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WWE Roster: Age Analysis

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The following are the results of an independent study of the ages of WWE's wrestlers. 95% of the male wrestling roster is represented below. I was unable to find the ages of a few wrestlers, however, this sample size is certainly more than suffiicient. I didn't include any female wrestlers because in the big picture, they don't really "matter".

 

The following are the main findings:

Average Age: 33.62

Median Age: 33

 

I will give WWE credit for moving in the direction of elevating some of the younger guys. This has been demonstrated through the pushes of Punk, Zach Ryder, Kurt Hawkins, Shelton Benjamin, and Jeff Hardy...to name a few. Moreover, WWE is not headed towards WCW's "Wheel Chair Wrestling" days, however, they need to use the credibility of guys like Taker, HBK, Triple H, and Batista to elevate the stars of tomorrow. Let's face it, most wrestlers' bodies begin breaking down in their mid-to-late 30's.

 

Ric Flair 58

Hacksaw Jim Duggan 54

Dave Taylor 50

Finlay 49

Hardcore Holly 44

Boogeyman 43

Undertaker 42

Shawn Michaels 42

JBL 41

Kane 40

William Regal 39

Funaki 39

Triple H 38

Batista 38

Chris Jericho 37

Chavo Guerrero 37

Snitsky 37

Mark Henry 36

Chuck Palumbo 36

Duece 36

Val Venis 36

Tommy Dreamer 36

Stevie Richards 36

Big Daddy V 35

The Great Khali 35

Nunzio 35

Balls Mahoney 35

Charlie Haas 35

Edge 34

MVP 34

Umaga 34

Super Crazy 34

Rey Mysterio 33

Matt Hardy 33

Matt Stryker 33

Gregory Helms 33

Santino Marella 33

Shelton Benjamin 32

Mr. Kennedy 31

Jamie Noble 31

Bobby Lashley 31

John Cena 30

Jeff Hardy 30

Kevin Thorn 30

Elijah Burke 29

CM Punk 29

Mike Knox 29

John Hennigan 28

Brian Kendrick 28

Jesse 28

Carlito 28

Shannon Moore 28

Domino 28

Randy Orton 27

The Miz 27

Paul London 27

Trevor Murdoch 27

Lance Cade 27

Jimmy Wang Yang 26

Festus 24

Cody Rhodes 22

Kenny Dykstra 22

Curt Hawkins 22

Zack Ryder 22

DH Smith 22

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A few years ago, just as I stopped watching in 2002 I was really worried there wouldn't be much of a WWE to watch if I started again, as I couldn't see any future stars. But they've managed to create some over those 5 years - Batitsa, Cena, Orton, Jeff Hardy's profile really rose as well, so its all good. In a few years time we'll have D H Smith, Colt, Punk, Cody all up there too which will make for an entertaining IC Title scene for a while.

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The one name that really jumped out at me is Festus being 24- I always assumed he was a late bloomer and already in his mid-30's. Maybe it's the early onset baldness that ages him in my mind.

 

Deuce is a helluva lot older than I figured as well - 36yo already!?!

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One thing that should be acounted for, WWE normally picks up wrestlers who are in their mid to late 20's to the early to mid 30's. Mainly because of the experiance and I think those who are picked up in those age brackets get called up a lot faster than the younger guys who have been in OVW for quite awhile. Plus a lot of the older guys are used more on tv than the younger ones.

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It'd be interesting to take another promotion, say, WCW in 1989 and run the same analysis. It's one thing to look at WWE today, but you need a basis of comparison.

If someone would do a comparison, it would have to be with a promotion from the past 10 years or so. Using a promotion like WCW in 1989 wouldn't work because the way wrestlers worked was much differant back then than the way wrestlers work today.

 

But I do agree with you, just not the 1989 WCW part.

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I think TNA would be a better comparison since that is more likely flooded with the 38-45 and 20-25 market with almost nothing in between. I think a good sign for WWE is that the company as a whole is more balanced.

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I agree that WWE has a good mix of veteran and younger talent right now, lots of guys in the solid late 20s and early 30s range too.

 

There can be extreme ends on both sides. WCW in the late 90s had way too old of a roster, especially the main event scene. However there is such a thing as having too young of a roster. While watching the WCCW DVD this past week I couldn't help but notice how nearly everyone getting a push in World Class was in their 20s. I think you need some actual veteran leadership on top of a promotion, whereas there the veteran guys were more supporting players in the midcard.

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Well here are the ages for the various TNA guys (no women).

 

Abyss: 34

Styles: 29

Shelley: 24

BG James: 38

Dustin Rhodes: 38

Booker T: 42

Sabin: 25

Chris Harris: 34

Christian: 34

Elix Skipper: 30

Eric Young: 28

Hernandez: 34

Homicide: 30

James Storm: 32

Jay Lethal: 22

Jeff Jarrett: 40 (if we are considering him active)

Johnny Devine: 33

Judas Mesias: 32

Kaz: 30

Nash: 48 (if we consider him exactly active)

Kip James: 44

Kurt Angle: 39

Lance Hoyt: 30

Matt Morgan: 29 (is he a wrestler right now?)

Petey Williams: 26

Raven: 43 (again, is he really active?)

Rellik: 30

Rhino: 32

Rick Steiner: 46

Robert Roode: 30

Samoa Joe: 28

Scott Steiner: 45

Senshi: 28 (is he still there?)

Shark Boy: 32

Sonjay: 25

Sting: 48 (is he even there?)

Brother Ray: 36

Brother D-Von: 35

Tomko: 31

 

I won't do the avg. ages since some of these guys might skew the results (like Nash and Sting) and I'm not sure if they are exactly on the roster or considered wrestlers anymore.

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Well here are the ages for the various TNA guys (no women).

 

Abyss: 34

Styles: 29

Shelley: 24

BG James: 38

Dustin Rhodes: 38

Booker T: 42

Sabin: 25

Chris Harris: 34

Christian: 34

Elix Skipper: 30

Eric Young: 28

Hernandez: 34

Homicide: 30

James Storm: 32

Jay Lethal: 22

Jeff Jarrett: 40 (if we are considering him active)

Johnny Devine: 33

Judas Mesias: 32

Kaz: 30

Nash: 48 (if we consider him exactly active)

Kip James: 44

Kurt Angle: 39

Lance Hoyt: 30

Matt Morgan: 29 (is he a wrestler right now?)

Petey Williams: 26

Raven: 43 (again, is he really active?)

Rellik: 30

Rhino: 32

Rick Steiner: 46

Robert Roode: 30

Samoa Joe: 28

Scott Steiner: 45

Senshi: 28 (is he still there?)

Shark Boy: 32

Sonjay: 25

Sting: 48 (is he even there?)

Brother Ray: 36

Brother D-Von: 35

Tomko: 31

 

I won't do the avg. ages since some of these guys might skew the results (like Nash and Sting) and I'm not sure if they are exactly on the roster or considered wrestlers anymore.

 

I averaged them out, I got 33.69 so about the same as the WWE, and I could have made errors as well

 

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Isn't Batista in his 40's? I thought it was revealed that he lied about his age or something.

 

I believe he turns 39 this month... He said in his book he was born in 1969.

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Damn, baldness hit Festus early if he's really 24. Wouldn't that mean he was only 22-23 during the whole Fake Kane bit?

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I swear the Undertaker's birth year always used to be reported as 1962, but in recent years that's changed to 1965.

 

Also, in the TNA analysis, Dustin Rhodes is listed as 38, but I'm pretty sure he's really 41.

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