50 Ups & 50 Downs For WWE's Decade: The 2010s
16. The Authority Vs Dani...The Big Show
Assuming positions as despicable malevolent owners in the clichéd vein of just about every boss the company ever booked, Stephanie McMahon and Triple H's modus operandi after SummerSlam 2013 was oppressing the former champion so aggressively that he'd never get near the title again. A great thread, considering how the story would climax at WrestleMania 30, but not really, considering that was never the planned route.
In an attempt to turn their targets against one another, they attempted to manipulate The Big Show into using his almighty right fist to cave the 'Yes Man's beard in. Reducing him to tears almost weekly in sh*t-itchingly uncomfortable scenes after exposing to the world his apparent financial ruin (and thus his need to keep his job), Stephanie McMahon went one further in an insane ramble one week, referring to show as 'My Giant' thanks to the years he apparently mentored her backstage at live events when she was 12 years old.
The Big Show is five years older than Stephanie McMahon, and at 17, he was not following WWE around the country doling out worldly wisdom to the bosses daughter. This, along with Show stealing the "YES!" taunt for himself, reflected lowest point of an abysmal angle.