Big Show on WrestleMania 29 and Life in South Miami: "I'm a Giant Moving Building with Legs"

Big Show said it plainly: "I'm kind of a giant moving building with legs. Living in South Miami, it's a beautiful climate. I like the loose shirts,…" — and Premier Guide Miami was in the room when it happened.

On July 30, 2013, NBC Universal hosted a press conference call with WWE superstar Big Show (Paul Wight) ahead of the WrestleMania 29 world television premiere on NBC — Saturday, August 3rd at 9:00 p.m. Eastern/8:00 p.m. Central. Premier Guide Miami's Daedrian McNaughton was the first caller on the line. Below is the full exchange.

Are you excited about the upcoming primetime event?

I'm very excited about it. This is a great opportunity for a lot of fans to see WrestleMania 29 on NBC television — I don't think it gets much bigger than that. It's really a great treat for our fans. Those that experienced WrestleMania 29 live will get a chance to relive some of the great moments. You had John Cena versus The Rock, which was an epic return bout. And if I can toot my own horn — myself, Randy Orton, and Sheamus versus the Shield, which definitely has some exciting moments in it as well.

Can you tell us a little more about what we can expect from you?

For WrestleMania 29, it was a very conflicting time. You had three alpha males trying to work together. Sheamus, Randy Orton, and myself were very much individual competitors that really aren't used to working in a team scenario. Basically you got three guys with really big egos taking on a younger faction of three very talented superstars that do work well together as a team. They've made a significant impact in our industry by being very focused, very driven. They work well together and their numbers always tend to work out to their advantage. If you look at the way the numbers stack up you would think that Sheamus, Randy Orton, and myself would have mowed through the Shield without a problem — and we would have, I think, if it hadn't been for some ego clashing, mainly Randy Orton's ego. But I think all in all the WrestleMania event turned out very well. It was an exciting match.

Can you describe what your overall fashion sense is outside wrestling?

My goodness. Yes, I do dress up, but you know, I'm kind of a giant moving building with legs. For me and my fashion sense living in South Miami, you know, it's a beautiful climate. Every now and then you get a little breeze off the ocean that's nice. But I'm comfortable and loose. I like the loose shirts, loose baggy shorts, and comfortable shoes and a hat. I think my wife has more of the fashion sense — she's the one with all the Dior, Prada, Jimmy Choo, Louis Vuitton. She's the one with all that stuff. None of that stuff fits me. So I think my fashion sense is: I don't wear a lot of stripes, and I try to wear a lot of solid earth tone colors to try to blend into the landscape so I'm less visible.

On his two favorite WrestleMania moments — Floyd Mayweather and WrestleMania Miami:

My WrestleMania record is not that stupendous, let's face it. But the WrestleMania with Floyd Mayweather really sticks out because it was such a great promotion from how we started it to how we finished it. I think it was very entertaining for the fans and promoted fantastically — and we actually delivered a good boxer-versus-wrestler entertainment show. It was a lot of pressure to carry that pay-per-view, but luckily I had an opponent who was a great trash talker and fit right into the idea — like Muhammad Ali and some of the greats in the past. He was fantastic to work with. Working with Floyd, I was really impressed by his demeanor and his character throughout the whole situation. It was something that could have been very difficult and very hard to work with that wound up being just a fantastic entertaining ride. And not to mention having your face plastered everywhere on a billboard headlining WrestleMania — that's not a bad thing either.

My other personal favorite was WrestleMania Miami when I won the Intercontinental Championship. At that time it was the only championship I had attained in my career. It's just a personal milestone, but to have been in this business and to have a career that I've had — to have every major conceivable title that this industry has to offer — that was the final one in the grand slam. That's one of those little moments in history that I don't think anyone could take away from me. I've had every championship a wrestler can have, other than the cruiserweight, and I'll never get the cruiserweight and I'm okay with that.

On why WWE continues to grow — and what keeps him going:

The reason for its continued success is mainly because of the passion of everyone involved with our company. We're a global media giant in our industry, but we're still a very small company that's a lot like family. We care about things that affect our own families and our own communities. When we're involved with anti-bullying programs, Make-A-Wish, Special Olympics — I have the greatest job in the world. I get to entertain people and travel the world. I'm a small-town kid from Aiken, South Carolina who never thought he'd see the pyramids in Egypt or be in Japan. But because of the exposure of our business I also get to bring out a lot of the real me and work with programs and affiliations that are special and dear to my heart. If you didn't tell Vince, I'd probably do this for free — but I can't tell him that.

I've resigned another five-year deal in February so I'm around for another five years on a full-time schedule. I'm still looking for the next thing, whatever it is. I have a whole room full of accolades and magazine covers and trophies and all that stuff — and I haven't set any of it up because I'm not ready to retire yet. I'm still looking for the next thing. I think that's the key to success in anything in life: stay hungry. And I'm still pretty hungry. Matter of fact, I'm really hungry — I haven't had lunch yet.

WrestleMania 29 aired Saturday, August 3, 2013 on NBC at 9:00 p.m. Eastern. WWE SummerSlam followed live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, August 18, 2013.

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