10 Secrets You Only Learn Attending WWE House Shows

10. Wrestlers Are Massive

It got a little over-bearing in the mid-2000s when, having buried his character about a hundred times, WWE starting pushing the size of The Big Show's giant hands as a reason to buy tickets to a show.

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Poor Michael Cole or Joey Styles or whichever poor c*nt was on the wrong end of Vince McMahon's producer's mic would have to shoehorn frying pans, typewriters and all sorts of cooked meats into conversation to get across how big they were every time he threw a punch or chop.

On his recent Network docuseries, The Undertaker noted how gutted he felt about sending the Super ShowDown 2019 crowd home with such a stinker after his mini-disaster with Bill Goldberg. This tends not to happen after the house shows with at least one big bruiser on the card, and has informed the company's 'Land Of The Giants' philosophy for over three decades.

McMahon's policy on the live shows mirrors how he wants people to respond to his Superstars in airports. If you're walking out saying "The Big Show is f*cking huge though, isn't he?!" without even mentioning the match, it's job done.

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