WWE Gallery: EVERY Big Show Heel & Babyface Turn Since His 1999 Debut

"It's the Big bad / good / bad / good / bad Show tonight..."

Big Show Kofi Kingston
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It was perhaps WWE's best joke at their own expense on a broadly enjoyable SmackDown 1000.

The show wasn't exactly laced with nostalgia in comparison to the disastrous Raw 25 earlier this year, but the blue brand's offering did at least use megastars from the past to point towards milestones yet to come. The Undertaker fittingly took Tuesday's main event segment to issue another threat to DX. Evolution's reunion turned ever-so-slightly serious when a potential final battle between Triple H and Batista suddenly seemed possible. Vince, Stephanie and Shane McMahon reminded us all that no matter what happens for the bulk of any WWE card, it'll still always be their show.

But nothing was quite as cute as when The Big Show smiled all the way down the aisle before embracing the dark side for the umpteenth time of his career. It was so wonderfully predictable - only The New Day themselves actually appeared shocked when Show did the dirty to hand the belts to The Bar.

Rather tragically, it's become the thing he's become most well known for after a near-20-year career, but WWE's nod to it was at least a reflection that it's more "charming bit" than "disarming sh*t" in 2018.

It wasn't always such great banter...

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