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Paul Wight

Paul Wight

Birthday: 1972-02-08 | Place of Birth: Aiken, South Carolina, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
AEW All Out

as    Paul Wight

2020
The Big Show Show

as    Big Show

2016
WWE Fastlane 2016

as    Big Show

2015
2015
Vendetta

as    Victor Abbott

2014
WWE Royal Rumble 2014

as    Big Show

2014
WWE Survivor Series 2014

as    Big Show

2014
WWE Hell In A Cell 2014

as    Big Show

2014
2013
WWE Extreme Rules 2013

as    Big Show

2013
WWE Survivor Series 2013

as    Big Show

2012
WWE SummerSlam 2012

as    Big Show

2012
WWE Extreme Rules 2012

as    Big Show

2012
WWE Royal Rumble 2012

as    Big Show

2012
WWE No Way Out 2012

as    Big Show