10 Wrestlers Too Big To Fail (That Failed Anyway)
1. Big Show (WWE: 1999-2021)
Like Andre the Giant before him, Big Show should have so few televised WWE singles losses on his record that you should be able to recall each one and outline why it was so memorable without thinking for more than a few seconds. Beating him should have meant something. Game-changing moments like WrestleMania III will never be recreated, admittedly, but toppling Show should have been a task akin to scaling Mount Everest.
And yet Show lost a colossal 603 matches (per the Internet Wrestling Database) during his time in Stamford. By the time he left in February 2021. he had been run into the ground by over two decades of constant face/heel turns, crying on air, lame gimmicks, and WWE's complete inability to protect and preserve him as any kind of monstrous threat, despite his obvious gifts.
Wight should have spent years as the most arresting and imposing spectacle wrestler - a giant updated for evolving modern palates - before transitioning to his Jobber to the Stars phase. Instead, he dropped to that level almost on arrival.
His four WWE/World Heavyweight Title reigns say little about his legacy (such performers shouldn't need the belt to be over). You'll remember the Big Boss Man driving off with his dad's casket or his many, many tears before any of those runs.