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Eric Bischoff Explains His Belief That Big Show Never Became A Star

January 30, 2019 | Posted by Joseph Lee

In the latest episode of his After 83 Weeks podcast (via Wrestling Inc), Eric Bischoff clarified past comments he made in which he said that The Big Show never became a big star in the WWE.

He said: “I may have been wrong about this. But it’s what I believe then and it’s what I still believe now. It had nothing to do with Paul [Wight, aka The Big Show] or his ability. Paul is a phenomenal character, an amazing athlete… He’s as big as he is. So all the ingredients are there. But from a creative point of view, until you have to sit down and figure out a story that the audience will get into and believe and like, and when you have to do that with a guy as big as Paul you automatically eliminate a lot of the storytelling devices that you would normally use. How do you beat up a giant? How do you get sympathy?

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Big Show, Eric Bischoff, Joseph Lee