Wrestling Height Logic

[Peter Kaymakcian]

By WWE standards I might get to 6'0". I am actually 5'8".

[Tommy Thunder]

Ummm, WWE have always exaggerated height and weight.
Big Show used to be billed at 500lbs right? He's now billed at 441lbs. The Great Khali used to be billed at 442lbs, he's now billed at 347lbs. Why? Because WWE decided to bill people at their actual weight.
They still exaggerate the height though.

Another example that I can think of that doesn't make sense is Mason Ryan and Ryback. Ryan is billed at 6"5 and 285lbs. Yet Ryback is billed as weighing more despite being shorter. They're definitely about the same build, and I'd say Ryan weighs more because he's taller. (Ryan is about 6"5/6"6 for real though. I'm 6"0 exactly and he towered over me when I stood next to him)

[SaberToothTigerz]

see picture


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Jericho - Billed Height: 6ft0
Sheamus - Billed Height: 6ft4
Ryback - Billed Height: 6ft3

1. How does this make any sense!?
2. I was doing some reading around about height in wrestling and how small is too small (since Vince likes big guys) and i found that billed heights, like billed weights are larger than in actuality. One person even said that in meeting and getting a photo with Jericho, they reckoned he couldn't be taller than 5'9".

here's Jericho with Mysterio, who's BILLED at 5ft6, which makes you wonder if the WWE would falsify his actual height, despite him being accepted as a little guy

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I don't actually know where this is going or what I'm asking from members in this post, i guess this is just a 5ft9 guy still holding on to his hopes of being a WWE superstar if stars align, seeing if he could magically pass for a 6 footer due to WWE logic.

*sigh*

yes wwe is notorious for faking weights and heights, its all for business and show.
being a bit taller than what you really are, makes u look more credible as a champion etc.

by the way..you do say the word "actually" quite often... e.e

[The Piper]

Crash Holly...but for real this time

[Dennis]

Maybe some of these guys were measured with and without their shoes. I'm just at 6 foot... but when I put on my shoes I almost 6' 2" tall... It could be the case of just being measured with and without shoes.

[AWrestlingGod]

Crash Holly...but for real this time

Wasn't he 400 pounds?

[Tommy Thunder]

Wasn't he 400 pounds?

[body slam]

Billed height and weight have been kayfabed in wrestling for a very very very long time. Its all about being larger than life.

[Lowki]

Come on.. they bill people like mysterio at 190. he's probably a lot lighter than that.

[SHW]

punk : 5'11-6 max
ambrose : solid 6'4
cesaro : 6'3
hhh : 6'2-6'3
ohno : 6'5
steamboat jr : 5'9
del rio - 6'5
hogan : 6'7

(I'm 6'2) and the above are the ones i was most surprised about when i met...HHH was the biggest shock, thought he was 6'4-6'5

del rio seemed HUGE in person, so is Hogan even at 60...