Ranking EVERY WWE Champion From Worst To Best
35. The Big Show
The Big Show's first run as WWE Champion was an inadvertent Attitude Era embarrassment. Drafted in to the Survivor Series 1999 main event as a substitute for Stone Cold Steve Austin after the company had falsely advertised a long-awaited triple threat featuring The Rock and Triple H, he won then soaked the belt with tears and spit due to having to sell the storyline death of his Father midway through a feud with The Big Boss Man.
Unfairly placed into the position of unsuitable replacement, he never really stood a chance and was effortlessly deposed by Triple H less than two months later. Just under three years later, his second run lasted even less time but came with its own unique responsibility - babyfacing a 'Beast'.
After Brock Lesnar rampaged his way to a WWE Championship victory just five months after his main roster debut, the company operative had become crystal clear. 'The Next Big Thing' was to complete his ascent as a good guy at WrestleMania, meaning he had to lose the belt and the services of Paul Heyman in order to get there. Enter Big Show, who worked up to the role as somebody even more monstrous than the company's newest monster. He beat Brock at Survivor Series 2002, shocking Madison Square Garden ahead of passing it over to Kurt Angle in December to slot that piece of the WrestleMania puzzle into place.
Show always should have been more than a omni-turning utility man, but if he absolutely had to occupy that spot, this was a best case scenario.