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Would Clubber have fought Thunderlips for promotioal purposes/charity?


I'm not talking about their real-life counterparts who participated in WWF.... I'm talking about the ficitonal characters. Would Clubbber do charity, like Bob Hope would? Who would've won? Would Clubber have lifted Thunderlips out of the ring like Rock did?

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No chance Clubber would've engaged in such a charity event. He was all about himself and his reputation. He wouldn't have lowered himself to some cheesy event even if it were for charity after all.

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Rocky won because he was SMART (street smart) and realized that he could take down the much larger man by clinging to his back and choking him. Thunderlips had no leverage in that position and that was how he won.

Lang would go in sheer brute force and lose due to the extreme difference in size and strength. Yes Lang was strong and powerful, maybe a rival in that respect to Mike Tyson but Thunderlips was HUGE and would have overwhelmed him fast with his greater size and strength and wrestling ability. Lang would not be clever enough to cling to his back and take advantage of his lack of leverage.

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