It’s Time for WWE Creative to Move on From The Big Show
By Nick “Red” Conley
What is WWE Creative’s obsession with the Big Show? Unfortunately, yet again, Creative is pushing Big Show as major heel capable of taking on the roster’s best baby face wrestlers. First, he won this year’s Andre the Giant Battle Royal. Second, he remains an integral part of The Authority and participates in main event matches on Raw and Smackdown. Lastly, he is likely to face Roman Reigns at the Extreme Rules paper view. Roman Reigns, the guy who was likely slated to win the WWE Championship belt before the fans turned on him and has been receiving a major push by the WWE for over a year now will suffer by having to face the Big Show in yet another paper view. Not only does the Big Show often make his opponents look one dimensional in the ring, matches with the Big Show often kill momentum of rising and capable WWE stars.
There is no doubt that the Big Show has established himself as a top-tier wrestler in his 16-year career, but his days of having great matches are over. I am not arguing that Big Show should retire. He is a great heel and his presence provokes mass booing from the fans, so getting rid of him at this point should not be an option. However, his days of trying to propel baby-faces or participate in main event paper views against arguably the best wrestlers on the WWE roster should be far from over. The Big Show is no longer viewed as a threat by the fans. When Triple H, Stephane McMahon, or Director of Operations Kane are on the microphone and make an announcement that Roman Reigns, Daniel Bryan, Randy Orton, or another top-tier wrestler are facing the Big Show, the fans boo, and not in a good way. The WWE Universe views these matches as boring and predictable, as the Big Show utilizes the same handful of wrestling moves over and over again. His finishing me, “the knockout punch,” is likely a result of his inability to move very effectively.
The continued use of Big Show is likely laziness or lack of creativity on the part of the WWE writers, as there are many heels or potential heels on the roster that could be paired with the Authority. Bray Wyatt? Bad News Barrett? Luke Harper? Sheamus? WWE’s use of Kane is still entertaining in my opinion, mostly because it has become comedic, rather than due to his wrestling ability. However, with the Big Show, WWE Creative tries to portray him as a major threat, someone who the fans and certainly the wrestlers are not afraid of anymore. Time to get the Big Show out of the ring and act more as a bodyguard to Seth Rollins or the Authority in general, rather than star in main event paper views. Pairing him against Roman Reigns at Extreme Rules will not only disappoint the fans, but will hamper Roman Reigns’ momentum.
