8 Reasons Why Big Show Should Never Wrestle On TV Again
1. Perfect Symmetry
On February 14th 1999, Paul Wight arrived from WCW, immediately joining forces with Vince McMahon on-screen in a symbolic realisation that the 'Land Of The Giants' finally had their biggest star of all. Destined to be a better fit in WCW than WWE thanks to the organisation's impressive history of protecting monsters, the anticipation for his debut was as huge as his typewriter-sized hands, with Steve Austin the first victim as the unnamed Big Show launched him into (and then out of) a steel cage.
Just under 20 years later, Show himself would take a similar trip.
Though never quite scaling the heights most predicted likely under Vince McMahon, he did at least foster a long and prosperous career upon signing on with the biggest wrestling company in the world, perhaps as much due to the timing of his move as his impressive size. Now, WWE look towards Braun Strowman as their next ginormous hope, and Show's journey through a cage wall offered near-perfect symmetry to a life in the McMahon empire relatively well-lived.
Rarely do stars get such an opportunity to leave graciously and on their own terms, but if this were to be The Big Show's farewell, there would be few ways quite as fitting.