History Wrestling / TheBigShow

** He was sent down to WWE's developmental territory, Ohio Valley Wrestling, in 2000 to lose weight. This is why he was absent from WWE television for a good chunk of 2000 and from ''[[VideoGame/{{WWE}} WWF No Mercy]]''. TheBusCameBack at the ''Wrestling/RoyalRumble'' in 2001.

* PutOnABus: He was sent down to WWE's developmental territory, Ohio Valley Wrestling, in 2000 to lose weight. This is why he was absent from WWE television for a good chunk of 2000 and from ''[[VideoGame/{{WWE}} WWF No Mercy]]''. TheBusCameBack at the ''Wrestling/RoyalRumble'' in 2001.

* FinishingMove: Originally, it was the Chokeslam. It's currently the WMD/Knockout Punch.
** He also used a spinning headlock elbow drop that he called the Final Cut, and a legdrop takedown called the Showstopper.

* IFightForTheStrongestSide: At Survivor Series 2014, he betrayed Team Cena because he thought Team Authority would win and he'd be fired. Ironically, Team Cena won and the Authority was stripped of their power. Needless to say, this made things the next night awkward.

* ArchEnemy: (in Wrestling/{{WCW}}): Wrestling/HulkHogan, Wrestling/RandySavage, Wrestling/{{Sting}}; (in Wrestling/{{WWE}}): Wrestling/TheUndertaker, Wrestling/{{Kane}}, Wrestling/JohnCena, [[Wrestling/TheNexus The Corre]], Wrestling/MarkHenry, [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]]. Wrestling/CodyRhodes for their ''[[Wrestling/WrestleMania WrestleMania]]'' feud and match. Recently has included Wrestling/{{Sheamus}} and Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio. Now his main archenemies are [[Wrestling/TripleH the]] [[Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon Authority]] before he willingly joined them.Big Cass after Great Balls of Fire until Summerslam 2017.

* CreateYourOwnVillain: Big Show certainly had a small habit of this in 2011. First, during his feud with Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio, he had a match on Smackdown against the already angry and motivated WorldsStrongestMan Wrestling/MarkHenry, during which he repeatedly Knockout Punched Henry to the point he had to be stretchered out. No wonder Henry went absolutely AxCrazy into full-on ScaryBlackMan territory. Then during Big Show's revenge-for-revenge return feud against Henry later that year, when Henry started having issues with Money in the Bank winner [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]], Show was the one who prodded Bryan to cash in against Henry and thus [[{{Hypocrite}} break his promise]] to wait for the next ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}}'' (although Henry's attacks certainly helped that along). Bryan would try twice against Henry, the first not even getting off the ground and the second being a false alarm. [[RuleOfThree Third time would be the charm]]…against Big Show himself. Cue Show's dubious distinction of being the shortest-reigning world champion in history and Bryan's recent case of AcquiredSituationalNarcissism…[[{{Heel}} and dick moves]].

* [[DeathByIrony Defeat by Irony]]: The WMD-user was himself punched out by a brass-knuckle-using Floyd Mayweather, Jr. at WrestleMania XXIV.

* FlashbackWithinAFlashback: After weeks of Wrestling/CodyRhodes playing Big Show's embarrassing WrestleMania moments on the Titantron, Big Show finally beats Rhodes at Wrestlemania XXVIII. On a subsequent RAW, Big Show comes out and plays a highlight of that match. The next week, Big Show shows a clip of himself showing the Wrestlemania clip from last week.

* 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 under the original system. [[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 Intercontinental 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 original rules. [[note]]It was amended in 2015 to include the United States championship as the new tertiary and in 2016 to include the Universal Championship. Show qualifies for both with his US title reign.[[/note]]

* OhCrap: He reacted this way when Cody Rhodes dropkicked him off the apron in a tables match at Extreme Rules 2012 for the Intercontinental Championship Show won at Wrestlemania from Cody. His foot promptly proceeded to go through a table. The referee saw this and the victory went to Cody, along with the Championship. Show was not happy afterwards.

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Whether he's a heel or not, Show is known for being a big ol' softy in real life. Despite being in a position of power among his fellow wrestlers, he's spent a good chunck of his career helping out young up and comers by putting them over and generally just being an all around great guy.

* ArchEnemy: (in Wrestling/{{WCW}}): Wrestling/HulkHogan, Wrestling/RandySavage, Wrestling/{{Sting}}; (in Wrestling/{{WWE}}): Wrestling/TheUndertaker, Wrestling/{{Kane}}, Wrestling/JohnCena, [[Wrestling/TheNexus The Corre]], Wrestling/MarkHenry, [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]]. Wrestling/CodyRhodes for their ''[[Wrestling/WrestleMania WrestleMania]]'' feud and match. Recently has included Wrestling/{{Sheamus}} and Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio. Now his main archenemies are [[Wrestling/TripleH the]] [[Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon Authority]] before he willingly joined them.

The Giant was the Wrestling/DungeonOfDoom's scheme to take down [[Wrestling/HulkHogan Hulkamania]]. Presented (somewhat tastelessly) as Wrestling/AndreTheGiant's son, his first match, after weeks of attacking Hogan, took place in {{UsefulNotes/Detroit}}, a short distance from the site of ''Wrestling/WrestleMania III''[='=]s match between Hogan and André. He is one of the few active wrestlers left over from the Wrestling/MondayNightWars, the others being {{Wrestling/Kane}}, {{Wrestling/Goldust}}, and Wrestling/MarkHenry. (You might compare him to Kane in how their careers played out.)

He left {{Wrestling/WCW}} over salary issues and joined Wrestling/TheCorporation, where he was known as the Big Show. If someone were asked to sum up his career, it's probably be, "He's a big guy who's billed as scary and unbeatable, gets marched out halfway through a storyline as a [[FedToTheBeast punishment match]], and he loses 60% of the time". He does a lot of charity work for the company and he has put a lot of people over. He's almost like the face of the company without WWE admitting he's the face of the company.

The Giant was the Wrestling/DungeonOfDoom's scheme to take down [[Wrestling/HulkHogan Hulkamania]]. Presented (somewhat tastelessly) as Wrestling/AndreTheGiant's son, his first match, after weeks of attacking Hogan, took place in {{UsefulNotes/Detroit}}, a short distance from the site of ''Wrestling/WrestleMania III''[='=]s match between Hogan and André. He left {{Wrestling/WCW}} over salary issues and joined Wrestling/TheCorporation, where he was known as the Big Show. He is one of the few active wrestlers left over from the Wrestling/MondayNightWars, the others being {{Wrestling/Kane}}, {{Wrestling/Goldust}}, and Wrestling/MarkHenry. (You might compare him to Kane in how their careers played out.)

If someone were asked to sum up his career, it's probably be, "He's a big guy who's billed as scary and unbeatable, gets marched out halfway through a storyline as a [[FedToTheBeast punishment match]], and he loses 60% of the time". He does a lot of charity work for the company and he has put a lot of people over. He's almost like the face of the company without WWE admitting he's the face of the company.

....It's a Big Show, a.k.a. "The World's Largest Athlete", is a {{professional wrestl|ing}}er currently working for Wrestling/{{WWE}}. His real name is Paul Wight, although you'd [[DoNotCallMePaul best not call him that]]. At 7'1" (216 cm) tall and 440 pounds (200 kg), his billing is not just for show (and he used to be even heavier). He's easily one of the most agile [[TheGiant "giants"]] in wrestling.

->''"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.[='=]''"''
-->--'''Brandon Stroud''', [[http://uproxx.com/prowrestling/2015/04/the-best-and-worst-of-wcw-monday-nitro-32596-the-one-where-big-show-turns/ "The Best and Worst of WCW Monday Nitro 3/25/96: The One Where Big Show Turns"]]

The Big Show, a.k.a. "The World's Largest Athlete", is a {{professional wrestl|ing}}er currently working for Wrestling/{{WWE}}. His real name is Paul Wight, although you'd [[DoNotCallMePaul best not call him that]]. At 7'1" (216 cm) tall and 440 pounds (200 kg), his billing is not just for show (and he used to be even heavier). He's easily one of the most agile [[TheGiant "giants"]] in wrestling.

'''The Big Show''' is a {{professional wrestl|ing}}er currently working for Wrestling/{{WWE}}. His real name is Paul Wight, although you'd [[DoNotCallMePaul best not call him that]]. Earning his name at 7'1" (216 cm) tall and 440 pounds (200 kg) (He used to be even heavier, but has dropped a lot of weight recently), he's billed as the "World's Largest Athlete", has been with Wrestling/{{WWE}} since 1999 and had worked in Wrestling/{{WCW}} as The Giant before that. (He was even billed as the son of Wrestling/AndreTheGiant, though there's no relation.) His title is not just for show, as he's one of the most athletic "giant" professional wrestlers. He is a 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-h.html WCW World Heavyweight Champion]], a 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-t.html WCW World Tag Team Champion]][[note]]With Wrestling/{{Sting}} and with Wrestling/ScottHall[[/note]], a 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-h.html WWE Champion]], a 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-h.html WWE World Heavyweight Champion]], a 3x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Champion]][[note]]Twice with Wrestling/TheUndertaker and once with Wrestling/{{Kane}}[[/note]], a 3x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-t.html WWE Tag Team Champion]][[note]]Once with Wrestling/ChrisJericho, once with Wrestling/TheMiz and once with Wrestling/{{Kane}}[[/note]] and a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-h.html WWE ECW Heavyweight Champion.]]

[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Show The Other Wiki]] has a good writeup about his life and career.

* TheGiant: [[ShapedLikeItself Well, duh.]] [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin It was only his]] ''ring name'' in WCW. They still call him this by way of a pseudo-RedBaron in WWE, too. Incidentally, he used to wrestle in a fairly traditional manner and had to learn "giant wrestling" while in WWE.

* FleetingDemographicRule: Hey, remember when Big Show was supersuplexed off the top rope by his opponent in which the ring broke? Now, are we talking his 2003 match with Wrestling/BrockLesnar, or his 2011 match with Wrestling/MarkHenry?

** He also tends to CAUSE this reaction whenever he appears in the Royal Rumble, [[EnemyMine every wrestler in the the ring]] uniting to attack him.

* 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 Intercontinental 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.

** The HeelFaceTurn mentioned above came about as a result of a ''Series/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.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To AndreTheGiant. He was even pushed as Andre's son for a while.

* BoringButPractical: His FinishingMove, the WMD [[MundaneMadeAwesome (Weapon of Mass Destruction)]] is...a punch. But if you've seen the size of the guy's hands (which Wrestling/JimRoss has compared to catcher's mitts), you'd probably buy someone not being able to get up for a while after he hits them in the jaw.

'''The Big Show''' is a {{professional wrestl|ing}}er currently working for Wrestling/{{WWE}}. His real name is Paul Wight, although you'd [[DoNotCallMePaul best not call him that]]. Earning his name at 7'1" (216 cm) tall and 440 pounds (200 kg), he's billed as the "World's Largest Athlete", has been with Wrestling/{{WWE}} since 1999 and had worked in Wrestling/{{WCW}} as The Giant before that. (He was even billed as the son of Wrestling/AndreTheGiant, though there's no relation.) His title is not just for show, as he's one of the most athletic "giant" professional wrestlers. He is a 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-h.html WCW World Heavyweight Champion]], a 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-t.html WCW World Tag Team Champion]][[note]]With Wrestling/{{Sting}} and with Wrestling/ScottHall[[/note]], a 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-h.html WWE Champion]], a 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-h.html WWE World Heavyweight Champion]], a 3x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Champion]][[note]]Twice with Wrestling/TheUndertaker and once with Wrestling/{{Kane}}[[/note]], a 3x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-t.html WWE Tag Team Champion]][[note]]Once with Wrestling/ChrisJericho, once with Wrestling/TheMiz and once with Wrestling/{{Kane}}[[/note]] and a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-h.html WWE ECW Heavyweight Champion.]]

* AssKicksYou: Known to use his huge rear end as a weapon, whether by shoving it backwards to break out of a hold from behind, or by smashing opponents into the turnbuckle with it. As Paul Heyman humerously put it: "that's a whole lotta ass comin' at ya!"

* {{Determinator}}: There's a very good reason he's only been competed against in Last Man Standng matches twice in WWE history; it took chloroform, a beat-down from Wrestling/{{Test}} and a ''40-plus-foot elbow drop'' for [[Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon Shane [=McMahon=]]] to beat him the first time. The second time, it took Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio flinging a set of solid steel steps at him ''three'' times and dumping an ''entire'' announce table on top of him to keep him from getting up for the 10-count. Otherwise, it's nearly impossible to keep this giant down for long.

** And again on the 28/05/12 episode of Monday Night Raw when he annihilated Brodus Clay, R-Truth and Kofi Kingston at the end of the show. And on the June 1st episode of Smackdown he laid out Wrestling/SantinoMarella and Wrestling/ZackRyder. However, this backfired ''big time'', when the those he had attacked intervened at ''No Way Out'' to prevent him from taking advantage of some outside interference by JohnLaurinaitis and winning the match, leading to his defeat.

->''"He’ll [[FaceHeelTurn turn heel]], [[HeelFaceTurn turn face]], [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor 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.[='=]''"''
-->--'''[[http://uproxx.com/prowrestling/2015/04/the-best-and-worst-of-wcw-monday-nitro-32596-the-one-where-big-show-turns/ Brandon Stroud]]'''

'''The Big Show''' is a {{professional wrestl|ing}}er currently working for Wrestling/{{WWE}}. His real name is Paul Wight, although you'd [[DoNotCallMePaul best not call him that]]. Earning his name at 7'1" (216 cm) tall and 440 pounds (200 kg), he's billed as the "World's Largest Athlete", has been with Wrestling/{{WWE}} since 1999 and had worked in Wrestling/{{WCW}} as The Giant before that. (He was even billed as the son of Wrestling/AndreTheGiant, though there's no relation.) His title is not just for show, as he's one of the most athletic "giant" professional wrestlers. He is a 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-h.html WCW World Heavyweight Champion]], a 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-t.html WCW World Tag Team Champion]][[note]]With Wrestling/{{Sting}} and with Wrestling/ScottHall[[/note]], a 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-h.html WWE Champion]], a 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-h.html WWE World Heavyweight Champion]], a 3x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Champion]][[note]]Twice with Wrestling/TheUndertaker and once with Wrestling/{{Kane}}[[/note]], a 3x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-t.html WWE Tag Team Champion]][[note]]Once with Wrestling/ChrisJericho, once with Wrestling/TheMiz and once with Wrestling/{{Kane}}[[/note]] and a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-h.html WWE ECW Heavyweight Champion]].

** And again on the 28/05/12 episode of Monday Night Raw when he annihilated Brodus Clay, R-Truth and Kofi Kingston at the end of the show. And on the June 1st episode of Smackdown he laid out Wrestling/SantinoMarella and ZackRyder. However, this backfired ''big time'', when the those he had attacked intervened at ''No Way Out'' to prevent him from taking advantage of some outside interference by JohnLaurinaitis and winning the match, leading to his defeat.