10 WWE legends who have not had a retirement match yet

#4 Big Show

Deserves more than he’s getting

Unfortunately, The Big Show has had to put up with a lot from the WWE over the years. After his initial run with WCW, Vince McMahon was understandably keen to bring the Giant over to his company and allowed him to enjoy a good amount of success early on. It’s difficult to have a 7 foot, 500-pound monster like Show in your company and not give him the world title at least once.

But in the later stages of his career, the aura that was once attached to the former NWO competitor has all but evaporated. Show has lost clean on two separate occasions to non-professional wrestling opponents at Wrestlemania. He has also been on the receiving end of many jokes and has generally been used very inconsistently.

One minute we are expecting him to defeat John Cena for the WWE Championship, and the next we see him as the subject of mockery from Triple H and the rest of the Authority. People want to cheer for the Big Show, but WWE creative just give us too many reasons not to.

The saddest phase in his recent career came when a WWE crowd in the UK started chanting ‘please retire’ at him. This momentarily caught on, and several other arenas around the US continued the chant. Even though Show was a heel at the time, he must have seen this reaction for what it was, a sign that fans had become genuinely tired of seeing him wrestle.

It didn’t help matters that he became a bodyguard for the much hated Stephanie McMahon during the Authority’s height in 2014. As Stephanie once said, it feels like Show needs the WWE more than they need him, because when he does finally retire, there won’t be much left for him to do.

Big Show deserves to have a proper send-off, and while he is still competing on Monday Night RAW, that time probably isn’t too far away. If they were to have a retirement match sooner rather than later, then he would be very useful in helping to put over somebody like Big Cass.

Show is currently involved in the Enzo and Cass storyline, and with Cass’s heel turn recently, this could be a great way to show just how dominant the Seven Foot Tall New York native is.