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* [[ECW]] averted this often, and even squeezed in a series of subversions with the "Little Spike Dudley: Giant Killer" gimmick, where the 150-pound-soaking-wet Spike would somehow, after having been beaten half-to-death by men 3 times his size, and with commentator [[Joey Styles]] begging for the ref to stop the match, find a way to prevail in the end.
* Inverted by Hydra of [[CHIKARA]], who must weigh 150 pounds, but is treated by announcers and other wrestlers as a behemoth.
* In [[Professional Wrestling]], this is taken to extremes, as few fans will accept a smaller ([[Rey Mysterio, Jr.]], [[AJ Styles]]) or average sized wrestler ([[Bret Hart]], [[Eddie Guerrero]], [[Shawn Michaels]], even [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]] himself) as a main event contender without years of development. Whereas larger wrestlers ([[Kane (wrestling)|Kane]], [[Brock Lesnar]], The Great Khali) may be advanced to the main event scene almost immediately after debuting. This is particularly noticable in [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]], where 1) the promotion has access to much larger wrestlers than smaller promotions, and 2) the CEO, [[Vince McMahon]], doesn't like smaller wrestlers and is reluctant to push them. Nowhere is this mentality more apparent than in the career of Paul "[[The Big Show]]" Wight, who had his pro wrestling debut (not just his first televised match, but his first match ''ever'') in the main event of a [[WCW]] Pay-Per-View for the world championship—and won!
** Other good examples are [[Sheamus]], Wade Barret, and [[Alberto Del Rio]] in decending order. Sheamus first appeared on TV as a (supposed) jobber before plowing through on his way to being a monster heel.
* In the women's division [[Beth Phoenix]] and Natalya are often thought by casual fans to be the only women in WWE that can wrestle ([[Hidden Depths|they're not]]) because they're noticeably more muscular than the rest of the Divas who nearly all look like supermodels (some are, some aren't). Tamina sometimes benefits from this as well, despite being one of the less experienced Divas. In a bit of possible [[Unfortunate Implications]] Aksana is in the same build as those three and doesn't get this because she's frequently dressed in more feminine clothing. [http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a211/phantomlordlop/women/Aksana_0016.jpg Observe].
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