I must dis agree. It has been said that the WWE grosses a ton when they got to India because of the Great Khali. About Shawn Michaels as much as i love him there is another name bigger than his........... Stone Cold Steve Austin. Therefore fans cheer for him because they do like him not because he is from Texas. Steve is from Texas also and he gets cheered everywhere he goes, same goes for Shawn.
Noone is arguing the fact that Khali doesn't help the W.W.E. gross a very large amount of money for their company, but with that being said.. how could you people continue to be so blind in thinking he's not widely loved, at least from his own home?
I don't give a shit if they only love him because he's from India, they still love him. And I promise you a lot of Texans only like Shawn Michaels because he's from there. I mean, I say I could promise that.. because I have no way of proving it to be fact, anymore than you have from proving Khali is only kept and liked because he's from India. Your opinion is just that, it holds no fact. So what, he grosses a lot of money from his home. So does every other individual from their respective home.. that's WHY.
Being big isn't actually all that entertaining in itself. Yeah, the guy's big, yeah, he looks powerful, and any offense he could get in would be devastating to his opponent. He could just stand at the top of the ramp and get that same reaction.
So you enjoy contridicting yourself? You say he isn't entertaining, yet entertaining in this business is watching someone look powerful, and devastate their opponents. I mean, I suppose you wouldn't be contridicting if you failed to understand what exactly the term "entertaining" meant in this business though.
However the point is, if he gets
ANY type of reaction, does that not make him worthy? He's doing his job, he's gaining a reaction, regardless if that reaction is a ton of screaming underage small brained girls cheering for a guy who's got one eye and no hair.. or if it's everyone in the arena booing at the top of their lungs over a massive mountain of a man, who's destroying everyone in his path.
Entertaining to you, might be falling into that same catagory of underaged, small brained little girls and boys. Or maybe it's cheering and booing for those you enjoy, which is entertaining in itself.
The same result can be achieved by any generic big man. Its not some great skill that Khali has perfected to make him look that way, the reaction comes purely from his size, nothing else. The novelty wears off after just a few seconds and then he's just some big guy in a match. The only advantage Khali has over the Big Show is an extra 3 inches.
And once again I find myself saying if that's the case, then couldn't it be just as easily argued that watching someone like Chris Jericho is the exact same as watching someone like Shawn Michaels? They both have the same "blueprint" in which they wrestle the same style, the do the same things. The only difference is their physical appearance (not by much) their tights, theme music and finishing moves.
But again, Khali is just like every big man, and that makes him untalented. Yet H.B.K. is unique because he's got skill that Jericho or any other medium sized athlete couldn't possibly have.
Khali has nothing going for him other than his look, except maybe the fact he can shout loud in different language thus giving him some forreigner heat.
That in itself makes him greatly important to this business. Foriegn heat, especially to Americans, is the greatest type of heel heat a person could have. And that gives Khali a use, as well as makes him entertaining.
You crave to see him get defeated, especially as an American you crave to see "justice" served.
Either way, I fail to list that as a specific talent. If Khali got fired right now, he could easily be replaced by anybody who breaks the 7 ft barrier. Just like Ashley can be replaced by anybody with big tits.
Just like John Cena could be replaced by another white rapper who wears jean shorts and likes childish phrases like 'poop'. Just like Shawn Michaels could be replaced by another middle-aged balding white guy who bleeds a lot, and kicks people.
Wait, what? You see, it works both ways.
What was wrong with. In the past few years WWE have released the likes of A-Train, Matt Morgan, Heidenreich, Nathan Jones and Test. All pretty much big men who played similar roles. The only difference was a couple inches and a maybe a 100lbs.
You're insane and show how much you don't know anything by comparing The Great Khali to the likes of Test, A-Train or Matt Morgan. None of them were Super Heavyweights. They were moderately above the average height, that doesn't make them "Khali-sized".
Matt Morgan has some talent. Test can wrestle. A-Train is huge in Japan. (yet he doesn't live there, incase you wanna bad mouth him for being over there) The fact is, is each of them have their own special talents and abilities. Maybe they fit into a similar mold, but how does that excuse me from saying so does Cena & H.B.K.?
You pick apples and oranges with this argument. Because people cheer (or boo) Cena & H.B.K.. whereas you're trying to say Khali isn't entertaining, yet he gets the same over type reaction both of them do, for similar reasons.
It's your opinion to believe he's not entertaining. Perhaps to you, he really isn't. But that doesn't mean he isn't to me, or anyone else. Everyone is going to have a difference of opinion.
And if you fail to at least understand why he is seen as entertaining through me or anyone else.. then you shouldn't be debating at all. If you aren't willing to accept that it could be true, then you're being naive in everything.
Thats just it, squash matches. Khali is not very diverse in what he does.
Why the fuck does he have to be diverse? He's 7 foot fucking 4 inches. His fist would flatten your head like a child squashing a grape. When he has that type of ability, I really doubt he needs to invest in learning how to hit a top rope elbow drop, nipping up after falling, or tapping his foot on the canvas to get people behind him.
He can play a squash match as good as anyone, but thats not what anybody would call an entertaining match.
No, that's not what you would call entertaining. Don't catagorize me with you, I'm capable of thinking and forming opinions for myself.
And you want the debate breaker?
ULTIMATE F'N WARRIOR! The guy had as much talent as Khali, and he was greatly over. Why, because each match he came to the ring, squashed his opponent and celebrated.
So how is that any different than what Khali has done? It's not. End of debate. You lose.
Every time i see Khali, I expect a squash match, because after having seen him for two or however many years, I know thats all he is capable of doing.
Again, the same could be said for the Ultimate Warrior and he was widely enjoyed and loved by practically everyone for doing that shit. So you criticize Khali because he's a heel, or because he's from India.. yet you classically forget to remember the Ultimate fucking Warrior did the same thing, and back then he was hugely over for doing it.
There is the odd occasion he might fight somebody who will beat him, these are horrible matches which do nothing for Khali, and very little for whoever beats him.
Khali remade the Undertaker by helping him to look beatable, only to help him by allowing him to come back and destroy him. Khali helped Cena, by slaying the monster in an unbeatable situation. Khali made Batista look good, in that Punjabi Prison match.
I'd say he's done exactly what he's suppose to. Meanwhile, when was the last time John Cena properly sold someone's moves? When was the last time Shawn Michaels' properly put someone over, without it looking like a fluke or because the match
had to be stopped?
Like has already been mentioned, he has fought the best in the business, and not produced anything worth remembering.
If you're refering to John Cena, he was never suppose to be made to look good. He was made to look dominating, which he was. And he was there to lose, in which it'd make Cena look that much greater. Which it did.
If you're refering to Shawn Michaels, then re-judge it for yourself.
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Khali did everything he was suppose to. He hit all of his moves properly. He sold every one of H.B.K.'s signature moves perfectly. He got a great reaction in destroying Shawn Michaels, and they gave him ovation for the finishing chokeslam through the table. You could hear "Holy Shit" chants because of it, which means Khali = Entertaining.
However, let's now turn the table and criticize where it's belonged. Did Khali win the match via a pinfall? No. Why? Why did the official stop the match, merely because Shawn Michaels took a chokeslam through the announce table. Is it because H.B.K. is doing what he's been known to do, and refuse to willingly be pinned to put people over? I'd say so.
The fact is, the Great Khali did everything he was meant to do in that match. He doesn't need to hit a 450 from the top rope, or suicide dive outside of the ring onto his opponent. Khail is smash mouth brawling, and he doesn't need to change because he is who he is.. and it's very entertaining because it's believeable.
John cena? His matches are predictable? right so i am sure that means you knew he was going to lose Yesterday right? John Cena is one of the most over wrestlers ever.
The Undertaker, cause The Undertaker can cary anybody. Remember the feud with Kalhi, it blew more than the Spirit Squad on a friday night, Cause both have piss poor wrestling ability (not that kalhi needs it he is big). And Batista couldnt cut a promo if he tried. At least John Cena has charisma. He is a rehashed version of Goldberg. THAT SUCKS!! Drop his roid infested ass on the ground and give his push to more deserving people like orton (when he returns) or the hardy's, or jerico, or mabey, hell, Val Vens. That would be more interesting to watch.