Paul Wight
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
328
Gender
Male
Birthday
1972-02-08 (53 years old)
Place of Birth
Aiken, South Carolina, USA
Paul Wight
Biography
Paul Donald Wight II is a European American professional basketball player, 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. He is 7’4” and weighs 550 lbs. 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.
Known For
Raw
Raw
Raw
Raw
Saturday Night Live
Psych
Ghosts
WWE NXT
WWE NXT
Burn Notice
Star Trek: Enterprise
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
WWE SmackDown
WWE SmackDown
WWE Superstars
Van Helsing
WWE Main Event
WWE Main Event
Royal Pains
Lip Sync Battle
The Best of WWE
The Best of WWE
One on One
WWE ECW
Fast & Furious Spy Racers
The Waterboy
AEW Dark: Elevation
AEW Dark: Elevation
Saturday Night's Main Event
Hey! (EW)
Total Divas
Jingle All the Way
WWE InVasion
WWE Tough Enough
WWE No Way Out 2003
WWE Elimination Chamber 2013
WWE Backlash 2000
Undertaker: The Last Ride
WWE Bragging Rights 2010
The Rock vs. John Cena: Once In A Lifetime
WWE Insurrextion 2000
WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak
World Wrestling Peace Festival
The Big Show Show
The Rise & Fall of WCW
WWE SummerSlam 2010
WWE Insurrextion 2002
WWE Elimination Chamber 2012
WWE Survivor Series 1999
WWE Survivor Series 2009
WCW SuperBrawl VII
WWE SummerSlam 2006
WWE Insurrextion 2001
Daniel Bryan: Journey to WrestleMania 30
WWE No Mercy 2001
No Time to Spy: A Loud House Movie
WWE Backlash 2001
OVW Christmas Chaos
WWF Jakked/Metal
WWE SummerSlam 2013
WWE 24
WWE Survivor Series 2005
WWE Survivor Series 2010
HAPPY!
The Road is Jericho: Epic Stories and Rare Matches from Y2J
WWE Survivor Series 2018
WCW Monday Nitro
WWE: Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century
WWE SummerSlam 2009
WWE No Mercy 2004
WWE Survivor Series 2012
WWE WrestleMania XXVIII
WWE Survivor Series 2020
The Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania
WWE St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House
WWE SummerSlam 2012
WWE Royal Rumble 2001
WWE's Most Wanted Treasures
WWE Unforgiven 2005
WWE Unforgiven 2001
WWE SummerSlam 2017
The JBL and Cole Show
Little Hercules
WWE Survivor Series 2014
WWE Backlash 2006
WCW Slamboree 1996
WWE New Year's Revolution 2006
WWE Royal Rumble 2013
WWE: The Big Show - A Giant's World
WCW Fall Brawl 1995
WWE Extreme Rules 2010
WWE SummerSlam 2015
AEW All Out
WWE Survivor Series 2008
WWE Royal Rumble 2002
GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2003
WWE WrestleMania 31
Sting: Into the Light
WCW World War 3 1998
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2010
WCW Bash at the Beach '98
WWE Royal Rumble 2000
WCW Halloween Havoc 1998
WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2012
WWE Battleground 2015
Fighting with My Family
WWE: The Rock: The Most Electrifying Man in Sports Entertainment
WWE Royal Rumble 2010
WWE Royal Rumble 2009
WWE Judgment Day 2001
WWE Unforgiven 2006
WWE WrestleMania XV
WWE Fully Loaded 1999
WWE Extreme Rules 2011
WCW Halloween Havoc 1996
WWE King of the Ring 2002
WWE Judgment Day 2009
WWE No Mercy 2003
The John Cena Experience
WWE Survivor Series 2004
WWE Royal Rumble 2015
WCW Starrcade 1998
WWE vs. ECW: Head to Head
WWE Breaking Point 2009
WWE WrestleMania 32
WWE's Greatest Moments
WWE Over The Limit 2011
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2005
WCW World War 3 1996
WWE Judgment Day 2003
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2008
WWE Wrestlemania Rewind
WCW World War 3 1995
WWE Hall of Fame 2018
WCW World War 3 1997
Marcus
WWE WrestleMania XX
WWE Extreme Rules 2009
WWE Extreme Rules 2012
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2014
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2
WWE Money in the Bank 2015
WWE Royal Rumble 2014
WWE Royal Rumble 2011
WWE Battleground 2013
WWE Judgment Day 2005
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 3 Unreleased
WCW Fall Brawl 1997
WWE Fatal 4-Way 2010
WCW Slamboree 1998
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
WWE Money in the Bank 2011
WWE WrestleMania 2000
WCW Bash at the Beach 1996
WWE Money in the Bank 2010
WWE Hell in a Cell 2009
WWE WrestleMania XXVII
WWE Super Tuesday
WWE Backlash 2008
WWE Royal Rumble 2017
WWE Money In The Bank 2012
WWE King of the Ring 1999
WWE WrestleMania 21
WWE Fastlane 2016
WWE: Hell in a Cell - The Greatest Hell in a Cell Matches of All Time
WWE Royal Rumble 2016
WWE Extreme Rules 2015
WWE Unforgiven 2008
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 2
Nickelodeon's Unfiltered
WWE No Way Out 2004
WWE Night of Champions 2010
WWE WrestleMania 29
WWE Armageddon 1999
WWE's Biggest Knuckleheads
AEW Double or Nothing
Undertaker: The Streak 21-1
Ruthless Aggression
WWE Hell In A Cell 2012
MacGruber
WCW Hog Wild 1996
WWE Royal Rumble 2004
WWE Royal Rumble 2006
The Undertaker: 15-0
NXT TakeOver: WarGames II
WWE Rivalries
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
Swerved
WWE: Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2012
WWE WrestleMania XXIV
WWE No Mercy 2008
WWE Hell In A Cell 2014
WWE Extreme Rules 2013
WWE Armageddon 2004
WWE Fastlane 2015
Steve Austin's Broken Skull Sessions
WWE RAW 1000
WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
WWE: The Undertaker's Deadliest Matches
WWE WrestleMania 33
nWo Souled Out 1997
WWE Clash of Champions 2020
WWE: Straight to the Top - Money in the Bank Anthology
WWE: Straight to the Top - Money in the Bank Anthology
WWE Capitol Punishment 2011
WWE WrestleMania 36: Part 2
WWE Fastlane 2017
WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Life of a Masked Man
WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2014
WWE Cyber Sunday 2008
Vendetta
WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2013
WWE Taboo Tuesday 2005
WCW Thunder
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2009
WWE: True Giants
WWE The Great American Bash 2006
WWE WrestleMania XXX
WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches
10 Things Every Guy Should Experience
WWE Armageddon 2005
Goldberg - Who's Next?
WCW Road Wild 1998
MADtv
WWE Armageddon 2002
Reggie's Prayer
AEW All In: London - Zero Hour
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2012
WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber
ECW One Night Stand 2006
WWE: Story Time
McCinsey's Island
The Hardys: Woken
nWo: The Revolution
WWE The Best of Raw and Smackdown Live 2018
The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.1
WWE Live From MSG 2015
WWE The Best of Raw & SmackDown 2015
The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions
Knucklehead
WWE Night of Champions 2009
WCW The Great American Bash 1996
WCW The Great American Bash 1998
WWE Royal Rumble 2012
Stone Cold Steve Austin: The Bottom Line on the Most Popular Superstar of All Time
WWE Judgment Day 2000
You Think You Know Me? The Story of Edge
The Rock - Just Bring It!
WWE Vengeance 2003
John Cena's Greatest Rivalries
WWE The Great American Bash 2012: Super Smackdown Live!
WWE: Brock Lesnar: Here Comes the Pain
WWE Best of Raw & SmackDown Live 2017
WWE Wrestlemania XXVI
Daniel Bryan: Just Say Yes! Yes! Yes!
WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden
WWE Unforgiven 1999
Superstar Collection: Daniel Bryan
WWE Wrestlemania XIX
WWE No Way Out 2005
WWE Backlash 2003
The History of WWE: 50 Years of Sports Entertainment
WWE Over the Edge
WWE Royal Rumble 2005
WWE Backlash 2009
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXII
WWE Over the Limit 2010
WWE No Way Out 2000
WWE No Way Out 2008
WWE Vengeance 2001
WWE No Way Out 2009
WWE WrestleMania XXV
WWE Bragging Rights 2009
WWE No Way Out 2001
WWE Over The Limit 2012
WWE Elimination Chamber 2010
WWE WrestleMania 22
WWE Night of Champions 2008
WWE Survivor Series 2003
WWE Rebellion 1999
WWE Judgment Day 2002
WWE SummerSlam 1999
WWE Rebellion 2001
WWE Survivor Series 2013
WWE Survivor Series 2006
Ladies and Gentlemen, My Name Is Paul Heyman
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness
WWE Vengeance 2002
WCW Bash at The Beach 1997
WCW Spring Stampede 1998
WCW Starrcade 1996
WCW Starrcade 1997
WWE Backlash: In Your House
AEW Double or Nothing: The Buy In
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2013
WWE One Night Stand 2008
WWE Vengeance 2011
WWE No Way Out 2012
WWE Elimination Chamber 2011
WWE Royal Rumble 2003
WWE Survivor Series 2001
WCW Uncensored 1998
WWE No Mercy 2002
WWE Survivor Series 2002
WWE Cyber Sunday 2006
WCW Halloween Havoc 1995
WWE: 30 Years of Survivor Series
WWE Survivor Series 2011
The Very Best of Monday Nitro: Volume 2
WCW Road Wild 1997
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXIII
WWE: The New & Improved DX
WCW SuperBrawl VI
WCW Spring Stampede 1997
WCW Souled Out 1998
The History of The WWE Hardcore Championship
WWE: World's Strongest Man: The Mark Henry Story
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2011
ECW December to Dismember
WCW Uncensored 1996
WCW Fall Brawl 1996
WCW Uncensored 1997
The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.3
