10 Things We Learned From Paul Wight On Renée Paquette's Podcast

10. He Believes He Had More To Offer WWE

Big Show got sick of "sitting on the bench" in WWE.

Wight opened the interview by telling Renée that he was tired of "knocking on the door". He had a feeling he'd been largely forgotten by company top brass - whilst he understands why they wanted to focus on fresh talent, Paul also believes he had way more to offer Vince McMahon's organisation.

McMahon viewed Wight as an ambassador who could fill in for someone when they were injured, but that was about it. Paul, knowing he was nearing the end of his active career, wanted to work as much as he possibly could before age made that impossible. It was quite the dilemma, and that led to the AEW jump.

Wight thinks WWE viewed any bookings as a "favour" rather than necessary, and he didn't really like the thought of that. Renée herself seemed surprised that the promotion had only used Paul a handful of times over the past few years.

Side note: Wight refused to bury his old stomping grounds throughout the chat, but he was candid and honest about his frustrations.