The Big Show Returning To WWE

Former multi-time world champion Paul 'The Big Show' Wight is scheduled to return to WWE shortly. He last wrestled in WWE for ECW on December 6, 2006.

Wight is the only man in professional wrestling history to win the WWE, WCW and ECW Championships. The January 14th edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter confirms that he has either signed with the company or has agreed to a deal, and will be starting full-time very soon.

Big Show is down to 440 lbs after leaving pro wrestling to rest, and pursue a possible career in boxing, which obviously included boxing training that got him in quite a good shape. Dave Meltzer also mentions in the Observer that a part of his boxing deal was that Hulk Hogan was to be his "front man" acting like a manager in wrestling for him by doing promos and appearances. This was also the main reason many boxing promoters were actually interested in Big Show and paying him so much money to learn the sport. These plans, however, fell apart at some point, and Show realized that at his age, boxing might not be the right direction to go anyway.

There have also been no recent updates or even talks of Hogan doing his own wrestling tour – a very discussed topic of the past. Hence with nothing on the horizon, Big Show is back with WWE.

It was thought that Wight's wrestling career was over after he left in December 2006, due to a back injury after dropping the ECW title to Bobby Lashley during the Elimination Chamber match at the ECW pay-per-view 'December to Dismember'. He wrestled another match following the PPV on ECW on Sci Fi which was his last match with the company.

Since he moved to ECW in June of that same year, Show went on a roll and won the ECW title on the July 4th edition of ECW on Sci Fi by defeating Rob Van Dam. Show said at the time that he was leaving because he needed his injuries to heal up. Wight has wrestled only once since then, losing to Hulk Hogan at a Memphis Wrestling independent event on April 27, 2007.