10 Good Matches From Wrestlers You Wouldn't Expect
10. The Big Show (vs. John Cena & CM Punk) - Summerslam 2012
The Big Show's lumbering pace and methodical, punch-based offence have won few admirers among fans of wrestling's technical skill and athleticism. Instead the Big Show's career owes its existence to his seven foot frame (and, to a lesser extent, ability to cry on cue).
The Big Show's Triple Threat match for the WWE Championship seems to have been booked solely to prove a match featuring the Big Show could be great. His opponents were John Cena and champion CM Punk, and while the chemistry those two had is well documented, the match wasn't about them.
It was about the Big Show, and both men gave absolutely everything to make Show seem like an inevitable, unstoppable engine of destruction.
Punk and Cena bounced off Show and were hurled around the ring, making the big guy look like a million dollars and getting the crowd genuinely invested in the story of who was going to bring this monster down. Even a shady restart ending sequence didn't dilute the fact this was a rock solid match with an excellent big man performance from the Show.