For many years Paul Wight was known to WWE fans as Big Show, but he recently decided to part ways with WWE and sign a contract with All Elite Wrestling.
Wight recently joined Renee Young on her Oral Sessions podcast and he said that he could have “sat on his ass” in WWE, but he decided he’s not done yet. Paul Wight detailed the issues that he dealt with following his hip surgery, and the life threatening MRSA infections that he had to overcome.
The former WWE Champion went on to say that a few years ago he was told he would never main event a pay-per-view again, and that he would only be used to get NXT talent over moving forward.
“I got pulled into a Talent and Relations office. And [I was told] I will never main event WrestleMania again. I will never main event a pay-per-view again. And I will only be used to get over NXT talent. That was said to my face. There’s your f–king inspiration, now go work hard. Vince didn’t say it to me; it wasn’t him. But you know where it comes from. It hurt a little bit. It was like, is this really where we’re at? Again, I’m not making any excuses. I understand where they’re coming from. But they were trying to give me the heads up like, ‘Hey, you’ve done everything that you could do. You’ve had a great career. Maybe it’s time for you to start thinking about slowing down.’ F–k that, Jack!”
Wight also noted that his frustrations with WWE creative also motivated him to leave the company, because he felt like he had more to offer.
“For me, it was creative frustration. I’ve gone back and forth with Paul Heyman and Bruce Prichard and Vince [McMahon]. You know how things are there: If you kind of get out of the loop for a little bit, it’s real hard for them to work you back in no matter how much talent you have and no matter how much you have to offer. It was frustrating to me because, sure, I was making money, and I worked against Drew [McIntyre] after WrestleMania. Then, I came in and teamed with Kevin Owens and Samoa Joe, but I need more. I’ve never been a sit on the bench [kind of] guy. I’m not going to take money and sit at home and be a happy little princess. No. I like to work for my money.”
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