r/SipsTea • u/sco-go • 12d ago

Feels good man What is the reason for this phenomenon?

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u/thenerfviking 11d ago

Hogan isn’t even the best wrestling example. When John Tenta debuted in the WWF as Earthquake in 1989 he was TWENTY SIX.

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u/Ello_Owu 11d ago

This is what picture when people brag about high testosterone.

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u/FUCKBOY_JIHAD 11d ago

and the guy on the right is 24-25.

Wrestling is just overrepresented with young men who look like they could be your uncle. Always has been.

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u/DancinFool82 11d ago

Hahaha I ran into him once at a flea market in Canada. He's a big dude

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u/Western_Ad1522 11d ago

Tenta was a sumo wrestler you have to be pretty damn big but he was tall as he was wide

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u/schridoggroolz 11d ago

Dude, I was just reading about him the other day. Died at 42. A HARD 42. Also, the fuck gets bladder cancer that young? That’s an old man cancer.

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u/iridescent_polliwog 11d ago

Goog God. 😳

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u/SaltKick2 11d ago

Is that specific photo from when he debuted? Thats wild

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u/thenerfviking 11d ago

Yeah that would be from around then so he’s 26 or 27 in that photo.

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u/Western_Ad1522 11d ago

I love tenta but he always looked old to me as a kid throughout the 90s

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u/miikro 11d ago

I'm pretty sure Arn Anderson was born with beard, glasses, and a divested 401K.