Top 10 Super Heavyweights in WWE History: Part 1

The Super Heavyweight division of WWE has been for long the most fascinating one in the company. Fans always were and are thrilled to see huge 450 pound monsters get into the ring and perform. Irrespective of their ability inside the ring, their sheer size managed to impress the crowd.

We all know how fascinated the McMahon family are with big men in WWE and hence we have been fortunate to see a lot of super heavyweights perform and enthrall us inside the ring. However, there have been a few who have managed to become a larger than life character thanks to their feats and their persona inside the ring. Here we will have a look at the greatest super heavyweights to have stepped inside the ring in WWE history.

Note: The list is based on wrestlers who manage to meet the credentials of being super heavyweight which means they need to weigh anything greater than 350 pounds. Plus other factors such as fame, in ring ability & matches, legacy and of course size is taken into account for this list. 

10. Earthquake (John Tenta)

Earthquake

Back in the 1980′s witnessing a man as big as John Tenta was a miracle of its own kind. Not often had people come across such a big man in the ring. John was well known for his feud against Hulk Hogan in the 90′s and also a few great matches against Typhoon and Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts. Earthquake was known as an unstoppable monster-heel in WWE who sent wrestlers on a stretcher after hitting them with his signature sitdown splash. The fact that he ran all the way across the ring and jumped on the opponents chest made people shiver in fear.

After his memorable run in WWE for almost 5 years, financial situations forced Tenta to move to WCW. Here he was introduced as Avalanche and had memorable feuds with Sting and Randy Savage. He was then repackaged and brought in as The Shark. His influence slowly started fading as he was made to change gimmicks far too often. However, he had a great feud against Big Bubba Rogers who we know better as the Big Boss Man.

His career saw a slump after that as Tenta had lost a lot of weight, WWE repackaged him as Golga and put him in small feuds but none of them stuck. He then made sporadic appearances in WWE. His last appearance was in Wrestlemania 17.