How tall is Big Show - Page 14

kick said on 7/Jun/12
that 6' 1.5 guy, 'mike' was unconfirmed. no one knew him here on this site and he only stuck around for about 3 posts. that guy 'mike' measured up better to big show than vegas' 6' 4" friend indicating that either vegas is lying, or mike is lying/hiding something about that photo. plus to be fair, that recent photo of big show with the 6' 11 guy (assuming he is truthful) clearly shows that big show has him by at least .5"-1".

Danimal said on 6/Jun/12
Whatever he was in the 1990's, he looks to be MAX 6'10.5"-6'11" these days. The massive weight (500+ pounds), horrendous posture and the beating he has taken in the ring have knocked height off of him. Between 7'0" and 7'1" in the 1990's.

James said on 6/Jun/12
Notice at 3:47 in this video how test is only 6-7 inches shorter than big show when squaring up too him.

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test was only 3 inches taller than john cena (4 inches taller if he stood better)

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2.5-3 inches taller than 6'2 booker t
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big show only 2 inches taller than kevin nash in 1998 at 2:43
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Rob do you think 6ft11 (211cm) peak and 6ft10.5 (210cm)today is closer too the truth than the full 7ft? He also did not look the height listed here with the 6'1.5 guy whose photo used too be on this page.

Big Show said on 14/Feb/12
Kobe24 says on 13/Feb/12
Many improper statements here. He was listed @ 7'4/7'5"in wcw and 7'2" when he first came to the then wwf. He was much taller before 7'2" in wcw and 7'0" now.

Check my post from December 17, and than come back here and claim he was billed 7'2" when he first came to the WWF. He clearly wasn't. His height wasn't upgraded to 7'2" until he started feuding with the likes of Kane & The Undertaker.

I've read somewhere that Big Show was also billed as 7ft in his first professional match in December 1994 against Frank Finnegan in Larry Sharpe's Monster Factory. That was 8 months before his first match in WCW. Haven't found proof of that though.

Captain Spaulding said on 14/Feb/12
@ Vegas. Actually, most of the time during the Big Shows 1st few years in the WWE/WWF he was billed at 7'2". He might of been billed at around his actual hight in early 1999 in wwf, but since wwf usually overbills their rastlers hights by 2 inches, they quickly changed his billed hight to 7'2". From late 99-like 05/06, I always remember him being listed on wwe.com and in video games as 7'2".

Captain Spaulding said on 14/Feb/12
@ JT Yea that 7'2" guy looked taller then Big Show. But he isn't BIGGER then Big Show. That dude probably weighs barely over 300 lbs AT MOST. While Big Show weighs 485 and lifts weights. He's probably 3 times stronger then that 7'2" guy lol. Look at the difference in the size of their arms. Big shows arms are like twice as big.

Kobe24 said on 13/Feb/12
Many improper statements here. He was listed @ 7'4/7'5"in wcw and 7'2" when he first came to the then wwf. He was much taller before 7'2" in wcw and 7'0" now.

JT said on 12/Feb/12
Henry, Big Show was not measured at 7’1” in college, he was listed at that height.

Kevin Love was listed at 6’10” at UCLA
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but measured 6’7.75” for the NBA draft. Click Here He played center at UCLA and had to inflate his height to generate more interest for NBA teams.

Wight had his pituitary surgery before he was a sophomore at Wichita State.

Vegas said on 12/Feb/12
Henry says on 11/Feb/12
Peak he was OVER 7'1". He was measured 7'1" barefoot in college, and he continued to grow from that point till he had surgery to have his tumor removed. On the day he had his tumor removed, I'd estimate he was 7'2". Anything less than 7'1" peak is a BOLD FACED LIE because you're entitled to your own opinions, but not your own FACTS.
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wight had his surgery in his freshman year (according to his sister on wights dvd), that listing is from his sophomore year

second being listed at a height doesn't mean you are/were that height, you can find half a dozen 6'5 college listings for dwayne johnson e.g number 94 Click Here

Blake Griffin was listed 6'10 in college Click Here griffin getting measured 6'8.75 barefoot in the morning on video... 2min till 2min 40secs Click Here

if wwe and vince mcmahon listed wight at 7ft in early 1999 then wight was never taller than that given they were billing him largest athlete in the world at the same time Click Here

Henry said on 11/Feb/12
That guy has a "Hair Lift" he's at least 7'0 3/4" with his hair even though he'd be 6'11" with a shaved head.

Henry said on 11/Feb/12
The current height is pretty much a moot point. I think Bigshow is at least 7'0" right now after a long night's sleep. Peak he was OVER 7'1". He was measured 7'1" barefoot in college, and he continued to grow from that point till he had surgery to have his tumor removed. On the day he had his tumor removed, I'd estimate he was 7'2". Anything less than 7'1" peak is a BOLD FACED LIE because you're entitled to your own opinions, but not your own FACTS.
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KingNick said on 11/Feb/12
I don't know if I'd go as far as to say that Big Show is CLEARLY taller than the guy, but he's certainly no shorter. We also can't see their footwear. Big Show may have a .5" on him tops but if he's in a suit he could have on dress shoes, then again we don't know if the skinny dude's footwear. My best guess, without shoes, they're probably the same height on the dot or Big Show is .5" taller, 6'11" - 6'11.5" IMO, an easy 7' peak. Best pic on this site maybe ever!!

JT said on 11/Feb/12
That 6'11" guy claims this guy with him is 7'2" Click Here Definitely a big boy.

Captain Spaulding said on 11/Feb/12
Yea Big Show easily has an inch on that 6'11" guy in the Best Buy pic. If you compare where there eyes are at, Big Shows eyes are at least an inch above the skinny guy's eyes. Also yea, that other guy's poofed up hair makes him look taller then he actually is.

Josh said on 11/Feb/12
Big Show is clearly taller than that guy, so assuming that guy is actually 6'11 then Big Show is still 7 feet today.

Chuck said on 10/Feb/12
About Show and that 6'11 guy, I'd estimate the actual top of the guy's head to be at the same level as the top of that Best Buy sign, meaning Show has a good inch and a quarter on him.

Tommy said on 10/Feb/12
Actually looking at that picture again, it looks like it may just be the hair making him look a touch taller. At any rate, they're extremely close.

Chuck said on 9/Feb/12
Danimal says on 8/Feb/12
Chuck says on 7/Feb/12
Big Show says on 5/Feb/12
Nice picture Tommy.
I've found the original post you were referring to. Scroll down a bit (or search on Big Show) to see his post. Apparently this pic was taken over a year ago. Click Here
The 6'11" guy is saying Big Show claimed 7'2" for himself. Haven't heard Big Show claiming 7'2" for himself since the day he was re-billed at 7ft. Apparently he did say to Big Show's face that there's no way he's 7'2" (which takes some guts). Big Show just shook his hand and nearly crushed it! I wonder if he did that on purpose :-)

It's obvious Big Show is a good inch or more taller than the guy in the pic, take away the fluffed up hair and it's obvious, as for the 7' 2" thing, I can't remember him ever claiming to be 7' 2, he claims 7' 1" as his own peak height. I'm guessing they had a conversation like this.. Show: You're pretty tall, nearly 7 foot tall, I'm 7 foot too. the guy probably mistook this for "7 foot two". you can't really tell because you don't know about footwear, but assuming equal footwear Show easily has an inch and a quarter over this guy.

It's obvious he's shorter, not taller.

based on this picture: Click Here it's obvious the top of the other guy's head is over an inch below the top of his hair, or are we counting hair as part of height? Show has him by quite a bit.

Danimal said on 8/Feb/12
Chuck says on 7/Feb/12
Big Show says on 5/Feb/12
Nice picture Tommy.
I've found the original post you were referring to. Scroll down a bit (or search on Big Show) to see his post. Apparently this pic was taken over a year ago. Click Here
The 6'11" guy is saying Big Show claimed 7'2" for himself. Haven't heard Big Show claiming 7'2" for himself since the day he was re-billed at 7ft. Apparently he did say to Big Show's face that there's no way he's 7'2" (which takes some guts). Big Show just shook his hand and nearly crushed it! I wonder if he did that on purpose :-)

It's obvious Big Show is a good inch or more taller than the guy in the pic, take away the fluffed up hair and it's obvious, as for the 7' 2" thing, I can't remember him ever claiming to be 7' 2, he claims 7' 1" as his own peak height. I'm guessing they had a conversation like this.. Show: You're pretty tall, nearly 7 foot tall, I'm 7 foot too. the guy probably mistook this for "7 foot two". you can't really tell because you don't know about footwear, but assuming equal footwear Show easily has an inch and a quarter over this guy.

It's obvious he's shorter, not taller.

JT said on 8/Feb/12
Click Here If Big Show had hair, we'd all be saying he edges out the other guy and does look around 7'0" (assuming the other guy is a legit 6'11").

Chuck said on 7/Feb/12
Big Show says on 5/Feb/12
Nice picture Tommy.
I've found the original post you were referring to. Scroll down a bit (or search on Big Show) to see his post. Apparently this pic was taken over a year ago. Click Here
The 6'11" guy is saying Big Show claimed 7'2" for himself. Haven't heard Big Show claiming 7'2" for himself since the day he was re-billed at 7ft. Apparently he did say to Big Show's face that there's no way he's 7'2" (which takes some guts). Big Show just shook his hand and nearly crushed it! I wonder if he did that on purpose :-)

It's obvious Big Show is a good inch or more taller than the guy in the pic, take away the fluffed up hair and it's obvious, as for the 7' 2" thing, I can't remember him ever claiming to be 7' 2, he claims 7' 1" as his own peak height. I'm guessing they had a conversation like this.. Show: You're pretty tall, nearly 7 foot tall, I'm 7 foot too. the guy probably mistook this for "7 foot two". you can't really tell because you don't know about footwear, but assuming equal footwear Show easily has an inch and a quarter over this guy.

JT said on 7/Feb/12
Having hair does make a difference in perceived height Click Here

miko said on 7/Feb/12
Big Show is taller than that 6'11 guy, and Danimal claims he's shorter?

I think somebody needs so see an eye doctor.

miko said on 7/Feb/12
I've got Big Show at 6'11.5 today (when he's fully stretched out), too much evidence to put him any lower. He can look as low as 6'10 with bad posture, which is understandable for a guy with a huge upper body.

He looks it with that 6'11 guy, Kane, Swagger, Shaq and Khali....

If Show is a flat 6'11 or under, all of those guys would need a downgrade.

Danimal said on 6/Feb/12
Big Show says on 5/Feb/12
Nice picture Tommy.
I've found the original post you were referring to. Scroll down a bit (or search on Big Show) to see his post. Apparently this pic was taken over a year ago. Click Here
The 6'11" guy is saying Big Show claimed 7'2" for himself. Haven't heard Big Show claiming 7'2" for himself since the day he was re-billed at 7ft. Apparently he did say to Big Show's face that there's no way he's 7'2" (which takes some guts). Big Show just shook his hand and nearly crushed it! I wonder if he did that on purpose :-)

haha... Oh well, Big Show can keep dreaming that he's still over 7'0" (hasn't been for a dozen years now). A LEGIT 6'11" guy has some height on him these days. Been saying this for years while on the biased people on here keep claiming he's 6'11.5" today. CLEARLY he is NOT.

JT said on 6/Feb/12
Click Here Big Show usually claims 7'0" flat on national TV so I doubt he said he was 7'2" to this guy.

dicksock said on 5/Feb/12
If the guy in the Best Buy picture is 6'11" then so is Paul Wight. Wight might edge him out by like .25" or something like that.

Big Show said on 5/Feb/12
Nice picture Tommy.
I've found the original post you were referring to. Scroll down a bit (or search on Big Show) to see his post. Apparently this pic was taken over a year ago. Click Here
The 6'11" guy is saying Big Show claimed 7'2" for himself. Haven't heard Big Show claiming 7'2" for himself since the day he was re-billed at 7ft. Apparently he did say to Big Show's face that there's no way he's 7'2" (which takes some guts). Big Show just shook his hand and nearly crushed it! I wonder if he did that on purpose :-)

Red said on 2/Feb/12
Nice pic Tommy, I wouldn´t count the hair of the 6´11" guy, I think if both were bald Big Show would edge him slightly, but he really doesn´t look 7´0" there.
Any information about their footwear?

JT said on 2/Feb/12
Great find there. Click Here The guy definitely forced Big Show to stand straight. Shave the guy’s head and Big Show comes out taller. Would like to see the footwear, stances, etc. The guy's higher shoulders and smaller head create the illusion that he's taller.

Danimal said on 2/Feb/12
Henry says on 31/Jan/12
Peak Heights.
Rember these are PEAK and not current heights.
Max Palmer 7'8"
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Giant Gonzalez 7'7 1/4"(measured in Guiness book 2000).
Silo Sam 7'4"
Giant Silva 7'2 1/2"
Great Khali 7'2 1/4"
Big Show 7'1 1/2"
Shaq 7'1"
Andre The Giant 7'0 3/4"
Kevin Nash 6'11".
Kane 6'8 1/8"
Hulk Hogan 6'8 1/16"
Undertaker 6'8 1/16"
Randy Orton 6'4 1/2"
The Rock 6'4 1/3"
Brock Lesnar 6'3"
HHH 6'2 3/4"
John Cena 6'1 3/4".
Chris Jerico 5'9 1/2"

Love how this guy gave Big Show .5" ABOVE his 7'1" basketball listing and 6'8 1/16" for Hogan... and giving John Cena 6'1 3/4" when he's claimed to only be 6'0" to 6'1" MAX...haha.. Okay there buddy..

Danimal said on 2/Feb/12
Davis says on 24/Jan/12
Big show is a legit 7'0. When Big Show debuted as the Giant in WCW, he was billed as Andre's son and 7'4. Now, when they measure basketball players, it's always with the shoes on. Big Show was nearly anywhere near 500 pounds though, maybe 400 at his max. Ron Reis was a true giant in wrestling but never got a push, and I always wondered why.

Uhhhh, you are wrong. Big Show was FORCED to leave the WWE in 2006/2007, because he became morbidly obese (he went up to a LEGIT 550 pounds). He came back at 441 pounds a year later, claiming he lost 109 pounds.. Never above 400 pounds for him is LAUGHABLE..

Henry said on 31/Jan/12
Peak Heights.
Rember these are PEAK and not current heights.
Max Palmer 7'8"
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Giant Gonzalez 7'7 1/4"(measured in Guiness book 2000).
Silo Sam 7'4"
Giant Silva 7'2 1/2"
Great Khali 7'2 1/4"
Big Show 7'1 1/2"
Shaq 7'1"
Andre The Giant 7'0 3/4"
Kevin Nash 6'11".
Kane 6'8 1/8"
Hulk Hogan 6'8 1/16"
Undertaker 6'8 1/16"
Randy Orton 6'4 1/2"
The Rock 6'4 1/3"
Brock Lesnar 6'3"
HHH 6'2 3/4"
John Cena 6'1 3/4".
Chris Jerico 5'9 1/2"
Rey Mysterio 5'4 1/8".

Kobe24 said on 25/Jan/12
Someone posted a college photo where Big Show was measured 7'1" without shoes. Can someone repost it?

Davis said on 24/Jan/12
Big show is a legit 7'0. When Big Show debuted as the Giant in WCW, he was billed as Andre's son and 7'4. Now, when they measure basketball players, it's always with the shoes on. Big Show was nearly anywhere near 500 pounds though, maybe 400 at his max. Ron Reis was a true giant in wrestling but never got a push, and I always wondered why.

JT said on 16/Jan/12
Big Show and Ronnie Coleman Click Here Too many variables (footwear unknown, Coleman not standing straight but a little closer to the camera….) but it at least gives an idea how large Big Show is

Rob, I was looking at where the pivot point of the feet would be, not where the toes are. Based on that, he is standing a bit behind you. The bottom line Click Here was drawn at the front of the balls of your feet. The front of the balls of both of his feet are behind the line.

In this pic Click Here the guy’s head is tilted back farther with you than when in the stadiometer, so his chin is going to end up looking higher vis-à-vis the line at the top of your head.

He looks a solid inch above this guy Click Here you have listed at 6’4.75” Click Here

if you’re saying he’s leaning forward and/or you’re leaning back in your pics, it’s possible but sure does not look it.

Big Show said on 16/Jan/12
Tukkergrip, Big Show was billed 7’ when he made his WWF debut in February 1999 and a few months after that. I’ve posted more than enough proof of this about a month ago, but I guess you haven’t read those posts.
Also I never mentioned anything about Giant Haystacks. I was referring to The Giant (Big Show) who Rikashiku claimed lost height due to injuries & weight gain. If those are causes of height loss at a young age, than Akebono should’ve lost height by the time he faced Big Show in 2005. He was older, heavier and had far more injuries by the time he faced Big Show than when Big Show made his WWF debut. Height loss & lifts are the 2 most used excuses that people will use to explain why a celebrity isn’t the height he’s supposed to be.
Uncle Elmer was shorter than Andre. I haven’t seen any video of them from which you can determine their heights. But just seeing as how they measure up to the same people, I’d say Andre is a few inches taller than Elmer. There’s a video where wrestlers are dressed up in Halloween costumes and Hogan & Elmer briefly stand side by side. Elmer isn’t that much taller (maybe 2 inches). Andre had around 5 inches on Hogan. The 6’9.75” measurement of Andre will become official the day that someone actually posts proof of said measurement. So far I haven’t seen any of such evidence. We do have documented proof that Andre was still being billed at 6’10” at age 22-23.

tukkergrip said on 15/Jan/12
bigshow,
I like your reaction, but i have to disagree with you on some things.
First of all the big show was listed at 7'1 in a school picture and at 7'1 in a basketball pic. Ofcourse they could have exxegerated those heights but you got to believe something. Also why would the wwf underbill him?? what do you mean I always thought he was billed at 7'4 when he came into the wcw and wwf. Then later he was billed at 7'0 wich is possible with height loss. remember hulk hogan lost alot of height? I think he used to be 6'6 at his top.
Also khali was around 7'feet 1 1/2 inches - or 7'' feet 1/2 inches ( I forgot sorry) by a bodybuilding magazine. I really dont get how any of you could get khali as well under 7 feet. Hes about the same height as 7'1 shaq maybe 1 cm more or less but definatly not 4+ cm less.
Andre was 7 feet 5 or even 7'1 or 2 (that really is ridicilous). he was 6 9 3/4 officialy measured by a frenchmen believe me, and i dont think andre grew anymore. Even for acromegalics its very rare to grow past there puberty, and andre didnt look taller when he was older, heck he looked shorter. The only reason all these people still believe that andre was 7 foot + is because he was ''the giant'' and all and had one heck of a bonestructure.
And giant gonzalez sure was just a little taller that andre at 8 foot :P. What have you guys been doing lol. Actually he was 7'7.25 or 7'7.5. And the guinnes book of records is not always that verifiable who has him at 7'6 (it has Isaac nesser and probably sri chimnoy on it lol)
uncle elmer was billed 7'11 once (that is INSANE)
uncle elmer was really about 6'10 and he looked taller than a 6'93/4 andre at the time, who was also bending forward a lot like always so he even looked shorter. so if andre stood up straight had no posture problems he would have been about the same height as elmer.
And you also said why could the gaint haystacks lose height and akebono not? Well the answer is simple ofcourse. Some people lose height and other not. Especially wrestlers who get a lot of bumps in the ring (there spines get trashed mostly). Giant haystacks was even heavier than a +-500pound akebono and his spine looked kinda strechty. You now he didnt get a lot of muscular training if you know what i mean :P, so his spine might not have been the stiffest so he even lost more height. To see what I mean look at this the loch ness vs alex wright and watch and pause at 2:45 Click Here you see that normally he already walks around and throws around alex wright with lazy posture. like he is shorter then he really is. Then to trow alex wright of the turnbuckle at 2:40+ he stretches out his spine and reallllly looks taller, then immediatly after it he returns to his slouzy 6'7+- posture. I still believe him saying he was taller than andre, and i also take the word from his ''son'' at his site. Altough it IS VERY EASY TO FAKE yourself as to be the son of someone on the internet i agree, but i dont think so.
And haystacks calhoun well I got him a little better now I think. Killer kowalski said he was about 6'5 well thats probably exegerating it. he (haystacks) wrote himself down that he was 6'4 wich i also dont believe. and he got about 12-15 cm on larry zbysko. And hes just a little shorter as gorilla monsoon who was 6'5.5? I found good pics of him standing next to larry zbysko and ivan putski (from video) and hank renner.
Does anyone know how tall hank renner was 6'1.5? then haystacks was about 6'2.5 and maybe more with better posture.. thats taller than i thought... and it should fit cause haystacks was around 3/4 inches shorter barefeet that big booted 6'5??? gorilla monsoon
So anyone knows how tall larry zbysko was? 5'9.5?
Gorilla monsoon? 6'5?
Ivan putski? 5'6?
how tall was bruno sammartino really i think 5'10.5 (but some list him at 6'1 or 5'8 o.O) does anyone know?
So if anyone knows the height of larry or ivan putski or especially hank renner I could find out stax height.

JT said on 14/Jan/12
Big Show was slouching with Morgan, who usually has good posture.
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Morgan looked a little shorter than Nash in TNA, and we know how Big Show still measures up to Nash.

That guy does look 6’6” with Rob, especially since he’s standing a bit behind him. Click Here It may be a combo of this guy having stallone-like posture and Rob not standing fully erect when the photos were taken or Rob’s playing a little prank on us....

Rob has this guy (Dan Cudmore) at 6’7” Click Here Rob had a 0.4” footwear advantage over Cudmore, who’s standing a bit behind Rob and still has around a full head size on him, so 6’7” for Cudmore makes sense.

I’d be hesitant to start downgrading everyone based on just one pic. Rob initially had Sid Eudy at 6'6" based on Mamun's pic with his 6'6" relative.

Red said on 14/Jan/12
Vegas says on 13/Jan/12 ...that long shot is taken from an identical height to the andre/dynamite shot.

I think the angle is lower in the Andre pic, don´t forget it´s not only the angle it´s the type of lense too.

......ooking at challenger 15 who only came out at 6'5.25 next to rob i think ... we can certainly rule out 6'6 for hogan.

exact thing I thought if I read the result of 6´5.25", but we have to figure it out first...

Johhny said on 13/Jan/12
Truth is here: wwe lies about the wrestlers height as for example Sean O'Haire is listed at 6" 6 inches but his mugshot shows him around 6" 2 inches only take a look at his mugshot link is here Mugshots.com/Sport/Sean-Christopher-Haire.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Click Here
fellas , wwe is all fake everything is kayfabe i m sorry to say that but wwe always shows the heights of his wreslters billed more than the original height

Red said on 12/Jan/12
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Big Show doesn´t look much taller than Matt Morgan at the end

Rikashiku said on 10/Jan/12
Anyone know how tall Akeem is? He's obviously taller than 6'4" Slick and in some pics he looks 2" taller than 6'4" Big Boss Man. Would Akeem(billed 6'9") be about 6'6 or 6'6.5"??

Rikashiku said on 9/Jan/12
Reuben De Jongs height is listed at 208cm everywhere.

Rikashiku said on 9/Jan/12
Well I never said anything about before. Batista was an amateur bodybuilder in a gym when he met the Road Warriors. Anything BEFORE for Batista states he was 6'7" but this was his OVW profile.

Ok, so do you think these guys are 7'1" flat? IF thats the case then Big Show was never 7'0".

JT said on 9/Jan/12
From the Santa Clara University media guide, where Reis played b-ball
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Here's the photo of Silva with Oscar Schmidt (No. 14), who got 6'8" and 6'9" listings but his own website says 6'8"
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Big Show said on 9/Jan/12
Vegas says on 8/Jan/12
where it states batista is 6'6 "before" he became a wrestler, i posted 7 articles there where it states reis is 7'1, i could post a dozen more so it was obvious he was listed 7'1 in college and college sports stars are often overlisted by their teams, i can't remember one underlisted


Sports Illustrated did an article on Reis in 1990. They also described his height as 7'1". Considering they interviewed him, it's obvious that Reis was listed at 7'1" while playing basketball.
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Vegas said on 8/Jan/12
Rikashiku says on 8/Jan/12
The Silva article is kinda dated looking and it looks like the only one stating this as his height.

The Reis sources are news papers that can get information wrong. News Articles still list Batista at 6'6".
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it doesn't matter what the others say, he was listed 217cm in the olympics at 27 years old and wouldn't have grown after that, JT has a basketball group shot of silva standing next to one of brazils most famous basketballers (who himself was listed 6'8) and not looking more than 5 inches taller

post a news article where it states batista is 6'6 "before" he became a wrestler, i posted 7 articles there where it states reis is 7'1, i could post a dozen more so it was obvious he was listed 7'1 in college and college sports stars are often overlisted by their teams, i can't remember one underlisted

de jong is just as tall as jones i bet, in his only interview in fcw he stated his height as 6'10 Click Here

Rikashiku said on 8/Jan/12
The Silva article is kinda dated looking and it looks like the only one stating this as his height.

The Reis sources are news papers that can get information wrong. News Articles still list Batista at 6'6".


De Jong probably didn't like FCW or how he hadn't been put in the ring yet. Yeah Jones was practically a Jones Clone.
Jones - De Jong similarities
- Both played Movie Monsters
- Both competed in MMA
- Both are strongmen
- Both 6'10"(or close to it in the case of Jones)
- Both weighed over 300lbs when they came to WWE.
- Both are White
- Both have little to no Hair

Vegas said on 7/Jan/12
miko i would say he would be eye to eye with wight, wight might be taller because of his bigger head, wight has a much bigger head actually, much bigger hands and feet in person too and is heavier obviously, though tron is a still a huge man at 300lb+, he seemed taller in person than matt morgan and morgans roughly nash's height, i have to say in-ring tron looked taller than wight but standing next to him in person he didn't

speaking of wight anyone notice he was billed 7'1 on screen last night in tale of the tape and lillian garcia introduced him for his match as standing over 7ft, i guess he grew a few weeks before his 40th birthday :D

Rikashiku said on 6/Jan/12
I can't find anything on Ron REis' NCAA record and every other place says 7'2". Since its college basketball then there's the chance that he could have grown.

SAme thing for Silva. All I can find is 7'2" for him and no other info. He doesn't look 7'1" with Akebono or James Thompson

Rikashiku said on 6/Jan/12
Kurt Angle was listed at 180cm in the Olympics and he's more 5'10" now. When was Giant Silva in the Olympics? Better check that out myself.

I've only seen Trons listing and his few videos with him next to really small guys.

miko said on 6/Jan/12
I've heard of Tron too Vegas, how to you think he'd stack up to Wight? Similar to Nash, or taller?

Rikashiku said on 5/Jan/12
Well Vegas, Ziggler isn't really close to 6'0" and has a 5'10.5" look and Kingston is shorter than Cody Rhodes who isn't even 6'0" either.

I saw that he started being billed at 7'0" when he was 22.

Vegas said on 5/Jan/12
reis was listed 7'1 in division 1 ncaa basketball so not taller than that, silva was listed 217cm in olympics so wouldn't be taller than that and tron was billed 6'10 down in fcw, i met and talked with tron in person a few months ago, insanely huge guy, towered over everyone in a packed bar, could pass for a young paul wight in wcw with the long hair and beard but not over 7ft

Rikashiku said on 5/Jan/12
@Jack, Khali was listed at 7'0" and 7'1" when he was a bodybuilder. He's literally the same height as 7'1" Shaq and they both have an Inch(sometimes more depending on foorwear) on Big Show.

Bigshow isn't the only 7 footer to wrestle. Giant Gonzalez is 7'6", Ron Reis is 7'2", Giant Silva is 7'2", Silo Sam is 7'3", Eli Cottonwood is 7'0", Andrew Jackson is 7'0" or so, Tron the Irish Nightmare is over 7'0". The tallest wrestler ever was 8'3"! well, even though this guy was in a freak show... for being Canadian :p kidding.

Also, Hong Man Choi who is a wrestler but not a "Pro" Wrestler is 7'2".

Vegas said on 5/Jan/12
rika, andre was still getting billed 6'10 at age 23, thats from 1969 and you can clearly see 6'10 over jean ferres name Click Here

ziggler and kingston are ~5'11, kingston is not 5'10, i have 3-4 friends legit 5'10 and kingston is taller in person than all of em

so Jack how then was khali taller than wight?? he was taller than wight in 2006 when both men were 34, khali has been taller than everyone wight stood next to, compare big show and batista staredown in 2000 to khali and batista staredown in 2008, khali is clearly taller next to batista even though he is 8 years older...

Big Show said on 5/Jan/12
Jack says on 4/Jan/12
It was documented on a TV special on A&E b4 that Andre was only 6'11'' ...Show is one of the ONLY actual 7 footers to ever wrestle...even Khali is 6'10-6'11'' and i read that in a FLex magazine from like 98' where he was featured in a small article. (he was a bodybuilder before his wrestling days) i'd imagine that people on this site would know this information lol its not that hard to get ahold of...

Yet Khali was clearly taller than Big Show. If Khali is only 6'10-6'11" than Big Show is only 6'9-6'10". The bodybuilding articles I've seen of Khali all refer him as 7'-7'1"
Can you post that article from Flex Magazine, that has him at 6'10-6'11"?

Big Show said on 5/Jan/12
RP says on 4/Jan/12
Just heard an interesting claim by Chuck Whepner in a radio interview. He said that Andre was 6'11.5" & 390 lbs at their wrestler vs Boxer match in the mid 70's. And that's why Stallone used those measurements for Thunderlips in the script for Rocky 3. However, Chuck has a real grudge against Sly & has made many claims. Actually, about 5 years ago when talking about his match with Andre...he refered to Andre as being 7 ft tall & 430 lbs.

That sounds interesting. Do you know where to find those radio interviews.
I believe Andre was billed 7'5", 462lbs in his match with Wepner.

Jack said on 4/Jan/12
It was documented on a TV special on A&E b4 that Andre was only 6'11'' ...Show is one of the ONLY actual 7 footers to ever wrestle...even Khali is 6'10-6'11'' and i read that in a FLex magazine from like 98' where he was featured in a small article. (he was a bodybuilder before his wrestling days) i'd imagine that people on this site would know this information lol its not that hard to get ahold of...

RP said on 4/Jan/12
Just heard an interesting claim by Chuck Whepner in a radio interview. He said that Andre was 6'11.5" & 390 lbs at their wrestler vs Boxer match in the mid 70's. And that's why Stallone used those measurements for Thunderlips in the script for Rocky 3. However, Chuck has a real grudge against Sly & has made many claims. Actually, about 5 years ago when talking about his match with Andre...he refered to Andre as being 7 ft tall & 430 lbs.

Rikashiku said on 4/Jan/12
Obvious troll is obvious. If Bigshow is 6'2", then that means the avereage height in the USA is 4'10". If Khali is 6'3" then that would mean 6'4" Jinder Mahal doesn't actually come up to Khali's lip.


@logan noll 1996 says on 29/Dec/11
-Holy crap, this is why I don't like kids born after 1992. True 90's kids were born before 93.

Giant Gonzales( height was 7'6" and billed height was 8'0")

Andre the Giant(height was 7'0"-7'1" billed height was 6'10"-7'0"-7'4"-7'5". At age 18 he was 6'7", and aged 20 he was 6'10" and 22 he was 7'0")

Great Khali(height is 7'1" and billed height is 7'1"-7'2"-7'3"-7'4"-7'7")

Big Show(height is 6'11" peaked, weak 7'1", billed heights 7'0"-7'4"-7'2")

Undertaker(height is 6'7" peaked 6'7.5"-6'8" he is NOT taller than Nash. Billed 6'9"-6'10"-7'0"-6'8")

Kevin Nash(height is 6'9", probably peaked at 6'10" billed height is 6'10"-6'11"-7'0"-7'1"-7'2")

Kane(height is 6'7.5" peaked at 6'8" or so. billed height is 6'7"-6'8"-6'9-6'10-6'11-7'0)

Sid Eudy(height is 6'7.5". billed height is 6'9"-6'10-)

Big John Studd(height 6'6"- 6'7" and billed height was 6'10")

Hulk Hogan(height is 6'3", peaked at 6'5" because he is shorter by 2" than 6'7" Dennis Rodman and was just taller than 6'4" DDP and barely the same height as 6'4.5" peaked 6'5" Scott Hall and billed height is 6'8"-6'7-6'6-6'5")


For the hell of it, out of boredom.

Andrew Jackson, 7'1" or so? He's never really stood by other tall athletes except for 7'0" Eli Cottonwood and Jackson was slightly taller.

Drew McIntyre 6'4.5" 230lbs or so billed at 6'6" 240 to 275(LOL)

Sheamus a weak 6'3" about 260lbs or so billed 6'6-6'4" between 270 and 290lbs

Mason Ryan 6'4" 290lbs billed 6'6" and 295lbs. He debut at 275 and peaked at 295lbs.

JBL 6'5" billed 6'7"-6'6"

Gene Snisky a weak 6'5" billed 6'6"-6'7"-6'8"-6'9"

Abyss 6'5.5" looks about 310lbs peaked at 340lbs billed 6'8" and 350lbs.

Lance Storm 5'11.5" 200+lbs billed at 6'0" and 220lbs. This guy was freakishly strong. He also had the habit of not wearing boots or anything with a sole.

Steven Blackman 6'1" easily 210lbs billed 6'2" 230lbs. This guy is freakish. The Chuck Norris of WWE.

Yoshihiro Tajiri 5'9" between 200-210lbs billed 5'9" 210lbs... hah!

Super Crazy 5'6" between 170 and 200lbs billed 5'8" 200lbs

Psicosis 5'9" 200lbs billed 5'9" 200lbs... so basically WWE doesn't over bill high flyers.

Rob Terry 6'3.5" billed 6'2"

Rey Mysterio 5'1" peaked 5'3" billed 5'6"

Dolph Ziggler 5'10.5" billed 6'0"

Kofi Kingston 5'10" billed 6'0"

Evan Bourne 5'5" billed 5'9" LMFAO!

Michael Tarver 6'2.5" billed 6'3"

Skip Sheffield 6'1.5" billed 6'2"

Wade Barrett 6'5.5"- 6'6" billed between 6'4-6'5-6'6-6'7"

Jack Swagger 6'5"-6'5.5" billed between 6'4"-6'6"-6'7". he's an inch shorter than Barrett and I was the only one who knew he was 6'6" :D.

valdor said on 4/Jan/12
Rampage, happy new year man im sure youre just yanking chains becoz the only thing rite about your height claims abt Show, Khali and Andre is that is all wrong :-)

chriszaun said on 3/Jan/12
rampage,what are you talking about? giant gonzales was 7 foot 6,i would love for you to call the wwe pathetic to big shows face.

Rampage(-_-_-)Clover said on 2/Jan/12
Big Show is 6ft2, Khali is 6ft3.5 and Andre was about 6ft5

There never has and never will
be a genuine 7ft wrestler in the
pathetic WWE...

Big Show said on 2/Jan/12
logan noll 1996 says on 29/Dec/11
Here are the heights and billed heights of the tallest wrestlers
Giant Gonzales( height was 7'7 1/2" and billed height was 8'0")
Andre the Giant(height was 7'2" to 7'4" at peak, billed height was 7'5")
Great Khali(height is 7'1" and billed height is 7'3" to 7'4")
Big Show(height is 7'0" and billed height is 7'2")
Undertaker(height is 6'10" and billed height is 6'10 1/2" to 6'11")
Kevin Nash(height is 6'8"to 6'9" at peak and billed height is 6'10" to 6'11")
Kane(height is 6'8" and billed height is 6'11" to 7'0")
Sid Eudy(height is 6'7" and billed height is 6'9")
Big John Studd(height was 6'7" and billed height was 6'10")
Hulk Hogan(height is 6'6" at peak and billed height is 6'7")

Logan Noll 1996 no offense, but you’re pretty off with some of your estimates. You have the Undertaker at 6’10”, yet Nash at 6’8-6’9”. Nash was clearly taller than the Undertaker and measured up better next to anyone the Undertaker has ever stood next to. Nash was listed at 6’10” in NCAA basketball (before he became a wrestler). He has never been billed any lower than that in wrestling (whereas Undertaker has been billed at 6’8” in wrestling).
Glen Jacobs was around 2 inches taller than the Undertaker when he first appeared as Kane in late 1997. Yes he was wearing big lifts at the time, but if he was really 2 inches shorter than the Undertaker his footwear would have to boost his height by ~5 inches (as Undertaker wasn’t barefoot either) which is pretty ridiculous. Same goes for Sid Eudy. Him and Undertaker looked around the same height, with maybe a slight edge to The Undertaker.
Same goes for Andre the Giant. He’s been billed as low as 6’10” in professional wrestling. He certainly didn’t have 7-9 inches on Studd or 8-10 inches on Hogan as you claim.

Silent d said on 29/Dec/11
7 foot. He is huge. I wonder how tall the great khali is. I think he might be the same height.

logan noll 1996 said on 29/Dec/11
Here are the heights and billed heights of the tallest wrestlers

Giant Gonzales( height was 7'7 1/2" and billed height was 8'0")

Andre the Giant(height was 7'2" to 7'4" at peak, billed height was 7'5")

Great Khali(height is 7'1" and billed height is 7'3" to 7'4")

Big Show(height is 7'0" and billed height is 7'2")

Undertaker(height is 6'10" and billed height is 6'10 1/2" to 6'11")

Kevin Nash(height is 6'8"to 6'9" at peak and billed height is 6'10" to 6'11")

Kane(height is 6'8" and billed height is 6'11" to 7'0")

Sid Eudy(height is 6'7" and billed height is 6'9")

Big John Studd(height was 6'7" and billed height was 6'10")

Hulk Hogan(height is 6'6" at peak and billed height is 6'7")

dicksock said on 29/Dec/11
Vegas says on 28/Dec/11
he claims 6'8 and made that claim 5 years ago during the making of the first halloween so he was only 39 then

thats mane and 6'4 listed tim stack on son of a beach 11 years ago (age 33-34) he looks ~ 4 inches taller not 5+ Click Here

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You can't really tell the exact difference between them in that picture. I would say there looks like more than 4" between them. Mane's posture is horrible in that picture yet he still looks nearly 5" taller.

Rikashiku said on 28/Dec/11
That doesn't really look like 4 inches, besides, Mane isn't even standing straight.

He could have been 6'8.5" and Nash 6'9.5" or 6'10" flat. Nash is clearly just over 81" now and Mane has been looking 80" tall for a while now.

Its still possible for people to lose height in their 30's. Injuries and weight problems can be the cause for this making problems in the neck, spine and knees, mostly the knees though. Taller and heavier men will lose height earlier.

The Ben said on 28/Dec/11
Tyler Mane and Nash is a tough one, Tyler mane has always said 6'8, I stood next to Nash in 94 and he looked 6'10, If a guy walked by on the street that tall you'd look twice, His waistline was so high, The man's all legs. Just had a close look at the video below and you can see Nash has very flat soles but Big Sky has a thicker sole, An inch, maybe more, and perhaps Nash also has a slight height advantage. 6'10 peak for Nash and i'd still say over 6'9 today.

Rikashiku said on 27/Dec/11
Well maybe Tyler was just over 6'9" for his peak, did you think of that Vegas?

Vegas said on 27/Dec/11
Rikashiku says on 26/Dec/11
Nash today is just over 81 inches. He must have been 6'10" or more peak.
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tyler mane has come out and stated his height as 6'8 and nash did not have 2 inches on him back in 1993 Click Here

JT said on 27/Dec/11
That match was from Japan about a month ago Click Here

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Click Here The stances are not quite the same but close enough. If they've lost some height over the years, it's been about the same amount (likely no more than 1/2 inch).

Nash looked at least 6’9” with HHH recently and definitely measured up better next to Big Show than Akebono did. Akebono was taller than A-Train in his big boots, and A-Train in those same boots was about the same height as Taker in some decent sized boots himself. IMO Nash would (still) have about a 2 inch height advantage in comparable footwear over Taker and probably Kane too.

miko said on 26/Dec/11
I've just seen the video. Show still has well over 2 inches on Nash and possibly closer to 3, who still looks around 6'9 with Trips, Laurinaitis and others.

I will be interesting to see a Show/Shaq staredown again, this time if both are in ring gear and Show stands at his tallest.

Last time Show went face to face with Shaq in ring gear his posture was awful and it looked 2 inches, when in reality it would have been 1.5' tops.

Rikashiku said on 26/Dec/11
Nash today is just over 81 inches. He must have been 6'10" or more peak.

Big Show said on 25/Dec/11
miko says on 24/Dec/11
When was that Big Show/Nash staredown? Never seen that one before.

From the looks of it, it's from their match in Yokohoma Japan on November 30, 2011. Big Show was tagging with Zach Ryder and Nash with Dolph Ziggler.
Big Show had a few matches (both tag and singles) against Nash in late 2011. There are also rumours that he will face Shaq at next years Wrestlemania. Shaq already confirmed he's in talks with WWE about said match.

logan noll 1996 said on 24/Dec/11
7 foot is right. As for Andre, he was actually 7 foot 4. Some people are as tall as there billed.

miko said on 24/Dec/11
When was that Big Show/Nash staredown? Never seen that one before.

Looks around 2.5/2.75' difference, Nash at 6'9, and Show at 6'11.5.

Big Show said on 24/Dec/11
JT says on 24/Dec/11
Click Here Click Here Pretty much no change over the past ~15 years ago.

Excellent find there JT. That should end the discussion of Big Show's huge height loss.

Rikashiku said on 24/Dec/11
Well, looking at a match in 96 he doesn't look under 400lbs. Skinny arms but huge body, very wide shoulders. Looking at other videos and pics I'd say he's just touched 400lbs, maybe 390.

btw, look what I found.

JT said on 24/Dec/11
Click Here Click Here Pretty much no change over the past ~15 years ago.

This is Big Show shortly before he joined WCW in 1995. Click Here I'd say he's between 350-375 lbs. here.

miko said on 23/Dec/11
Show is looking in great shape these last few months, he's lost his huge gut he had and is working out:

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I wouldn't be suprised if he is under 400lbs.

Danimal said on 22/Dec/11
Rikashiku says on 22/Dec/11
An article had said he weighed around 380lbs before he returned to WWE after he announced he was going to start Boxers. Looking at him in 95 I'd say he was atleast 430lbs but im no good at telling weight from his kind of build, same for Mark Henry. Fat can be quite deceiving because Muscle weighs more than fat and enough fat can weigh as much as muscle of the same weight but not the same mass.

No way was he 430 pounds in 1995. AT MOST 380 pounds back then.

chriszaun said on 22/Dec/11
6 foot 11.5 today,7 foot 1 peak around 1998

Danimal said on 22/Dec/11
Trace Adkins cannot be 6'6". Here he is on Craig Fergusson and he's wearing his cowboy boots, which would put him at least 6'8"-6'9". Not seeing that next to Craig AT ALL: Click Here

Rikashiku said on 22/Dec/11
An article had said he weighed around 380lbs before he returned to WWE after he announced he was going to start Boxers. Looking at him in 95 I'd say he was atleast 430lbs but im no good at telling weight from his kind of build, same for Mark Henry. Fat can be quite deceiving because Muscle weighs more than fat and enough fat can weigh as much as muscle of the same weight but not the same mass.

Danimal said on 20/Dec/11
miko says on 19/Dec/11
Vegas what is the highest you can go for Big Show?

I've always believed he has been 6'11.5/7'0 range. Still is today IMO, maybe closer to 6'11.5.

7'0"-7'1" in the mid/late 1990's.. 6'11" (at best) today.

Vegas said on 20/Dec/11
miko, highest i can go is 7ft, if he was billed for couple of months at that height in 1999 by wwe at aged only 27 he wasn't taller than that

chriszaun said on 20/Dec/11
when he was young and in wcw he went to jail and was 420lbs when they put him on the scale

Jake T. said on 20/Dec/11
I remember when Big Show faced Akebono he weighted 496 lbs and when he faced Mayweather he was 441 lbs. I still think he could've been 400 lbs or a little under back in 95-96. Today I think he is maybe between 450 and 470 lbs. When he was in WCW he did some missile dropkicks from the third rope.

Vegas said on 20/Dec/11
Jake T. says on 19/Dec/11
Do you guys think its possible Big Show could have been under the 400 lbs. mark early in his career
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well wight was being billed 397lb just over a month ago, do you think he looks heavier or lighter there than in 1995-96?? Click Here

when i met him in person in august 2002 he looked under 400lb

Rikashiku said on 19/Dec/11
In his Pro Wrestling Career? Probably not, he's a really solidly built guy.

miko said on 19/Dec/11
Vegas what is the highest you can go for Big Show?

I've always believed he has been 6'11.5/7'0 range. Still is today IMO, maybe closer to 6'11.5.

Jake T. said on 19/Dec/11
Do you guys think its possible Big Show could have been under the 400 lbs. mark early in his career? I'm just curious.

Rikashiku said on 18/Dec/11
He was announced by commentators as being 7 foot tall but he wasn't billed at that yet.

Big Show said on 18/Dec/11
Rikashiku says on 18/Dec/11
Well, when Khali was first introduced, he was said to be 7'0" tall, and then he was suddenly 7'3" 2 weeks later and everyone else sees him as being 7'1" legitimately.

When Daivari first introduced The Great Khali he said he was over 7ft tall. Then the next week during his first match against Funaki, yes Michael Cole did refer him as 7ft, 400lbs but during the same match Michael Cole claimed The Great Khali was 7'3". On WWE.com The Great Khali was being billed at 7'3" from the get-go. This was his WWE profile from mid-April 2006, before he even had his first official match on April 21.
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Vegas said on 18/Dec/11
both michael cole and taz described khali as 7'3 in his first in-ring match in wwe against funaki

Jake T. said on 18/Dec/11
When he was in WCW I recognize he could have been a little taller than 7'0 but didn't reach 7'1, maybe 214 cm when he was slimmer back then. Today I think Big Show is a strong 6'11, he does look this height comparing him with Trace Adkins.

Rikashiku said on 18/Dec/11
Well, when Khali was first introduced, he was said to be 7'0" tall, and then he was suddenly 7'3" 2 weeks later and everyone else sees him as being 7'1" legitimately.

Big Show said on 17/Dec/11
Here you go Rikashiku. These are Big Show's earliest appearances in the WWE where they make a reference of his height.
From RAW 1999.02.15 Click Here (watch at 18:32)
From RAW 1999.02.22 Click Here (watch at 4:16)
From RAW 1999.03.01 Click Here (watch at 12:22)
From RAW 1999.03.15 Click Here (watch at 2:08)
From RAW 1999.03.22 Click Here (watch at 5:14)
From RAW 1999.03.29 Click Here (watch at 0:08)
From RAW 1999.04.29 Click Here (watch at 0:18)

And as Vegas said, he was also billed at 7', 500lbs on the Wrestlemania XV dvd
Click Here
The whole point I was making was that Big Show couldn't have been 7'1" if he was billed by the WWE at 7' at the time of his debut. To which you replied that Big Show was billed at 7'2" when he made his WWE debut. And that's simply incorrect.

If Big Show was billed at 7' and they boast about how big he was during every single one of his matches, when they gave him the nickname "Largest athlete in the world", and when every other big guy in the WWE was billed taller & heavier than what they are in real life, do you really believe that Big Show was listed below his actual height. Even though his weight was certainly exaggerated! Well I have a hard time believing they did.
He didn't lose height either at that point. Again if injuries (which he barely had at that point) and weight density are a cause of height loss, than Akebono surely would've lost height by the time he faced Big Show.

As for Akebono & Viscera. Viscera's footwear in his match-up with Akebono was huge. Click Here

Rikashiku said on 16/Dec/11
Alright, post those videos then. You could have done it 12 hours ago and proven it.

Point is, he still got the 7'2" billing whether it was immediate or not.

Akebono is 6'8" isn't he? He doesn't look 6'8" now, he looks slightly over 6'7" now. He was just barely an inch taller than 6'6.5" Viscera.


Wrestlers suffer the most injuries and minor fractures and they also carry more weight and mass on their frames than Basketball players do.

Big Show said on 15/Dec/11
Rikashiku says on 15/Dec/11
Like I said "Big Show", he was billed at 7'4" for some time and then 7'2" when he joined WWE until it changed to 7'0" in 2004.
Yes, it still is possible for people, tall people over 6'2" to lose height early, especially for athletes. Its the weight and the long shape of the bones that causes the loss the most. Premature loss of height starts in the knees.

Rikashiku, Big Show wasn't billed at 7'2" when he joined the WWE. He was billed at 7' in his first few months. I can post like a dozen videos of him during those months where he is being mentioned as 7', 500lbs. Like I said, the 7'2" billing began in late May 1999, when he was already 3 months in the WWE. He began feuding with the Undertaker & Kane shortly thereafter, so no doubt they upped Big Show's height to make him more impressive and to make the other billings seem more realistic.

Apparently, only wrestlers seem to suffer from this premature height loss, cause I ain't seeing it with basketball players or tall NFL players.

Again how tall do you think Akebono still was when he faced Big Show in 2005? He was heavier (for a much longer period), older and had way more injuries & surgeries than Big Show had at age 27 (or even at his current age).

Vegas said on 15/Dec/11
Rikashiku says on 15/Dec/11
Like I said "Big Show", he was billed at 7'4" for some time and then 7'2" when he joined WWE until it changed to 7'0" in 2004.
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he wasn't billed at 7'2 when he joined wwe, he was billed 7ft flat and that was later upped to 7'2 after a few months, on the wrestlemania 15 dvd (which came out in 1999) he is clearly listed 7ft not 7'2; in ovw in 2000 he referred to himself as 7ft flat in interviews

Rikashiku said on 15/Dec/11
Like I said "Big Show", he was billed at 7'4" for some time and then 7'2" when he joined WWE until it changed to 7'0" in 2004.

Yes, it still is possible for people, tall people over 6'2" to lose height early, especially for athletes. Its the weight and the long shape of the bones that causes the loss the most. Premature loss of height starts in the knees.

Logic said on 14/Dec/11
Trace Adkins standing beside og 6' 4.75" Lennox Lewis.

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If Trace is wearing cowboy boots in that photo then Trace probably isn't over 6'5" barefoot.

Big Show said on 13/Dec/11
Rikashiku says on 7/Dec/11
Actually "Big Show", he was billed at 7'4" for some time and then 7'2" in the WWE until 2004. Big Show himself stated he was 7'1" for some time. It IS actually possible for people to lose height in their early years, even after several injuries and weight density.

Big Show was billed at 7’4” when he was in WCW. I’ve never seen or heard him being billed at 7’4” in the WWE (at least not in his first few years). When he made his debut in the WWE in February 1999, the first few months they billed him at 7’, 500lbs. In late May 1999 they started billing him at 7’2”.
If injuries and weight density is a cause of height loss how tall do you think Akebono still was when he faced Big Show in 2005. Akebono was already in his mid-30’s, had a handful of knee surgeries, plus he hovered around that 500lbs mark for many years. If Big Show already lost 1 inch by age 27 with no track-record of injuries nor was he as overweight as Akebono, than surely Akebono must’ve lost a little more than 1 inch by the time he faced Big Show.

Big Show said on 12/Dec/11
Nice find there Vegas!

Trace Adkins was indeed wearing cowboy boots during the event itself.
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If he's a full 6'6" than he would be around 6'7.5"-6'8" in those boots.

We can see Big Show's footwear in the pic that JT provided.

Big Show and Adkins stood side by side at the end of that country award ceremony.
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Big Show looks to have ~5 inches on Adkins.

NCL said on 12/Dec/11
Btw, I think we can all agree that Adkins is AT LEAST 6'8" in those shoes, prob 6'8.5" I need to find a shot where we can see footwear but his staredown with Show looks similar to the Undertaker and Kane ones

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NCL said on 10/Dec/11
By the way - here's the actual video of Big Show chokeslamming Adkins. Show enters about 28 seconds in: Click Here and presents an award after

NCL said on 9/Dec/11
Vegas says on 7/Dec/11
6'6 listed trace adkins (in cowboys) and paul wight at the country music awards the other night

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Excellent photos, Vegas! Show looks to have a normal dress shoe and Adkin's shoe probably gives him a 2", maybe 2.5" boost I would think. That would put him at 6'8.5" and Show, I agree, looks to have about 5" on him, so Show's still a strong 6'11" at the very least if not 7'.

Kdawg said on 8/Dec/11
You got to remember that Trace Adkins was in cowboy boots, and in cowboys boots
Trace Adkins stands 6'8" and Big Show looks 5 inches taller than him when they are face to face.

miko said on 8/Dec/11
Big Show always looks 5-6' taller than 6'5/6'6 guys.

He's still at least 6'11, and most likely closer to 6'11.5. He certainly looks this next to 7'1 Shaq and Khali.

Rikashiku said on 7/Dec/11
Big Show looks about 5 inches taller than Trace Adkins.

Shaun said on 7/Dec/11
I'd like to see Big Show and Scott Schwarz face off in a battle of the Ultimate Bad Ass!!

Shaun said on 7/Dec/11
Trace is a legit 6 ft 6 and is level with Big Show's eyes. Got a big head but he doesn't look 6 inches taller. It is possible he is 6'11 but form what I recall he was only about an inch shorter than Khali who was measured by the Indian Bodybuilding Association at 7'1" and looks it.

Shaun said on 7/Dec/11
Good grief, the first guy I've seen which makes Trace Adkins look moderately big!!! Trace does look like a WWF wrestler himself.

JT said on 7/Dec/11
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Danimal said on 7/Dec/11
Vegas says on 7/Dec/11
6'6 listed trace adkins (in cowboys) and paul wight at the country music awards the other night

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Now Mr. Biased, do you have any comparisons where Big Show doesn't have such a camera advantage? Love have you failed to mention that he did to the NOVICE reader, which makes a HUGE difference. BTW, where are those COWBOY boots, seeing you didn't show any shots of them?

Rikashiku said on 7/Dec/11
Actually "Big Show", he was billed at 7'4" for some time and then 7'2" in the WWE until 2004. Big Show himself stated he was 7'1" for some time. It IS actually possible for people to lose height in their early years, even after several injuries and weight density.

Many Wrestlers HAVE been underbilled. Jack Swagger was billed at 6'4" for afew weeks before being bumped up to 6'6". Wade Barrett was 6'5" for a year and now he's 6'7".

Andre the Giant was 6'7" when he was 17 and 6'10" at 22, he was probably taller in later years. Some men don't stop growing until their mid 20's and andre had that growth disease.

If Baba was 2" taller than Hogan then that would make Andre about 7'0"-6'11".

Big Show said on 7/Dec/11
LG69 says on 6/Dec/11
6'11-6'11.5" for Paul Wight. I agree with "Big Show" that Giant Haystacks was NOT 6'11". I saw him in an old magazine from the late 60's. In that article, they mention he was 6'7". At that time, he was quite a bit slimmer...around 325 pounds.

That sound interesting! Would you happen to remember which magazine it was?

LG69 said on 6/Dec/11
6'11-6'11.5" for Paul Wight. I agree with "Big Show" that Giant Haystacks was NOT 6'11". I saw him in an old magazine from the late 60's. In that article, they mention he was 6'7". At that time, he was quite a bit slimmer...around 325 pounds.

Big Show said on 5/Dec/11
Hate to break it to you Tukkergrip, but you're not that good!

Big Show 7'1" peak? The guy was listed 7' by the WWE when he was only 27 years old. You think they gave him the monniker "Largest athlete in the world" and then bill him below his actual height.

There's no proof on any measurement of Andre the Giant! He was still being billed at 6'10" though when he competed in the UK in his early 20's.
Not being treated for his acromegaly doesn't mean you keep growing in height. Most acromegalic giants stop growing at the same age as normal people. Only in rare cases do acromegalic giants grow until their late 20's. Andre still looked 3 inches taller than Baba when they tagged together in the early 90's. Baba was ~2 inches taller than Hogan. So Andre still looked ~6'10" even in his latter days.

There's also no proof on Great Khali's 6'11 1/2" measurement. That's an unsubstantiated claim made by posters on the internet. Thusfar I've only seen 7-1 listings for him, with occasinally a 7ft reference.
Both Shaq & Khali are taller than Big Show and I believe they're the same age aswell, yet you think Big Show was at least 1 inch taller than both in their primes?

Giant Haystacks at 6'11" is a joke! He was billed at 6'8" when he competed in Germany in the mid-80's. So I doubt he's taller than that. He didn't look more than 6'6" when he was in the ring with Big Show and there really wasn't anything wrong with Haystacks posture either.
Haystacks wasn't taller than Andre. When they both competed in New Zealand in 1980 Andre was billed taller and heavier than Haystacks.
On the internet it's easy to claim you're Giant Haystacks son and claim he was legitemately measured at 6'11". The guy on the GiantHaystacks website of course never actually proved he was indeed Haystacks son.

Tukkergrip said on 4/Dec/11
Wow after some research on the wrestlers heights I think I might have them pretty good.

Big show 7´1 peak 7´ now maybe 6'11.5.
Andre the giant was officialy measured at 6´9 3/4 i believe in his 20's. Its possible that he grew another 1 inch because he wasnt operated for his acromegaly. But his bones were already finished growing in length cause he finished puberty and all. So it was just a pituatary growth. Andre was 6'11 max. And I believe he shrunk due to excessive weight bad posture to about 6'9-6'8 in later years.
The great khali is officialy meusured at 6'1 1/2 i believe by a bobybuilding magine, hes just as tall as shaq oneil
The tallest ever, Giant gonzalez was officialy 7'7.25 inches at his peak, he was down to 7'6 according to the guinnes book and probably treu by the time he faced the undertaker he was probably 7'6 (the old guinnes book was crappy btw, with claims and none meusured facts)

I really dont know how you guys can have big show at 6'10 and andre at 7'1 or something

O yeah the giant haystacks was 211 cm or 6'11 according to his son bearfeet meusured, I read it myself. The pic you have of akebono (who is 203cm suposedly thats 6'8 for you englisch people) and the big show and giant stacks and big show is great but not accurately without description: Because big show was taller when he met stacks at around 7'1 with big boots on (he was claimed 7'4 that time/and the son of andre the giant and all lol) so he really was prolly around 7'3 with stack being about 6'8 at the time (really) due to bad posture and immense weight problems, remember stacks was around 650 maybe close to the billed 699 pounds, definatly over 600 pounds orso at the time. Back before wwf he was mostly around 587 pounds. I even have a pic of him and andre and stacks said he was taller and he also looks a bit taller than a 6'9 3/4 andre.

Kane is 6'8 I believe, hes just a little taller than the undertaker if you look closely.

Undertaker probably 6'7.5
Kevin nash was 6'10.5 orso i believe
one guy i cant help find out is haystack calhoun, he was listed at 6'4, but he was really between 5'10 and 6'2 but where was he???? prbably 5'11 at his shortest and 6''0,5 at his tallest

hs2011 said on 4/Dec/11
There was ~4" between Akebono and Big Show at WM21. Tazz said they were "nearly" the same height simply because Akebono is so much closer in height to Show than most other people.

Chuck said on 3/Dec/11
chriszaun says on 2/Dec/11
big mike,he was 1 .5 inches shorter than 7 foot 1 shaq,that makes him 6 foot 11.5 inches,case closed,he was 7 foot 1 in his mid 20s

Actually in Show with a slight 1/2 inch footwear advantage was actually slightly taller than Shaq only 1/4 to 1/2 an inch but he was taller. so barefoot I'd say Shaq 7'1" Show 7' 0.5" It wasn't until Shaq had a marked footwear advantage in those thick heeled shoes at the end of the night that he had any visible height advantage over Show and then it was only an inch maybe inch and a half, with a 2 inch footwear advantage.

chriszaun said on 2/Dec/11
big mike,he was 1 .5 inches shorter than 7 foot 1 shaq,that makes him 6 foot 11.5 inches,case closed,he was 7 foot 1 in his mid 20s

Clay said on 1/Dec/11
big mike is trolling hard..ignore em'.

jasperwazap said on 1/Dec/11
he's barely 6'10'' these days.

big mike said on 1/Dec/11
he might be 7ft tall with his big wrestling boots on but naturally, i think hes around 6ft 8. i remember when he was in a sumo match with akebono who's apparently 6ft 8. they looked the same size to me or maybe big show was slightly taller. even the commentator tazz said that akebono was almost as tall as the big show. if he was 7ft tall natuarally, there wud be a noticeable size difference.

chriszaun said on 29/Nov/11
big mike he is 6 foot 11,was at one time 7 foot 1,he was 6 foot 8 in 10th grade

big mike said on 24/Nov/11
i do not beleive for one minute that this guy is 7ft tall. Paul wight is without a doubt a big man,i admit that. but i think He's around 6ft 8 and around 400 pounds in my opnion.

Henry said on 24/Nov/11
Bigshow was already measured @ 7'1" barefoot in college.
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So the question is HOW much more did he grow till he had his tumor removed. I'd guess he was just under 7'2" peak. Big Show has lost a tremendous amount of height and he also has really bad posture. Shaq in sneakers is about 7'3.75" so Bishow is still at least 7'0". Also, Spencer Hayes and Major Wingate both wear the same shoes as Shaq and look at their with shoes/barefoot height comparison here.
Look at Major Wingate and Spencer Hayes' with shows/barefeet stats here.
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Shaq's shoes were the longest in the NBA and so their soles were even thicker than the same shoes in smaller sizes worn by Major Wingate and Spencer Hayes.
Even with the HUGE footwear advantage and the fact that Bigshow lost more height than Shaq over the years, the difference isn't that great.
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miko said on 22/Nov/11
Nice work JT.

Those comparisons do show how large Big Show's upper body is, his legs are not much longer than 5"9.5 Chris Jerichos.

Because of his huge upper body, even a small slouch could cost him an inch in height. He really does have to stretch his body out to reach near 7'0.

We're not going to see a Khali/Show staredown again as Khali is finished with WWE, there is a possiblity of a Shaq/Show staredown next year as Shaq is in talks for Wrestlemania 28.

Currently Show doesn't really have any height 'threats' in WWE, bar perhaps 6'9 Kevin Nash.

JT said on 21/Nov/11
Click Here Big Show probably has around a .25” footwear advantage and Shaq the slight camera advantage. Shaq probably has around a .25” footwear advantage here and Big Show maybe a slight camera advantage if he’s leaning away from the camera more than Shaq is Click Here

Shaq and Big Show next to Jericho. Click Here
The camera did not show Shaq with his head up next to Jericho although he won't gain much more height if he lifts his head.

I was actually surprised how well Big Show measured up to Shaq. It seems that whenever wrestlers stand next to athletes from real sports, their inflated heights get exposed big time. Big Show measured up better next to Shaq than 6’11” Dirk Notwitzki does Click Here

Big Show did not look any shorter next to Shaq than he did next to Khali, so Khali probably is every bit as tall as Shaq.

NCL said on 21/Nov/11
Hey all - I was just at the Survivor Series, I was in the nosebleeds so didnt get any good pics for heights or anything. All I can say is that, even in the nosebleeds, Big Show is still an incredible sight to see in person. He's so freakin huge I can't even describe! Mark Henry and Mason Ryan are enormous as well.

And I dunno if anyone watched or read the results but Sin Cara's injury was legit - the ref did the X sign and he's gonna be out 6-9 months

Also, after the show went off the air, The Rock he was talking about Zack Ryder and he said, "That dude is TALL! I wasn't expecting that!" I looked it up outta curiousity - I found 6'1" and 6'2" listings for him.

Chuck said on 20/Nov/11
Andrew says on 18/Nov/11
Chuck you're having a laugh surely! Same height as Shaq they were 2" difference. People really do look for anything to back their claim. You must have been looking at time when Shaq climbed through the ropes!

Nope look here : Click Here at 3:54 equal footwear Show with what I admit is a 1/2 inch footwear advantage has Shaq by 1/2 an inch in height, and Click Here at 25-26 seconds in I admit that in the later one Shaq does have show by a good inch to an inch and a half, but look at the sole on Shaq's shoe in the 2nd video, I've held a pair of those size 22s in my hand and the heel is 2 inches thick. Barefoot Shaq would have show by maybe 1/2 an inch

chriszaun said on 19/Nov/11
peak big show was 7 foot 1,today he is 6 foot 11.5

Andrew said on 18/Nov/11
Chuck you're having a laugh surely! Same height as Shaq they were 2" difference. People really do look for anything to back their claim. You must have been looking at time when Shaq climbed through the ropes!

Chuck said on 17/Nov/11
LG69 says on 17/Nov/11
To those who say Big Show was 7'1" are WRONG! He stood face to face with 7'1" Shaq, and was 1-1.5" shorter. At best, Show is 7'0...at least he is 6'11.5".

In which comparison? The one at the beginning of the night when both were in equal footwear, both in dress shoes where Show was the same height and at times actually appeared slightly taller than Shaq, or the one at the end of the night where O'Neal was in basketball shoes with a 2 heel and Show was in his wrestling boots. I'd rather take the shot at the beginning of the night as Shaq had a huge advantage at the end of the night and was closer to 7' 3" in those shoes. while show's wrestling boots actually had less of a heel than the shoes he was wearing earlier.

LG69 said on 17/Nov/11
To those who say Big Show was 7'1" are WRONG! He stood face to face with 7'1" Shaq, and was 1-1.5" shorter. At best, Show is 7'0...at least he is 6'11.5".

Paul Wight said on 16/Nov/11
the only reason big show may looked 7'1 prime is because of his moon boots and his big hair. (the wcw days ) His posture was much better back then. I don't believe that Paul wight has lost any big amount of height. He only looks shorter today due to the bad posture and his head is sheaved. He is much heavier now and with that he appears to be shorter and has problems with his posture.

Paul Wight was ever 7'1 prime, beacuse if he was 7'1 and with his 2 inch moon boots he would be in the ring 7'3.

He never looked that tall

peak wight 6'11.5 ( in regular wrestling gear 7'0.5 and in his moon boots 7'1.5
today strong 6'11

miko said on 15/Nov/11
Remember very tall guys around 7'0 can lose up to 2 inches of height throughout the day, as per Rob. Not every guy that height will, but it's something to consider.

It's not improbable that he wakes at 7'0.5/7'1 after a good sleep and drops to 6'11 later in the day. He is walking around with 450lbs on his back.

Personally I think he's always been around the 6'11.5 range, he might have touched 7'0 in his WCW prime, but I don't really buy into any noticable height loss.

Alex said on 15/Nov/11
If you continue to look at the staredowns of Big Show and Shaq its really no more than 1.5 inches difference if that. Sometimes looks just an inch. Shaq is taller but a small margin but some thought he would have had a good few inches on Big Show before that staredown

chriszaun said on 15/Nov/11
big show is 6 foot 11 atleast,he was over 7 foot prime,people who say a prime big show was under 7 foot are crazy

leo said on 14/Nov/11
Big Show I believe was definitely 7'1" prime and 6'11.5" now. As for the Shaq vs Show staredown, I think Shaq (legit 7'1") had at least 1.25 inches on Show.

Andrew said on 13/Nov/11
BS is a genuinely large man who's poor posture can be attributed to his huge frame, however don't think he's lost much in height. This can be explained by weight gain and smaller footwear. He's always been around 6'10 1/2 to 6'10 3/4. Appreciate people don't like to read that opinion.

JT said on 11/Nov/11
Danimal wants to establish massive height loss for Big Show to set a precedent for similar height loss on the part of Andre and Hogan.

If we can’t see the floor and/or tell what the stances are, the picture usually doesn’t have much value Click Here Click Here So I guess Hulk Hogan in jeans and cowboy boots is only 6 inches taller than 5’8” Mean Gene? Click Here

If they are on level ground and Big Show actually has a comparable stance to Lebron, than Lebron is easily 2 inches taller than Kane and Undertaker and probably even taller than Nash. Further, since Shaq has around 6 inches on Lebron, this huge height loss for Big Show must have happened recently given how Big Show matched up to Shaq in 2010.

miko said on 11/Nov/11
Show at 6'11 or under would be very bad for legit 7'1 guys like Shaq/Khali and would therefore downgrade the entire NBA. Shaq looks 7'1 next to every single other basketball player.

Remember in WCW, he had hair, better posture and marginally bigger boots, he was skinnier, it made him look taller. Today he's 100lbs heavier, bald and doesn't stand straight unless face to face with another guy around his height.

If he has lost any height, then so has every other wrestler.

Vegas said on 11/Nov/11
here is wight out of gear with 6'3 football listed lex luger in 1997 Click Here
now wight out of gear with 6'3 volleyball listed gabby reece from just over a month ago Click Here

i am sure danimal will now kindly point out where wight looks 3 inches taller next to luger there compared to reece

Rikashiku said on 11/Nov/11
In this pic, Bigshow is leaning closer to the Camera.
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Both standing relatively straight. Could be 3 inches?
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For some reason, a pic of the Four Horsemen showed up so just for the wrestling heights interest.
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Vegas said on 11/Nov/11
Danimal says on 10/Nov/11
The recent pics of Big Show with Lebron James proves that Big Show has lost some serious height over the last dozen years
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serious height, i met the man first in summer 2001 and no he hasn't, i would have noticed massive height change for one, those are photos, thats 2005 how is that any different Click Here

i don't see you arguing the video capt nobody posted on andres page from 1997 the other day, wight looks max 6'11 there 14 years ago and there you were praising capt nobody not 2 months ago and telling JT how he should follow his lead.....

if wight lost serious height last dozen years then kane wore incredible sized footwear because wight looks 2 inches taller in 2010 Click Here compared to 1999 Click Here

Danimal said on 10/Nov/11
The recent pics of Big Show with Lebron James proves that Big Show has lost some serious height over the last dozen years. He had more height over a PRIME Kevin Nash (6'10") then he has over Lebron James today.

Clay said on 10/Nov/11
I could see Akebono being a little over 6'8'' Alex.

Rikashiku said on 10/Nov/11
@Nishanth Hegde, I mmight actually put Taker down as 6'7.5" or 6'8" Peak and 6'6.5" - 6'7" now. He hasn't been looking very tall for several years now.

chriszaun said on 9/Nov/11
akebono is a legit 6 foot 8 flat foot,big show was flat floot against him in a sumo match and big show was 4 inches taller, he is 7 foot tall on the nose

Nishanth Hegde said on 9/Nov/11
drummer777 says on 4/Nov/11
Well also wrestlers do wear lifts and jacked up boots so that will confuse the issue as well. Even if you don't find a billing of 6'7 for Mean Mark, Sid was billed 6'7 and we all know Sid had a half an inch advantage on Undertaker back in the WCW as part of "The Skyscrapers" Sid is slightly taller than Spivey and Undertaker at least he looked that way back then when sid wore the Hockey mask.

Undertaker Spivey Sid, somewhere around 6'5 1/2 and 6'6. Nash is the same height as Lebron James who is listed 6'8, some sites say hes 6'7 and some change.

Sir,Nash is 2 inches taller than Lebron James who is 6ft8.5. Taker and Sid are at 6ft8 and 6ft7.5 respectively!

Rikashiku said on 9/Nov/11
"To be fair Taker is not standing his tallest while the giants head is tilted making his jawline appear higher"
- Alot of people miss this. No one actually factors in the tilt of the head. A tilting up head can make someone look taller than they really are and people tilting down can look shorter.

Alex said on 8/Nov/11
Akebono was measured at 6'8 1/3 really? Big Show had at least 3 inches on him, sometimes looked 4 in some pics

valdor said on 8/Nov/11
Regarding that pic, it really shows how tall a genuine 7,6"er is. To be fair Taker is not standing his tallest while the giants head is tilted making his jawline appear higher. Taker 6'7-6'7.5" looks fair to me.

Rikashiku said on 6/Nov/11
How big is Gonzalez head? Still looks about 10-11 inches.

Rikashiku said on 5/Nov/11
Woops I meant to say 10, not 8.

Vegas said on 5/Nov/11
Rikashiku says on 5/Nov/11
7'6" Giant Gonzalez(Billed at 8'0" by WWF) with 8 inches or so over Undertaker.
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8 inches?? thats 11-12 inches, he has more than full head on taker there and takers closer to the camera (cameras almost exactly level so no high camera angle advantage for gonzales) Click Here

Rikashiku said on 5/Nov/11
7'6" Giant Gonzalez(Billed at 8'0" by WWF) with 8 inches or so over Undertaker. Both wearing small soled shoes, well if any soles.
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A pic from a segment with 208cm Nathan Jones.
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I think Taker could have been a weak 6'8"(6'7.5"-6'7.75") peak and a 6'6.5"-6'6.75" for the last 10 years. I have noticed that he is shorter now than then and he towered over guys like HHH in the 90's. He even had height over JBL but then again, this was during the Ministry run and he started wearing bigger boots.

In an interview with Batista, he said that Undertaker was 4-5 inches taller than he was. Looking at their nose to nose moments, Batista looks 3 inches shorter.
Im looking at their boots aswell and Batistas boots are thicker but it might be by half an inch. BAtistas boots look like they give him 1 inch

drummer777 said on 4/Nov/11
Click Here Say Rikashiku, go to 1:58 onward For Sid and Spivey
Sid edges out Spivey by half an inch there. So 6'5 1/2 for Spivey and 6'6 for Sid.

drummer777 said on 4/Nov/11
Well also wrestlers do wear lifts and jacked up boots so that will confuse the issue as well. Even if you don't find a billing of 6'7 for Mean Mark, Sid was billed 6'7 and we all know Sid had a half an inch advantage on Undertaker back in the WCW as part of "The Skyscrapers" Sid is slightly taller than Spivey and Undertaker at least he looked that way back then when sid wore the Hockey mask.

Undertaker Spivey Sid, somewhere around 6'5 1/2 and 6'6. Nash is the same height as Lebron James who is listed 6'8, some sites say hes 6'7 and some change.

drummer777 said on 4/Nov/11
By the way I did put the time when to look on my last post 1:54 for the Tyler Mane aka Michael Meyers interview. The pomo with Sid is pretty short none the less it bills him as 6'7 in the 80's. But while in the WCW he did grow to 6'9 (lol), go figure.

drummer777 said on 4/Nov/11
JBL as well as being billed 6'7 he was also was billed 6'6 and in football 6'5 1/2, Sid and Undertaker are in the 6'5 1/2 to 6'6 range, close to 6'7. Barry Windham was also billed 6'6 and 6'7 like his dad, really is 6'4.

Dennis Rodman in basketall is listed as 6'8 and 6'7, really is 6'6.

But hey if you want to go by billed heights of 6'7 all these guys claimed or where billed 6'7 at one time throughout their careers.

Hulk says he used to be 6'7
if you looked at my last post Sid was billed at 6'7
Undertaker was billed as 6'7 way early on in World Class Wrestling and then 6'8 after that of course really got inflated to 6'9 6'10 and 6'11 in the WWF.
Of course JBL billed 6'7
And Barry Windham was billed 6'7

Tyler Mane Is 6'8 as far as I know and is taller than Taker or any of those guys accept Andre and Big Show who are taller, Nash same height as Tyler Mane.

Kdawg said on 4/Nov/11
Is Big Show 7'0" barefoot or with shoes on?

Rikashiku said on 3/Nov/11
JT's pic is an awesome show of heights.

@drummer777, JBL was billed at 6'7" for most of his career. Sid is also 6'7.5" ish. Undertaker IS over 6'7", also when you post videos, could you please give a time so we know when to look.

Here is Mark/ Undertaker with Andrew/ Test who is between 6'5" and 6'6" and has been billed at 6'7"-6'8"-6'9".
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Here is another pic, though there is a better one out there somewhere with 6'2-6'3" Rock, 6'1"-6'2" HHH, Wife Stephanie, Wife Sara and Undertaker.
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Then again, here with Gregory Helms(6'0"???) he does look to be 6'6" instead.
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With 6'7" Sid, but the Boots could have different sole sizes.
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Another pic with 6'7" ish Sid and 5'9"-5'10" Teddy Long. Not a ver good quality pic though.
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A pic with a fan, but its the door I want you to see. Most doors measure around 195 and 198cm, other door frames measure 203cm to 208cm. The place they're in looks really small though. So lets say 195cm, his head still looks an inch or so above so he's 6'6".
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Hmmm there might be a pattern here. Mark may have lost an inch in height from his peak. So his peak could have been 6'7.5" and he could be around 6'6" now. Its a common thing for men above 6'2" to lose height at earlier ages and its even more common for athletes like Pro Wrestlers to suffer height loss due to injuries.

Big Show said on 3/Nov/11
drummer777 says on 2/Nov/11
Undertaker was Billed at 6'7, 6'8 and 6'9 back in early WCW days in the 80's Sid was Billed at 6'7 in a promo from the 80's. In the WWF Mark Callaway was billed 6'10 and 6'11.

I've never heard Undertaker being billed at 6'7" in his early years and I have a 11-dvd compilation of his first years in wrestling.
He was billed 6'9" when he was the Master of Pain in CWA, 6'8" when he was the Punisher in USWA and 6'9" when he was Mean Mark Callous in WCW where Spivey was billed at 6'8".

LAN Jiao said on 3/Nov/11
vegas, no offense. but you are cute.. cos atually i stated paragraph clear "atually held about 10inch taller than bomer" , not his head 10in is paul himself look 10" taller than bomer. 10" head for wight i could't buy that.. he does have a massive head size about 11.5" length due to acromegaly courses him.
maybe he could be measured out at max 6'11 but i don think hes over that. picture with 6'5 NLF player ben roethlisberger we could't catch how their feet stand and footwear while paul is nearer the camera angle a bit but account the pictures paul wight is 6'11.75. his 7'2 billed height is way exaggerated..

on kevin nash page i pay you back 1" on nash height by previous i say 6'7. lol.. i think over nash look legit6'8 more.

JT said on 3/Nov/11
NCL, it does look around 3 inches but you have to take into consideration the length of Big Show's head, which I doubt is anything under 12 inches long. It's probably 5 1/2 inches from the top of his head down to eye level. Click Here Having no hair makes a person appear a little shorter as well.

NCL said on 2/Nov/11
JT says on 1/Nov/11
Some shots of Big Show and Akebono (measured at 204 cm. - 6’8 1/3”) which may not have been posted here yet.

I'm interested - how large of a difference does everyone see w/ those shots? I only see about 3" there

drummer777 said on 2/Nov/11
Click Here Here is Sids promo from the 80's billing him as 6'7. So no way him or Undertaker could be over that, Undertaker and Sid are basicly the same height.

So 6'7 billed for Sid and Taker, and the barefoot of the matter is about 6'5 1/2 to 6'6 for both men. 6'4 for Barry Windham, 6'3ish for Hogan and Luger.

Bill Fralic may be 6'4 3/4 barefoot and 6'5 with his shoes on. Hill billy is basicly the same height as hulk 6'3 1/2 to 6'4.

Click Here In this Michael Myers interview at 1:54 Tyler man professes himself to be 6'8.

Click Here Now here is BigSky aka (Tyler Mane) & Vinnie Vegas aka (Kevin Nash) now you know Tyler is 6'8 tell me if you can see an inch difference between them in this match.

miko said on 2/Nov/11
Nice work JT, Show certainly looks near 7'0 with Akebono either with or without footwear.

drummer777 said on 2/Nov/11
Click Here When looking at this segment between Undertaker & JBL, doesn't look to much difference in height even though JBl is playing the cowardly comic relief and won't hold still.

Also many wrestlers did wear lifts, Tiny lister wore lifts to appear taller than Hogan, Tiny was playing the menacing Zeus Tiny and Hulk are pretty much the same height. Paul wight wore Jacked up boots in the WcW to appear taller.

drummer777 said on 2/Nov/11
Undertaker was Billed at 6'7, 6'8 and 6'9 back in early WCW days in the 80's Sid was Billed at 6'7 in a promo from the 80's. In the WWF Mark Callaway was billed 6'10 and 6'11.

Jbl was Billed 6'6, and in Football his height is 6'5 to 6'5 1/2, And if you look at Undertakers Footwear in that pic with JBl Undertaker is wearing Jacked up shoes as well. In fact Ron Simmons is wearing boots as well, Ron is listed as 6'1 in Football.

JBl is barely standing in Front of Mark, Undertaker between 6'5 and 6'6. If undertaker is 6'5 1/2 6'6 1/2 in shoes, the most I would give Undertaker maybe is 6'6 barefoot and 6'7 in his shoes.

Rikashiku said on 2/Nov/11
And here is Undertaker with 6'4" ORton and 6'5" JBL
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Here is is with JBL but the pic isn't good because JBL is closer to the CAmera and Undertaker has his head down.
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Rikashiku said on 1/Nov/11
drummer777 says on 31/Oct/11

-There is a thing called Cowboy boots which JBL is wearing in that pic.
6'10" has always been Undertakers billed height. Between 6'10" and 6'8". He was listed at 6'8" for a Tale of the Take for a match between him and Kurt Angle who was listed at 6'0"

JT said on 1/Nov/11
Some shots of Big Show and Akebono (measured at 204 cm. - 6’8 1/3”) which may not have been posted here yet.
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No one really has a footwear advantage as the height difference is similar to when they were barefoot.
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This gives you a rough idea of Akebono’s height vis-à-vis Giant Haystacks
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drummer777 said on 1/Nov/11
Hogan is way under his billed height of 6'8, John studd is way under his billed height of 6'10, 6'5 for Studd, Undertaker and studd would be the same height. Undertaker was billed at 6'11 he is 6'5 standing next to JBL.

Bill Goldberg was billed 6'4 in WCW, Wilts early career height was 6'11, he could be 6'11 and some change so I'd go 7'1 in his shoes and put Kareem 7'1 barefoot and 7'2 in his shoes.

If Tyler Mane turns out to be 6'6 or 6'7 thats gonna pose a problem for Andre being 7'0 barefoot.

drummer777 said on 1/Nov/11
JBL is the same height as Undertaker, JBL is 6'5 1/2 lowest height I found for him. Goldberg was never 6'3 he is listed in football at 6'2 to 6'2 1/2. Look at the pic of JBl and Undertaker I put on my last post, same height.

Spivey is listed as 6'6 in Football at the most seeing him stand next to Fralic makes me think he is 6'5, Fralic is listed 6'5.

As for Kareem he is listed 7'1 and some change on this site, Wilt is shorter looks 6'11ish with Kareem, I think they exaggerated his height to make him 7'1.

Andre equals out in height next to wilt in his boots so 6'11 for Wilt and 6'10 for Andre. Tyler Mane being 6'8 puts Andre at 6'10. Kevin Nash is 6'8.

Tyler Mane went from 7'0, all the way down to 6'8, and they were saying he was 6'10 so people would think Kevin Nash was 6'10 when they wrestled together.

As For Andre if he was 7'0 it would of had to of been before his back surgery, Hard to tell because of trick photography to make him appear taller than 6'10 still taller than a 6'8 door.

Rikashiku said on 31/Oct/11
Geez Drummer, all those heights have these guys WAY under their real heights, even waaaaaaaay under their billed.

Kareem 7'2
Wilt 7'1"
Shaq 7'1"
Kali 7'1"
Andre The Giant 6'7" at 17, 6'10" at 22, 7'0" final??????
Big Show 7'1" peak, 6'11" now
Kevin Nash 6'9"
Tyler Mane 6'8"
Undertaker 6'7.75"
Sid 6'7.75"
JBL 6'5
Bill Fralic 6'5
Big John Studd 6'5-6'6"???
DDP 6'4"
Hulk Hogan 6'3.5" 6'5" peak?
Triple H 6'2, 6'3" peak?
Bill Goldberg 6'2-6'3"?
Sting 6'1"
Booker T 6'0-6'1"
Macho Man 6'0"

drummer777 said on 31/Oct/11
Click Here I don't see an inch between Undertaker and JBL in this picture. They are the same height.

drummer777 said on 31/Oct/11
Well, how on earth did he grow to 6'11 and then shrink down to 6'7.5, Dan Spivey is listed as 6'6 in football offically, Next to Bill Fralic who is listed as 6'5 in football, Dan Looks 6'5 next to Fralic, You put Undertaker next to Dan Spivey Undertaker Looks 6'5. In his shoes I'd say 6'6.

6'7 is his billed height... I used to think Hogan was 6'5 but after seeing him with Troy Aikman, I think Hulk is 6'3 and a half. Undertaker could be 6'6ish in his barefeet, and 6'7 with his boots on.

Nash is listed 6'10 in basketball, but it turns out he is 6'8, When standing next to Tyler Mane who is 6'8. Nash had about 2 to 3 inches Over Spivey, Undertaker and Sid.

They had Ben Davidson of Football and Conan fame listed as 6'8 now I find out Ben is only 6'6 which puts Hulk at around 6'3 1/2 maybe 6'4. hes slightly shorter than 6'4 Troy Aikman.

If Troy Aikman is 6'4 barefoot, that would put him at 6'5 in his shoes, I think you can hogan up to 6'4 1/2 in his shoes.

Tony said on 31/Oct/11
Undertaker had 2.5 or 3 good inches on JBL, Taker still 6 ft 8 in, in full position.

Mark said on 30/Oct/11
@Drummer, Undertaker at 6'5? really? REALLY? this site lists him as 6 ft 7.5 in (202 cm)so where on earth you came up with those estimations is beyond me!

LAN Jiao said on 30/Oct/11
"Vegas says on 27/Oct/11
LAN Jiao says on 26/Oct/11
Show is no over 6'9.5 end of story.
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mcpartlin with 182cm listed matt bomer Click Here
wight with bomer Click Here footwear Click Here"


in picture 182 matt bomer compare mcpartlin is a bad one because mcpartlin is not standing straight he obviously slouch his body lean a little, paul wight compare 182 matt bomer is a better one but see no feets of them beside it atually held about 10inch taller than bomer if you look clearly bomer was not a full head shorter than wight due to his long head if he is 213 then bomer is not less than 188 in picture. even wight came 6'9.5(207cm) is a vary giant range does't matter he is't 7'0 since andre the giant had most people agree he is 6'11-7'0 before his dead on the ring so wight is not a chance hit on his range. maybe wight had suffer of loss little height due to wwe match injury.. i can buy paul wight at max 6'10 and think over he can loss 1.5" in a day due to his huge frame, maybe he was awhile in the 7'0 range but not now anymore..

hs2011 said on 29/Oct/11
FCW have actually downgraded a lot of wrestlers heights in recent months. Like Bo Rotunda was 6'3" but is now 6'1" and Big E Langston (who was listed as 6'0" in college football) has been downgraded to 5'11". Perhaps WWE is trying to be slightly more legit with the sizes of their wrestlers, which is good to see.

drummer777 said on 28/Oct/11
They should just weigh em and Height check em right there on camera in their barefeet.

drummer777 said on 28/Oct/11
Kareem 7'1
Wilt 6'11
Shaq 6'11
Kali 6'11
Andre The Giant 6'10
Big Show 6'10
Kevin Nash 6'8
Tyler Mane 6'8
Undertaker 6'5
Sid 6'5
JBL 6'5
Bill Fralic 6'5
Big John Studd 6'5
Dan Spivey 6'5
Troy Aikman 6'4
DDP 6'4
Hulk Hogan 6'3 1/2 to 6'4
Lex Luger 6'3
Triple H 6'2 or 6'2 and some change
Bill Goldberg 6'2 to 6'2 1/2
Sting 6'1 to 6'1/2
Road Warrior Hawk 6'1 to 6'1 1/2
Booker T 6'0 to 6'0 and some change
Macho Man 5'11 or 6'0

Some heights may very withing an inch in either direction.....

linke said on 28/Oct/11
yeah but talking about fcw,how tall is Husky?i dont think he's 6'3 and derrick bateman doesnt look 6.Those two are the only ones who are upgraded imo.

Vegas said on 28/Oct/11
linke, wwe.com are not using real heights for most part, they have kane at 7ft, khali at 7'1 and nash at 6'10; fcw though seem to be really good on the heights

Alex said on 28/Oct/11
Big Show's real weight is well above 397lbs I can bet on that. When he was really 400-420lbs in his year in WWF they were billing him at 500lbs as well then he really got up to around that weight as years went on

Kdawg said on 27/Oct/11
matt bomer is 182 cm = 5 ft and 11.65 inches, so Big Show is a least 7'0.5" with dress shoes on.

linke said on 27/Oct/11
Vegas,I'm not into weights but yeah even in fcw they've downgraded lot of people[both height and weight] but I'm not sure whether wwe.com is using the real heights.Some guys got unnecessary upgrade,they have swagger at 6'7 now.Rhodes at 6'2,punk at 6'2.

Vegas said on 27/Oct/11
linke says on 26/Oct/11
I dont think wwe is using the real heights now
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speaking of real heights and weights thing they were doing for a while, as previously mentioned khalis billed weight dropped from 420lb to 347lb and last week they billed big show at 397lb, its incredible how much they overbill the wrestlers weight

Ras said on 27/Oct/11
Alright I just saw this vid and I can't believe how short 6'10" Haystacks looks next to big show:

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Big Show must have had a 2 inch advantage but man, the guy looks about 5.5 inches taller than Haystacks! Pause exactly at 2:11. Wouldn't be surprised if he was 7'2" peak height.

Alex said on 26/Oct/11
Vegas, yea pretty similar. Kane comes up to Show more than Lebron does. Lebron I think was measured 6'7 1/4? I got Kane at 6'7 1/2 at least. There is 4 inche between Big Show and Kane usually

LAN Jiao said on 26/Oct/11
Show is no over 6'9.5 end of story.

linke said on 26/Oct/11
the big lol is that they upgraded hornswoggle to 4'5 from 4'4..

linke said on 26/Oct/11
I dont think wwe is using the real heights now.Khali,christian and couple others are the only ones who got downgraded but there have been some ridiculous upgrading like cody rhodes at 6'2,swagger at 6'7,johnny curtis at 6'4 and marella at 6 and rey is still at 5'6 lol

Vegas said on 26/Oct/11
Alex says on 26/Oct/11
Here are 2 more pics. One is a more fuller body shot of Big Show and Lebron. Look how Lebron's shoulder are higher than shows despite being shorter.
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very similiar shot from 2005 Click Here

Alex said on 26/Oct/11
Here are 2 more pics. One is a more fuller body shot of Big Show and Lebron. Look how Lebron's shoulder are higher than shows despite being shorter. Still can't see footwear but appears hes kinda boosting up some. The 2nd picture is with Show, Lebron and Dwayne Wade. Looks more of a difference there and Show is leaning in some. Also look how much bigger Show's head is compared to theirs! LOL

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Alex said on 26/Oct/11
Show is def taller then Lebron but thats only a 2-2.5 inch difference. Who knows since we can't see feet or anything. With 7'1 Shaq he was 1.5 inches shorter at most so I dont think Show is anything under 6'11.5

Chris said on 24/Oct/11
freddy says on 22/Oct/11
Chris says on 19/Oct/11
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Here's a better, straight on photo of Big Show and LeBron James

No offense Chris but that pic doesn't look right, I have seen pics of Show and Shaq together and Shaq and Lebron together and Show comes out alot taller, it would've been good to of seen a full pic head between the 2 but that one doesn't look right for some reason. If Lebron lifted his head then he would've looked as tall as Show and he's listed on this site 6'7.. Can't see Show being that height.

That photo came straight from the WWE website...It's probably still there, Freddy if you want to check it out.

freddy said on 22/Oct/11
Chris says on 19/Oct/11
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Here's a better, straight on photo of Big Show and LeBron James

No offense Chris but that pic doesn't look right, I have seen pics of Show and Shaq together and Shaq and Lebron together and Show comes out alot taller, it would've been good to of seen a full pic head between the 2 but that one doesn't look right for some reason. If Lebron lifted his head then he would've looked as tall as Show and he's listed on this site 6'7.. Can't see Show being that height.

LAN Jiao said on 22/Oct/11
Show is only 3" taller than solid 6'6 Dennis Rodman . 6'9.5 max

dicksock said on 21/Oct/11
JT says on 14/Oct/11
Dicksock, his posture looked pretty bad from what was shown on TV This is from a video taken from the opposite side of the arena Click Here they look a little closer in height here than what the TV camera showed. Khali looks a legit 7’1” and he did not have 2 inches on Big Show.



It's looks like they have about the same posture to me.

chriszaun said on 21/Oct/11
i could go as low as 6 foot 11 but thats it,he was 7 foot 1 in wcw debut,he is losing height just like andre the giant did.

Alex said on 21/Oct/11
Danimal, 7'0.5-7'1 I would think he was back then. Not sure if hes shrunk much in height, could be bad posture a a part of him looking shorter too. When he was in shape he had a taller appearance

Danimal said on 20/Oct/11
Alex says on 6/Oct/11
I still think Big Show would measure at least 6'11 and change today. His posture only can make him appear shorter. If Shaq and Khali are both 7'1 than Big Show is minimum 6'11.5. There was 1.5 inches max between them with Big Show.

How tall do you think he was in the WCW Alex?

Danimal said on 20/Oct/11
chriszaun says on 18/Oct/11
big show is atleast 6 foot 11.5

He's lucky if he's a flat 6'11" today.

Chris said on 19/Oct/11
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Here's a better, straight on photo of Big Show and LeBron James

chriszaun said on 18/Oct/11
big show is atleast 6 foot 11.5

Shaun said on 16/Oct/11
Big Show is definitely very close to 7'0 as Khali also barely looks an inch taller and Khali is surely no less than 7'1".

Shaun said on 16/Oct/11
Sorry but Big Show only looks about an inch shorter than Shaq. He is hovering around the 7'0 mark for sure, at worst 6'11.5"?

JT said on 14/Oct/11
Dicksock, his posture looked pretty bad from what was shown on TV This is from a video taken from the opposite side of the arena Click Here they look a little closer in height here than what the TV camera showed. Khali looks a legit 7’1” and he did not have 2 inches on Big Show.

With 6’3” Kevin Greene Click Here Anything above 7 foot is doubtful though IMO.

dicksock said on 11/Oct/11
Big Show looks about 6'11" next to Shaq.

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Both guys have similar footware. I've always thought Show was 7'. It looks like I may be wrong. There is no evidence that he has lost any height either.

NCL said on 10/Oct/11
d wade says on 1/Oct/11
lol big shows head is really huge must be around 13 inches

You make a good point. This clip has been shown before but it proves your point (23 sec and on): Click Here

Alex said on 6/Oct/11
I still think Big Show would measure at least 6'11 and change today. His posture only can make him appear shorter. If Shaq and Khali are both 7'1 than Big Show is minimum 6'11.5. There was 1.5 inches max between them with Big Show.

d wade said on 1/Oct/11
lol big shows head is really huge must be around 13 inches

JT said on 26/Sep/11
Click Here That's Gabrielle Reese, who as long as I can remember has always had a 6'3" listing.

Big Show said on 25/Sep/11
Big Show is leaning quite a bit, but here's a pic from last night's Nickelodeon Worldwide Day of Play. Click Here
Next to him are NBA players Lebron James & Dwayne Wade. Dwayne Wade seems to be the only one who's standing somewhat straight. Big Show's head is huge!

Alex said on 24/Sep/11
I remember in 2006 how big he got and was easily over 500lbs. I read somewhere he got to 525lbs. He came back in early 2008 and was over 100lbs less but has def gained alot weight back but he doesn't look as big as he did in 2006 still. 1999-2000 right around WM 2000 he was in good shape. He got hurt came back in summer 2000 bigger and fatter then was gone again and came back in 2001 in better shape. It was really from mid-late 2002 where hes just been bigger and never back to his days from 2000 or before.

Kane said on 24/Sep/11
@chris zaum he was 7'2 when he was 18 then at 19 he shrunk in basketball and was 7'1 he's 7'0-7'1 nowadays.

drummer777 said on 22/Sep/11
Man if I were big show I would stand as tall as I am, Big show could be 6'10 and shaq 6'11, 7'0.

drummer777 said on 22/Sep/11
I see thanks for the info BigShow, Ron Reis baskeball stats is 7'1... I think the only legit 7'1 guy is Kareem abdul Jabaar, Paul Gasol 7'0 Kareem looks 1 inch taller.

chris zaun said on 18/Sep/11
i didnt think show looked taller then shaq at anytime on raw but he is very close,i have no doubt show was over 7 foot in the late 90s but legit giants shrink in height,6 foot 11 atleast today

Chuck said on 16/Sep/11
Everyone saying Show is below 7'0 is just plain crazy, he was within half an inch of the 7'1 Shaq with equal footwear on, at some times actually appearing taller than Shaq. It wasn't until O'Neal put on Basketball shoes with a 2 inch lift that he gained any discernible height advantage over show who was in his wrestling boots. Before you say Shaq's shoes didn't give him 2" above barefoot My own off the shelf size 9 tennis shoes give me a full 1 1/2" over barefoot height, so it's a good assumption that a pair of size 22s would give at least 2"

chris zaun said on 15/Sep/11
no he was never 7 foot 2 ever,he was 7 foot and a half inch in peak height,about 6 foot 11 today.

Kane said on 14/Sep/11
whoever says he's 6'8-6'11 is wrong he's peak is 7'2 he is 7'1 maybe 7'0.

chris zaun said on 12/Sep/11
he is not that obese and that out of shape,he looks like chris masters compared to andre lol,i say 6 foot 11 today barefoot

Legend said on 11/Sep/11
No way, he's huge and a wrestler. It's a known fact their spines shrink faster than normal. The guy is not over 6'10.5 barefoot anymore. Look how obese and out of shape he is.

chris zaun said on 11/Sep/11
legend is dead wrong,6 foot 11 atleast,he didnt go from 7 foot and a half inch down to 6 foot 10,he is only 39 not 49.

Legend said on 10/Sep/11
6'10.5 max today. I keep thinking either 6'10 or a little over.

miko said on 6/Sep/11
Still well over 6'11, when he stands straight.

He has a huge upper body, so even a small slouch can drop him an inch or two.

The only difference between The Giant in WCW and the Big Show of today, is smaller boots, no hair, and worse posture.

Big Show said on 6/Sep/11
drummer777 says on 4/Sep/11
Didn't The Giant(Big Show) have some spinal fusion done after Big Kev dropped unfortunately right on the back of his next. He could have lost and inch or two from that. Not sure but 7'1 could be Big shows Height in shoes and he is really 6'11 to 7'0. Kevin Nash 6'8ish and Big show 6'11 to 7'0 looks right, he measured up to shaq.

Drummer77, if a wrestler has spinal fusion or neck fusion he'll be out of action for close to a year (or maybe even never). Big Show was only out for a few weeks. The whole angle that Nash broke Big Show's neck was I believe kayfabed, so Big Show could take a few weeks off to film his part in The Waterboy.

chris zaun said on 5/Sep/11
big show has never been under 6 foot 11 in his adult life,over 7 foot in the 90s

Miiiiiiighty_- said on 5/Sep/11
No way he is under 6'11 .
He looked every bit of 7'1 in the WCW.
No he looked to have shrunked due to bad posture and gaining weight but he still looks like a legit 7 footer when he stands tall

Alex said on 5/Sep/11
If Big Show is as low as 6'10 then Shaq is 6'11-6'11 1/2. No possible. I agree Big Shows peak was 7'0.5-7'1 and today looks at least 6'11

Clay said on 5/Sep/11
Don't turn to the dark side Danimal. Under 6'11'' still looks impossible today.

JT said on 5/Sep/11
Assuming those are standard cinder blocks, that’s a full 88 inch cinder block wall Click Here Big Show comes out right around 7’4” in shoes, or the usual ~ 4 inch inflation over barefoot height from that camera angle. Given the shadows, he’s standing pretty close to that wall too.

Matching that wall up with the wall in the photo of Andre and Backlund yields Click Here Big Show probably has around a 0.75” footwear advantage.

So if Big Show is really under 6’11” now that would make this peak height Andre....

Danimal said on 5/Sep/11
Legend says on 26/Aug/11
He's 6'10 today. But he is still one massive human being. He could have very well been 7 feet peak. He looks shorter these days.

I actually agree with you on this one believe it or not. I think he's at the high end of 6'10" and was over 7'0" easily in the WCW.

Danimal said on 4/Sep/11
JT says on 27/Aug/11


When in WCW, Big Show told Jay Leno that he was 7'3".

He told him 7'3.5", but 7'4" with the puffed up hair. I still have that episode of Jay Leno on a VHS tape. I believe he floated somewhere between 7'0" and 7'1" in the WCW (mid-late 1990's). Today seems to be a shade under 6'11". Definite height loss. Could be due to posture, or surgery. His massive weight and injuries along with horrible posture could have contributed to this premature height loss.

D block said on 4/Sep/11
Big show walked into my gym yesterday and this dude is a true 7 footer. The man is a wall. Nice guy tho. And I thought I was tall at 6'2. Lol

drummer777 said on 4/Sep/11
Didn't The Giant(Big Show) have some spinal fusion done after Big Kev dropped unfortunately right on the back of his next. He could have lost and inch or two from that. Not sure but 7'1 could be Big shows Height in shoes and he is really 6'11 to 7'0. Kevin Nash 6'8ish and Big show 6'11 to 7'0 looks right, he measured up to shaq.

Alex said on 3/Sep/11
Could be 6'11 today but that puts Shaq at 7'0.5 max

Kane said on 2/Sep/11
@Rucuja you dont shrink through out the day unless your in your late 60's and 2.25 inchs theres noway you shrink that in a day hes 7'1 maybe 7'0 today.