Paul Wight, talks about his cameo appearance, via a video package, on the June 27 Monday Night Raw.
Paul Wight, The Big Show, was a huge part of John Cena's career. Big Show was John Cena's first WrestleMania opponent. On that night, in Madison Square Garden, John Cena won his first-ever WWE United States Championship, his first title in WWE. Through the years, John and Big Show would be in the same match many times over whether as partners or adversaries.
Paul was featured as one of many Superstars in a video package that aired on the June 27 episode of Monday Night Raw, celebrating the 20-year anniversary of John Cena in WWE.
Speaking with Sportskeeda about how that all came together, Paul said he was happy that WWE and AEW both allowed that to happen because working with John meant a lot to him throughout his career.
“Like I said, it's still a business. I worked with John Cena, you know, probably for 20+ years. You know, I was instrumental in the beginning of his career, and throughout my career, I had a lot of incredible battles with John Cena all over the world. I used to make a joke that every five months, it was time for Big Show and John Cena to fight again. I mean, we were great at the David and Goliath spectacle, and he was such a superhero. I was able to be a great monster for him to battle with and people enjoyed it. So that was a cool situation.
“I'm glad that WWE gave me the opportunity to say thank you to John,” Paul continued. "It's really cool of Tony Khan, to allow his contracted talent to appear on another show to say thanks. This shows a lot of class, I think on both companies. You know, it's great to be competitive. At the same time, the talent involved are also human beings. I have a lot of friends still in WWE. So it's nice to be able to, in an appropriate way, pay homage to a friend that’s had an amazing career. Don't get me wrong, we still want to kick their ass and ratings, but, I wouldn't expect anything less from them.”
Bryan Danielson and Chris Jericho also appeared to celebrate John Cena's 20th anniversary.
These days, Paul Wight doesn't wrestle as much but, he does believe that one of these days, Captain Insano will run wild All Elite Wrestling. Learn more here.
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