Paul Wight talks about Omos, Satnam Singh, and the pressures of being a giant in wrestling.
Paul Wight, when he got his start in WCW, was billed as the son of Andre the Giant. Of course, Andre was not his real father, but for the rest of his career, Paul would be in the shadow of the first WWE Hall of Famer. Spending most of his career as The Big Show in WWE, Paul would go on to define his own legacy as one of the best giant wrestlers of all time.
These days, Paul is on the same level as Andre in the sense that any new giant that tries his hand in the world of wrestling immediately gets compared to Big Show.
Speaking with MuscleManMalcolm for The Sportster, Big Show spoke about not wanting that pressure for any of the up-and-coming talent, how he feels WWE is doing with promoting Omos, and his own excitement for Satnam Singh In All Elite Wrestling.
“That's a burden I wouldn't want to put on any giant,” he began. “I remember I used to get stuck with that a lot back in the day. No one wants to be, even though it came out that my character was the next Andre, nobody wants that burden.
“I think Omos is doing a great job with how they're introduced and brought him along,” Paul continued. “I think AJ Styles has done a great job of helping to build Omos, so has Bobby Lashley. Omos just needs to get reps and that's the main thing when you learn to get reps in, you'll see a difference, and they're doing a real good job of keeping these guys within their wheelhouse of what they can do. If fans are patient, these guys will evolve into something else, just a matter of giving them time to evolve. We've got an incredible talent in AEW that I'm excited about, Satnam Singh, who is like 7’2, maybe 360 pounds. He's an incredible athlete, an ex-basketball player. So he's got the good footwork and he's got the big giant hands, and the whole nine yards. I've worked with him a little bit the past few weeks in the ring and he's picking it up really fast, but again, they're still green, they need time they need to get their reps in and get it done.”
Continuing on, Paul stated that he believes that the days of the giants of old being able to provide more of an attraction aspect without any of the athletic ability of today's modern athletes, is gone.
“It's about giving these guys time to adjust and not rushing them. You can't expect Omos and some of these other giant big guys to work to the level of like a Kane, or Undertaker, or somebody like that right off the bat. You just can't. You've got to give them time to get their reps in and be patient, and hopefully, the audiences will do that.
"The business has changed, you know, with mixed martial arts and the way the business has gone to [favor] more high spots, higher entertaining bumps and more charismatic characters in the microphone with cutting promos and the businesses has evolved. So the days of the giants of old? I don't know, I think those days are numbered. I think you're gonna have to find somebody that's big. It's also extremely athletic.”
Wight doesn't wrestle as much these days and is more focused on broadcasting but he has stated on numerous occasions that he and Tony Khan have ideas for a return to the ring for him, it's just a matter of finding the right time.
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