Paul Donald Wight, Jr. (born February 8, 1972), better known by his ring name, (The) Big Show, is an American professional wrestler and actor, currently signed to WWE on its Raw brand.In professional wrestling, Big Show is a five-time world champion, having won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship twice, the WWF/E Championship twice, and the ECW World Heavyweight Championship once, making him the first person ever to hold all three championships. In addition to these championships, he has also won the WWE United States Championship once, the World Tag Team Championship five times (twice with The Undertaker, once with Kane, once with Chris Jericho, and once with The Miz), the WWE Tag Team Championship three times (once each with Chris Jericho, The Miz, and Kane) and the WWF Hardcore Championship three times.
Jeff Hardy vs Big Show
Billed as "The World's Largest Athlete", The Big Show initially came to prominence through his career in the now defunct World Championship Wrestling (WCW) from 1995 until 1999, then known simply as The Giant. In addition to being a two-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion, and the youngest man to ever hold the title, he is a three-time WCW World Tag Team Champion and the winner of the 1996 World War 3. Between WWE and WCW, Wight has held 20 total championships.
Outside of professional wrestling, Wight has starred in feature films and television series such as The Waterboy and USA Network's comedy-drama Royal Pains. In 2010, he had his first major role in the comedy film Knucklehead, which was produced by WWE Studios. Wight has made it known that he would like continue his acting career and expand beyond roles based on his size.
Wight returned at the 2001 Royal Rumble, but was eliminated by The Rock.Angered by his quick elimination, Wight proceeded to chokeslam The Rock through the announcer's table before leaving the arena. He then began competing for the WWF Hardcore Championship, which he lost to Kane in a Triple Threat match which also included Raven at WrestleMania X-Seven.
On the February 8 episode of Raw, Show regained the title from DX with his new tag team partner The Miz in a Triple Threat Tag Team Elimination match which also included the Straight Edge Society (CM Punk and Luke Gallows).On February 16, he and Miz successfully defended the title against Yoshi Tatsu and Goldust on the final episode of ECW. On the March 1 episode of Raw, Show and Miz defeated D-Generation X in their rematch after The Undertaker distracted Shawn Michaels long enough for the Miz to recover and pin him. At WrestleMania XXVI, Show and Miz defeated John Morrison and R-Truth to retain the title again.At Extreme Rules ShoMiz was in a tag team gauntlet match where if ShoMiz lost, the winning tag team would get a championship match the next night on Raw for the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship. The first tag team was R-Truth and John Morrison who lost their match. Then the next tag team arrived which was Mark Henry and MVP who also lost their match. The next tag team was the Hart Dynasty (David Hart Smith and Tyson Kidd) with Natalya and Bret 'The Hitman' Hart. They won the match which gave them the title match the next night on Raw.
Big Show was drafted to Raw as a part of the 2011 WWE Draft. He and Kane then started feuding with the New Nexus. After defending the titles against CM Punk and Mason Ryan at Over the Limit, Kane and Big Show lost their titles to Michael McGilligutty and David Otunga on the following day on Raw. After the match, Show was run over by Alberto Del Rio's car, driven by his ring announcer, and was sidelined with an injury for almost a month. He returned during a match between Kane and Del Rio, attacking Del Rio, who was saved by Rodriguez, but Big Show brutally attacked Rodriguez. It was determined that Show would face Del Rio at Capitol Punishment.
Filmography
Reggie's Prayer (1996) as "Mr. Portola"
Jingle All the Way (1996) as "Huge Santa"
McCinsey's Island (1998) as "Little Snow Flake"
The Waterboy (1998) as "Captain Insano"
Little Hercules in 3-D (2006) as "Marduk"
MacGruber (2010) as "Brick Hughes"
Knucklehead (WWE Studios Production) (2010) as "Walter Krunk"
Outside of professional wrestling, Wight has starred in feature films and television series such as The Waterboy and USA Network's comedy-drama Royal Pains. In 2010, he had his first major role in the comedy film Knucklehead, which was produced by WWE Studios. Wight has made it known that he would like continue his acting career and expand beyond roles based on his size.
Wight returned at the 2001 Royal Rumble, but was eliminated by The Rock.Angered by his quick elimination, Wight proceeded to chokeslam The Rock through the announcer's table before leaving the arena. He then began competing for the WWF Hardcore Championship, which he lost to Kane in a Triple Threat match which also included Raven at WrestleMania X-Seven.
On the February 8 episode of Raw, Show regained the title from DX with his new tag team partner The Miz in a Triple Threat Tag Team Elimination match which also included the Straight Edge Society (CM Punk and Luke Gallows).On February 16, he and Miz successfully defended the title against Yoshi Tatsu and Goldust on the final episode of ECW. On the March 1 episode of Raw, Show and Miz defeated D-Generation X in their rematch after The Undertaker distracted Shawn Michaels long enough for the Miz to recover and pin him. At WrestleMania XXVI, Show and Miz defeated John Morrison and R-Truth to retain the title again.At Extreme Rules ShoMiz was in a tag team gauntlet match where if ShoMiz lost, the winning tag team would get a championship match the next night on Raw for the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship. The first tag team was R-Truth and John Morrison who lost their match. Then the next tag team arrived which was Mark Henry and MVP who also lost their match. The next tag team was the Hart Dynasty (David Hart Smith and Tyson Kidd) with Natalya and Bret 'The Hitman' Hart. They won the match which gave them the title match the next night on Raw.
Big Show was drafted to Raw as a part of the 2011 WWE Draft. He and Kane then started feuding with the New Nexus. After defending the titles against CM Punk and Mason Ryan at Over the Limit, Kane and Big Show lost their titles to Michael McGilligutty and David Otunga on the following day on Raw. After the match, Show was run over by Alberto Del Rio's car, driven by his ring announcer, and was sidelined with an injury for almost a month. He returned during a match between Kane and Del Rio, attacking Del Rio, who was saved by Rodriguez, but Big Show brutally attacked Rodriguez. It was determined that Show would face Del Rio at Capitol Punishment.
Filmography
Reggie's Prayer (1996) as "Mr. Portola"
Jingle All the Way (1996) as "Huge Santa"
McCinsey's Island (1998) as "Little Snow Flake"
The Waterboy (1998) as "Captain Insano"
Little Hercules in 3-D (2006) as "Marduk"
MacGruber (2010) as "Brick Hughes"
Knucklehead (WWE Studios Production) (2010) as "Walter Krunk"
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