10 Things We Learned From Big Show On Stone Cold's Broken Skull Sessions Podcast

by Jamie Kennedy

1. Why His WrestleMania Match With Austin Was Canned

Big Show Debut
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When Show debuted at the St. Valentine's Day Massacre pay-per-view in February 1999 and accidentally helped Steve Austin beat Vince McMahon, the WWF had grand plans. They wanted to slowly build towards a match between Austin and Show at WrestleMania 2000, but that idea was scrapped almost instantly.

On the 22 March episode of Raw, Austin beat the big newbie on free TV.

Show explained why this happened rather succinctly. He admits he was just happy to be in the company, and that's not what McMahon wanted from his new hire. Vince wanted a giant that would rip off heads and challenge the top stars already headlining his cards. Show didn't offer that, so Vince cancelled his big program with Austin and decided to mentally move on.

The boss made the call to blow the feud off on Raw rather than carefully building towards a 'Mania blockbuster the following year. This shows how quickly Vince can change his mind when he doesn't think he's getting much back from talent.

What else did you learn from Big Show on Broken Skull Sessions? For more, check out 10 Legends WWE Dumped In Awful Feuds and WWE Super ShowDown 2020: 10 Things That Must Happen!

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Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.