Paul Wight
Biography
Paul Donald Wight II is an American professional wrestler and actor. 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. 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.
Known For
Big Show
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2013
Big Show
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2012
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2014
Big Show
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2008
Big Show
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2003
Big Show
WWE Night of Champions 2010
Big Show
WWE WrestleMania XXVII
Big Show
WWE Extreme Rules 2011
Walter Krunk
Knucklehead
The Big Show
WWE Survivor Series 2001
Big Show
WWE Over The Limit 2011
The Big Show
WWE Bragging Rights 2010
Big Show
WWE Money in the Bank 2011
Big Show
WWE Survivor Series 2005
Big Show
WWE Elimination Chamber 2011
Big Show
WWE Survivor Series 2010
Big Show
WWE Capitol Punishment 2011
Big Show
WWE SummerSlam 2010
Big Show
WWE SummerSlam 2009
Big Show
WWE Fatal 4-Way 2010
Big Show
Stone Cold Steve Austin: The Bottom Line on the Most Popular Superstar of All Time
Big Show
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2011
WWE RAW 1000
The Big Show
WWE Royal Rumble 2015
Big Show
WWE Royal Rumble 2011
Himself
AEW Double or Nothing: The Buy In
Big Show
WWE Wrestlemania XXVI
Marduk
Little Hercules
Big Show
WWE Elimination Chamber 2012
World Wrestling Peace Festival
The Big Show
WWE Royal Rumble 2003
The Big Show
WWE Survivor Series 2002
Big Show
WWE Survivor Series 2003
The Big Show
WWE Wrestlemania XIX
The Big Show
WWE Royal Rumble 2004
Big Show
WWE Survivor Series 2004
Big Show
WWE Royal Rumble 2005
Big Show
WWE Vengeance 2011
Big Show
WWE WrestleMania 22
The Big Show
WWE Royal Rumble 2000
The Big Show
WWE Royal Rumble 2012
Big Show
WWE WrestleMania 2000
The Big Show
WWE WrestleMania XX
Big Show
WWE WrestleMania 21
Big Show
WWE Survivor Series 2011
Big Show
WWE Royal Rumble 2006
Big Show
WWE Extreme Rules 2012
The Big Show
WWE Royal Rumble 2009
Big Show
WWE Royal Rumble 2010
Big Show
WWE WrestleMania XXVIII
Big Show
WWE Money In The Bank 2012
Big Show
WWE Hell In A Cell 2012
The Giant
Goldberg - Who's Next?
The Big Show
WWE Royal Rumble 2001
The Big Show
WWE Royal Rumble 2002
Big Show
WWE SummerSlam 2012
Big Show
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2012
Big Show
WWE Survivor Series 2012
The Big Show
WWE WrestleMania 32
Big Show
WWE No Way Out 2012
Big Show (Ringside)
WWE Elimination Chamber 2010
Big Show
WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2014
Big Show
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2009
Big Show (Ringside)
WWE SummerSlam 2013
The Big Show
WWE WrestleMania 29
The Big Show
WWE Royal Rumble 2013
The Hardys: Woken
Big Show
WWE Money in the Bank 2010
The Giant
The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.1
Big Show
WWE Elimination Chamber 2013
Big Show (Appearance)
WWE Backlash 2009
Big Show
WWE vs. ECW: Head to Head
Big Show
WWE Extreme Rules 2013
The Giant
WCW Bash at the Beach 1996
Big Show
WWE Unforgiven 2006
Paul Wight
AEW All In: London - Zero Hour
Big Show
WWE No Way Out 2001
Big Show
WWE No Way Out 2004
Big Show
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
Big Show
WWE Unforgiven 1999
Big Show
WWE Unforgiven 2001
Big Show
WWE WrestleMania XXV
Big Show
WWE WrestleMania XV
Big Show
WWE The Great American Bash 2006
Big Show
WWE Survivor Series 2006
Big Show
WWE Survivor Series 1999
Big Show
WWE Backlash 2000
Big Show
WWE WrestleMania XXIV
Big Show
WWE Over the Edge
Big Show
WWE Backlash: In Your House
Big Show
WWE Fully Loaded 1999
Big Show
WWE King of the Ring 1999
Big Show
WWE SummerSlam 1999
Big Show
WWE Rebellion 1999
Big Show
WWE Armageddon 1999
Big Show
WWE No Way Out 2000
Big Show
WWE Survivor Series 2013
Big Show
WWE Over the Limit 2010
Big Show
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2010
The Big Show
WWE Insurrextion 2000
Big Show
WWE Judgment Day 2000
The Big Show
WWE Backlash 2001
The Big Show
WWE Judgment Day 2001
Big Show
WWE Insurrextion 2001
Big Show
WWE InVasion
Big Show
WWE No Mercy 2001
Big Show
WWE Rebellion 2001
Big Show
WWE No Mercy 2004
Big Show
WWE Vengeance 2001
Big Show
WWE Armageddon 2004
Big Show
WWE No Way Out 2005
Big Show
WWE Unforgiven 2005
Big Show
WWE Judgment Day 2005
The Big Show
WWE Insurrextion 2002
The Big Show
WWE Vengeance 2002
The Big Show
WWE Judgment Day 2002
Big Show
WWE Taboo Tuesday 2005
Big Show
WWE Armageddon 2005
Big Show
WWE New Year's Revolution 2006
Big Show
WWE Fastlane 2017
The Big Show
WWE Armageddon 2002
Big Show
WWE Backlash 2006
Big Show
WWE No Way Out 2003
Big Show
WWE Backlash 2003
Big Show
WWE Judgment Day 2003
Big Show
WWE SummerSlam 2006
Big Show
WWE Vengeance 2003
Big Show
WWE No Mercy 2003
Big Show
WWE Cyber Sunday 2006
Big Show
ECW December to Dismember
Big Show
WWE Backlash 2008
Big Show (Appearance)
WWE Battleground 2013
Big Show
WWE One Night Stand 2008
Big Show
WWE Night of Champions 2008
Big Show
WWE No Mercy 2008
Big Show
WWE Survivor Series 2008
Big Show
WWE Cyber Sunday 2008
Big Show
WWE No Way Out 2009
Big Show
WWE Extreme Rules 2009
Big Show
WWE Judgment Day 2009
Big Show
WWE Hell in a Cell 2009
Big Show
WWE Breaking Point 2009
Big Show
WWE Bragging Rights 2009
Big Show
WWE Survivor Series 2009
Big Show
WWE Night of Champions 2009
Big Show
WWE Extreme Rules 2010
The Giant
WCW Halloween Havoc 1995
Big Show
WWE WrestleMania 31
The Giant
WCW SuperBrawl VI
The Giant
WCW Uncensored 1996
The Giant
WCW Slamboree 1996
Big Show (Appearance)
WWE Over The Limit 2012
Big Show (Appearance)
ECW One Night Stand 2006
The Giant
WCW Hog Wild 1996
The Giant
WCW Fall Brawl 1996
The Giant
WCW Halloween Havoc 1996
The Giant
WCW Starrcade 1996
The Giant
WCW World War 3 1996
The Giant
nWo Souled Out 1997
The Giant
WCW SuperBrawl VII
The Giant
WCW Uncensored 1997
The Giant
WCW Spring Stampede 1997
The Giant
WCW Bash at The Beach 1997
The Giant
WCW Fall Brawl 1997
The Giant
WCW Road Wild 1997
The Giant
WCW World War 3 1997
Big Show
WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2013
The Giant
WCW The Great American Bash 1996
The Giant
WCW Souled Out 1998
The Giant
WCW Spring Stampede 1998
The Giant
WCW The Great American Bash 1998
The Giant
WCW Slamboree 1998
The Giant
WCW Uncensored 1998
The Giant
WCW Bash at the Beach '98
The Giant
WCW Road Wild 1998
The Giant
WCW World War 3 1998
The Giant
WCW Halloween Havoc 1998
The Giant
WCW Starrcade 1998
Big Show
WWE Royal Rumble 2014
The Big Show
Undertaker: The Streak 21-1
Big Show
WWE WrestleMania XXX
Big Show (Appearance)
WWE King of the Ring 2002
Big Show
WWE Survivor Series 2014
The Big Show
WWE No Mercy 2002
The Big Show
WWE Super Tuesday
Big Show
WWE Fastlane 2015
The Big Show
OVW Christmas Chaos
Big Show
WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden
The Giant
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
The Big Show
WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches
Big Show
The Road is Jericho: Epic Stories and Rare Matches from Y2J
Big Show
WWE Extreme Rules 2015
Big Show
WWE: Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century
Big Show
WWE: The Rock: The Most Electrifying Man in Sports Entertainment
Big Show
WWE Money in the Bank 2015
Big Show (Appearance)
WWE Battleground 2015
Big Show
Superstar Collection: Daniel Bryan
Victor Abbott
Vendetta
The Giant
The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.3
WWE's Biggest Knuckleheads
Big Show
WWE Live from Madison Square Garden
Huge Santa
Jingle All the Way
The Big Show / The Giant
WWE: The Big Show - A Giant's World
Big Show
WWE Royal Rumble 2016
Big Show
WWE Fastlane 2016
Big Show (Appearance)
WWE No Way Out 2008
Big Show (Appearance)
WWE Unforgiven 2008
The History of The WWE Hardcore Championship
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 3 Unreleased
Ham Hand (voice)
No Time to Spy: A Loud House Movie
Big Show (Preshow)
WWE WrestleMania 33
Brick Hughes
MacGruber
Big Show
WWE: The Undertaker's Deadliest Matches
Big Show (Dark Match)
WWE WrestleMania 36: Part 2
Big Show
WWE Royal Rumble 2017
Big Show (voice)
The Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania
WWE: True Giants
Big Show
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2005
Big Show
WWE SummerSlam 2017
WWE: 30 Years of Survivor Series
Big Show
WWE Hall of Fame 2018
Self
WWE: Brock Lesnar: Here Comes the Pain
Mr. Portola
Reggie's Prayer
Big Show (Ringside)
WWE Survivor Series 2018
Big Show
Fighting with My Family
The Big Show
WWE SummerSlam 2015
The Big Show
Daniel Bryan: Journey to WrestleMania 30
Captain Insano
The Waterboy
Big Show
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2
The Giant
The Very Best of Monday Nitro: Volume 2
Big Show (archive footage)
WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009
Big Show
WWE: Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2012
The Giant
The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions
Big Show
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 2
Big Show
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
Big Show
Daniel Bryan: Just Say Yes! Yes! Yes!
Big Show
WWE: Hell in a Cell - The Greatest Hell in a Cell Matches of All Time
Big Show
The History of WWE: 50 Years of Sports Entertainment
Big Show
WWE: Straight to the Top - Money in the Bank Anthology
Big Show
WWE: The New & Improved DX
Big Show
WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Life of a Masked Man
Big Show
You Think You Know Me? The Story of Edge
The Giant
The Rise & Fall of WCW
Big Show
WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber
The Giant
Sting: Into the Light
Big Show
WWE The Great American Bash 2012: Super Smackdown Live!
WWE: Straight to the Top - Money in the Bank Anthology
The Big Show
WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak
Gus Hoffman
Marcus
Big Show (archive footage)
WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness
(archive footage)
NXT TakeOver: WarGames II
Big Show
WWE Hell In A Cell 2014
The Giant
WCW World War 3 1995
The Giant
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXII
The Giant
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXIII
The Giant
WCW Starrcade 1997
Big Show
nWo: The Revolution
The Big Show
WWE St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House
Big Show (Appearance)
WWE Clash of Champions 2020
Big Show (Appearance)
WWE Survivor Series 2020
Little Snowflake
McCinsey's Island
Himself
Ladies and Gentlemen, My Name Is Paul Heyman
Big Show (archive footage)
The John Cena Experience
Paul Wight
AEW Double or Nothing
Big Show
WWE Best of Raw & SmackDown Live 2017
Big Show
WWE The Best of Raw & SmackDown 2015
Big Show
WWE The Best of Raw and Smackdown Live 2018
Paul Wight
AEW All Out
(archive footage)
Biography: Booker T
The Undertaker: 15-0
The Giant (Appearance)
WCW Fall Brawl 1995
The Big Show
The Rock - Just Bring It!
The Big Show
John Cena's Greatest Rivalries
The Big Show
The Rock vs. John Cena: Once In A Lifetime
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
275
Gender
Male
Birthday
1972-02-08
Place of Birth
Aiken, South Carolina, USA
Also Known As
Big Show