Why were wrestlers bigger 20-30 years ago? What happened to these type of guys, did they just disappear?

Why were wrestlers bigger 20-30 years ago? What happened to these type of guys, did they just disappear?

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Unironically micro-plastics.

user if you watch WWE you'd see 5 immobile massive shitters every week like Shanky, Omos, Azeez etc. Not any whites though

NXT only hired indy geeks so only indy geeks got to the main roster. WWE catered to smarks and killed their company. They haven't made a new star since Batista/John Cena 15 years ago.

many of them choose mma now, if mma was as big as it was in 1998 as it was in 2010 brock and angle wouldnt have ever wrestled.

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Back then big guys were the norm. Like the mid card was full of random giant dudes, who were athletic for their size. Today's "average" guys would be cruiserweight jobbers back then.

Wrestling used to attract big professional athletes, NFL players, bodybuilders, strongman competitors, bouncers, and just big tough dudes. Nowadays it only attracts vanilla midget nerds who grew up watching and thought "hey, I could be a wrestler when I grow up".

Wrestlers used to be bullys and jocks, now they're nerds who got picked on for watching wrestling after it was no longer socially acceptable

MMA heavyweights aren't even that big. They would've been considered as Light Heavyweights while at the WWE since most of them are just Shawn Michaels or Stone Cold size. That's why Brock had an easier time fitting in than Cm Punk did. Brock was naturally bigger than most of the competition while Punk was smaller.

I don't know where the fuck all the big guys have been going, but they're not in combat sports anymore. Boxers used to be huge too, to the point that Mike Tyson looked like a midget, because he was a midget fighting against titans.

>Boxers used to be huge too, to the point that Mike Tyson looked like a midget, because he was a midget fighting against titans.
Boxers are the biggest they've ever been. Since 2000 - Lennox Lewis, Klitschko Brothers, Nikolai Valuev, Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua, Deontay Wilder.
The smallest one of the bunch must be legit 6'6" or 6'7". 90s heavyweights like Holyfield would struggle with the size difference alone if he was active today, even though he had great skills.