Even if he had been dubbed "Tiny Little" and forced to job in dark matches, Paul Wight would stand out in the wrestling world. At seven feet tall, it would be hard not to. But as a multi-time World Champion, the Big Show has lived up to his name on more than one occasion.It's probably not surprising to learn that Wight played college basketball at Wichita State University.

After training at the Power Plant, Wight made his WCW debut in 1995. Initially, he was billed as Andre the Giant's son, in WCW to get revenge on Hulk Hogan for his "father". He appeared at ringside several times, most notably at Bash at the Beach 1995 to confront Hogan. A member of Kevin Sullivan's Dungeon of Doom, Wight, dubbed "the Giant", put Hogan and his WCW World title in his sites.

On October 29th, 1995, after a monster truck rally where Wight "fell" off the top of the Joe Louis Arena, he defeated Hulk Hogan in Detroit to win the WCW World Heavyweight title as a part of the Halloween Havoc pay-per-view. He won the match via disqualification, when Hulk Hogan's manager, Jimmy Hart, hit Wight with his megaphone. As it turned out, the Giant won the title when it was revealed that Hart had signed a contract with a clause stating that the titles COULD change hands on a disqualification. With manager Hart now on his side, Wight's title reign lasted just over a week before WCW stripped the Giant of the title.

A second WCW title reign came with a defeat of Ric Flair in April 1996. As champion, he would defeat Sting at the World Wrestling Peace Festival. In August, Hogan defeated the Giant at Road Wild to regain the title. Within weeks of losing the title, the Giant would join forces with Hogan and become one of the growing number of WCW superstars to join the New World Order (nWo).

Wight left WCW for the WWE in 1999. After several television vignettes where he was referred to by his real name, Wight would make his presence felt during the Steve Austin-Vince McMahon cage match at St. Valentine's Day Massacre. Wight would emerge from beneath the ring and literally toss Austin into the cage and out onto the floor. Shortly afterwards, he was renamed "the Big Show". Originally part of McMahon's Corporation, the Big Show soon broke away and teamed up with Mick Foley, Test and Ken Shamrock to form the short-lived Union. During the summer of 1999, the Big Show joined forces with the Undertaker as a part of the Undertaker's Ministry. Underaker and Show teamed up to win the WWE tag team titles on two occasions.

At the 1999 Survivor Series, the Big Show substituted for an injured Steve Austin and defeated The Rock and Triple H in a Triple Threat match for the WWE World Championship, a title he would hold until January when Triple H upended him. A month into 2000, the Big Show began to argue that he had won the Royal Rumble (and not The Rock) and demanded that he be a part of the main event at Wrestlemania. Shane McMahon would second the Big Show into the Fatal Fourway main event (eventually won by WWE Champion Triple H.) After debuting a comedic side of the Big Show (where he mimicked other wrestler including Rikishi and Hulk Hogan), the WWE decided that Wight needed to be sent to the minors, so to speak, and the Big Show showed up in OVW in Louisville, KY, in an attempt to get back into shape following a knee injury and a massive weight increase.

The Big Show returned at the 2001 Royal Rumble but seemed more out of shape than ever. He would be involved in the Hardcore title division throughout most of early 2001. He would also team with Billy Gunn and Spike Dudley. When the brand split occurred in 2002, the Big Show was drafted by Raw and feuded briefly with Stone Cold Steve Austin, turning on Stone Cold to rejoin (for a third time) the nWo.

Traded to Smackdown in October, the Big Show immediately targeted WWE Champion Brock Lesnar. At the Survivor Series, the Big Show got some help from Lesnar's manager, Paul Heyman (who jumped ship to manage the Show) in winning the title. December's Armageddon would see the Big Show's reign as WWE Champion come to an end at the hands of Kurt Angle. The Big Show would move on to a feud with the Undertaker and teaming with A-Train. At Wrestlemania XIX, however, the Undertaker defeated A-Train and Big Show in a handicap match.

After feuding with Brock Lesnar again, the Big Show turned his attention to Eddie Guerrero. Although Eddie would embarrass the Big Show by feeding him a burrito filled with laxatives and spraying the Show with sewage, the Big Show would get the last laugh by defeating Eddie at October's No Mercy to win the U.S. title. The Big Show would hold the U.S. title until Wrestlemania XX (where he lost it to John Cena) but came under criticism for his lack of title defenses. A short time later, the Big Show went on the disabled list to have knee surgery but recently returned in a big way as he plowed his way through the Smackdown roster during an Eddie Guerrero-Kurt Angle lumberjack match.

After a Show and Guerrero/Angle & Reigns tag match in September, Angle shot the Big Show with a tranquilizer dart, then shaved his head. At No Mercy, the Big Show defeated Angle but the war between the two was not over, and spread to include WWE Champion JBL. Even Diva Joy Giovanni became involved as her friendship with Show made her a target for Angle and JBL. Big Show would challenge for the WWE title, first in a triple threat match (involving Layfield and Angle) at the Royal Rumble and then in a barbed wire cage match against JBL at No Way Out. Still a top contender for the WWE title despite his losses, Show would cross paths with sumo wrestler Akebono, leading to a Wrestlemania XXI sumo match meeting between the two big men. Although he would lose the match at Wrestlemania, the Big Show would still lay claim to the number one contender's spot, a claim disputed by several other members of the Smackdown roster. The Big Show would compete in the Championship Series, only to lose in the Fatal Fourway Finals. The Big Show would turn down Carlito Cool's offer to serve as Carlito's bodyguard and initially paid for it with his stomach, as Carlito had given him a bad apple. No matter, Show recovered and took on Carlito at Judgment Day but lost thanks to the interference of Matt Morgan.

The Big Show continued to feud with Carlito and Morgan until being drafted to Raw on June 27 2005. Snitsky was the first Raw superstar that Big Show crossed paths with, and the two big men clashed on Raw for several months, until Show defeated Snitsky at Unforgiven. The Big Show was named one of the three possible participants in the WWE Title triple threat match at Taboo Tuesday, along with Kane and Shawn Michaels. Michaels won the voting but Big Show and Kane teamed to defeat Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch to win the WWE Tag Team titles. The team of Kane and the Big Show were certainly the muscle in Eric Bischoff's crusade against Smackdown, targetting World Champion Batista and Rey Mysterio. Back on Raw, however, the Big Show clashed with Triple H after Helmsley attacked the Big Show and injured his hand with a sledgehammer, then defeated the Big Show using the same weapon at New Year's Revolution.

The Big Show would battle Triple H (along with Rob Van Dam) one more time in the finals of the Road to Wrestlemania XXII tournament, with Triple H getting the victory. Big Show and Kane then turned their attentions back to defending the WWE Tag Team titles, getting a victory over Carlito and Chris Masters at Wrestlemania, only to lose the belts to the Spirit Squad the next night. The team's quest to regain the title was hampered by Kane hearing voices and eventually turning heel. After a short feud between the two partners, the Big Show shocked everyone by defecting to ECW, where he clashed with Tommy Dreamer.

In 2009 Big Show is back in the WWF after being the ECW champion in 2008. After doing a bit with Floyd Mayweather in a pay per view, Big Shows gimmick is now the one punch knock out.