Why is Edge always brought up when people talk about small wrestlers when he's 6'5?

[Wrestlingfan100]

When people are asked to name smaller guys they always say Edge and Christian, Christian I get his 6ft, which is actually medium to me but that's for another time, Edge is 6ft5 and you can obviously tell, it's obviously not like Curt Axel who is 6ft3 and looks 5ft10 or Dean Ambrose who is 6ft4( taller than Roman Reigns) who looks small too cause of his stature and for years we saw him stand face to face with 6ft5 Randy Orton. Do people not really pay attention that much?

 

[Y 2 Jake]

I wasn't aware people said this. If they do it might be because he had an unimpresive physique.

Also, WWE fudges the height and weight of most wrestlers. It creates trust issues amongst us fans, man!

 

[JoeFromTomsRiver]

I've never heard Edge referred to as a small wrestler. EVER.

 

[blueskyy]

He's not, but I read those kind of comments from time to time too. I don't often concern myself with those discussions, but when I do get annoyed, I simply speak my mind, and be done with it.

 

[Softcore Holly]

Yeah I've never heard of that either. He was never huge like Big E or Ryback sure but the man is quite tall and was in good shape during his time in the WWE, so calling him small would be...inaccurate to say the least.

 

[OYDK]

I've never heard somebody call Edge a "smaller" wrestler and if they do it's probably because he wasn't particularly built like a HHH or even Stone Cold. Where exactly have you heard this, because Edge is 6 foot 5... He's a pretty large man.

 

[Cereal Killer]

I think it may be because he's not as muscly or jacked compared to guys like John Cena or Triple H. He's tall meaning his body has more space to store the mass so he appears to be a bit thin. Jeff Hardy for example is 6'2 while John Cena is 6'1. Cena's overall physique though (muscles and weight) gives him that bigger build. If Edge wanted to be seen as a powerhouse, all he'd had to do was build up a little.

 

[Jack-Hammer]

I wasn't aware that people said this. I can't recall that I've read any posts where anyone suggests that Edge is a little guy, though I suppose it's possible I have before and just don't remember it. In any case, it's a fairly ludicrous notion as he's billed at 6'5" and 240 pounds. Given his height and the general proportions of his skeletal structure, it's easy to see why some believe he doesn't weigh that much when you compare him to someone of similar body weight with thicker muscles. John Cena is billed at about 250 pounds and looks much heavier than Edge but, then again, he's a good 4 or 5 inches shorter than Edge, has a different skeletal build and almost certainly exercises with much heavier weights than Edge. A person's diet and exercise routine affects that as well and Edge has never been thickly muscled, he used to have more definition than he had the past few years of his career, but he was never huge or super ripped.

In the United States and Canada, the average man, factoring in all different racial ethnicities, stands between 5'8" and 5'9" with a weight of 180-185 pounds. On average, the tallest men in the world are of Scandinavian heritage with men from the Netherlands rating the tallest, averaging 6'0.5" in height. So no,, Edge isn't a "little guy" by the standards of any country or racial ethnicity in terms of height and weight.

 

[klunderbunker]

While I've never heard this, it would likely be because of the style he wrestled near the start of his career with all the flips and high flying and speed based moves. Later on he changed into more of a brawler with a power finisher (still don't care for it but that's another story) but he spent a lot of time using fast paced offense that you don't see from people his size.

 

[Redemption-2012]

Size is not height. "size" is a completely different thing to ones height. Edge was a big, tall lanky wrestler. He was not physically imposing from a muscular standpoint or anything, he was average. Noe obviously at 6ft4/5 he was very tall but for a guy his height, his size was far from impressive. That being said, he still had a great career.

 

[shafe_41]

Not once have I ever heard this argument...ever.

He's got that slender emo skateboarder build. He's straight down. When it comes to his physique, there's nothing impressive about Edge. Therefore, he's small. Not one person ever speaks about his height.

 

[THTRobtaylor]

You have to remember that Edge suffered a severe neck injury very early... that would have limited the weight he could use and how he could build his physique. Had that not occured I could easily have seen him bulking up, particularly as he was working with Hogan for a time...

As it was he offered something different in the height/wiry/lean frame to many of the other main eventers of his time... and that helped him rather than hindered.

Wade Barrett kind of gets the same deal now, few really call him a "big man" yet he is 6' 6"... Razor Ramon was never really called a "big man" yet he was at 6ft 7".

A lot comes down to how WWE markets you, in Edges case he had the Rated R Superstar, the unique look and charisma so his height was not something they needed to draw attention to, and indeed feuding with other wrestlers may have detracted from them... Cena only being 6' 1" for example...

 

[The Warlord]

While were on the topic of small wrestlers...it always amazed me that people give credit to guys like Hart and Michaels for changing the business when Steamboat and Savage are never mentioned.

Randy wad not that much bigger than Shawn yet he's never looked at as a smaller wrestler.

As for the original topic....Id say probably because Edge's wrestling style is that of a smaller wrestler...or at least it was in the early years

 

[JoeyJoeJoe]

It's all about build and look, not height. Edge is by no means a small wrestler. Neither is John Cena, and as Jack Hammer pointed out, they're a great comparison. Cena is much shorter, but he's built like a powerhouse. Edge is tall, good physique, but he's got a slender build. He's not seen as a powerhouse despite his height. It's all in the look.

Even Ric Flair, when you boil down the numbers -- He's over 6 foot, probably 6'1" or 6'2". Weight wise he was probably between 220 to 245 pounds. (I say probably because both the WCW and WWF liked to inflate numbers to make things a bit more impressive). Your average guy is going to look quite a bit smaller compared to Flair. But compare him to Steve Austin. Austin was probably around 6'1" or 6'2" as well. Weight wise, I'd guess he was probably a bit heavier than Flair, but not by much...his range was probably 230 to 250 at the high. Yet, if Austin were to face a guy 6'7" or 6'8", you wouldn't think of it as a mismatch...Austin is a hardcore brawler personality. With Flair, whenever facing a Luger or a Koloff -- they accentuated the fact that Flair was so much smaller, and had to rely on being wily.

Appearances are deceiving, and sometimes it all comes down to presentation factor.

 

[Mudlup50]

I think most people are on it here but let me also add in that he was a solo heel for quite a few years and he really didn't look strong. Not saying he's small but he didn't look strong, muscle bound if you will. I'm pretty sure I've heard someone say he's small before but it's because his gimmick for a while was the ultimate opportunist. He's just taking advantage of what he was given, not being strong was part of it. if that makes sense to anyone

 

[Slash-LN]

I've never heard it before but as others have said with his earlier style of wrestling and I'll add the people he was working with like Christian and the Hardys people probably overlooked how big he actually was.

A current example would be The Usos. They fly around a lot and have fast paced matches but Jey is 6' 2" and 228 lbs and Jimmy is 6'3" and 251 lbs. I never really paid much attention to their size before and until a couple months ago I didn't even realize Jimmy was that much heavier than Jey.

Also as some have said height isn't the only factor in determining big or small. He's tall but has a sleeker body type.

I think it was in the Hardys book that because of the way they wrestled people generally thought they were smaller than they really are. (This is not an opening for a Fat Hardy joke either.)

 

[MC_Live]

I've not once heard Edge be called "small" Maybe it was referenced he was small as in he wasn't a jacked up muscle head like Lex Lugar or John Cena, but he's certainly not a small guy. He was consistently weighing from 235ish-250lbs. In my oppinion, anyone who said Edge was small (not referring to muscle size) is not smart or credible enough to even matter.

 

[whoopin' ass]

It is because he isn't jacked up. Look at him and then look at a picture of Jericho or Christian - without anything to give away their height, you would think they are the same size because of his build. Compare him to Triple H instead and people would just assume Hunter is bigger. It is a wrestling thing - to be big, you need to be jacked up no matter how tall you are. Makes no sense to the rest of the world but does here.

 

[Headman]

I've never heard anyone refer to Edge as a small wrestler. It actually surprises me to see so many people coming up with explanations for a line of thinking I never knew existed. I know they've called Bret and Shawn small and I guess they were for the time. But Edge would have been tall even for the 80's. It just seems idiotic to me that anyone would call him small.

 

[Dragon Chief]

Edge is a small wrestler, he is an ectomorph meaning he is tall an skinny and has a small body frame. I never heard anyone discredit his height or called him a short wrestler or a vanilla midget but he doesn't necessarily have the look one would associate with a pro-wrestler, that being tall and buff. CM Punk is another wrestler who falls into this category of being tall (6ft2) but not necessarily built like a Hulk Hogan. Being small doesn't always apply to height.

 

[Hollywood Naitch]

I haven't heard people describe Edge as small- he's a very tall guy. I think the reason that people don't realise how tall he is is because of the style of matches that made him famous. You don't tend to see 6 foot 5 guys flying around the ring in TLC matches. Most wrestlers that size are jacked up musclenbound monsters, and Edge was nothing like this.

Someone like Cena is much shorter than Edge but is built like a tank, while the Rated R Superstar is alot taller but has a slimmer, less muscular physique. Edge suffered serious neck in juries The thing that worked in Edge's favour is that his gimmick didn't involve him being a beast, as he just wasn't built that way.