bluewaterrider
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Perhaps I should clarify, while this is still a first page affair:
-- strikes are still permitted in this fight. opponents can punch, kick, target pressure points, even poke people in the eye. They're not limited JUST to grabbing each other. It's more or less like a UFC or MMA style fight.
-- Elimination of any competitor is by getting them over the top rope and onto the floor below. They do not need to be killed, crippled, knocked out, or submitted.
-- Participants KNOW which of the roster have greater-than-ordinary strength. They've had a full month to get fairly detailed information on the physical prowess and fight style of each man in that ring. So everyone KNOWS Norman is strong, even as they know the same for Kingpin. They'll know that Kingpin could black out most any of them with a good bearhug, they'll know Norman could crack ribs or break somebody's jaw with a single punch. None of them are (metaphorically speaking!) going into this blind.
-- Participants can, again, multi-team any opponents they wish.
There is nothing to prevent Nightwing from working with Batman to take on Cap or Black Panther, there is nothing to prevent all 4 of those heroes teaming up to tackle Deathstroke, there is nothing to prevent those 5 from taking on Fisk or Daredevil. And yes, it is perfectly legitimate for all the others to recognize the threat Norman possesses, which they KNOW from the one month they've had to review video and prepare themselves for the fight, and all gang up to get HIM out the ring.
Keep in mind in addition to all this that Norman, unlike Spider-Man, does not possess any special surface clinging ability. He also cannot fly. And, to the best of MY knowledge, he is not THAT much heavier than the average person.
In fact, since he's NOT in his goblin armor, it makes sense to go with him being, at most, within about 100 pounds of his database listing of 185 pounds.
I have no problem with up to 300 pounds being offered for him.
But he's NOT like some rooted tank. He's NOT the Blob, he's not even as heavy as Kingpin in most estimations. If the other 7 decided to en masse and use a crowd "Surf's Up!" lift on him to toss him out of there, I'm not really sure how you think that gets thwarted, lest you think he's REALLY really fast, and I've never seen a particularly speedy display from Norman, or for that matter any great display of fight skill.
Do any of THESE considerations change your opinion?
Would bringing up the fact that nearly every remaining man on the roster has formed a large part of their career taking on bigger, stronger, even metahuman men?