Seriously, I remember how much Kevin Nash’s “vanilla midgets” comment triggered the internet wrestling community because it shit on the small, technically gifted guys who the Internet forums desperately wanted to get a push (but never would). That was in the late ‘90s, after Sid’s heyday. Being a big guy wasn’t a career hindrance back then - if anything it was a shortcut to stardom.
Anyway, I can’t think of Sid without immediately thinking about how hard he continued to sell the Shockmaster bit, even after it had gone to shit and the other guys on camera were openly shitting on it (Flair muttering “oh god” and Davey Boy saying “He fell on his fookin’ arse” on a hot mic.) All-time classic moment
Being a big guy wasn’t a career hindrance back then - if anything it was a shortcut to stardom.
Sid was legit a terrible wrestler, and I say this as a Sid fan. But he was huge and had this charisma and you were legit afraid of him because he was big and crazy.
Also look at Giant Gonzales, Great Khali, Haystacks Calhoun, Uncle Elmer, Mabel/Viscera, etc...all really shitty wrestlers but had major matches- Mabel was King of the Ring & Khali was even world champion. No average sized person with the same in-ring ability would make it on the worst indie show.
Seriously, I remember how much Kevin Nash’s “vanilla midgets” comment triggered the internet wrestling community because it shit on the small, technically gifted guys who the Internet forums desperately wanted to get a push (but never would). That was in the late ‘90s, after Sid’s heyday. Being a big guy wasn’t a career hindrance back then - if anything it was a shortcut to stardom.
Anyway, I can’t think of Sid without immediately thinking about how hard he continued to sell the Shockmaster bit, even after it had gone to shit and the other guys on camera were openly shitting on it (Flair muttering “oh god” and Davey Boy saying “He fell on his fookin’ arse” on a hot mic.) All-time classic moment
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Fahljd_0xjA
Sid was legit a terrible wrestler, and I say this as a Sid fan. But he was huge and had this charisma and you were legit afraid of him because he was big and crazy.
Also look at Giant Gonzales, Great Khali, Haystacks Calhoun, Uncle Elmer, Mabel/Viscera, etc...all really shitty wrestlers but had major matches- Mabel was King of the Ring & Khali was even world champion. No average sized person with the same in-ring ability would make it on the worst indie show.