10 Biggest Meatiest Men In WWE History ?

8. Rusev

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When the "Rusev Day" movement was at its height, Vince McMahon had become so tone deaf as a promoter that he told the meaty 'Bulgarian Brute' himself that it was simply a case of the WWE fans mocking the meaty man-mountain.

Like anybody would even dare?!

There's a good reason he was one half of the match that generated the "MEAT!" chants at All Out 2023, and over the course of a tumultuous ten year tenure in the WWE system, he convinced everybody but his boss that he was the perfect candidate to be all the ex-CEO had always wanted. As time's arrow continues to march forward, there'll no doubt be a laundry list of wrestlers that were done wrong by the creative blade McMahon had long let go dull, but Rusev remains one of the most egregious.

Sensational as a throwback heel, he was so good in the role that the post-kayfabe audience couldn't wait to take to him as a hero. When they got the chance, they made it count, even if the company never really did.

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