WWE - The Big Show: A Giant's World

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He came into the wrestling business being put in the same spotlight as Andre The Giant & for over the next 15 years, he's definitely been one of the most dominate giants in the history of the business. From being "Andre's son" to the "World's Largest Athlete", the story of Paul Wight is finally being told. Throughout the documentary, you'll hear from his various family & friends along with fellow WWE talents such as William Regal, Triple H, Arn Anderson, Chavo Guerrero, Edge, John Cena, Pat Patterson.

The documentary begins with the story of how he was a small town boy (complete with footage from when he was a kid) to have health problems early & a heavy eating habit. How he played basketball with that ending up getting him suspended for 6 months is talked about before going into the story behind the issues with a tumor that caused his overgrowth & stories behind the job he had before going into wrestling. The documentary continues talking about how he was discovered by Hulk Hogan & trained at the WCW Power Plant with Triple H & William Regal commenting on his experiences there before going into how he got the spot that he did resulting in winning the World Championship in his very first match. His ability to be very athletic for his size as far as speed, coming off the top rope, and doing moves likes dropkicks were heavily discussed before going into the problems he had in WCW with Triple H having his own theory of what went wrong there. The story behind Show's WWE debut at the St. Valentine's Day Massacre PPV was talked about next before going into how he was miserable in his early WWE career before talking about how certain veterans like Undertaker helped mentor him. A big highlight of the documentary happened next as the real life story behind the storyline with Big Boss Man in regards to his father's death was heavily discussed including why they had to take a more comedic approach as the storyline went along as opposed to keeping it serious. His first WWE Championship win, the concept behind his entertaining impressions, and his reasoning behind his time in the OVW developmental territory are discussed before talking about his dominance in the ring with such highlights as when him & Brock Lesnar broke the ring. We get a tour of his personal traveling bus along with the story behind why he got it & what he brought to the ECW brand was discussed before going into his new training methods that helped him lose weight & stay healthy with the feud with Floyd Mayweather (including getting his nose broken) & his acting roles (Knucklead, Waterboy, SNL) finish out the documentary.

Matches Include:

Sumo Monster Truck Match vs. Hulk Hogan - What they did here was have Hogan & Giant's customized monster trucks welded together & they had a sumo-type match over on Cobo Hall with the winner being able to push the losers truck out of the circle. It really wasn't much to watch unless your a huge fan of monster trucks but Hogan ended winning before getting into a confrontation with Giant leading to him falling off the roof of the building.

WCW Halloween Havoc '95

vs. WCW Champion Hulk Hogan - This match was the stereotypical formula you've seen from Hogan vs. "Giant/Big Man" matches in the past with the likes of Earthquake, King Kong Bundy, Big John Studd, ect. Hogan would get beat down & worn down with getting in a few short-lived comebacks here & there before finally Hulking Up, beginning to overpower, and eventually slam Giant. Right here is where all hell breaks loose as you find out that Jimmy Hart & Lex Luger were members of the Dungeon Of Doom by attacking Hogan & Randy Savage along with the appearance of the Yeti (which was short lived) before Giant walked out with the World Title.

WCW Halloween Havoc '95

vs. WCW Champion Ric Flair - This was pretty short & sweet as Flair tried his best but the future "Big Show" dominated this match & broke the figure four as only he can to win the WCW Championship.

"WCW Nitro" Apr. '96

[Rise & Fall Of WCW]

WCW Championship Match vs. Sting - The prematch stipulation is that Jimmy Hart, Giant's manager, would be handcuffed to Lex Luger, ex-Dungeon Of Doom member & Sting's partner, to prevent interference. Sting tried to hit & move early before eventually getting caught with Giant working over Sting's midsection by just standing on his stomach while later applying a body scissors & using the ropes to his advantage. Luger & Hart were able to stay out of the action in the beginning but they would get more involved as the match went on such as Giant attempting to chokeslam Sting though a table the same way he did to Luger on the previous Nitro but Luger was able to use Jimmy Hart to prevent it along with playing a major factor in the end that helped Giant retain his WCW Championship.

WCW Slamboree '96

WCW Championship Match vs. Lex Luger - Luger was coming into this match looking to become a triple crown champion as he was already half of the WCW Tag Team Champions while also the WCW Television Champion. Jimmy Hart tried getting involved early on but Sting appeared to chase Hart off making sure it was an even contest. Giant focused on Luger's back by constantly tossing Luger onto his back while applying moves like the back breaker & bear hug. This heavily effected Luger's power advantage as he wasn't able to slam Giant at one point while he was able to put Giant into his Torture Rack but unable to hold him helping Giant retain his title.

WCW Great American Bash '96

vs. Steve Austin - This was right before WrestleMania XV with Mankind as the special referee, The Rock doing commentary, and Vince sitting at ringside. Show had the clear power advantage as he was able to keep counter Austin's attacks & block the stunner numerous times with Show also being was very defiant of Mankind causing him to take matters into his own hands at times as the referee. This match really put Show over as a threat since he had to take numerous non-stop chair shots to the head to finally be put down.

"RAW" Mar. '99

vs. WWE Champion Undertaker - This match which was a complete brawl from start to finish with the referee letting them get away than what they normally would such as Taker using a chair. However what this match is remembered for more than anything else is Big Show chokeslaming Undertaker through the ring.

"RAW" July '99

["Best Of RAW: Volume 2" & "Undertaker's Deadliest Matches"]

vs. WWE Champion Triple H vs. The Rock - This was originally suppose to be Steve Austin but with him getting ran over earlier in the show, Big Show walked in as his replacement. Show was a dominate monster throughout the contest causing Triple H & Rock to get on the same page by constantly teaming up to take out Big Show whenever possible. This match went all over the place from the ring to the floor back to the staging area with anything being used that they could get their hands on (ring bell, fire extinguisher, announce table). Shane McMahon tried to be a guest referee to no avail before Vince McMahon would end up "screwing" someone out the WWE Championship in favor of Show.

Survivor Series '99

vs. Kurt Angle - This was pretty short & sweet as it was around the time that Big Show was being very entertaining during his matches by doing impressions of other wrestlers & famous people but this was probably he most memorable one he ever did...BROTHER!

Backlash '00

vs. WWE Champion Brock Lesnar - This was a match that was more about getting a storyline over than having an actual match. Brock had a broken rib so he was limited in what he could do but in 4 mins., he did an F-5 to Big Show, had Heyman turn his back on him (which was being set up for weeks) & have Show cheat him out of the WWE Title.

Survivor Series '02

vs. Rey Mysterio - "David vs. Goliath" here as Mysterio kept embarrassing Show for weeks leading up to this match here. Rey tried to hit & run but Show kept eventually catching him & dominate. Rey used a chair at one point & delivered 3 619's to Show only to once again get caught for Show to get the win & punish Rey for everything that happened after the match.

Backlash '03

vs. WWE United States Champion Eddie Guerrero - This match played to Eddie's weakness as he was selling the beating Show gave him on SmackDown so it was mostly a "David vs. Goliath" type match with Show dominating for the most part until it was just too much for Eddie as Show won the U.S. Title. Check out the part in the end when he tried to put the belt on his wait to realize it's too small.

No Mercy '03

vs. Kurt Angle - Show was revenge after he was "raped of his dignity" (tribute to Andre The Giant) by Kurt Angle to the point where he made it made it clear that he was going to "break Angle in half." Show slowly punished Angle to the point where Kurt tried to take the easy way out of the match before being forced to continue. Angle tried to resort to dirty tactics like a chair (which Show punched into Angle's face) & the tranquilizer gun which only made Show more angry to the point where Angle payed for it with a very powerful chokeslam from the top rope. This was probably the most dominate performance from Big Show throughout his entire career.

No Mercy '04

w/Kane vs. World Tag Team Champions Lance Cade & Trevor Murdock - Kane & Big Show got the title shot here because they didn't win the vote to participate in the WWE Championship match later that night (explain that logic). While Cade & Murdock were able to get some shots in & work over Kane for a short time, this was a dominate performance by Show & Kane from start to finish & even after the match.

Taboo Tuesday '05