10 Weird Periods WWE Icons Would Like You To Forget

8. The Big Show (2003)

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Big Show's a weird one, isn't he? There aren't many fans out there who doubt that he will one day end up in the WWE Hall of Fame. The World's Largest Athlete has been a staple on WWE TV for more than two decades, turning heel and face with gay abandon and winning all there is to win along the way. Show has done it all and remained a popular figure throughout.

But has he made the most of his potential? That is another question entirely. The early years of Big Show's WWE career were stop-start to say the least, with every main event push followed by weeks of waiting for another opportunity. 2003 was arguably the most frustrating of those years. Show started the year in the main event and ended it as United States Champion, but the time in-between was all sorts of weird.

2003 saw Show become a toothless giant, a tired presence that had lost all credibility. He fought the usual suspects (Undertaker, Brock Lesnar) throughout the year, but he grew ever more unfocused with every passing month. By the time the autumn came around, Big Show's future was very much up in the air.

Sure, the ring-breaking superplex on SmackDown was an all-time iconic moment, but that high was a sore thumb in a year full of nothingness for Big Show.

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