We've all seen Vince McMahon's fascination with big wrestlers grow throughout his time with WWE. It seems as if he believes that every wrestler should be at least six feet tall and weigh over 260 pounds, but why is that? What is the benefit of having so many big wrestlers in one wrestling promotion?
The most common example of a big wrestler is the monster heel. The role of the monster heel is simple. They are there to prove their dominance, simply because they are bigger than most other guys in the locker room. They throw their weight around until by some miracle a smaller man beats them in a match.
The other type of big wrestler you see, although they're very uncommon, is the babyface wrestler that has a small gimmick on the side.
The best examples of this type of wrestler in WWE are John Cena with his marine gimmick, Mark Henry with his world strongest man persona, The Great Khali's punjabi playboy gimmick, and Triple H as the cerebral assassin.
WWE is entering a new era with a lot of the younger talent currently making the transition from mid card to main event status, but it only seems to be the smaller guys, for the most part, that are getting a push.
WWE continue to use the likes of Kane, Khali, and Vladimir Kozlov when they are all likely to not even be with the promotion or retired within the next five years. Why?
Mike Knox and Ezekiel Jackson are undoubtedly the future of the big wrestlers in WWE. They are both only 31 years old, which means they could potentially be with the company for the next 10 or more years.
Knox and Jackson have been either with WWE or with WWE's development territory for four and two years respectively, but they have yet to win even a single championship belt in WWE between them. Even The Great Khali had won a title after 18 months!
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