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Sheamus O'Shaunessy Signs WWE 3 Year Deal...
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Ph3n0m wrote:Nope - but saw him on Dame Street this morning...has he lost weight, cause he is definitely smaller, in fact I would go to say he looked tiny
THought you werent a fan? Stalking wrestlers aint legal is it?
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irishhack wrote:THought you werent a fan? Stalking wrestlers aint legal is it?
Actually is more illegal for wrestlers stalking people to try and get them to become fans
Fozzy thats what I figured, never saw him in person, so to speak, so from where I was standing today, less then 10 feet from him, he looked very average built and not a lot taller then me, and I'm 6"20 -
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Ph3n0m wrote:Actually is more illegal for wrestlers stalking people to try and get them to become fans
Fozzy thats what I figured, never saw him in person, so to speak, so from where I was standing today, less then 10 feet from him, he looked very average built and not a lot taller then me, and I'm 6"2
6ft2 is not short especially since he is only 6ft6 :rolleyes: Although I do agree he doesnt look the 20 stone he is said to be.
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the flananator wrote:God that winking smiley is annoying. Its like "ooh look at me I made a funny", but the very fact you used that turd of a smiley means you didn't make a funny, because if you did you wouldn't have needed to use a smiley in the first place.
I hear-by decree that from now on anyone who uses that smiley to be branded a dick-head.
I hereby (christ,and you got offered Philosophy in college?, I hope basic english wasn't a requirement) decree that from now on, your opinion doesn't really matter on this board. You post on average once a month, usually a one-liner of no substance.
And just for you Peter....
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Fozzy wrote:Are you sure they were IWW lads? I thought Sheamus and IWW didn't exactly get on well now? Sorry if I'm mistaken
I don't know how big he is now, but I find it very hard to believe that he was ever 6ft 6 and 20 stone. I coulda sworn I was about the same height as him, and I'm not near 6ft 6! They said he was 195lbs or something like that when he was on some RTÉ show before too. But sure he's not the only wrestler to exaggerate his stats!
Ah the old wrestler exaggerates his stats bit
Let's see him go face-to-face with Paul Wight (a legit 6'11-7ft guy whom i have met 3 times with my 6'5 friend) and if he is up to Wight's eye level then i will believe he is 6'6 legit.
BTW most of the guys in IWW are overbilled by about 2-3" (i know a few personally) so i would say SOS is between 6'3 and 6'4 legit. No way on planet earth is he 280lb, my friend who is 6'5 weighs 255lb and he looks much bigger than SOS weight wise0 -
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blackbelt wrote:Dublin for Sam 2008
haven't ye guys been saying that for the last 25 years and only one win to show for it
Can't see ye winning next year either, semi-final maybe and then either cork, galway, mayo, kerry, tyrone or armagh will beat ye 0 -
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VR; Brock Lesnar got over in the WWE :eek: When did this happen
Paul Wight has lost a fair bit of weight, he is down to about 400lb legit now from what I hear. Needs to get down to his old college basketball weight of 335lb or thereabouts to be effective in the ring again though
Angle is a legend and depite his personal demons, the guy can draw. He was super-over prior to leaving the WWE last year.
jericho yes, but the guy is tiny and Vince won't push a guy that small unless he is non-white.
Hogan has many good points but he brings so much baggage....
I would throw a few more names out, maybe akebono, bob sapp, simply to increase rating rather than quality of matches??0 -
rossie1977 wrote:haven't ye guys been saying that for the last 25 years and only one win to show for it Can't see ye winning next year either, semi-final maybe and then either cork, galway, mayo, kerry, tyrone or armagh will beat ye
Dublin won in 1983 with the 12 apostles v Galways 14 and then in 1995 against Tyrone.Galway,Mayo and Armagh didn't even get to a quarter final and they don't look like they will if they keep this years performance up.What happened to ye against Sligo and Kildare Rossie?:D
Anyway,this is a pro wrestling forum,lets not get sidetracked too much.The system the GAA have for their championship could be implemented into WWE as an angle to generate more hype and interest.The current storylines are rubbish and if the WWE concentrated more on the actual wrestling in the said proposal,creative could come up with new storylines instead of the rushed ones we have now.Not that I watch anyway really but I used to be big into wrestling. WWE.com is how I keep in touch.
Last but not least,well done to SOS.Afterall this thread is about his achievements and the first true Irishman to make it to WWE is nothing to be laughed at like what I've read previous.0 -
rossie1977 wrote:VR; Brock Lesnar got over in the WWE :eek: When did this happen
Um, the entire year of 2002, he was huge as a heel, was so over by the end of the year that he had to be turned face.Paul Wight has lost a fair bit of weight, he is down to about 400lb legit now from what I hear. Needs to get down to his old college basketball weight of 335lb or thereabouts to be effective in the ring again though
He can lose all the weight he wants to, his injuries have added up and practically forced him into retirementAngle is a legend and depite his personal demons, the guy can draw. He was super-over prior to leaving the WWE last year.
I never said he wasn't a draw, and i never said he hasn't reached legendary status (although he's tearing it away month after month), but WWE will not rehire him anytime soon, especially when they released him for his own good to get himself sorted, then jumped to the competition.jericho yes, but the guy is tiny and Vince won't push a guy that small unless he is non-white.
Shawn Michaels anyone?I would throw a few more names out, maybe akebono, bob sapp, simply to increase rating rather than quality of matches??
Akebono?? After Wrestlemania 21 with your boy Big Slow? Be serious!
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validreasoning! wrote:I hereby (christ,and you got offered Philosophy in college?, I hope basic english wasn't a requirement) decree that from now on, your opinion doesn't really matter on this board. You post on average once a month, usually a one-liner of no substance.
And just for you Peter....
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VR; michaels is bigger than jericho. Jericho is 5'8 max and wore monster lifts in the WWE so as not to look like a midget. Michaels is very close to 6ft; 5'11-5'11.5 or so. i have met both btw and in real life you wouldn't take Jericho for a wrestler at all.
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rossie1977 wrote:VR; michaels is bigger than jericho. Jericho is 5'8 max and wore monster lifts in the WWE so as not to look like a midget. Michaels is very close to 6ft; 5'11-5'11.5 or so. i have met both btw and in real life you wouldn't take Jericho for a wrestler at all.
you call carlito a midget yet carlito is taller than jericho
Uh, Michaels in his first WWE run wore the lifts in the boots too, you'll notice the height difference when you see DX in 2006 and DX in 1998
Kane also wore lifts in the boots to be the same height as the Undertaker so they could get away with the comparison of being brothers. Boot lifts were the rage in the late 90s
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rossie1977 wrote:I have never heard of Michaels wearing lifts, met him on the street in New York in 2002 just before Summerslam and the night before WM22 in Westin O'hare he is a legit 5'11, he was the exact same height as me in ordinary shoes. As for Jericho the guy is really tiny. 5'8 might be pushing it. When i saw him in New York i couldn't believe how small he was, ditto Benoit, Eddie, chavo, Funaki etc
I did say he DID wear lifts, i also said that he doesn't look as tall beside Triple H now as he did in 1998. Wrestling Observer newsletter also reported it around 95 when he started wearing them. You'll also notice a height difference at Wrestlemania 12 against Bret as opposed to Survivor Series 92. The camera doesn't lie, and i sincerely doubt Shawn grew!
Benoit and Eddie were small, but a lot bigger by the time 2004 rolled around. Not in height mind you. Funaki was always small since his debut in the WWE in 98. But looked like a giant in Michinoku Pro.
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validreasoning! wrote:I did say he DID wear lifts, i also said that he doesn't look as tall beside Triple H now as he did in 1998. Wrestling Observer newsletter also reported it around 95 when he started wearing them. You'll also notice a height difference at Wrestlemania 12 against Bret as opposed to Survivor Series 92. The camera doesn't lie, and i sincerely doubt Shawn grew!
Benoit and Eddie were small, but a lot bigger by the time 2004 rolled around. Not in height mind you. Funaki was always small since his debut in the WWE in 98. But looked like a giant in Michinoku Pro.
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Well i am just saying what i saw. in person Shawn is a legit 5'11-5'11.5, jericho is no more than 5'8.
Shawn wore space type boots circa 1995, they looked fishy but personally i don't think they were any different than his normal boots because he was still 1.5" or so shorter than 6'1 Vince around that time in interviews in the middle of the ring. Shawn did have major back surgery in 1998 and he could have lost a half an inch or so because of that, i know one of my best friends has lost height due to back surgery and he is 23.
I didn't meet Michaels till 2002 so i cannot comment on whether he lost height or not. Triple H is a legit 6'2'-6'2.5 btw (or at least was, multiple injuries and surgeries will eventually take their toll), i never met trips but i have been informed by reliable people this is the case0 -
VR; whats the story with Michaels and Hart in 1992 as opposed to wrestlemania 12??
i met Bret in dublin after the WWA show in 2001 and he looked 5'11 and no more to be honest. his son Dallas whom i drank all night with in Chicago Westin o'hare during WM22 weekend is 6'5 and bret's daughter jade is hot btw ted dibiase jr was there too and everyones fav teddy hart popped in from time to time, nice guy i thought 0 -
The story is Michaels was taller in the match in 96 than he was in 92. Those space boots did have lifts in them.
If we really want to get back to the point, they can't sink any lower than giving Rey Mysterio a big push, Paul London would look like a monster by comparison
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rossie1977 wrote:just did a quick run through of both matches on dailymotion there, and they never have a proper staredown in either, bret is further from the camera in the coming together at the start of WM12 with Monsoon so its a waste of time trying to compare.
btw don't take Dave Meltzer's word as gospel, he told me that Paul Silva was 7'3.5 yet Silva doesn't look any taller next to Akebono barefoot than Paul Wight did and he doesn't look taller than Dalip Singh in a staredown either.
I'll take Meltzers word over a starstruck fan thanks very much, with all due respect. But the chances are he's met them more times than you have.
Find the segment on RAW where Piper, Bret and Piper are all standing beside each other, you'll find the comparison.
Whats with your obsession with wrestlers heights anyway?
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validreasoning! wrote:I'll take Meltzers word over a starstruck fan thanks very much, with all due respect. But the chances are he's met them more times than you have
Whats with your obsession with wrestlers heights anyway?
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starstruck fan thats a good one not a chance; when you have met as many pro-wrestlers past and present as i have, its only then that you begin to understand the world of pro-wrestling. Christ man i drank beer with Steve Austin in Hilton New York and with Mick Foley in Westin O'Hare (foley didn't drink)
you wouldn't hold Ric Flair in such high regard btw if you met him in person VR and i can assure you of that.
my interest in wrestlers true stats (height/weight) etc started at WM3 with the whole hogan/andre staredown and Gorilla claiming Andre was 7'5 :eek: when in fact he was no more than 6'10. i knew then wrestling stats were bulls**t.
I'm just saying don't believe everything meltzer's says, he is a dirt sheet writer, if he was a real journalist he would work for the Sun i like Meltzer as much as the next guy but some of the stuff he writes is complete bollox imo, but at least he is better than guys like Mike Mooneyham
i'll look for that segment with Piper, Michaels, and bret, i just hope you are not yanking my chain again though0 -
The segment did happen, it was on an episode of RAW in 1996, either late february or early march when Piper made the match a 1 hour ironman match, he tells them to shake hands now, because you'll be hating each other at Mania.
The Andre one was an obvious lie, especially at Wrestlefest 88 when the cage is meant to be 15' high, but Andre is nearly looking over it!
I hold Flair in high regard for his accomplishments inside the ring, not outside. I've met a few pro-wrestlers myself, thankfully all good experiences. Granted i don't travel halfway around the world to do so, I don't feel the need to. Flair is no angel outside the ring, i've heard that from several people. It depends on when ya catch them, it's like anyone really.
I don't take everything he says as gospel. As for him working for the sun, they couldn't pay him enough. Enough people have praised Meltzers work over the years, including your boy Mick Foley. Meltzer is often misquoted though, thats one thing i've learned over the years.
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meltzer is a tremendous asset to the world of pro-wrestling, that i have no doubt. The wrestling world would be a much worse place without him.
But sometimes he is wrong for sure, none of us are infallible no matter how hard we try.
I don't know whether shawn wore lifts circa 1995, really the only person that knows that for sure is shawn, we can assume till the cows come home. I remember circa 1995 when there were lots of people saying Paul Wight wore lifts to look 7ft (most were Andre fans btw), yet when he goes up against 6'8 akebono at WM21 he towers him by at least 4" and barefoot at that.
Having met flair in 2001, 2002, about 20 times over a four day period in March 2004, 2006 and 2007, i can tell you this for a fact HE IS NOT A NICE GUY. great wrestler in the 1980s and all but cmon you don't have to be such an a**hole in real life. Dwayne Johnson was a top star and a movie star yet he is a cool guy in person0 -
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