Last Updated on April 1, 2024 by Avik Das
Physique is one of the important aspects of professional wrestling. A great physique is certainly captivating to garner the attention of fans. Even with average ring skills, muscular wrestlers with big arms can be over, and it has happened numerous times in WWE history.
While talking about physique, the arms and biceps are certainly essential. Most wrestlers with aesthetic physiques are gifted with notable bicep size. Considering wrestling is highly physical, a great and fit body could help in the performance as well. A wrestler with big arms likely to have the required strength to perform at the highest level. It could help while lifting opponents, throwing them, or performing powerful maneuvers in the squared circle. This is a list of WWE’s biggest bicep sizes among all the men wrestlers in history.
#7 John Cena (19 Inches Biceps)
John Cena is a sixteen-time World Champion, making him one of the most successful names in WWE history. For the majority of his WWE career, Cena was the face of the company, and he started in the main event. While his wrestling skill was average in the ring, he had impeccable charisma and mic skill. Another thing that worked in his favor was his impressive physique. Prior to WWE, Cena competed in professional bodybuilding. So he always maintained a shredded physique in his wrestling career. Hence, his biceps weren’t far ahead from his overall physique development. Besides his 50 inches chest, John Cena’s arm size was 19 inches in WWE.
#6 The Ultimate Warrior (20 Inches Biceps)
In all honesty, The Ultimate Warrior was an awful performer in the ring. But despite his limited movements, Warrior was over because of his energy and had the best body in WWE among his contemporary peers. In old-school wrestling, Ultimate Warrior had one of the best physiques. His body composition made him look like a bodybuilder, as his fat percentage was very low. In fact, he actually had a bodybuilding background. Ultimate Warrior had huge biceps of 20 inches. The Ultimate Warrior mainevented WrestleMania to become a gigantic star. While he won the WWE Championship once, the WWE Intercontinental Championship twice. Even though he had such a great physique in his prime, Warrior died at the age of 54 from a heart attack.
#5 Batista (20 Inches Biceps)
It was apparent that wrestlers with bodybuilding backgrounds had the look to garner attention. One such example was Batista who had one of the most impressive physiques during the Ruthless Aggression Era. Besides his huge muscular physique in WWE, he was a great performer in the ring, making him a complete package. With his gigantic size, Batista showed crazy strength against smaller opponents. He won the WWE World Championship six times in his WWE career. In Batista’s physique, his biceps were one of the most attractive parts of the body along with his big traps. In his heyday, the size of Batista’s biceps was around 20 inches.
#4 Brock Lesnar (21 Inches Biceps)
While talking about physique, Brock Lesnar’s name can’t be excluded, considering The Beast Incarnate has been one of the biggest WWE wrestlers in history. He is probably the most heavyweight agile and muscular WWE wrestler step foot in the ring. With an amateur wrestling background, Lesnar is a freak athlete. Other than becoming the WWE Champion, he has won the UFC World Heavyweight Championship in the octagon. Although Lesnar’s size has diminished in recent years, he is still a huge-looking guy. With 21 inches of arms, he also had one of the biggest biceps in WWE in his prime when he was in his 20s or 30s.
#3 Billy Graham (22 Inches Biceps)
Billy Graham was one of the wrestler who revolutionized the concept of having a great physique in professional wrestling. In his prime, Billy Graham weighed over 300 pounds. He was the first WWE Superstar to weigh over 300 pounds while carrying a good muscle mass. Besides being a wrestler, Graham competed in bodybuilding as well. He was known for having big biceps. In the Mr. America contest in 1975, Graham won first place for having the best-developed arms division, and no wonder why Billy Graham’s biceps were 22 inches back then
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#2 Hulk Hogan (24 Inches Biceps)
Hulk Hogan wasn’t very shredded like The Ultimate Warrior or Scott Steiner in his heyday, but he was a big dude weighing over 300 pounds. Hulk Hogan’s height was also 6’7″. While doing WWE wrestler’s biceps size list, Hulk Hogan’s name should come in top three because he already has a catchphrase while mentioning Hulk Hogan arm size. Hogan called his biceps ‘pythons’ during his promos. He always bragged about his ’24 inches pythons’, meaning it was the size of his huge arms. Hogan also had an impressive chest of 58 inches. Currently, Hulk Hogan’s age is 68 years, but he still maintains a great physique. Nevertheless, his pythons aren’t 24 inches anymore due to his age.
#1 Scott Steiner (26 Inches Biceps)
Scott Steiner enjoyed a stupendous career in different promotions, including WWE. He won titles in every major promotion. The Big Poppa Pump was certainly charismatic with adequate mic skills, but his awe-inspiring physique overshadowed everything. He would also flex his huge biceps in the ring after making the entrance, making it his signature pose in between rows. He was a heavyweight wrestler, and he weighed nearly 280 pounds in his prime. He lived up to his nickname, The Big Poppa Pump, and did many jaw-dropping things in the ring. Scott Steiner’s 26 inches arms are the biggest biceps in WWE history. Today, Steiner is way past his heyday, but he is still in good shape for his age. He maintains decent muscle mass to give his young counterparts a run for his money.
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Avik Das is the founder of Sportsheed. He is a sports lover with broad knowledge of Professional Wrestling, MMA, Football, and Cricket. He has an English major and has previously written articles for various sports and entertainment websites
