Big Show

Big Show
Wight on December 9, 2011
Born (1972-02-08) February 8, 1972 (age 54)
Aiken, South Carolina
Spouse(s)Bess Katramados
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Big Show
The Giant
The Big Nasty Bastard
Paul Wight
Billed height7 ft 4 in (224 cm)
Billed weight500 lb (230 kg)
Trained byLarry Sharpe
DebutDecember 3, 1994

Paul Donald Wight (born February 8, 1972) is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under his real name. He is best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation/WWE under the ring name, (The) Big Show.

He is also known for his career in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), where he wrestled as (The) Giant from June 1995 to December 1998. Paul Wight is the first European-American athlete in the history of wrestling to win the WWE Championship, WCW World Heavyweight Championship and the ECW World Championship, even though his ECW Title win was after the company became a WWE property. Kane is the second wrestler.

Championships

References

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  2. ↑ "Big Show's IMDB profile". IMDB. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
  3. ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 1996". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
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  5. ↑ "WCW World Championship - The Giant (April 22, 1996 - August 10, 1996)". WWE. Archived from the original on May 24, 2015. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
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  8. ↑ "WWE Championship - Big Show (November 14, 1999 - January 03, 2000)". WWE. Archived from the original on February 28, 2015. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  9. ↑ "WWE Championship - Big Show (November 17, 2002 - December 15, 2002)". WWE. Archived from the original on March 1, 2015. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  10. ↑ "ECW Championship - Big Show (July 04, 2006 - December 03, 2006)". WWE. Archived from the original on June 1, 2012. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  11. ↑ "World Heavyweight Championship - Big Show (December 18, 2011 - December 18, 2011)". WWE. Archived from the original on April 27, 2012. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  12. ↑ "World Heavyweight Championship - Big Show (October 28, 2012 - January 08, 2013)". WWE. Archived from the original on November 15, 2012. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  13. ↑ "World Tag Team Championships - Undertaker & Big Show (August 22, 1999 - August 30, 1999)". WWE. Archived from the original on March 19, 2014. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  14. ↑ "World Tag Team Championships - Undertaker & Big Show (September 09, 1999 - September 20, 1999)". WWE. Archived from the original on March 19, 2014. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  15. ↑ "World Tag Team Championships - Big Show & Kane (November 01, 2005 - April 03, 2006)". WWE. Archived from the original on February 11, 2015. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  16. ↑ "World Tag Team Championships - Chris Jericho & Big Show (July 26, 2009 - December 13, 2009)". WWE. Archived from the original on January 21, 2015. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  17. ↑ "World Tag Team Championships - The Miz & Big Show (February 08, 2010 - April 26, 2010)". WWE. Archived from the original on January 21, 2015. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  18. ↑ "Intercontinental Championship - Big Show (April 01, 2012 - April 29, 2012)". WWE. Archived from the original on July 29, 2012. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  19. ↑ "WWE Tag Team Championships - Chris Jericho & Big Show (July 26, 2009 - December 13, 2009)". WWE. Archived from the original on February 27, 2015. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
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  21. ↑ "WWE Tag Team Championships - Big Show & Kane (April 22, 2011 - May 23, 2011)". WWE. Archived from the original on February 17, 2015. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  22. ↑ "United States Championship - Big Show (October 19, 2003 - March 14, 2004)". WWE. Archived from the original on June 3, 2012. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  23. ↑ "Hardcore Championship - Big Show (February 25, 2001 - March 19, 2001)". WWE. Archived from the original on December 29, 2014. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  24. ↑ "Hardcore Championship - Big Show (May 21, 2001 - May 28, 2001)". WWE. Archived from the original on December 29, 2014. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  25. ↑ "Hardcore Championship - Big Show (July 12, 2002 - July 12, 2002)". WWE. Archived from the original on December 29, 2014. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  26. ↑ "Team SmackDown def. Team Raw (WWE Bragging Rights Tag Team Elimination Match)". WWE. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  27. ↑ "Raw: 2009 Tag Team of the Year Slammy Award presentation". WWE. Archived from the original on 2014-06-20. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  28. ↑ "2011 Slammy Award Winners". WWE. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  29. ↑ "2012 WWE Slammy Awards and WWE.com Slammy Awards winners". WWE. Archived from the original on 2015-04-08. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  30. ↑ "2013 Slammy Award winners". WWE. Archived from the original on 2019-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  31. ↑ "2014 Slammy Award winners". WWE. Archived from the original on 2015-11-30. Retrieved 2015-03-03.

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