The Complete History of the WWE Championship - Part 9

The Big Show (November 14, 1999 - January 3, 2000)

The Big Show: Won his first WWE Championship in a triple threat bout with The Rock and Triple H

The Big Show's first WWE title reign is remembered for all the wrong reasons. His reign began solidly enough with a win over champion Triple H and The Rock in a triple threat bout at Survivor Series 1999.

Big Show was a last minute replacement for Stone Cold Steve Austin, who had been the victim of a hit and run assault earlier in the show. In reality, Austin's neck and spine was so knackered, that another bump could have been career ending or worse. He was never going to wrestle at that show. Incidentally, due to his declining physical condition, it was a stuntman who took the hit from the car, not Austin.

Show's only meaningful title feud was with career mid-carder, Big Boss Man, who had incredibly defeated The Rock in a number one contenders match-up.

Boss Man mocked the death of Big Show's father (in real life, Show's Dad had been deceased for several years), which culminated in Boss Man stealing Show's Dad's casket from the funeral. The sight of Bigshow desperately holding onto the coffin, as Boss Man drove away with it tied to the back of his pick-up truck, will never be forgotten by those who witnessed it.

Big Show defeated Boss Man in their feud ending battle at Armageddon on December 12, 1999 but came unstuck in his re-match with Triple H on the January 3, 2000 Raw. Show's reign was brief but infamous.