WWE News: Big Show opens up on the differences between modern professional wrestling and the Attitude Era

What's the story?

The Big Show is a veteran sports entertainer and a shoo-in for the WWE Hall Of Fame. As he reaches the twilight of his amazing career he notices a change in the business and perception of what it takes to get a popular response as well.

The World's Largest Athlete recently spoke to Chris Jericho on his podcast, Talk Is Jericho, where he got very real when discussing these changes and his continued dedication to telling a good story in the ring.

In case you didn't know...

When you've been in a business for as long as The Big Show has then you're liable to notice plenty of changes right before your eyes. But The Big Show has absorbed the best from everyone he's come in contact with, inside the ring, and is used for his veteran experience to help younger talents grow as sports entertainers at this point.

The heart of the matter

Talk Is Jericho is a great program because Y2J is such an excellent interviewer. The Big Show was very comfortable to discuss the pro wrestling business with his long-time friend and coworker and we could be the fortunate flies on the wall for this conversation between two pro wrestling legends.

Thanks to StillRealToUs for the transcription.

"Year ago they were worried about four months from now, now they're worried about TV every day and trying to be like this needs to be done today and two weeks later they forget about what they did which makes it tough now -- it's hard. Because you get stuck with these responsibilities like helping these young guys out and you're like -- I forget that the excuse was but it wasn't formatted to what they wanted to do that show I was like, 'Jesus we're shooting ourselves in the foot here man.'"

The Big Show went on to explain how there's a right way to do things but when you have twenty writers all striving to make their points and feature certain Superstars it's hard to tell a story and "build bridges" in a match.

He spoke about seeing a comment online which saddened him concerning how someone said a certain Superstar who wasn't himself needed to feature "more athletic moves" in order to get over with the fans. The Big Show was sad about this comment because it's not about physical moves to him, it's about telling a story in the ring.

"You know it's not about athletic moves but in this new television app Network ADHD whatever it is the mentality of car crash derby it's all about athletic moves it's the one things that's still gonna get companies over and do ratings and bringing fans is telling stories. You gotta make people emotionally invested you know, I get the 'retire, move aside, give the young guys a break' -- hey jackasses in the past two years I've won two matches I'm pretty sure I'm stepping aside. I'm doing everything I can to make every guy I work with, you know."

The Big Show said he didn't care if he never won another match as long as he told a good story in the ring. He also said he notices a lot of thins fans might not notice about how he has helped a Superstar improve after working with him which is The Big Show's goal in teaching a new generation the art of telling a story in the pro wrestling ring.

What's next?

As The Big Show wraps up his amazing career he will have plenty of people who can thank him for everything he's done. The funny thing is most of the greatest impressions he's made for the business he loves are backstage contributions which fans might not ever truly be able to appreciate.

Author's take

Telling a story in the ring is imperative if you're going to have a really great match. Spot fests are always fun, but there's an art of telling a story which could really put the cherry on top of any great match.

Everyone can get better and that's why there are still veterans around like The Big Show who can thankfully send a new generation of pro wrestlings shooting in the right direction.

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