Comments on: Column: Best and Worst Wrestling Bodies

By: Jayson Morris

Jayson Morris — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:31:26 +0000

You just can’t leave off Steven Lewington aka DJ Gabriel. The dude’s got size and definition.
Natalya’s bod is beautiful and helps break up the monotony of the Divas.

By: Scarlett Harris

Scarlett Harris — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:02:00 +0000

Armoured Gideon: R-Truth is a good one. Sorry I left him out; his lack of storyline at the moment kind of made me forget about him. But he has a really great body. Not too big but very defined. From a female’s point of view, Batista just doesn’t have an attractive body. He’s too big, his muscles look Scott Steiner-like – like he’s got tennis balls under there – and I’m not a fan of the visible, chunky veins. The Big Show almost made the list, but I thought it was a bit of a cheap shot as he’s really toned up since he left the company a few years ago. And he’s such a big guy in general that it would be almost impossible to get any kind of muscle definition.
Tharock01 & Keelan: Dolph does have a good body, it’s just hard to focus on it with his ridiculous hair! I’m glad to see Nick Nemeth/Nicky from Spirit Squad/Dolph back on TV. On a side note, my grandma’s friend’s wife is Nick’s cousin!

By: Keelan Balderson

Keelan Balderson — Sat, 30 May 2009 18:53:39 +0000

Yeah I agree, Dolph is in great shape.

By: Tharock01

Tharock01 — Sat, 30 May 2009 18:35:47 +0000

Sonofagun on HHH having a good body, true he probaly does his pecs are huge but too hugge like somebody said before its like his ecs r connected to his legs, hes a bit chubby, i think dolph ziggler actauly has a good body and worst, has anoyone said the obious Big daddy V, and them tatoos just awful!

By: armoured gideon

armoured gideon — Sat, 30 May 2009 06:24:28 +0000

1. jo mo for sure
2. randy orton
3. what about r-truth the guy is ripped and athletic.
4. batista has to have one of the best bodies.do you have any idea of the amount of work required to get that large and defined?
5. shelton benjamin – more like a sculpture.

worst:(current)
1. festus
2. big show
3. chavo
4. miz – just flabby – though i agree most likely a heavy lifter
5. finlay – he’s old so it’s a cheap shot but i’ll bet the guy lifts way heavy.

as for the divas, well none of them are bad, are they?

By: Scarlett Harris

Scarlett Harris — Sat, 30 May 2009 05:42:10 +0000

AIC: Where do I begin?!
This is not a “best wrestlers” list. As Keelan’s caption states, this is a “lighthearted” take on the best and worst bodies in the WWE. Obviously someone like Mick Foley doesn’t have a great body, but he is a great wrestler.
Your comment also makes me question whether you even read the whole article, as you would see I feature Jeff Hardy under the BEST bodies, not the worst. Having a good body is not conducive to being a good wrestler, and vice versa.
I do like your suggestions for another list though, and it makes me want to create them just to spite you.
What has professional wrestling come to, you ask? Just take a look at WWE, the most famous and successful company in sports entertainment history: it’s a spectacle. And that means characterisation, costuming and make-up, lighting and sound effects, merchandise, promos and everything else that goes along with it.
If you’ve read any of my other columns (doubtful), you would notice that my most recent were part of a five week series on my favourite matches, for which I watched the matches over and over, giving a blow-by-blow account of the moves and why they’re great matches. For more a more hard-hitting, journalistic style column, you can read my account of the Chris Benoit murder-suicide. And God only knows what you’ll have to say about that!
Your ignorance to what professional wrestling is actually like today is what makes the general public and non-wrestling fans give us shit for believing that wrestling is “real” and not “fake”.
I was highly offended by your “prom” remark, too. First of all, I’m Australian and we don’t even have prom. Secondly, just because I’m a female you think all I care about is how a person looks. It seems like you’re so hung up on hot judging someone by their looks (which, let’s face it, in this society it is a pretty big factor) that you mustn’t be very attractive yourself.
Personally, I would much rather spend time with a “great mind” of the wrestling business, like a Mick Foley or a Chris Jericho (both of whom have written some of the best books I’ve ever read), than a “great body” like a Randy Orton or a young Shawn Michaels any day.
But anyway, I’m succumbing to your unneccessary seriousness, when all this was supposed to be was a, again, “lighthearted” list of the best and worst WWE bodies. But you took all the fun out of that. Honestly I just wanted to post a quick and fun column in between more substantial pieces while I transitioned into my new job at the Melbourne Museum. Now who are you calling dumb and materialistic?
And finally, if you want to “genuinely discourse” on professional wrestling, why are you reading a gossip/backstage news site anyway?

By: sonofagun

sonofagun — Thu, 28 May 2009 01:31:42 +0000

Oh and Beth Phoenix has by far the best body of the “Divas”

By: sonofagun

sonofagun — Thu, 28 May 2009 01:29:17 +0000

If Batista wouldn’t be so “huge”, WWE would have never let him become one of the top guns. Also, Triple H has to be in the top 5; no one else in WWE has pecs like his.

By: Ken Forrest

Ken Forrest — Thu, 28 May 2009 01:26:04 +0000

To AIC

Lighten up Francis

By: AIC

AIC — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:34:34 +0000

I just noticed something.

Dusty Rhodes was 100 TIMES the performer ANYONE mentioned on the “Best Bodies” list is/was/ever will be. If you doubt it, do the research and watch the tapes. (And, yes, I mean prior to polka dots. Aw, screw it. Even AFTER the polka dots.)

What does that mean?

I dunno…

Maybe – I know I’m going out on a limb here – it means that whether or not a wrestler has a “good body” is ABSOLUTELY meaningless? (Ever hear of a guy named Mick Foley? Wahoo McDaniel? Jack Brisco? Vader? Barry Windham? Jeff Hardy?)

What’s next?

Best personality? Coolest hair? Sexiest eyes? Most fashionable manicure? Best buns? Raddest pedicure? Dreamiest gimmick? Bichin’est wardrobe? Most color-coorinated ring gear?

Harley Race is spinning in his grave and the guy isn’t even f’ing dead yet.

Is this what professional wrestling has come to?

This is the most ridiculous,irrelevant column I have EVER read. I apologize for the disrespect Scarlett, but…come on. Put in some time and TRY to understand the traditions and significance of this pseudo-sport we all love so much.

When it becomes a big cirle jerk of “Who has the best abs?” … well, it dies. Believe it or not, the best minds in the history of the business were intellectuals of a sort. If you doubt it, download a Gary Hart shoot interview.

Again, I apologize for any seeming disrespect Scarlett. I genuinely think your heart is in the right place, but you need to spend a little more time studying up on the business. Columns like this are what takes something so unique and special like professional wrestling and turns it into another masturbatory exercise in mediocrity like everything else in popular culture.

Don’t just go with the McMahon flow. Watch some old Florida, AWA, Calgary, WCCW, or NWA (Mid-Atlantic, Georgia, etc.) and get some perspective. Greatness is measured in factors far more relevant than bodies. Take a look at a list of the consensus greats of this business and ask yourself how many of them you would have gone to the prom with.

Terry Funk? Dory Funk Jr.? Nick Bockwinkel? Terry Gordy?

Please don’t turn genuine discourse of this business into America’s Top Model. If you want to be a serious commentator/critic, become a student.