10 Biggest Meatiest Men In WWE History ?
BIG MEN! WITH BIG CHESTS! AND BIG MUSCLES! BUMPIN' MEAT! BIG MEATY MEN SLAPPIN' MEAT!
Of all the critically acclaimed matches on AEW's All Out 2023 pay-per-view, it wasn't Ricky Starks' instant classic strap match with Bryan Danielson, Kenny Omega's pulsating but heartbreaking loss to Konosuke Takeshita or even Jon Moxley's absorbing and attritional International Championship victory over Orange Cassidy that placed a jacked crowd in a permanent state of musical euphoria.
That fell to Miro Vs Powerhouse Hobbs, a battle of behemoths that escalated with such pace and force that the audience couldn't help but lose their heads at the sight of it. Breaking into "Slap That Meat" songs as the two brawled onto the floor, the thousands in attendance grew so fond of it that they used "Meat" to punctuate the stiffest of the shots, adding yet more character and seasoning to a brilliant and bruising bout that had already provided maximum flavour.
There was a feeling that a genre was being reborn in front of our very eyes, and not before time too. Some of the best-ever matches have featured one or more of these magical specimens, and if wrestling really can be just about any version of itself in the present day, the following beasts and others like them should be toasted as industry marvels.
And where else to start than with...?
10. Big E
Where better to start this glorious collection than with the man who popularised the very expression thanks to his side-splitting fantasy booking of a dream match with Bill Goldberg.
Expanding on his answer during an edition of New Day's "Feel The Power" podcast, E hilariously proclaimed;
"Y'all want a great match? Nah! Bump that! I want to see two big men...with big chests, and big muscles, bumpin' meat. That's why I'm here. That's why I watched wrestling as a kid. You want your 5-star matches? You want your 30 minute classics? Not me! Big meaty men slapping meat!"
Not only did it give life to the "meaty men" label for a genre of big lads smashing into each other, but it brought back to the foreground the idea of wrestling at its most preposterous and fun. Thanks to Vince McMahon overdoing the giant trope like he did everything else, the mood around monsters was scarred for years. As a stacked and jacked wrestler who embraced his awesomeness, Big E brought the magic back.