5 WWE Superstars whose careers were saved by other wrestlers

#3 Brock Lesnar saved The Big Show’s WWE career

The Big Show struggled to reclaim his spot as a WWE main-eventer following his return from a spell in the Ohio Valley Wrestling developmental system in 2000.

Speaking on Corey Graves’ After The Bell podcast, the 7-footer recalled how he found it difficult to get back to his previous level on the card in 2001-2002 until Brock Lesnar personally requested to work with him.

“Brock and I started working and tearing the house down and it changed a lot of people’s perceptions of who I was as a talent and who I was as an individual, and I really owe that break to have them [WWE] re-look at me and it’s because of Brock.”

The Big Show went as far as saying that he owes his entire career resurgence to Lesnar, who dropped the WWE Championship to his long-term rival at Survivor Series 2002 after a betrayal from Paul Heyman.

Twelve years after their first rivalry began, the two men went one-on-one again at the 2014 Royal Rumble. The Big Show was unable to pick up the victory, though, as Lesnar attacked him with a steel chair before delivering a huge F-5 to win the two-minute match.