Paul Wight

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Birth Name: Paul Randall Wight Jr.

Age: 54, born 8 February 1972

Country of origin: United States

Currently Residing In: United States

Height: 7' 0"

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Bess Katramados

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My 50 All-Time Favorite Wrestlers (50 items)
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WWE Top 50 Superstars of All Time (49 items)
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WWE United States History (101 items)
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WWE Championship Title History (56 items)
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Mad Max: Fury Road (1995) (18 items)
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Big Show's 1999 Titantron Entrance Video feat. "Big v2" Theme [HD]

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Big Show 13th Titantron (2005 Entrance Video)

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Big Show's 2nd Entrance Video

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Description: Tall, handsome, cool, funny, blue-eyed, and shave-headed 7-foot-2 European-American businessman, entrepreneur, professional basketball player, professional wrestler, and character actor. Paul also played college basketball at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville from 1992 to 1993, and was a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II Cougars basketball team. Paul is a member of the Xi Beta Chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville. He scored a total of thirty-nine points for the Cougars in limited action during the 1992-93 season. At age 12, was 6� Tall, handsome, cool, funny, blue-eyed, and shave-headed 7-foot-2 European-American businessman, entrepreneur, professional basketball player, professional wrestler, and character actor. Paul also played college basketball at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville from 1992 to 1993, and was a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II Cougars basketball team. Paul is a member of the Xi Beta Chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville.

He scored a total of thirty-nine points for the Cougars in limited action during the 1992-93 season. At age 12, was 6’3” and weighed 230lbs. By age 14, reached 6’9” and weighed 250lbs. In 1991, as a member of the Wichita State University basketball team at 19, was listed at 7’1” and weighed 330lbs. When he got into the wrestling business, stood 7’4” and weighing 550lbs. He wears size 24 8E shoes. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as an in-ring performer, and as a commentator for its web television show, AEW Dark: Elevation, under his real name of Paul Wight. He is best known for his tenure with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) from 1995 to 1999 as The Giant and with WWE from 1999 to 2021 under the ring name Big Show. Billed as 7-foot-4 and weighing 550lbs. He wears size 24 10E shoes

Wight began his career in 1994. In 1995 he signed with WCW, where, due to his very large frame, he was known by the ring name The Giant (and was initially introduced as "the son of André the Giant"). In early 1999, he left WCW to join WWE. Between WWE and WCW, he is a seven-time world champion, having held the WCW World Heavyweight Championship twice, the WWE Championship twice, WWE's World Heavyweight Championship twice and the ECW World Heavyweight Championship once, making him the only wrestler who has won all four titles. He is also an 11-time world tag team champion, holding the World, WWE and WCW World Tag Team Championships multiple times with various partners. Having also won the Intercontinental, United States and Hardcore championships, he is the 24th Triple Crown and 12th Grand Slam winner in WWE history. He also won the 60-man battle royal at World War 3 and the 30-man André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania 31. He has headlined multiple pay-per-view events for WCW and WWF/WWE since 1995, including the 2000 edition of WWE's premier annual event, WrestleMania.

Outside of professional wrestling, Wight has appeared in feature films and television series such as Jingle All the Way, The Waterboy, Star Trek: Enterprise, and two USA Network's comedy-dramas Royal Pains, Psych and the action-drama Burn Notice. He had lead roles in the WWE Studios comedy film Knucklehead and the Netflix sitcom The Big Show Show. ... (more)

Tags: Actor (3), Born 1972 (3), Wrestler (2), Professional Wrestler (2), Tall (2), 7’4” (1), White Guys (1), White Kings (1), White Dudes (1), White Men (1), White American (1), Beard (1), European American (1), Professional Basketball Player (1), Born February 8 (1), Blue Eyes (1), Shave Head (1), Funny (1), Handsome (1), Businessman (1)

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Paul Wight: 30+ Years Of The Big Show, Breaking The Ring, Rey Mysterio Stretcher Spot, The Rock

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WWE Intercontinental Championship History (89 person items)

"Big Show (1-reign)April 1, 2012 - April 29, 2012 (28 days)Cody Rhodes (2-times)April 29, 2012 - May 20, 2012 (22 days)This was a Tables Match.Christian (4-times)May 20, 2012 - July 23, 2012 (85 days)"

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WWE Championship Title History (56 person items)

"Big Show (1st reign)November 14, 1999 - January 3, 2000 (50 days) This was a triple threat match also involving The Rock. Stone Cold Steve Austin had originally been scheduled to take part in the match, but he did not participate after being (in storyline) run over by a car in the parking garage earlier in the night.Triple H (3-times)January 3, 2000 - April 30, 2000 (118 days) The Rock (4-times)April 30, 2000 - May 21, 2000 (21 days) Shane McMahon "

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