22 Things We Learned From Big Show On Talk Is Jericho
20. Getting Discovered
Jericho asks Show how he broke into the business and he says he started off at Larry Sharpe's Monster Factory in New Jersery - perhaps best known for Bam Bam Bigelow, but didn't do anything there other than run the ropes. He met Raven in a bar who showed him how to lock up, and not long after that he ran into referee Mike Chioda at a club and gave him a tape of himself running the ropes. The tape made its way back to Pat Patterson, who got Show confused with another giant, Kurrgan, formerly of The Truth Commission and The Oddities and now a reasonably successful actor. While Vince and Pat were backstage watching Show's match with Hulk Hogan at Halloween Havoc 1995, Chioda walked in and asked Pat why they never signed Show. When Vince realized the mistake Patterson had made he was heated, knowing they'd missed a chance to sign the guy main eventing the opposition's pay-per-views.
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