10 Wrestlers Who Got Smaller To Get Bigger

The Big Show, after years of becoming The Bigger and Bigger Show, lucked into the biggest money match of his career in 2008, not on account of effort and talent but inherent tallness. Returning to action after over a year on the shelf, the once-over Giant continued to be gigantic, but now cut a significantly leaner figure as he challenged boxing champion Floyd Mayweather to a WrestleMania match - somewhat ironically, given the point was how much he out-sized the pint-sized pugilist.

Show had lost none of his height, so continued to tower over the 5'8" Mayweather, but now he had a threatening physique more reminiscent of a lithe Titan than a lumbering tree. He cut a sharp figure as he squeezed into three-piece suits for the big fight's pressers - threads which previous would have hung like bedsheets on a clothesline. Ultimately, the time in the gym paid off; though Show had previously headlined a WrestleMania as the least important part of a quartet, here he had joint-billing as the event's star attraction. It was the biggest match of his career - even if he was at his smallest.