"Ah, Vic Grimes. I remember reading about him extensively back on the news sites and discussion boards of the internets infancy, back in the mid to late 1990's. He was frequently in the news, seemingly as a hot prospect for the WWF, and because of his altercation with New Jack. VERY rarely saw him wrestle though. I caught a handful of his ECW matches, and his incredibly brief run as 'Key, ' Drug dealer for Droz and Prince Albert. Anyhow, based on the limited footage I've seen (I've have watched his XPW stuff, as well as some other indy work in subsequent years as well, ) I think he definitely had talent and potential. He was willing to take some amazingly huge bumps for a man his size, and was capable of doing so quite believably for a man his size. Honestly, I think his selling was his strongest attribute. He had some interesting and innovative offense, but he seemed VERY HEAVY on his feet for someone his size. Like, he looked to be significantly lighter than Bam Bam Bigelow, but when he jumped, he got all the airtime of OMG/Akeem. He actually appeared disproportionately heavy for someone for his actual wight. Also, I believe his listed height is grossly inaccurate. Both Wikipedia and this site (which wikipedia actually cited for the info on his height) have him as standing at 6' 4", however you can see he's significantly shorter than Darren Drozdov, who the NFL listed at a legit 6'3." Furthermore, during one of his Shotgun Saturday Night appearances, Kevin Kelly states that Grimes stands at an even 6 feet... I know wrestling announcers often exaggerate a wrestlers height, but I've never heard of them undercutting someone like that, leading me to believe that, if anything, Vic Grimes is actually shorter than 5'11". Nevertheless, he still cast somewhat of an imposing figure with his almost 6' tall, 330 lbs. frame. So, altogether, I'd say Grimes was a below average wrestler, who never fully lived up to his potential, likely only through fault of his own. With a little more more dedication and ambition, he likely could have improved his ring work, his conditioning, his physique, and his mic skill, but he just never seemed to posses the adequate motivations to do so. He was clearly talented, but he allowed himself to stand in the way of what could have been s successful mid-card career. I'm not going to even get into the New Jack debacle, but let's just say he could have probably benefited from improving his attitude and treating his fellow wrestlers and the business as a whole with a little more respect. His inverted crucifix power bomb was admittedly awesome though."
"Even though this dude had talent and could make up a good match, it's mind boggling that he preffered to be in shitty hardcore/deathmatches which requires no talent. He was big but athletic and because he chose to be involved in those type of 'wrestling' matches he didn't have to use any of his potential and was an idiot for that."
[8.0] "Big Man, der unterschätzt wird. Sehr beweglich kann z. B. den Styles Clash zeigen. Hatte idiotische Gimmicks (z. B. Key - WWF). Hat aber mehr Potenzial, man darf ihn nicht nur auf blöde Rollen reduzieren, da wäre mehr möglich gewesen.. Charismatisch .... Verschenkte Chance von WWE."
[8.0] "Ich habe die Vermutung, dass viele der tiefen Bewertungen hier dem Unsinn mit New Jack geschuldet sind. Und ja - das war absoluter Bullshit - und zwar beide Vorfälle. Aber Grimes allein daran zu messen, ist unfair. Der Typ konnte definitiv was. Checkt mal Material von ihm, das nichts mit den beiden Vorfällen zu tun hatte. Zum Beispiel seine Dark Matches in der WWF. 6 Punkte + 2 Punkte Ergebniskosmetik. ^^"
[2.0] "Schwerer Brocken, Harter Hund, in DM kreisen ein kultiger Geselle, jedoch ist er abseits der Deathmatchszene nicht zu gebrauchen. Und seine Eskapaden mit New Jack waren auch übel."
[8.0] "Surprised at the low rating of Grimes. So many people judge him for the infamous New Jack incident. Grimes was such an underrated wrestler, especially for his huge size. Able to hit springboards, and slingshots, with the huge frame that he has is beyond impressive."
[3.0] "Death Matches haben meiner Meinung nach nichts mit Wrestling zu tun. Respekt vor seinem Mut habe ich-dennoch ist er nur einer von vielen großen ,schweren Kerlen. Zum Glück fuckte er damals in der WWF eine Sequenz dermaßen up,das sein damaliges Gimmick gestrichen wurde(er selbst dann auch).Das rettete ihm mehr als manch einer glaubt. Als key sollte er einen Drogendealer spielen.........muss man nichts zu sagen."
[10.0] "Ne,sry aber das stimmt einfach nicht, ich weiß nicht welche Matches du von Vic Grimes gesehn hast ,aber dieser Kerl kann garantiert mehr als Bluten!Ein Großartiger Big Man der für seine Innovativen Moves und Tollen (Technischen) Matches nicht genügend Aufmerksamkeit bekommt.Ich finde es sehr schade das dieser Großartige Worker in den kleinsten Indy Ligen versauert.Außerdem zeigt er sehr gute und intensive Deathmatches."
