10 WWE Big Men Who Were Surprisingly Good Wrestlers

10. Big Show

Time hasn’t been too kind to the Big Show.

The World’s Largest Athlete has been well past his prime for at least ten years now, and while he can still be an intimidating force against smaller opponents, Show is far from the wrestler he used to be. Slower than a gang of turtles slogging through peanut butter, Big Show has become a yawn-inducing performer who is almost impossible to take seriously thanks to years of misuse and meaningless face/heel turns.

In his prime, however, Big Show was a fantastic worker. He was predictably green in his early years, but there aren’t too many 7’, 450lb wrestlers who can head to the top rope for a splash or elbow drop, and even fewer that can pull-off a dropkick or sunset flip. It’s hard to imagine it now, but through his WCW run and early WWE days, Big Show was a shockingly lithe athlete for a man of his size.

He was never the lightest on his feet, but he was pulling off the kind of moves expected by men half his size.

Show’s resumé speaks for itself, too. A seven-time world champion across WCW, WWE and the relaunched ECW, he’s one of the most decorated big men in the sport’s history. Time and his well-documented weight problems have taken a serious toll, but it’d be shameful to let his mediocre later years eclipse Big Show’s athletic peak.