June 9, 20205 yr comment_5919794 Just now, KawadaSmile said: Dawg I don't know the average height where you live but if I saw a dude looking like Kross in an airport in Brazil I would immediatly think he's either a skinhead or a fighter. This made me look up Kross's height. Assuming it's not a worked number, I was surprised to see it listed as 6'4. He's deceptively tall, but it doesn't come across at all on TV. And to be fair, Marko Stunt would probably stand out in Brazil.
June 9, 20205 yr Author comment_5919795 2 minutes ago, C.S. said: And to be fair, Marko Stunt would probably stand out in Brazil. C'mon bubba what the fuck I mean he IS really short so maybe
June 9, 20205 yr comment_5919796 15 minutes ago, C.S. said: This made me look up Kross's height. Assuming it's not a worked number, I was surprised to see it listed as 6'4. He's deceptively tall, but it doesn't come across at all on TV. And to be fair, Marko Stunt would probably stand out in Brazil. Out of curiosity, how tall is Scarlett though? That might be what's throwing most people off, as she seems taller than the usual woman on the NXT (or WWE roster) in general.
June 9, 20205 yr comment_5919797 53 minutes ago, SirEdger said: Out of curiosity, how tall is Scarlett though? That might be what's throwing most people off, as she seems taller than the usual woman on the NXT (or WWE roster) in general. Billed at 5,5, which is 1,65 for people using a regular, understandable scale. Which is not exactly out of the ordinary. 6.4 for Kross sounds kinda crazy to me. He never looked that tall to me, and that's working in Lucha Underground, AAA and IMPACT, lands of the smaller people.
June 9, 20205 yr Author comment_5919798 He towered over Ciampa, who's billed as being 5ft11. Kross and Sheamus are billed at 6ft4, and there doesn't seem to be a huge difference between them, based on what we see on the screen.
June 9, 20205 yr comment_5919801 13 minutes ago, KawadaSmile said: He towered over Ciampa, who's billed as being 5ft11. Kross and Sheamus are billed at 6ft4, and there doesn't seem to be a huge difference between them, based on what we see on the screen. But somehow Sheamus projects tallness. Kross doesn't.
June 9, 20205 yr comment_5919802 38 minutes ago, El-P said: Billed at 5,5, which is 1,65 for people using a regular, understandable scale. Which is not exactly out of the ordinary. 6.4 for Kross sounds kinda crazy to me. He never looked that tall to me, and that's working in Lucha Underground, AAA and IMPACT, lands of the smaller people. Really? Only 5'5'' for Scarlett? Wow, I swore she was a bit taller than that but then again, when she was with Impact Wrestling, there were not a lot of big guys and gals around that time.
June 9, 20205 yr comment_5919805 Maybe it's just me, but Kross seems smaller physically than he was before. I suppose it's either being limited to only WWE approved "supplements" or working with guys closer in size than he has before, but he just doesn't have the aura he had elsewhere.
June 9, 20205 yr Author comment_5919806 I guess KK is a bit like Mike Awesome. He was a titan in ECW, but when he jumped ship to WCW, they paired him with the one dude bigger than him and he just feels... normal. And Awesome would never really feel like he's a huge dude, even going up against others.
June 9, 20205 yr comment_5919808 I know its a real high bar, but I guess I was just expecting something more unique based on the buzz? Like, I remember hearing about guys like WALTER, Samoa Joe, CM Punk, Nakamura, even Kevin Owens and more recently Keith Lee before ever seeing their matches and then, in one match, it was like, "Holy shit. This guy is INCREDIBLE." To be clear, I'm a guy who has really only watched mainstream US wrestling his entire life, so even if these guys stole moves and spots from others, seeing them for the first time, they were so, so different than what I'd seen in the WWE or WCW in the 90s or most of the 00s. Not only did some of these guys have an aura, but they were just so fresh. I did not see anything I haven't seen before with Kross. The moves, the gimmick, the entrance - none of it seemed wholly original. Again, I probably set my expectations too high but if this is the guy that becomes the face of NXT, I'm probably gonna stick to just watching the Takeovers and ignoring the weekly shows.
June 9, 20205 yr comment_5919810 Was there really any big buzz about Killer Kross ? I mean, I have been a fan since his LU and especially his IMPACT days, but it's not like he was like the super indy darling with tons of great matches under his belt or anything. It's not like Matt Riddle or Ricochet who had that amazing rep of can't miss before showing up on NXT. 23 minutes ago, KawadaSmile said: I guess KK is a bit like Mike Awesome. He was a titan in ECW, but when he jumped ship to WCW, they paired him with the one dude bigger than him and he just feels... normal. Seems like a pretty good comparison. I actually talked about the fact he would not look quite the monster he was in LU the minute he signed with WWE. And like Mike Awesome, I don't see any main roster guy taking the high angle suplexes either, much like no one would take the crazy FMW Mike Awesome stuff in WCW.
June 10, 20205 yr comment_5919811 Never mind Kross, we need to talk about this dumb shit. That looks frighteningly close to the bump that ended Rick Rude's career. Why would anyone agree to do that? Especially Priest, who isn't exactly a spring chicken.
June 10, 20205 yr comment_5919812 There's no way Kross is 6'4, 265. That's roughly the same size as Lesnar. Lesnar's listed size seems mostly legit and he projects way bigger than Kross. I audibly yelped at that bump from Priest. Three inches in another direction, and he's probably crippled. No good, sir!
June 10, 20205 yr Author comment_5919813 Being very charitable, at least that bump led to the finish. Can't risk doing any more stupid shit after that, no.
June 10, 20205 yr comment_5919814 I would hope the plan was to have it be more of a flat back bump on the stairs, and they just underestimated where to position them. If that happened as planned, yikes.
June 10, 20205 yr comment_5919824 There's the running joke of Kross being the Marc Mero to Scarlett's Sable. But I wouldn't be surprised if that happened.
June 10, 20205 yr comment_5919827 10 hours ago, NintendoLogic said: Never mind Kross, we need to talk about this dumb shit. That looks frighteningly close to the bump that ended Rick Rude's career. Why would anyone agree to do that? Especially Priest, who isn't exactly a spring chicken. As I said earlier in this thread, that is a stupid bump to take in a nothing match on a nothing show. It's a stupid bump to take period, but if you are gonna do that kinda shit, save it for a feud that actually has some heat and do it in front of people paying to see it for fuck's sake.
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