Big Show's Face/Heel turns...listed out

[odor31]

What am I missing?

1999:
HEEL: debuts helping Mr. McMahon at St. Valentine's Day Massacre vs. Austin
FACE: punches McMahon at Wrestlemania after losing to Mankind
HEEL: Boiler Room match vs. Mankind
FACE: Joins the Union (including Mankind)
HEEL: Teams with Undertaker to win Tag belts
FACE: Dad dies; feud with Boss Man

2000:
HEEL: Turns heel by not tagging The Rock in tag match
FACE: Impersonating superstars (Showster/Showkishi); feud with Shane
HEEL: Returns to side with Shane; takes out Undertaker

2001 (returned in the Rumble as a HEEL):
FACE: Hardcore champion; loyalty to WWF in Invasion

2002:
HEEL: Chokeslams Austin after Wrestlemania; joins nWo

2003:
no turns

2004:
FACE: Chooses to face Kurt Angle upon being reinstated by Teddy Long

2005:
HEEL: Big Show/Kane start rivalry with Mysterio/Batista
FACE: Feud with HHH; HHH injures Show's hand

2006:
HEEL: Joins ECW

2007:
out of action

2008:
Comes back as HEEL: feud with Mayweather (although he slowly turned FACE for a lot of people)
FACE: Feud with Khali
HEEL: Sides with Vickie; feud with Taker

2009:
no turns

2010:
FACE: Knocked out Miz; hugs Teddy Long

2011:
no turns

2012:
HEEL: Knocks out Cena; sides with Johnny Ace

2013:
FACE: Feud with the Shield
HEEL: Mad at Orton for Wrestlemania antics
FACE: Helps RVD with the Shield

[CMWaters]

Now add in his WCW turns.

[Hawk Hart]

Sept 11, 2013 11:35:51 GMT -5 CMWaters said:

Now add in his WCW turns.

Are you trying to kill him?! I once did a post where I worked out all the different Kane turns up until that point and I thought my brain was gonna melt.

[chronocross]

I thought the Boiler Room brawl with Mankind was a face vs. face match?

[BigWill]

Big Show must have been off his bipolar meds in 1999.

[Mesousa287793]

Guess "Kane-fused" is now "Big Show-fused".

[Germansuplex]

He turned fully during the Mayweather feud. He was the face in that match.

[Dave the Dave]

NO wonder he is a "disappointment" kayfabe wise. They couldn't decide what they wanted him to do....as if being giant wasn't enough.

[Deleted]

Has anyone turned more in 1 year than Big Show did in 1999? 5 turns for one person in a year is crazy.

We get about 5 turns a year now...across the entire company combined.

[adam3s]

Didn't he turn face when facing 3MW before getting fired from RAW? Then on his first Smackdown appearance turn face.

[GuyOfOwnage]

When did that heel turn with Shane in 2000 happen? I was watching weekly at that point and I don't remember this. I remember them having the match at Judgment Day 2000, then I didn't see him again until the Rumble. Was it a one week only deal?

[JTG Fan]

Sept 11, 2013 11:35:51 GMT -5 CMWaters said:

Now add in his WCW turns.

1995:
Heel: Giant debuts in Dungeon of Doom

1996:
Face: Giant turns defacto face in war against nWo
Heel: Giant joins nWo
Face: Giant elects to face Hogan, is kicked out of nWo

1997:
No turns

1998:
Heel: Joins nWo because he's a moron
Face?: Kicked out of nWo, jumps to WWF.

[Bravo Echo November]

Sept 11, 2013 12:22:52 GMT -5 GuyOfOwnage said:

When did that heel turn with Shane in 2000 happen? I was watching weekly at that point and I don't remember this. I remember them having the match at Judgment Day 2000, then I didn't see him again until the Rumble. Was it a one week only deal?

It was a *very* brief run in July when Shane aligned himself with Chris Benoit. From what I recall the attempted stable also included Kurt Angle.

Show I think was only around for two weeks before he was sent to OVW and didn't return until the Rumble.

[JTG Fan]

Sept 11, 2013 12:22:52 GMT -5 GuyOfOwnage said:

When did that heel turn with Shane in 2000 happen? I was watching weekly at that point and I don't remember this. I remember them having the match at Judgment Day 2000, then I didn't see him again until the Rumble. Was it a one week only deal?

He disappeared after Judgment Day and returned the night after Fully Loaded and swerved everybody by aligning with Shane again. Two weeks later he was in a 6 man tag and disappeared after that until the Rumble.

[Bootista]

Good lord at 1999.

[Nic Nemeth]

I swear, by the end of this Corporation angle, he would have turned reluctant heel to tweener leaning towards heel to sympathetic heel to sympathetic tweener to partial face to full face again. And this will all happen before Survivor Series.

[Sparvid]

Come to think of it, why did he turn face so quick after debuting?
Was he getting face reactions? Were there too many heels on the roster at the time?

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

Based on the pop, Big Show was a face in the 2001 Rumble until he chokeslammed The Rock illegally. He was only getting cheers until he did that, when he got booed. So he actually returned as face and then immediately turned heel.

[Deleted]

Sept 11, 2013 11:41:45 GMT -5 BigWill said:

Big Show must have been off his bipolar meds in 1999.

To be fair everyone on the roster seemed to be turning at least once a month in 1999

[odor31]

Sept 12, 2013 6:18:07 GMT -5 "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay said:

Based on the pop, Big Show was a face in the 2001 Rumble until he chokeslammed The Rock illegally. He was only getting cheers until he did that, when he got booed. So he actually returned as face and then immediately turned heel.

Thought about it. Didn't think it warranted a "face turn".