Rating The Champ: Big Show – SmarKDown's Blog

Welcome to a new series on the website, called Rating The Champ. This will follow my prior World Title Series, where I reviewed each and every WWE Heavyweight Champion in history from Hulk Hogan’s first title win in 1984 all the way to the current days. Money in the Bank cash-ins will not be included for obvious reasons, unless it was a proper match (ie: Rob Van Dam at One Night Stand 2006). Royal Rumble and battle royales won’t be included as well.

In this new series, I will rate all the PPV matches from each and every WWF/E Heavyweight Champion in history. To be fair, since this is the WWF/E title, I’ll only rate their PPV matches in the WWF/E. In this edition, we’ll be looking back at the PPV career of the one and only, former WWF/E & World Heavyweight Champion, The Big Show.

1999

Vs. Mankind (WrestleMania XV) 1/2*
Boiler Room Brawl: Vs. Mankind (Backlash) ***1/4
W/ The Union vs. The Corporate Ministry (Over the Edge) **1/4
Vs. Kane (King of the Ring) DUD
Vs. Kane (Fully Loaded) DUD
W/ The Undertaker vs. Kane & X-Pac – WWF Tag Team Championship (SummerSlam) **1/2
Six Pack Challenge – WWF Championship (Unforgiven) ***1/4
Handicap: Vs. Big Boss Man, Prince Albert, Viscera & Mideon (Survivor Series) 1/4*
Vs. Triple H vs. The Rock – WWF Championship (Survivor Series) **1/2
Vs. Big Boss Man – WWF Championship (Armageddon) 1/4*

2000

Vs. The Rock (No Way Out) *1/2
Elimination: Vs. Triple H vs. Rock vs. Foley – WWF Championship (WrestleMania 2000) **3/4
Vs. Kurt Angle (Backlash) N/R (not rated)
Falls Count Anywhere: Vs. Shane McMahon (Judgment Day) *

2001

Hardcore: Vs. Raven – WWF Hardcore Championship (No Way Out) *1/4
Hardcore: Vs. Raven vs. Kane – WWF Hardcore Championship (WrestleMania X-Seven) ***
Last Man Standing: Vs. Shane McMahon (Backlash) **
Hardcore: Vs. Rhyno vs. Test – WWF Hardcore Championship (Judgment Day) *3/4
W/ Gunn & Albert vs. Kanyon, Stasiak & Morrus (InVasion) 1/2*
W/ Spike vs. The Dudley Boyz vs. The Hardy Boyz vs. Storm & Hurricane – WWF Tag Team Championship (Unforgiven) ***1/4
W/ Tajiri vs. The Dudley Boyz – WWF Tag Team Championship (No Mercy) ***1/4
W/ Team WWF vs. The Alliance (Survivor Series) ****1/4
W/ Kane vs. The Dudley Boyz – WWF Tag Team Championship (Vengeance) 1/2*

2002

Handicap: W/ Ric Flair vs. Steve Austin (Judgment Day) ***
No DQ: Vs. Booker T (Vengeance) 1/2*
Vs. Brock Lesnar – WWE Championship (Survivor Series) **
Vs. Kurt Angle – WWE Championship (Armageddon) **1/4

2003

Vs. Brock Lesnar (Royal Rumble) *1/2
Vs. The Undertaker (No Way Out) **
Handicap: W/ A-Train vs. The Undertaker (WrestleMania XIX) *1/2
Vs. Rey Mysterio (Backlash) *
Stretcher: Vs. Brock Lesnar – WWE Championship (Judgment Day) ***1/2
Vs. Brock Lesnar vs. Kurt Angle – WWE Championship (Vengeance) ***3/4
Vs. Eddie Guerrero – WWE United States Championship (No Mercy) **3/4
W/ Team Lesnar vs. Team Angle (Survivor Series) ***

2004

Vs. Kurt Angle vs. John Cena (No Way Out) ***
Vs. John Cena – WWE United States Championship (WrestleMania XX) **
Vs. Kurt Angle (No Mercy) ***
W/ Team Eddie vs. Team Angle (Survivor Series) **
Handicap: Vs. Angle, Reigns & Jindrak (Armageddon) *

2005

Vs. JBL vs. Kurt Angle – WWE Championship (Royal Rumble) ***1/2
Steel Cage Barbed Wire: Vs. JBL – WWE Championship (No Way Out) **1/2
Sumo: Vs. Akebono (WrestleMania 21) N/R (not rated)
Vs. Carlito (Judgment Day) *1/4
Vs. Snitsky (Unforgiven) 1/2*
W/ Kane vs. Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch – World Tag Team Championship (Taboo Tuesday) *
W/ Team RAW vs. Team SmackDown (Survivor Series) ***1/4
W/ Kane vs. Batista & Rey Mysterio (Armageddon) **

2006

Vs. Triple H (New Year’s Revolution) *1/2
W/ Kane vs. Carlito & Chris Masters – World Tag Team Championship (WrestleMania 22) *
Vs. Kane (Backlash) DUD
Punjabi Prison: Vs. The Undertaker (The Great American Bash) DUD
Extreme Rules: Vs. Sabu – ECW Championship (SummerSlam) **
Handicap HIAC: W/ Vince & Shane vs. DX (Unforgiven) **3/4
Vs. King Booker vs. John Cena – World Heavyweight Championship (Cyber Sunday) ***
W/ Team Show vs. Team Cena (Survivor Series) **1/2
Extreme Elimination Chamber Match – ECW Championship (December to Dismember) **

2008

No DQ: Vs. Floyd Mayweather (WrestleMania XXIV) ***1/4
Vs. The Great Khali (Backlash) DUD
Singapore Cane: Vs. Punk vs. Morrison vs. Chavo vs. Dreamer (One Night Stand) **1/2
Vs. Kane vs. Mark Henry – ECW Championship (Night of Champions) *1/2
Vs. The Undertaker (No Mercy) ***3/4
Last Man Standing: Vs. The Undertaker (Cyber Sunday) ***1/4
Casket: Vs. The Undertaker (Survivor Series) **

2009

Elimination Chamber Match – WWE Championship (No Way Out) ****1/4
Vs. Edge vs. John Cena – World Heavyweight Championship (WrestleMania XXV) ***1/4
Vs. John Cena (Judgment Day) *1/2
Submission: Vs. John Cena (Extreme Rules) **
W/ Chris Jericho vs. The Legacy – Unified WWE Tag Team Championship (Night of Champions) *1/2
W/ Chris Jericho vs. Cryme Tyme – Unified WWE Tag Team Championship (SummerSlam) **1/2
W/ Chris Jericho vs. MVP & Mark Henry – Unified WWE Tag Team Championship (Breaking Point) **1/4
W/ Chris Jericho vs. Batista & Rey Mysterio – Unified WWE Tag Team Championship (Hell in a Cell) ***1/4
W/ Team RAW vs. Team SmackDown (Bragging Rights) ***1/4
Vs. The Undertaker vs. Chris Jericho – World Heavyweight Championship (Survivor Series) ***
TLC: W/ Chris Jericho vs. DX – Unified WWE Tag Team Championship (TLC) ***1/4

2010

W/ The Miz vs. John Morrison & R-Truth – Unified WWE Tag Team Championship (WrestleMania XXVI) *
Tag Team Gauntlet Match (Extreme Rules) DUD
Vs. Jack Swagger – World Heavyweight Championship (Over the Limit) DUD
Vs. Swagger vs. Rey vs. Punk – World Heavyweight Championship (Fatal 4 Way) **1/2
SmackDown’s MITB Ladder Match (Money in the Bank) ****
Handicap: Vs. Straight Edge Society (SummerSlam) *1/2
Vs. CM Punk (Night of Champions) *
W/ Team SmackDown vs. Team RAW (Bragging Rights) **1/4
W/ Team Mysterio vs. Team Del Rio (Survivor Series) ***1/4

2011

Elimination Chamber Match – World Heavyweight Championship (Elimination Chamber) ****1/4
W/ Kane, Kofi & Santino vs. The Corre (WrestleMania XXVII) 1/4*
Lumberjack: W/ Kane vs. The Corre – WWE Tag Team Championship (Extreme Rules) 3/4*
W/ Kane vs. The New Nexus – WWE Tag Team Championship (Over the Limit) **
Vs. Alberto Del Rio (Capitol Punishment) *
Vs. Mark Henry (Money in the Bank) **
Vs. Mark Henry – World Heavyweight Championship (Vengeance) ***1/2
Vs. Mark Henry – World Heavyweight Championship (Survivor Series) 3/4*
Chairs: Vs. Mark Henry – World Heavyweight Championship (TLC) 1/2*

2012

Steel Cage: Vs. Daniel Bryan vs. Mark Henry – World Heavyweight Championship (Royal Rumble) *1/2
Elimination Chamber Match – World Heavyweight Championship (Elimination Chamber) ***
Vs. Cody Rhodes – WWE Intercontinental Championship (WrestleMania XXVIII) **
Tables: Vs. Cody Rhodes – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Extreme Rules) *
Steel Cage: Vs. John Cena (No Way Out) **1/2
RAW’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match (Money in the Bank) ***1/2
Vs. CM Punk vs. John Cena – WWE Championship (SummerSlam) ***1/2
Vs. Sheamus – World Heavyweight Championship (Hell in a Cell) ***3/4
Vs. Sheamus – World Heavyweight Championship (Survivor Series) **3/4
Chairs: Vs. Sheamus – World Heavyweight Championship (TLC) ***

2013

Last Man Standing: Vs. Alberto Del Rio – World Heavyweight Championship (Royal Rumble) ***1/2
Vs. Alberto Del Rio – World Heavyweight Championship (Elimination Chamber) ***1/4
W/ Orton & Show vs. The Shield (WrestleMania 29) ***
Exreme Rules: Vs. Randy Orton (Extreme Rules) ***1/2
Vs. Randy Orton – WWE Championship (Survivor Series) *
Elimination: W/ Rey Mysterio vs. Cody Rhodes & Goldust vs. The Real Americans vs. RybAxel – WWE Tag Team Championship (TLC) ***1/2

2014

Vs. Brock Lesnar (Royal Rumble) *
Vs. Rusev (Hell in a Cell) **
W/ Team Cena vs. Team Authority (Survivor Series) ****1/4
Stairs: Vs. Erick Rowan (TLC) 1/2*

2015

W/ The Authority vs. Ziggler, Ryback & Rowan (Fastlane) *1/2
Last Man Standing: Vs. Roman Reigns (Extreme Rules) ***3/4
Vs. Ryback – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Money in the Bank) 1/2*
Vs. Ryback vs. The Miz – WWE Intercontinental Championship (SummerSlam) **