#19: Big Show

by Eric

Big Show took all of 2007 off and after deciding that starting a boxing career at the age of 36 and/or being a part of a fake Hulk Hogan vanity project sounded like bad ideas, ended up returning to WWE in 2008, and what a return! He was way slimmer and had added a lot of punches to his offense, and as you know, a punch from the Big Show is like getting hit with a fucking TYPEWRITER! In the past Big Show has kinda come off just like a big normal dude; so much so that the announcers have had to constantly hammer home the "you just have to see him live, we swear he doesn't look like some normal guy in jeans live", and even though he's a funny guy I have a hard time seeing a goofy giant being much of an attraction for anybody. I like when Big Show is a heel, and his best stuff at the end of the year was him siding with Vickie, just destroying guys. I hate when he's a face and walks down to the ring waving at fans "Hey I'm just a friendly funny guy". He's a really agile guy for his size, and he uses his agility perfectly. Usually when people are deemed "athletic" their athleticism all goes to their offense, which can look bad. Hey, Kofi Kingston jumped really high on his bad looking leg drop! Shelton Benjamin jumped to the top rope! Big Show uses his agility in his selling and bumping, and it looks amazing. He plays a great mighty redwood that when he finally gets chopped down he takes a nasty bump on his side or takes a DDT right on his head or takes a crazy bump to the floor. He doesn't bump early and often, but builds up to these in the stretch run and really puts the opponent over. I also love the one-punch KO power. That'll win me over any day. It really puts over how dangerous every second of his matches are, as guys are taking a risk even doing offense to him, as they could be caught any second with that punch.

Recommended 2008 Matches:

~vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr, Wrestlemania 3/30/08
~w/ Finlay vs. MVP/Mark Henry, Smackdown 5/23/08
~vs. Undertaker, No Mercy 10/5/08
~vs. Undertaker (Last Man Standing), Judgment Day 10/26/08
~vs. Undertaker (Cage Match), Smackdown 12/5/08

Recommended Career Matches:

~vs. Brock Lesnar (Stretcher Match), Judgment Day 5/18/03
~w/ Chavo Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio/John Cena, Smackdown 2/26/04
~vs. Eddy Guerrero, Smackdown 4/15/04
~w/ Eddy Guerrero vs. Kurt Angle/Luther Reigns, Smackdown 9/23/04
~w/ John Cena vs. Carlito/Matt Morgan, Smackdown 6/2/05
~vs. Matt Morgan, Smackdown 6/16/05
~vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Kane, Raw 10/24/05
~vs. Shawn Michaels, Raw 12/12/05
~vs. HHH, Raw 2/13/06
~vs. HHH vs. RVD, Raw 2/20/06
~vs. John Cena, Raw 3/6/06


2009 Outlook:

Strong. His weight has ballooned back up to his pre 2007 break levels, but as long as he's healthy he'll be at the top of the card putting on good main events. He's already had good TV main events with HHH and Undertaker, he was the best man in the Raw 10 man, he had a good match with Kofi Kingston. He could easily be top 20 on the next list.