Big Show

About Big Show

He was the first wrestler to hold the World Heavyweight, ECW World, WWE World, and WCW World belts all at the same time."The World's Largest Athlete", he was dubbed. His real name is Paul Wight. In 2020, he began starring in the Netflix series The Big Show Show.

Paul Donald Wight II is an American professional wrestler, actor and commentator. He signed to All Elite Wrestling as a performer and commentator for his live TV show, AEW Dark: Elevation, whose real name is Paul Wight. He is best known for his tenure at WWE from 1999 to 2021 as the Ring Big Show, and his World Championships wrestling matches from 1995 to 1999 as the Giant. . Wight started his career in 1994. In 1995 he signed with WCW where, due to his enormous size, he was known as The Giant ring. In early 1999, he left WCW to join the World Wrestling Federation. Between WWF / WWE and WCW, he's a seven-time world champion, hosted WCW heavyweight world champions, two-time WWF / WWE champion, two-time WWE heavyweight champion and a once ECW heavyweight world champion, making him the sole wrestler. who won all four titles.

Billed from	Tampa, Florida
Children	3
Trained by	Larry Sharpe, Thrasher
Born	February 8, 1972, Aiken, South Carolina, U.S.
Birth name	Paul Donald Wight II
Debut	December 3, 1994
Residence	Tampa, Florida, U.S.
Alma mater	Wichita State University
Ring name(s)	(The) Big Show, The Giant, Paul Wight

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Big Show before fame

In the WCW, he was billed as The Giant at initially, and he made his debut at the 1995 Halloween Havoc, disqualifying Hulk Hogan.

Achievement of Big Show

By the age of twelve, he was over 6 feet tall, weighed 220 pounds, and had chest hair. As a finishing move, he devised the Chokeslam.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

$20 Million

Big Show family life

He had a daughter named Cierra with his first wife, Melissa Ann Piavis, whom he married on February 14, 1997 and divorced on February 6, 2002. He married Bess Katramados in February 2002, and they have two daughters.

Associations of Big Show

He played Captain Insano in Adam Sandler's 1998 comedy sports film The Waterboy.

Big Show Height, Weight & Physique Measurements

Weight	181 kg
Height	213 cm
Eye Color	Hazel Grey
Hair Color	N/A (Bald)

Facts about Big Show

• Is he going to retire?
At the start 2017, Paul revealed that he would quit the competitive sports at the close of winter 2018 when his contract with the WWE expired.
• In 1994, Big Show received an offer to join NFL, as the agent named Jim Strauser considered him a promising American football player. However, Big Show was determined to continue his wrestling career.
• Big Show always cries when fighting on the ring.
• What are his remarkable abilities?
Big Show is the first one who managed to perform a spectacular but painful chokeslam. The wrestling star is also perfect at making a moonsault.
• The wrestler suffered from acromegaly, a problem with the endocrine system.
• When did his feud with Hulk Hogan begin?
It started when Big Show got related to the Dungeon of Doom. Everyone remembers that he got the victory against Hulk during the WCW World Heavyweight Competition.
• Who was his first trainer?
It was Larry Sharpe who was the first coach of the star. Big Show had trained him for about seven months and then in 1995, Big Show inked the deal with the WCW.
• It was Hulk Hogan who recommended the promising fighter to the vice president of the WCW whose name was Eric Bischoff.