22 Things We Learned From Big Show On Talk Is Jericho

3. Working With Brock

When speaking on classic angles Jericho remembers the time the ring broke during a match between Brock Lesnar and Show, and the giant admits for the first time that the ring was rigged to collapse, saying he's maintained ever since it happened that it was legit. He adds that he fought tooth and nail against redoing the spot with Mark Henry but obviously lost the battle. Jericho asks what working with Brock was like and Show said there was a period where he wasn't very well liked by the head of talent relations - Jim Ross, although he initially doesn't say his name - and Ross sent him down to Ohio Valley to get back in shape after a knee injury. While he was down there he became friends with the crop of talent they were grooming like Lesnar, Cena and Batista, and when they Brock got called up they asked who he wanted to work with and to their surprise he selected Big Show. The two headlining SmackDown started crushing Raw in the ratings, which obviously ruffled some feathers, and he credits that with showing Vince that he was capable of getting it done. This leads into some brief discussion about how a lot of the guys in the business now look like they've never been in a fight in their life. He compares this generation to guys like Haku, The Barbarian and Rick Rude and says the new guys look like the toughest thing they've ever done is have an X-Box battle.