10 Reasons Why Big Show Needs To Retire From WWE

Time for the World’s Largest Athlete to call it a career.

Paul Wight has been wrestling for 20 years, spending sixteen of those years working in WWE. He was a major acquisition for Vince McMahon, who thrust him into the main event scene almost immediately. Vince had hoped that the newly-christened Big Show would be something akin to the second coming of Andre the Giant and, in some ways, he succeeded, as the big man was indeed a unique draw in WWE for many years. Fast forward to 2015 and things are very different for the Big Show. His days as an intimidating, unstoppable monster are long gone, and the man plays second or third fiddle to other stars. In fact, Big Show€™s career has fallen so significantly that he shouldn€™t look to the future and ask what storylines he€™ll be pursuing; he should look to the future and ask himself what different career he will have. He has enjoyed a storied career that few of his peers can even hope to accomplish. He has won many titles and achievements, has opened the door to new career prospects, and has worked tirelessly for WWE since 1999. But Big Show€™s current state of affairs has seriously hurt his image and reputation, and because of that, he should think about doing something else.

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Alexander Podgorski is a writer for WhatCulture that has been a fan of professional wrestling since he was 8 years old. He loves all kinds of wrestling, from WWE and sports entertainment, to puroresu in Japan. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Queen's University in Political Studies and French, and a Master's Degree in Public Administration. He speaks English, French, Polish, a bit of German, and knows some odd words and phrases in half a dozen other languages.