Is doing flips and they are ripped but back then It was more.. casual or fun, these were simple dark arenas and guys that were Just big, that was the attraction, come see how big this guy Is or come see this guy wrestle a bear I bet the arenas stunk with some of those guys sweating and moving
@WildBillCox13
@WildBillCox13 3 жыл бұрын
Haystacks was a staple when I was a lad in Pittsburgh.
@truthhouse8
@truthhouse8 4 жыл бұрын
Even guys like Abdullah The Butcher he was less than 300lbs when he started
@alex25255
@alex25255 4 жыл бұрын
Viscera with that singlet
@jay_1212
@jay_1212 4 жыл бұрын
AldousHuxley's Ghost he was fat but not as big as the other guys
@davidroot1996
@davidroot1996 4 жыл бұрын
The person who put him in a singlet has a reserved spot in Hell for them. lol
@travisgilmour7929
@travisgilmour7929 4 жыл бұрын
Don't forget Kamala, the Ugandan Vice President
@HyperActive7
@HyperActive7 4 жыл бұрын
the Mcguire Twins are in the Guinness Book Of World Records for being the world's fattest twins. And let's be really honest about Yokozuna.. He could move and do a few things, but if you watch his matches after he put on over 100 pounds plus.. He really couldn't do much other than the splash, belly to belly, and leg drop because once he hit the mat, he couldn't even kick out because his legs were too heavy.
@kevinvanduser7945
@kevinvanduser7945 5 ай бұрын
If I'm not mistaken, shouldn't it be 902 for happy Humphrey? There are reportedly multiple matches where he weighed in over 800 but only 1 where he eclipsed 900
@michaelsingletary4526
@michaelsingletary4526 4 жыл бұрын
Mable in the 90s WWF..One Man Gang. Big Boss Man
@daveconleyportfolio5192
@daveconleyportfolio5192 4 жыл бұрын
Chris Taylor. Didn't live long, but arguably the most skilled of the superheavyweights.
@abnuridd24
@abnuridd24 4 жыл бұрын
I remember a few years back I watched a youtube video titled "The 10 heaviest Wrestlers of all time" or something like that. Long story short Big Show was ranked like 9th or 10th, it blew my mind to discover these gigantic wrestlers
@jayrule13
@jayrule13 3 жыл бұрын
Remember Sal E. Graziano from the ECW FBI....he was big as hell!
@sgrshnshw
@sgrshnshw 4 жыл бұрын
i wonder who Scott Steiner would say
@chadrh58
@chadrh58 4 жыл бұрын
HAILING FROM DUNKIN DONUTS
@MrJjburgess11
@MrJjburgess11 4 жыл бұрын
@@chadrh58 😂😂
@mapleleafhitman1796
@mapleleafhitman1796 4 жыл бұрын
Chad Hassey “FROM THE GREAT STATE OF OBESITY “
@toddwilliams8128
@toddwilliams8128 4 жыл бұрын
I wonder what his educated mathematical analysis of their weight would be
@chadrh58
@chadrh58 4 жыл бұрын
@@toddwilliams8128 all i know is the numbers dont lie and they spell disaster for Kurt Angle and Samoa Joe at sacrifice 👊
@minimaltrace
@minimaltrace 2 жыл бұрын
Tugboat and Earthquake in the 80's/90's both were pretty huge guys on both axis and could move pretty well, unless my memory is completely shot to hell ...
@gabepollock1641
@gabepollock1641 Жыл бұрын
I remember Earthquake being more agile than Tugboat. Not that Fred Ottman wasn’t good for his size, but John Tenta had sumo training and he could move damn well.
@0therun1t21
@0therun1t21 3 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of the couple of "wimmin" (their term) I lived next door to. They had to weigh at 300 lbs a piece and they doubled on a tiny motorcycle, it was so small and they covered up so much of I couldn't even tell what kind of bike they rode, I'd love to know because it must have had a hell of a motor. It was quite a sight! (...No way it was a Harley, probably a Triumph style Honda).
@zmbdog
@zmbdog 3 жыл бұрын
I didn't know the motorcycle guys were wrestlers.
@alainmallette2265
@alainmallette2265 4 жыл бұрын
Great Antonio from Montreal.
@schizotronic
@schizotronic 4 жыл бұрын
Maybe not on the same scale (pun intended) as the names mentioned here, but I always think of The Natural Disasters (Earthquake and Typhoon/Tugboat) when I think of "big guy" wrestlers.
@rogertemple7193
@rogertemple7193 3 жыл бұрын
"I remember in ICWback in the 80's there was a wrestler called Curly Moe,and in the WCCW & Memphis there was a wrestler I believe his name was Collin Horsack aka the Texas Battleship."-🤔🖥🌐🌏🌎🌍🌐..
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