Big Show (Paul Wight) jumps ship to AEW
 

...AEW just signed The Big Show.

https://i.imgur.com/0hSBg1p.png

Lol why

Legit the BIGGEST signing in the past 20 years.

Huh. Didn’t see that one coming. Show seemed like a WWE ambassador for life.

Oh, wait. They’re gonna set up that Show vs Shaq match WWE teased but never pulled the trigger on.

AEW upping their production values obviously. Sting gets to walk out in the snow. Paul Wight gets to emerge through a cloud of vape smoke.

He will finally get to tussle with Shaq!

If he comes out smoking cigarettes like he used to I will pop so hard.

Oh shit! This is real :eek:

Paul Wight has always been known behind the scenes for helping other big guys learn to work smarter in the ring. While I'm not the biggest fan of his wrestling I hope he can help Wardlow, Archer, Luchasaurus and future bigger guys they sign sharper their skills.

I legit thought he was a WWE lifer so this is a shocking.

with the small guys in aew paul will look real big. how far you think paul can throw marko stunt?

Paul Wight's twitter cover photo though

https://twitter.com/PaulWight/header_photo

I’d like to see him get a nice little part-time run where he can be built like the proper attraction that WWE failed so miserably to build him up as.

He’s probably gonna be bumping for Marko Stunt in a month or so though and I’m gonna have to continue to drown my sadness with old wrestling videos.

So they got another over the hill part timer. Amazing grab!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Big Show’s final WWE match was a WrestleMania main event for the WWE Championship. <a href="https://t.co/46PypbtXLN">pic.twitter.com/46PypbtXLN</a></p>&mdash; Gary Cassidy (@WrestlingGary) <a href="https://twitter.com/WrestlingGary/status/1364616134763364352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 24, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Looks like he's joining the commentary booth.

He's got value and marketability to his name, which about 95% of wrestlers don't these days. I think it's a great signing. If AEW wants to grow, they need to get more eyeballs on their product then just people who blindly watch wrestling because that's all they've done for 20 years. Big Show's been in movies, tv shows and is well known outside of the wrestling ring.

AEW will use him correctly unlike they way TNA used over the hill wrestlers. I want to believe they;re smarter then the people behind the scenes at TNA or Impact,,whatever the fuck they are called. Great signing

Wardlow going to be crazy over after he press slams Paul Wight

Agreed. Maybe Sting to WWE as a close second.

Big Show crying.gif

I remember Big Show busting his ass getting into amazing shape a couple years ago for “one last run” only for them to do nothing with him.

I need a backstage skit involving John Silver and Paul Wight

We'll prob get the Shaq match finally. He can helpthe younger guys, and if how they're using Sting is any indication, he'll prob be used to get talent over but not wrestle all that often.

Please don't wrestle or I'll have to get stuck watching AEW cause my girls like the bastard.

LMAO what the hell? How are they gonna pretend 6'5" guys are monster giants when a legit 7 footer is there?

Tony Khan is wasting so much of his father's money. A BIG money multi year deal for another 50 year old.

They will sign ANYBODY!

....wut?

Context:

Marko Stunt's favorite wrestler is The Big Show


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WHAT!?!?!?!?!?!?!???!?!?!!?!!?!?!?!?! HOW COULD YOU HIDE THIS FROM ME<br><br>I JUST PEED MYSELF HOLY SHIT HAHDJFMTNaiebdbsiwlsofirndjcijfdnowisvrueicnfjuedgsgh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <a href="https://t.co/RMz0n88hRu">https://t.co/RMz0n88hRu</a></p>&mdash; Mr. Fun Size (@realmarkostunt) <a href="https://twitter.com/realmarkostunt/status/1364607197670350848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 24, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/AEW?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AEW</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/PaulWight?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PaulWight</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AEWDynamite?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AEWDynamite</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AEWDark?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AEWDark</a> <a href="https://t.co/zSuqpHVA5d">pic.twitter.com/zSuqpHVA5d</a></p>&mdash; Mr. Fun Size (@realmarkostunt) <a href="https://twitter.com/realmarkostunt/status/1364615443554521103?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 24, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Marko is going to turn on Jurassic Express now.

we need marko and paul to stand next to each other, that would be better then the big guy aj styles has.

he needs a ring name

Wight Giant seems like a name they'd go with.

Why the fuck would they spoil this?

If Big Show would have come out at the end of the show tonight and choke slammed 2 or 3 people, this would be huge!

Instead they spoiled there own show. So fucking dumb. This shit makes Bischoff and the Hall and Nash stuff look even more brilliant. Bischoff was dumb enough to spoil his own show.

That really pisses me off.

If Big Show had shown up unannounced to AEW, that would have ignited things big time. Instead, AEW lacks any creativity just like WWE. It almost feels like WWE is secretly running AEW.

if by huge you mean no one would know about it because no one watches the sbow then yes

territories have been announcing people coming to the territory weeks in advance for 100 years itll be ok

I think it was smart to announce in advance bc it gets them buzz to entice people to tune in.

They've had plenty of surprise appearances on Dynamite, announcing some things in advance is fine with me.

What is The Tall Program doing in Daily’s Place?!

What buzz?? They signed a 50 year old wrestler that has not done anything meaningful but have a Netflix show cancelled and worked a dark match at Mania in years.

Remember how much they bragged early on how they didn't want hardly anybody from WWE, yet they have continually signed every former WWE guy possible. Hell at this point AEW is like WWE's retirement plan.

"Oh you didn't save your money, go to AEW and get paid!"

How long can they honestly play the "hey look we signed a guy that was held back by WWE, but now they are ALL ELITE!"

"Hey he and Shaq could finally have the match Shaq was too out of shape to have when he was 7 years younger, and it will be SOOOOOOOO much more Elite on a special edition of Dynamite than at Wrestlemania!"

Let's not pretend this is gonna lead to some surge in AEW popularity, it's just gonna be another guy that is gonna have to pretend he is happy jobbing to the Young Bucks while fleecing Tony Khan out of more of his father's money.

He was out for about a year after that due to hip issues.

And they'll draw the same 750,000-850,000 like they do every week