10 WWE records that may never be broken

Record holders.
Record holders.

4: Most ring implosions caused: The Big Show - 3

3 is the magic number.
3 is the magic number.

It could be argued that the Big Show's potential has been somewhat wasted over the years. He has enjoyed his fair share of success, but considering he is the most well-known and respected giant since Andre, far too much of his career has been spent as a comedy character. When you think of Show's career as a whole, you are normally reminded of the sight of him in a nappy losing to a sumo wrestler at Wrestlemania.

But one thing you can't take away from him is his ability to delight fans with the multiple ring implosions he has caused. Seeing an entire wrestling ring fall apart due to the impact of a monster suplex from the top rope is something that will make any crowd pop with joy. The WWE has seen it happen three times, and Big Show has been involved in each one of them.

The first such occasion came against Brock Lesnar on Smackdown. The moment became an instant feature of any Smackdown highlight reel and helped both men get over with the fans as the company's biggest athletes.

For a while, this looked to be a one-off, until 2011 when Big Show met Mark Henry in a feud over the World Heavyweight Championship. When the two climbed to the second rope the fans could really feel something big coming. Just like the Smackdown scene a few years before, Henry and Show's combined weight caused the collapse of the ring, throwing the referee off his feet and the crowd into hysterics.

The spot would be repeated yet again with the recent rise of Braun Strowman, another larger than life monster Vince McMahon seems pretty keen on at the moment. Show and Strowman met in the main event of RAW with the company announcing it had reinforced the ring. This didn't stop the match causing one more scene of chaos with Strowman and Show both laid out on the floor by the end of it.

This feels very much like a 'Big Show' spot, but it's conceivable that somebody else could pick up the torch, maybe Strowman himself who already has one implosion to his name. For now, Show's record is still quite a long way off.

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