Paul Wight

(Big Show)

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Born
1972 (53 years old)
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Aiken, South Carolina

Position
Wrestler

Status
Retired

Ethnicity
White

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Height
7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)

Weight
383 lb (174 kg)

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Fighting

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_Retired Wrestling

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Description

Paul Donald Wight II (born February 8, 1972) is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), as a wrestler and was 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 his tenure with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, later WWE) from 1999 to 2021 under the ring name (The) Big Show.

Wight played college basketball at Wichita State University before transferring to other schools. Wight began his wrestling 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 the World Wrestling Federation (WWF).

Between WWF/WWE and WCW, he has held 23 total championships - including being a seven-time world champion, having held the WCW World Heavyweight Championship twice, the WWF/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), and an 11-time world tag team champion, holding the WWF/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.

Trophies

WWE Intercontinental… 2012	WWE World Heavyweight… 2012	WWE Raw Tag Team Champion 2011	WWE World Heavyweight… 2011
WWE Raw Tag Team Champion 2010	WWE World Tag Team… 2010	WWE Raw Tag Team Champion 2009	WWE World Tag Team… 2009
ECW Champion 2006	WWE World Tag Team… 2005	WWE United States… 2003	WWE Champion 2002
WWE Champion 1999	WWE World Tag Team… 1999	WWE World Tag Team… 1999	WCW World Champion 1996
WCW World Champion 1995