Tuesday, 28 October 2014

The Tallest Wrestlers Ever

*source: http://listsmania.com
Eli Cottonwood is one of the rising stars in wrestling world whose real name is Kipp Christianson . You might have not seen or heard about him much because he is not on the screen much till now. Eli Cottonwood was the contender WWE NXT program in which he was eliminated in the 8th week of his trial among the rest of WWE NXT members. Eli Cottonwood has been in the professional wrestling from last 3 years but till now he has not gained that recognition level which the other wrestling giants have achieved. The height of Kipp Christianson is exact 7 with the body weight of 138 kg (304 lb).

Big Show

Big Show is one of the most popular wrestling giant of the current era with many titles and achievements in wrestling industry. The real name of Big Show is Paul Randall Wight, Jr but almost 99 % of his fans or viewers just know him by his ring name which is the Big Show. Big Show started his professional wrestling career in 1995 and just like many other giants, the huge height and physique structure of Big Show became one of the major sources of his popularity. In his career till now Big Show has made many brutal fights including the blood bash fights as well and most of the times have shown remarkable strength performances in many different ways. One of the most popular strength scenes of Big Show was when he lifted and rolled over a 4200 pound car just with bare hands. The height of Big Show is exact 7 feet and the weight is 220 kg (485 lb).

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Andre The Giant

One or the most memorable giant in wrestling world was Andre The Giant. A man who deserves to be called a giant with frightening looks and face expressions, A giant who is first impression in the ring gives the feeling to his opponent that he is going smash me out today. Thats right, Andre The Giant a French professional wrestler had all these qualities but on the other hand out of the ring he was a good friend and a nice natured person and the one people would love to be around because of his friendly nature. At one stage in wrestling world Andre The Giant was one of the biggest attraction in his time because people have not seen such a massive giant in the ring before and they loved him. Most of the wrestling fans still remember each and every glimpse of his last match with Hulk Hogan. Andre The Giant was exact 7 feet according to many documentaries made on him. Lots of wrong information in available on internet about Andre The Giant in which most of them have stated him even as 7 feet 5 inches as well but the exact height of Andre The Giant was exact 7 feet with the weight of 230 kg (507 lb). Andre The Giant was one of the most recognizable sports celebrity of the 20th century along with the professional boxer Muhammad Ali. Source: http://listsmania.com

 Giant Silva
Giant Silva was one of the most known brutal wrestlers ever who would not hesitate to break the bones and crush out its opponent for a win. One major thing which made him wrestle so much brutally was the attitude and respect by his opponents in matches which not only emotionally hurt him but also made him a kind of monstrous personality. The huge Brazilian Giants real name was Paulo Cesar Da Silva who was a national Basket ball team player of Brazil and a mixed martial artist before jumping in to wrestling world. Currently apart from being in the list of top 10 tallest wrestlers of the world, Giant Silva holds the record of being the tallest professional kick boxer as well. The exact height of Giant Silva is 7 feet and 2 inches with the body weight of 175 kg (385lb).
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Kurt Zehe
 
 
Wrestling has never been the same from centuries and so do the wrestlers. Most of the people are not even aware of Kurt Zehe but as we are talking about the tallest wrestlers ever so his name comes on the list. Kurt Zehe was a German Heavy weight wrestler born in January 1913 and was brought to UK by a promoter to fight with the known and popular boxer of that time named Jack Doyale in 1952. As his career didnt pulled up his name very well even as being a German heavy weight champion than Kurt Zehe changed his professional line and started working in to movies for gigantic scary roles. The exact height of this enormous giant was 7 feet and 2 inches with the body weight of 181 kg (399 lb).
Source: http://listsmania.com





The Great Khali

The real name of Indian giant The Great Khali is Dalip Singh Rana who started his professional wrestling career in 2000 at All Pro Wrestling in United States. After a long up and down wrestling tours of the world The Great Khali finally came to WWE which was the biggest dream of his life to face the most popular wrestling stars of the world in the ring. There r some misconceptions about the height of The Great Khali but his real height 7 feet 3 inches and the weight of this giant is 210 kg (463 lb). Apart from being just a professional wrestler The Great Khali is now taking interest in movies as an actor also and has made some appearances in Bollywood movies. In the current era The Great Khali is one of the major assets of WWE and no doubt the strength of this gigantic person makes him stand out of the crowd even in professional wrestlers. In 2007 The Great Khali became the world heavyweight champion of WWE and despite of being the world heavy weight champion The Great Khali has won many other championships and titles as well in WWE. Source: http://listsmania.com

 





    

 


The candidates for the FIFA Ballon d'Or and for the FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men’s Football awards have been unveiled. The final decisions will be made by the captains and head coaches of the men's national teams as well as by international media representatives selected by France Football.
The winners of all of the awards will be revealed as part of a televised show at the Zurich Kongresshaus on 12 January 2015, during which the FIFA FIFPro World XI, the FIFA Puskás Award –for the most beautiful goal of the year– , the FIFA Presidential Award and the FIFA Fair Play Award will also be presented.
The list of 23 male candidates has been drawn up by football experts from the FIFA Football Committee and by a group of experts from France Football. The list of ten coaches has been drawn up by the Committee for Women's Football and FIFA Women's World Cup and by the FIFA Football Committee, as well as by a group of experts from France Football.
On 1 December, FIFA and France Football will announce in a live show the names of the three women and three men, as well as the three coaches for women’s football and three coaches for men's football, who have received the most votes (without unveiling the winners).
The three nominees for the FIFA Puskás Award and the FIFA FIFPro World XI shortlist for the best forwards (15), midfielders (15), defenders (20) and goalkeepers (5) will be unveiled in the end of November and the beginning of December.

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