History Wrestling / TheBigShow

* BerserkButton: Mention his 45-second World Championship reign around him. [[SchmuckBait Go on.]] '''[[SchmuckBait I dare you.]]'''

*** He's not too thrilled about his "son of Andre the Giant" gimmick either.

* LargeHam: His HeelFaceTurn in 2000 had him imitating various wrestlers a la the [[Wrestling/{{ECW}} Blue World Order]], climaxing with him dressing up as Wrestling/HulkHogan for ''Backlash''.

*** His various turns have been chronicled by wrestling historians. His total turn count: '''32 ''and counting'''''.

* UnrelatedBrothers ]]: More like Unrelated Father and Son; The Giant in Wrestling/{{WCW}} was supposed to be Wrestling/AndreTheGiant's "son."

* [[UnrelatedBrothers Unrelated Father and Son]]: The Giant in Wrestling/{{WCW}} was supposed to be Wrestling/AndreTheGiant's "son."
** Also counts as OldShame.
* TheUsualAdversaries:
** Do you might remember when Big Show first debuted in WWE, and everyone was like "Holy SHIT, this guy is amazing! He's the biggest person I've ever seen!"? Even when he first showed up, he had this special quality about him. Then the viewers got way too much of him way too fast for way too long, and now everyone shares a communal sigh when they hear "'''Weellllllll...'''".
** It's the simple nature of entertainment that too much of a good thing is bad -- especially in WWE where they have so much content every week, overexposure is a big issue. (See also: Seth Rollins, Bray Wyatt, New Day, etc.) Big Show could have been booked like Andre The Giant was booked in the eighties, or Brock Lesnar is booked now: a huge, dominant attraction who only loses once every blue moon to top guys in epic matches. Instead, he is what he is.
* VictoriousLoser: At ''TLC 2011'', Daniel Bryan cashed in the Money In The Bank on him, but Big Show still succeeded in getting the title away from Wrestling/MarkHenry, his main ''real'' goal.
* WhatTheHellHero: Was given one by Wrestling/JohnCena for helping John Laurinaitis win his match at ''Over The Limit''.

** We live in a world where Wrestling/ReyMysterio can believably beat Big Show.
** Due to the ''drastic'' size difference between him and everybody else, just about any feud he can get into will come off as this trope...and Big Show [[CaptainObvious ain't David; that much is for certain.]]. That said, many of his feuds pit him against wrestlers that are even smaller than normal to accentuate just how much bigger he is than a normal person (a 'small' guy on the wrestling spectrum is usually at or perhaps slightly above the size of the average man)

** We live in a world whereWrestling/ReyMysterio can believably beat Big Show.

* DavidVersusGoliath: Due to the ''drastic'' size difference between him and everybody else, just about any feud he can get into will come off as this trope...and Big Show [[CaptainObvious ain't David; that much is for certain.]]. That said, many of his feuds pit him against wrestlers that are even smaller than normal to accentuate just how much bigger he is than a normal person (a 'small' guy on the wrestling spectrum is usually at or perhaps slightly above the size of the average man)

* LightningBruiser: For a giant, especially one who's clearly gained some pounds over the years, he's surprisingly nimble When Andre was Big Show's age, he could barely move.

%%* LightningBruiser: At his best.

** It's the simple nature of entertainment that too much of a good thing is bad -- especially in WWE where they have so much content every week, overexposure is a big issue. (See also: Seth Rollins, Bray Wyatt, New Day, etc.) Big Show could have been booked like Andre The Giant was booked n the eighties, or Brock Lesnar is booked now: a huge, dominant attraction who only loses once every blue moon to top guys in epic matches. Instead, he is what he is.

It's the simple nature of entertainment that too much of a good thing is bad -- especially in WWE where they have so much content every week, overexposure is a big issue. (See also: Seth Rollins, Bray Wyatt, New Day, etc.) Big Show could have been booked like Andre The Giant was booked n the eighties, or Brock Lesnar is booked now: a huge, dominant attraction who only loses once every blue moon to top guys in epic matches. Instead, he is what he is.

* TheUsualAdversaries: You might remember when Big Show first debuted in WWE, and everyone was like "Holy SHIT, this guy is amazing! He's the biggest person I've ever seen!" Even when he first showed up, he had this special quality about him. Then we got way too much of him way too fast for way too long, and now everyone shares a communal sigh when we hear "'''Weellllllll...'''".\\\
It's the simple nature of entertainment that too much of a good thing is bad -- especially in WWE where they have so much content every week, overexposure is a serious issue. (See also: Seth Rollins, Bray Wyatt, New Day, etc.)

** The HeelFaceTurn mentioned above came about as a result of a ''SaturdayNightLive'' episode featuring [[DwayneJohnson The Rock]] as host and guest appearances from a variety of other WWF talent. Of all the wrestlers to appear, Show was the biggest ham by far (in more ways than one), and most viewers agreed he had stolen the show.

!! "WEEEELLL, WELL IT'S THE BIG TROPES! IT'S THE BIG BAD TROPES TONIGHT!":

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[[caption-width-right:248:"I was so big, I ate my parents...]]

->''"He’ll [[FaceHeelTurn turn heel]], [[HeelFaceTurn turn face]], [[FaceHeelRevolvingDoor then turn heel again in the span of a match]]. It’s his defining trait. You hear ''[='=]Big Show[='=]'' and think ''[='=]heel turns that don’t matter[='=]'' before you think ''[='=]tall.[='=]''"''

* FaceHeelRevolvingDoor: See the page quote above. Or see [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD-8Ev5HgJQ this video.]] Or just listen to this fact: since debuting in WCW in 1995 he's crossed the face/heel line a grand total of '''22 times'''.

** He was like this in WCW too. He started as a heel in the Wrestling/DungeonOfDoom, became even more of a heel when he switched to the [[Wrestling/NewWorldOrder NWO]], became a face when the NWO kicked him out in early 1997, then went heel again by rejoining the NWO in mid-1998 and stayed that way until he left in early 1999.

->''"He’ll turn heel, turn face, then turn heel again in the span of a match. It’s his defining trait. You hear ''[='=]Big Show[='=]'' and think ''[='=]heel turns that don’t matter[='=]'' before you think ''[='=]tall.[='=]''"''

* EvilIsPetty: The Giant and Kevin Sullivan shaving off Hulk Hogan's mustache

* LightningBruiser: At his best.
** MightyGlacier: At his worst.

-->--'''[[http://uproxx.com/prowrestling/2015/04/the-best-and-worst-of-wcw-monday-nitro-32596-the-one-where-big-show-turns/ Darren Stroud]]'''

** Subverted. Mentioning the fact that he held the World Heavyweight Championship for all of a couple of minutes (in storyline, they exaggerate it a bit and say 45 seconds) after a 9-year drought...[[BerserkButton tends to get Show a bit irritated.]]

* ManlyTears: When he won the Intercontinental Title against Wrestling/CodyRhodes at Wrestlemania 28. By itself, it wouldn't have been a big deal for someone of his tenure and accomplishments, but up to that point, Show had put together a spotty-at-best record at Wrestlemania (a fact brought up by Cody during the feud). Not to mention his win of the Intercontinental title made him a WWE Grand Slam Champion [[note]]To become a Grand Slam Champion, it is required to have held a tertiary (European/Hardcore) title, a tag team title, the Intercontinental Championship, and either the WWE or World Heavyweight Championship[[/note]], one of only twelve men to hold such an honor. [[note]]The other eleven are Wrestling/ShawnMichaels, Wrestling/TripleH, Wrestling/{{Kane}}, Wrestling/ChrisJericho, Wrestling/KurtAngle, Wrestling/EddieGuerrero, Wrestling/RobVanDam, Wrestling/BookerT, Wrestling/JeffHardy, Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield, and Wrestling/{{Christian}}.[[/note]] Given that, due to some of the belts being permanently retired, there are only four active wrestlers left that could possibly accomplish the feat (those being Wrestling/TheUndertaker, who is short the Intercontinental Championship; Wrestling/WilliamRegal, who needs the Heavyweight or WWE Championship; Wrestling/MarkHenry, who needs a tag team and Intercontinental champion; and [[Wrestling/RonKillings R-Truth]]... yes, you read that right, he needs the Intercontenental and either the Heavyweight or WWE Championships), all four of them are over 40 and the only one that works a full-time schedule is the least likely to do it ([[Wrestling/RonKillings R-Truth]][[note]]He held the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwf-hc.html WWE Hardcore Title]] as K-Kwik, the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-t.html WWE Tag Team Titles]] with Wrestling/KofiKingston, and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwf-us-h.html WWE United States Title]], and thus would need to hold the IC Title and either the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-h.html WWE Championship Title]] or the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-h.html WWE World Heavyweight Title]][[/note]] and has been largely a career midcarder), Show may well be the last one to accomplish the feat under the current rules.

* FanNickname: The Big Slow, originally coined by [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]].
** Pig Slow, according to Creator/ScottKeith, who has no room to talk.

* HeAlsoDid: Appeared as a character of the week on ''Series/BurnNotice'' and ''Series/RoyalPains''.
** Was "Captain Insano" in the Creator/AdamSandler film ''Film/TheWaterboy.''

->''"He’ll turn heel, turn face, then turn heel again in the span of a match. It’s his defining trait. You hear ''“Big Show”'' and think ''“heel turns that don’t matter”'' before you think ''“tall.”"''

->''"He’ll turn heel, turn face, then turn heel again in the span of a match. It’s his defining trait. You hear ''“Big Show”'' and think ''“heel turns that don’t matter”'' before you think “tall.”"''

->''"He’ll turn heel, turn face, then turn heel again in the span of a match. It’s his defining trait. You hear ''“Big Show”'' and think ''“heel turns that don’t matter”'' before you think “tall.”"