10 WWE Superstars Who Would Make Great Superheroes There are some very obvious similarities between
the world of professional wrestling and the world of comic books.
The babyfaces of the wrestling world are the equivalent of the good guys and the heels
of the wrestling world are the equivalent of the bad guys.
Moreover, some of the feats of strength, agility and durability demonstrated in the wrestling
ring are tantamount to superhuman; Lifting 500lb giants up and slamming them into the
mat, taking leaps off the top of steel cages, and receiving blows from sledgehammers and
continuing to fight, for example.??There have even been wrestlers with superhero gimmicks
- look at The Hurricane and Mighty Molly for example - but what if wrestlers were actually
superheroes?
Which ones could they be?
That's what this video is all about.
Here are ten WWE superstars who would make great superheroes.
John Cena Simply put, John Cena is the biggest name
in wrestling today.
He's the face of the WWE and has been for the best part of a decade.
He's their flagship character, much like Superman is DC Comics' flagship character - and John
Cena would make a great Superman!??He has a strict moral code and preaches concepts
like "respect" and "loyalty", and he represents everything good about America, just like the
Man of Steel (even though he's actually Kryptonian).
But he also divides public opinion, just like Supes.
Cena's strength is also verging on superhuman and, when he's at his most unbeatable, he
even has the nickname "SuperCena".
Brock Lesnar There are bigger wrestlers than Brock Lesnar,
but none are as muscular, ripped or as ruthlessly agressive and angry as Brock Lesnar - and
that would make him a perfect Hulk!
??Lesnar can come across as a nice guy in interviews - maybe not as mild-mannered as
Bruce Banner, but as a fairly quiet and decent individual nonetheless - but in the ring (or
even in the Octagon as a UFC fighter) he transforms into an unstoppable beast.
He might not turn green, but he fights with unrivalled strength, the ability to shrug
off pain, and the kind of offensive moves that you really wouldn't want to be on the
wrong end of.
Yup, sure sounds like the Hulk to us!
CM Punk Comic book fan CM Punk might have yelled "It's
clobberin' time" before his wrestling matches in homage to his favourite superhero The Thing,
but he's no Ben Grimm - in fact, Punk would actually make a really good Batman.??It might
not seem like an obvious comparison, but it definitely makes sense.
Both men are extremely dedicated to their trades and abide by strict personal codes,
both could be defined as antiheroes in the sense that they aren't conventional good guys
and, like Batman, Punk has learned martial arts - albeit for an ill-fated attempt at
fighting in the UFC.
In fact, Punk's Twitter bio used to say that he is "Often confused with Batman."
Chyna The late Joanie Laurer AKA Chyna was such
a mighty physical specimen of a woman that she was even able to compete with the male
competitors in the WWE - even winning the Intercontinental Championship on three occasions
- and that means she'd make a great She-Hulk.??Chyna was powerful.
She was extremely muscular and had a build very similar to Jennifer Walters in her post-She-Hulk
transformation form.
Moreover, Chyna even portrayed She-Hulk in a couple of live action productions - even
if they were adult movie parodies!
Kurt Angle As far as professional wrestlers go, very
few have represented the United States of America as well as Kurt Angle.
Angle is a bona fide Olympic gold medalist, having won gold at the 1996 Atlanta games
- which was, of course, in the United States.
With that in mind, he'd make a great Captain America.
Oh it's true.??He has the build of Steve Rogers and - at least when he was working as a babyface
- the values of Steve Rogers, and he wears the famous red, white and blue just as well
as the superhero does.
And wouldn't you just love to see an Angle Slam performed on that damn Red Skull?!
Finn Balor Finn Balor - an exciting new face at the forefront
of the WWE - is a big comic book fan, and it shows in some of his wrestling make-up.
One of his make-up designs is clearly modelled on Venom - and he'd actually be a very good
version of the character!??You might only know Venom as a villain, but he's also been
a hero - notably as Flash Thompson in his Agent Venom form - and Balor has a number
of similarities to him.
His make-up always seems to include the colour black - regardless of whether it resembles
Venom on that particular day or not - he's incredibly agile like the character is, and
he has the fresh good looks of Flash Thompson to boot.
Kane There's only one hero that WWE veteran Kane
could ever be - and that's absolutely got to be Hellboy.
Kane is well-known for his demon persona - which is exactly what Hellboy is - and is known
as "The Big Red Machine".
Hellboy is big and red too, so this makes total sense.??Moreover, Glenn Jacobs - like
Ron Perlman, who portrayed Hellboy so iconically in two live action movies based on the character
- really has a one-of-a-kind face that suits the tough, gruff nature of the character.
Kane also packs a punch that is reminiscent of that big, hammer-like hand that Hellboy
uses in combat so effectively.
The Miz Mike "The Miz" Mizanin plays a heel character
better than anyone in the WWE, but there's actually one superhero that he is exactly
the same as - and that's DC's Booster Gold.??As far as superheroes go, Booster Gold is one
of the hardest to like.
You might not have heard of him, as he's hardly "Superman famous", but he's a member of the
Justice League and he comes from the future.
He's very flash, very brash, overly cocky, and thinks very highly of himself, having
appeared in a handful of commercials and movies - and doesn't that sound exactly like The
Miz?
Bayley Bayley represents the future of the women's
division in the WWE, and she's so damn likeable that the only superhero she could possibly
be is the the delightful Squirrel Girl!
??Squirrel Girl is a mutant with abilities similar to those of a standard squirrel, but
she has somehow proven to be almost unbeatable against villains as powerful as Thanos and
Doctor Doom in the past.
Bayley's omnipresent infectious smile, her cheekiness and her unrivalled enthusiasm are
all extremely reminiscent of those of Squirrel Girl - and we can totally see her in the role
of the character!
The Rock Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is, of course, already
cast as Black Adam in the DC Extended Universe, but he's more famous for being a villain.
When it comes to The Rock as a hero, we can't help but think that he'd make a great Namor.??The
reasoning is simple; if there's one comic book character not called Black Adam who The
Rock resembles, it's Namor - especially back when The Rock had hair.
Moreover, The Rock has a great physique and is one of only a few people who could pull-off
those swimming trunk-esque pants that Namor wears.
And if Marvel Studios ever want a man as scary as Jason Momoa to portray their version of
Aquaman, The Rock could be their guy (at least once his DC contract is up!).
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