Paul Wight

Also known as Big Show, The Big Show, Paul Donald Wight Jr., Paul Donald Wight, Jr., The Giant

American professional wrestler and actor

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Paul Wight is a United States wrestler who began his professional career in 1994. He is listed as a player in the sport of Fighting and is currently associated with the team _Retired Wrestling. His physical measurements include a height of 210 and a mass of 396.

In addition to wrestling, Wight is identified as a musical group from Germany. The group performs in the doom, funk, fusion, psychedelic, and rock genres. An author named Paul Wight Bacdayan is credited with the work "Knowledge for action."

Wight was born on 1972-02-08. He has 2,563,770 social media followers. His profile is referenced by 1,992 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 23 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Thesportsdb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Key facts

Born: Paul Donald Wight II , ( 1972-02-08 ) February 8, 1972 (age 54) , Aiken, South Carolina , U.S.
Spouses: Melissa Piavis ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1997 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2002 ) Bess Katramados ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2002 )
Ring names: (The) Big Show (The) Giant Paul Wight
Billed height: 7 ft 0 in (213 cm) – 7 ft 2 in (218 cm)
Billed weight: 383 lb (174 kg) – 500 lb (230 kg)
Billed from: Tampa, Florida
Trained by: Larry Sharpe , Thrasher
Debut: December 3, 1994

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Part of: ShoMiz
Given name: Damien
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Aiken
Occupation: pundit
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Sport: professional wrestling
Country for sport: United States
Mass: 396
Image: Big Show April 2014.jpg
Height: 210
Residence: Tampa

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Commons category: Paul Wight
date of birth: 1972-02-08
medical condition: gigantism
start of work period: 1994-00-00
social media followers: 2494743
writing language: English language
name in native language: Paul Wight

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Encyclopedic overview

Paul Donald Wight II (born February 8, 1972) is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under his real name. He is best known for his tenure with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) from 1995 to 1999 as (the) Giant and his tenure with the World Wrestling Federation/WWE from 1999 to 2021 under the ring name (the) Big Show.

Wight played college basketball at Wichita State University before transferring to other schools. He began his wrestling career in 1994. In 1995, he signed with WCW, where, due to his great height and large frame, he was known by the ring name The Giant and initially introduced as "the son of André the Giant". In early 1999, he left WCW to join the World Wrestling Federation (WWF).

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