Ranking Big Show's WrestleMania Matches - From Worst To Best
9. Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal - WrestleMania 31
The second-annual Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal may have appeared on the Kickoff Show but Big Show treated it as if it was the main event of the night, hellbent on making up for the previous year's loss to Cesaro in the monumental contest. He did just that, rolling through the competition and into the history books courtesy of his win in Santa Clara. The match came down to the giant and Damien Mizdow, who was in the midst of his greatest push to date. Fans in Levi's Stadium loved the stunt double and wanted nothing more than to see him leave victoriously, especially after getting revenge on Miz for months of mistreatment. But, unfortunately for him, he ran into a Superstar that the battle royal was seemingly made for, a giant with a bad attitude in Big Show. The giant withstood a spirited flurry from the former Intellectual Savior and sent him over the top rope for the win. And, whether fans liked it or not, there was something so right about the photo ops that came out of the victor's side-by-side pose with the Andre trophy. Not particularly a great match for the most part, the closing moments with the Mizdow story and Show's triumph make it one of the more entertaining of Big Show's most recent 'Mania matches.
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