7 interesting facts about Big Show

He had several names prior to ‘Big Show’

Most of the fans have always known Paul Wight as Big Show, but that wasn’t his name when he joined WWF. Wight was called “The Giant” throughout his time in the WCW, and after his WWE debut in 1999 he got the name “Big Nasty” Paul Wight which was shortly changed to “The Big Show” Paul Wight. Soon he dropped his real name and since then he has been called as “The Big Show.”

A great tag-team wrestler…

Despite being a hot head, Big Show has actually formed several successful tag teams throughout his wrestling career. He is a 5 time World Tag Team Champion; with Undertaker (2), Kane, Chris Jericho and The Miz, and 3 time WWE Tag Team Champion; with Kane, Jericho and Miz, and also a 3 time WCW World Tag Team Champion; with Lex Luger, Sting and Scott Hall. Having 11 tag team title reigns is a great achievement for a wrestler who has spent most of his wrestling career contesting singles competitions.

…But he didn’t like Miz and Jericho

In an interview with TheState.com in 2011, Big Show was asked about his favorite tag team partner, to which his answer was Kane. He said: “Gotta be Kane! We were unstoppable together and I like him as a partner….Miz was annoying, Jericho was grumpy….Jericho used to always tell me to put my glasses on as I couldn’t read anything.”

The two big-size men were a team in the WWF/WWE thrice, first was during the WWF Attitude Era when they defeated teams like the Hardy Boyz and Dudley Boyz, second was in 2004-2005 when they won the World Tag Team Championship and became a dominant force in the WWE, and the third and final time in 2011 when they defeated The Corre to win the WWE Tag Team Championship.