10 WWE Directions Following Fastlane 2017

10. Big Show On The Show Of Shows

The World’s Largest Athlete must have been on the World’s Healthiest Diet of late. He’s trimmed down to remarkable shape, and is performing better than he has in years. After recent victories over The Shining Stars and Rusev, as well as a valiant and surprisingly entertaining loss against Braun Strowman on RAW, Big Show appears to be getting something of a push as we near WrestleMania.

A few months ago, we’d likely have attributed this to his long-awaited/dreaded match against former basketball star and Shaq-Fu practitioner Shaquille O’Neal, who faced off against Big Show during last year’s Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal. But it seems as though negotiations between Shaq and WWE have gone cold, leaving Big Show with no opponent for Mania.

Having already won the aforementioned Andre Battle Royal, there’s no reason to have Show win it again - that honour should go to a younger talent who could really do with such an accolade. With less than a month to build anything resembling a feud, WWE either needs to shelve this Big Show push, or give him someone worthwhile to fight.

Perhaps Rusev is the answer – he’s similarly directionless, and following his defeat at Fastlane, a big win against a leaner, meaner Show at Mania could be the spark that ignites a more dominant Bulgarian Brute after WrestleMania.

Either way, simply relegating Big Show to the pre-show for a tag, squash, or exhibition match seems like a colossal waste of his physical transformation, particularly when it could be used to build the star of a younger performer.