What is the ideal size for a wrestler?
By Daniel Kim
I say wrestling needs a good variety of sizes. There needs to be the smaller, quicker wresters to help bring in some of those amazing in-ring spots. Then you need your big powerful monsters like Big Show, Henry, Kane, Taker as they just attract a lot of attention and make people look good beating them. I think the average majority of wrestlers needs to be in the 240-275lb range. It just makes it more of a spectacle. Wrestling, until recently, has always been full of huge guys that people would look at in awe and think,"There is no way I can fight that guy." When talking to someone that doesn't watch wrestling, they picture huge powerful guys when you mention the term "pro wrestler". Looking back, just average guys like Bob Holly, Al Snow, Billy Gunn were all huge compared to much of the current roster. Guys like The Rock who was pretty much average sized by comparison to many of the guys on the roster during his time was 275lbs. That's bigger than Sheamus, Cesaro, Barrett, Cena and much of the other bigger guys today.
The other thing is, if you are going to have an abundance of smaller guys and they will be mixing it up with the bigger guys, then make it look believable-ish. Like a power struggle between Ziggler and Cena is ridiculous(btw I think Ziggler is currently best on the roster). Feuds with Mysterio vs Batista, Kane, or Taker are pretty ridiculous. Yes the guy is quick, I get that, but nothing he does in the ring would actually affect any of those 300lb guys. If a match like that takes place, then the small guy's in ring style needs to change for that match. I think that is what made HBK such a great performer. Against bigger guys like Taker and such, he would sell their power a lot better and adjust his ring work around them. And btw even HBK, Jericho, and Bret Hart are all bigger than the smaller guys of today like Punk, Ziggler, current Y2J, and most mid carders. Smaller guys used to be my favorite much of the time, but I liked them acing each other. Ziggler vs Punk is a great match up IMO.
