This is pretty ridiculous. I went my whole career putting over my opponent in a match, even more so than myself. It doesn't matter if their speed stat is 4 while mine is 6, they're just a rough guideline on how to write the character, and their high flying moves will have just as much impact as mine. Of course, there's a slight difference between New Guy with speed stat 8, and Wildchild with speed stat 8.
Someone people have had vitality 3, and it shouldn't matter if you're writing an Iron Man Ultra Canadian No Holds Barred Deathmatch against them, you don't just say, "Well, his vitality is 3, so he should be dead at about the 5 minute mark."