10 Ultimate Wrestling Guilty Pleasures
6. Big Boss Man Crashing The Big Show's Father's Funeral
Grief is an abyss - a dark portal of oblivion that'll bury you alive faster than a buried alive match if you let it. But most of us are at least afforded a chance to grieve in dignity when the moment comes to say goodbye to our loved ones. Not in the WWE Universe, though. And for that we should all be grateful.
When WWE decided to incorporate the death of Big Show Paul Wight's father years earlier into a feud with the Big Boss Man, the first casualty was any lingering shred of the company's dignity. It all started tastefully enough, with Big Show, clad entirely in black leather, bidding his father a fond farewell. Big Show's remarks that his father taught him everything in life are genuinely touching until this humble funeral is interrupted by the Big Boss Man arriving in a police cruiser and shouting into a megaphone.
While the Big Boss Man claims he's only there to pay his respects like everyone else, his condolences go sideways when he propositions Big Show's mother, Big Widow. Show tries to defend his mother's honour but is run down by the Big Boss Man, who chains the casket to his car and speeds away. Absconding with human remains? That's one way to get heat.
Sure, the entire segment's vulgar in the extreme, yet watching Big Show desperately cling to his father's casket is a special kind of hilarious. The kind that makes you worry about the Undertaker dragging you straight to hell.