10 Secret Messages Wrestlers Sent

4. The Big Show Is A Big Softy

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The Big Show isn't famed for his loyalty; in fact, he is notorious for turning on a once-every-few-months basis.

He was less a character, and more of plot device. Even that description is generous; he was so turn-happy that he became a meme.

Whenever John Cena needed a stopgap opponent for a B-level pay-per-view, Show was there. Whenever Vince McMahon wanted an elephantine man to do comedy because it's simply funnier that way, Show, cosplaying as Hulk Hogan, was there. Whenever a bloodied and ostensibly murdered Kurt Angle turned heel, and needed his babyface murderer (!) to feud with, Big Show was there. Whenever that uppity vegan f*cker Daniel Bryan needed a punch to the mush, Show was there. Whenever Vince remembered that his fearsome monster could cry, because he was a gifted actor by the standards of a wrestling giant, Show was there to turn face. It was a bit like making the Undertaker wrestle in neon yellow, but still: Show was there.

Show is actually fiercely loyal to his wife, and if you've ever spotted him squeezing his arm three times, that's Show sending a coded "I love you" message to her.

That's love as ironclad as the contract he wouldn't shut the f*ck up about in 2012.

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