5 wrestlers who were out of shape

#1 Big Show

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Ever since he started his life in wrestling as the ‘Giant’ for WCW, Big Show has been known for his enormous size. He was billed as the son of Andre ‘The Giant” towards the beginning of his career though that was later dropped.

One aspect of Big Show that made him stand out from the rest of the crowd of giants in professional wrestling was how agile he was. At 7 feet tall and 500 pounds, Show was a phenomenal athlete and could move faster than most men half his size.

Show was not only agile but acrobatic as well, actually doing moves from the top rope in the beginning of his career. In one particularly famous moment, Big Show jumped over the top rope of the ring to pursue Macho Man Randy Savage, without stopping short. The sheer sight of such a physical specimen moving that fast was terrifying and exhilarating at the same time.

Later in his career, Big Show would slow down as he gained weight and slowly but surely went out of shape. His movement in the ring slowed down, and while still terrifying he was no longer a man that could move that fast, and was too bulky. He looked like he was about to retire from wrestling after years of entertaining the WWE fans.

Late in his career, leading up to a rumored match up against Shaquille O’Neil, Big Show made some changes in his life. He started working out a lot more because he realized the stress that he was causing to his body given his weight, and in a photo that has since gone viral, he showed off his six-pack abs.

It is amazing to consider that even at this age, Big Show still has the ability to wow the audience so much with the effort he put into building himself from the ground-up.