What was the best Big Show heel or face turn?

[Jindrak Mark]

He turned so often it became a running joke. It probably happened dozens of times in his career and most didn't make sense and/or were met with groans. Are there any good ones though?

His first WWF turn on paper is a classic henchman gets tired of boss mistreating him and finally has had enough so on paper it sounds decent enough but even that one felt really rushed as he had only debuted like 4 weeks earlier and he'd then go back heel again 2 months later anyway.

[ThankGodForSidJustice]

Change to fun loving babyface who likes impersonating people Big Show in spring of 2000? Sadly of all his turns that's the only one I would consider good in that it led to him being more entertaining and there they actually gave a reason for it that made sense.

[Cyno]

Heel ECW Champion Big Show was a lot of fun in hindsight.

[nickcave]

I guess joining the nWo for the first time was cool at the time even though Hogan literally beat him for the title at the previous PPV and you would think he'd want revenge but the idea of DiBiase dangling so much money in his face he drops it and joined did have some logic to it especially since he never really "turned face" he was just face by default of being pro WCW

[fw91]

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Feb 6, 2024 14:49:41 GMT -5 ThankGodForSidJustice said:

Change to fun loving babyface who likes impersonating people Big Show in spring of 2000? Sadly of all his turns that's the only one I would consider good in that it led to him being more entertaining and there they actually gave a reason for it that made sense.

For some reason they couldn't or wouldn't book him as a giant, at least that used one of his other main skills since he's a funny guy.

Also helped his main feud during that period was Kurt, someone who could carry him in the ring and keep up with the comedy side. The Showster and giving out condoms when Kurt was preaching abstinence were great.

[Oh Cry Me a Screwball]

Big Show returning in 2004 as a face where he decimates the entire Smackdown roster was really cool, and it does count as a turn since he was heel when he was written off the show last.

[Mochi Lone Wolf]

Feb 6, 2024 14:51:40 GMT -5 Cyno said:

Heel ECW Champion Big Show was a lot of fun in hindsight.

That was honestly the only time I ever took Big Show seriously as a monster heel in his WWE run.

[tirtefaa]

Despite being a local man, I have to say I enjoyed any time he was made World champion. I can't say that any particular turn was thrilling to see happen though.

[Citizen Snips Has Left]

Feb 9, 2024 15:05:55 GMT -5 Mochi Lone Wolf said:

Feb 6, 2024 14:51:40 GMT -5 Cyno said:

Heel ECW Champion Big Show was a lot of fun in hindsight.

That was honestly the only time I ever took Big Show seriously as a monster heel in his WWE run.

The only drawback to that run was he was so banged up and that led to him getting absolutely massive. And you could still see him working his ass off! If he had been in better physical condition at the time, that could’ve been an all-timer run.

[KingPooper]

Heel: ECW

Face: WWF Champion riding on his fathers casket.

[malloc]

That time he almost killed Kurt Angle by pushing him off the ledge and Kurt cracked his head open on carpark ramp.

[agent817]

Feb 9, 2024 15:05:55 GMT -5 Mochi Lone Wolf said:

Feb 6, 2024 14:51:40 GMT -5 Cyno said:

Heel ECW Champion Big Show was a lot of fun in hindsight.

That was honestly the only time I ever took Big Show seriously as a monster heel in his WWE run.

I would take that version more seriously than his 2012 (or 2013) heel run with him being a weird mix of Serious Chris Jericho and "Hall of Pain" Mark Henry. It was as if the creative team didn't know how to book him.

[JoDaNa1281]

It's a tossup.

#3 was good...but, #74 was also good.

[CMWaters]

Can we count how he by proxy turned face because Mayweather came off way too arrogant?

[Mochi Lone Wolf]

Feb 10, 2024 17:20:47 GMT -5 CMWaters said:

Can we count how he by proxy turned face because Mayweather came off way too arrogant?

I’ll never understand why WWE ever thought they could portray Floyd Mayweather as a babyface in any capacity.

[Jake, The Jake, Jake]

Feb 10, 2024 17:20:47 GMT -5 CMWaters said:

Can we count how he by proxy turned face because Mayweather came off way too arrogant?

I swear they both turned five times in the build up to that match and probably once during the match itself

[dangerousdanpotato]

I'm rewatching early 2000 and quite enjoyed Big Show's slow heel turn. It's one of those turns where everything the heel says is true, but because they are opposing a hotter star, they come off as whiny and annoying. I felt a bit sorry for him as he gets punked by The Rock who is at his most arrogant and pompous.

He starts January as the WWF World Champion, but is defeated on the first RAW of the year by HHH. A week or so later The Rock calls the entire rest of the roster "jabronies", which Big Show alone takes umbrage to. He attacks Rock, but remains a face/tweener, calmly explaining his position in backstage interviews and how he doesn't take crap from anyone.

Eventually The Rock and Big Show are teamed together on the RAW before the Royal Rumble to face the New Age Outlaws, but cut promos on each other and fight before and during the match. At this point Big Show is still friendly with other faces, just hostile towards The Rock.

Obviously, The Rock wins the Rumble, last eliminating Big Show, who points out quite reasonably that he was screwed since The Rock's feet hit first. He approaches HHH with a request that if he can produce the video evidence, he get a match against The Rock to determine the no. contender at WrestleMania. This was another milestone towards the full turn, appearing servile to the man who had screwed him out of the WWF Championship just 3 weeks earlier. Rather than going for HHH, he was slowly aligning himself with him to focus on The Rock. The next week, Big Show and HHH would tag together against The Rock and Rikishi.

In the midst of all this he also got a terrible new haircut/facial hair, which basically cemented the turn:



At No Way Out, he would face The Rock, with Shane McMahon returning and interfering in the match to gain Big Show the victory, which was the final piece of the turn. 

It was a nuanced turn, with overlapping allegiances and Attitude-era "shades of grey" being used to full effect.