His real name is Paul Wight, and he’s one of WWE’s biggest Superstars, both literally and figuratively. Already in the sport for 15 years, The Big Show has carved out a place among the best of all time in WWE.
The Big Show never had to work hard on the indie wrestling circuit like many of his peers did. There are no small high school gyms for The Big Show.
After being introduced to Hulk Hogan in 1994, Wight reported to Larry Sharpe’s Monster Factory. A famous training school for professional wrestlers. After just seven months at Monster Factory, Wight signed a contract with World Championship Wrestling (WCW). WCW at the time was one of the two largest fighting organizations on the planet. Wight would finish his training at WCW Power Plant.
He made his debut in front of the cameras at the Great American Bash on June 18, 1995. He was introduced to the world as the son of Andre the Giant, blaming Hulk Hogan for his father’s death.
Known as The Giant, Wight would soon join the Dungeon of Doom, led by Kevin Sullivan. After many confrontations with the Hulk, The Giant was able to take away the WCW world title at Halloween Havoc ’95. However, the way he won the title was highly controversial, so the title was later delayed.
The giant won his second WCW world title by defeating Ric Flair. However, this reign would also prove short-lived. The New World Order was forming under the leadership of Hulk Hogan. Hogan soon defeated The Giant for the WCW world title.
Twenty-three days later, The Giant would join the NWO himself. Later that year, The Giant would challenge fellow NWO Hulk Hogan to a title fight. This led to him being expelled from the group.
Now he was fighting the New World Order with the likes of Sting and Lex Luger. In fact, he won the WCW World Tag Team Championships with Lex Luger twice during this time.
When 1997 began, The Giant began fighting Kevin Nash. Nash did indeed injure The Giant’s neck with a failed Jackknife Powerbomb-Nash move. Nash broke away from the NWO and formed his own group, the NWO Wolfpac. At this time, The Giant rejoined the original NWO and continued their feud with Nash.
During his second NWO run, he won the tag team championship once with Sting and once with Scott Hall.
Soon, however, the two NWOs were again merged into one. Hulk Hogan declared that there was only room for one giant and ordered a match between The Giant and Kevin Nash. Nash won with some outside interference.
After this incident, The Giant would never be seen on WCW television again. His contract had expired and he was linked to WWF.
Wight signed a 10-year contract with WWF. He made his WWF debut in a very dramatic way. At the Valentine’s Day Massacre during the McMahon / Austin cage match, Wight tore through the mat from under the ring. He also threw Austin to the side of the cage, breaking it completely and sending Austin to the ground.
Wight would serve as McMahon’s bodyguard as a member of The Corporation.
He briefly acted as Paul “The Great” Wight. Then it was Paul “The Big Show” Wight. So, just The Big Show. The Big Show has been through many ups and downs in his historic WWE career. It has gone through many changes in history, but it has always been The Big Show.