Paul Wight Says Taz Wasn’t Aware He And Brock Lesnar Would Break A Wrestling Ring: ‘We Got Him’

Paul Wight reminisces about the times where he has broken the ring, including the time he broke one with Brock Lesnar.

On the June 12th, 2003 edition of WWE Friday Night SmackDown, Wight, then wrestling under his WWE ring name of Big Show, would take on Brock Lesnar in a singles bout. During the course of the match, a superplex would lead to the ring collapsing, marking the first time the company would apply this spot. While Wight would repeat this spot in the future, the original spot is one that is considered an iconic moment of the Ruthless Aggression era.

While speaking to Sporf in a new interview, Paul Wight spoke about the time when he and Brock Lesnar broke the ring, noting that Taz, who was on commentary for the spot, was unaware of the major spot.

“Randy Savage used to talk all the time about a moment in time. It’s a moment in time. It was such a great thing because there were so many working things that went into that between positioning, between the ring actually had to be lifted on airbags so that the ring post could collapse without the weight. We were on the top rope in the corner. That had to be reinforced because that was the only corner that was actually attached. The collapsing, the timing of when to let the ring break, when we hit, like the referee bump, everything was perfect, and the whole crowd went crazy. Taz went crazy. Taz didn’t know that was going to happen. I think he cussed live on air, which was a really big thing back then. There was a natural visceral reaction, and that was one of those things like, yeah, I’m taking that to my grave. We got him. That was a good one, and then, you know, a couple of years later, you know, they want me to break the ring again with Mark Henry. I’m like, ‘but why?’ They’re like, ‘it’s a new generation. They need to experience it too.’ So I’ve broken three rings, you know, and like Rock said, yeah, I’m the guy that breaks stuff. So that’s my career. I break rings. So that’s my that’s my accolade. I’m the guy that breaks stuff.”

Elsewhere in the same interview, Wight spoke about throwing a cookie at a belligerent customer while working as a club doorman. You can read more about that here.

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