How tall is Big Show - Page 26

Alex said on 8/Oct/07
I'm really not sure how much Big Show shrunk. I'd guess an inch but I don't think it was much. Just the fact he's more heavier and wider gives him a shorter look, plus his legs are short for his height range. Bad posture too. Plus the guy wore lifts back in WCW at times which made him get away with 7'4. Because no way could he get away with it now or even since he came to WWF.

Alex said on 8/Oct/07
What picture with J-Dog's cousin? For some reason I am forgetting that picture.

anonymous said on 8/Oct/07
add 6 inches on that guy,and that would put him about eyebrow level on show,then from there there has to be at least 3-4 inches to the top of big shows head.6 inches would make that guy roughly 6'8" about kanes height.then another 3-4 inches makes show at least 6'11".

Kevin Durant said on 8/Oct/07
LV says on 7/Oct/07
Jason, you're height estimations are a joke

I agree with this one he cannot even provide any evidence that BIG SHOW is shorter than 6'8". When you are arguing with a person that is blind as a Bat you will never win an argument. Just ignore the trolls and feeding them would just just hurt his credibility. Big Show is a solid 6'11 and i am also leaning that his mourning height is a legit 7'0".

Alex said on 7/Oct/07
I mean he looks 6'11 bare minium next to Vegas' friend as he is at least 7 inches taller.

topdweeb26 said on 7/Oct/07
Vegas: about that picture you posted of Big Show, the 6' 6ish soldier and Eddie Guerrero. Have you noticed that that tall soldier would be barely taller than Mike in the pic above? Just find it funny that Viper and Jason insist that there can't be anything wrong. They are willing to discount Mike's own statement that Big Show looked 6' 11, but yet, they take his word as gospel that there was nothing odd.

venus said on 7/Oct/07
He's 7 feet. He's taller than Akebono, he was bending down somewhat.

LV said on 7/Oct/07
I'm telling you that something is not right about that picture. He is a picture of me (6'0" in flip flops) and one of my good friends (over 6'7" in tennis shoes) (Click Here).

Danimal said on 7/Oct/07
Vegas, I do appreciate your sarcasm, but to DISCOUNT height loss for these wrestlers is absurd. Especially a man of Big Show's girth. Andre lost height by Big Show's age, so why not Big Show himself. Like Hogan and many others who had corrective spinal surgery, he appears to be shorter nowadays. That is a FACT. In any case, he is NOT under 6'9" and I'm opting for 6'11" barefoot today and 7'0"-7'1" at his peak.

JT said on 7/Oct/07
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Mean Gene is 5

topdweeb26 said on 7/Oct/07
Viper: there IS something wrong with the picture when you've got guy's taller than Mike who aren't even as tall to the Big Show as Mike is, and those pics are when Big Show is in street clothes. Like I said, you and Jason are just anomaly mongerers. You ignore all the other pics of Big Show looking 6'11+ and then just cling to the one that makes him look 6' 8.

Jason said on 7/Oct/07
Bonjasky's actually billed as 192cm and 6'4'' ... so he'd be about 6'3 1/2'' (I've got no reason to doubt LeBanner really being 6'3''). Which explains him having a cm on LeBanner.

Jason said on 7/Oct/07
Vegas, it's ok, I can see them now. Well ... the one's further down the page. The top ones, I can't.

Alex said on 7/Oct/07
Lance Storm is about 5'10 too

Jason said on 7/Oct/07
topdweeb26 says on 7/Oct/07

''Basically all the same things we have (except for the lifts).''



We? Didn't you say me & Viper weren't objectively trying to determine Big Show's height further down? ;)

Jason said on 7/Oct/07
JT says on 7/Oct/07

''Akebono with 6

Jason said on 7/Oct/07
''Jason you say Singh didn't look 7'1 to you (fair enough i estimate him at between 7'0-7'0.5") but how come he looks 7'0+ here with Lance storm in sneakers and storm in wrestling boots and storm closer to the camera Click Here''



He looks a 7-footer there. I saw all the wrestlers I did at a resort casino ... all over the place over a period of several hours -- Burke passed me on an outside paved area with a slope. Going back to Big Show, I haven't said he's 6'7'' anywhere in this discussion, I just said he looked that in the pic with J-Dog's cousin.

Jason said on 7/Oct/07
Click Here

Sapp with 6'3''-listed LeBanner.

Vids of the fight on YouTube: Click Here

I've posted two other pics of them together before (facing off, both in suits) and LeBanner looked taller (1/4''), if anything. I'll post them again when I find them.

Vegas, can you please use your Photobucket, or some other means, to show your Sapp/LeBanner pics ... any of your good ones from that page. The pics there won't load on my end.

& JT, Sapp is listed at 190cm (6'2 3/4'') at the official Pride site (and that's not the only place...). Granted there's some seriously inflated billings there, but I really doubt they're gonna under-bill him...

Jason said on 7/Oct/07
JT says on 7/Oct/07
'' Click Here This is Big Show in his ring gear with Akebono in street clothes.''



No JT, this is: Click Here

I can't believe you thought they were level ........ and Akebono's head is *that* much smaller than Big Show's lol. You talk about taking me seriously ... no offence, but how seriously should we take your comparison pics?

Alex said on 7/Oct/07
Big Show looks a solid 7'0 next to Vegas's 6'4 friend. Thats a good 7 inch difference.

Vegas said on 7/Oct/07
Wight i bet hasn't shrunk (not significantly at any rate), its a little thing called posture Viper; does wonders and can increase/decrease a person's height by 3-4" at times (as in the case of my friend and my brother). Wights posture in WCW was great, his posture today is awful, just look at JT pics of Wight/akebono in 2005 and wight/haystacks in 1996 for comparison, and his posture has been alot worse at times than in that akebono match.

Jason you say Singh didn't look 7'1 to you (fair enough i estimate him at between 7'0-7'0.5") but how come he looks 7'0+ here with Lance storm in sneakers and storm in wrestling boots and storm closer to the camera Click Here

JT said on 7/Oct/07
Click Here This is Big Show in his ring gear with Akebono in street clothes.

I got a screen cap of Big Show straightening out his back here (Click Here).

Or maybe Big Show and ~ 6

Viper said on 7/Oct/07
There is nothing wrong with the picture according to Mike. I think Big Show has shrunk a little, or hes not wearing bigger footwear anymore. You cant deny the fact that he certaintly looked taller in WCW.

Vegas said on 7/Oct/07
Mike m; is this the photo? army dude looks 6'6ish next to 5'8 Eddie Click Here

topdweeb26 here is your ex boss, (6'2.5" barefoot i believe you said he was, labelled number 4 on that pic) Click Here

gonna post these again, this dude posted here a while ago saying he was 6'2.25"-6'2.5" barefoot
with bundy Click Here
with matt morgan Click Here
with wight Click Here

LV said on 7/Oct/07
Jason, you're height estimations are a joke. You're only saying Akebono is ~6'5" so Big Show will be 6'9". You're ruining your credibility on here. There are way too many pictures proving Akebono and Big Show's heights for you to be able to justify making both of them 3" shorter. You can't base your argument on the above picture. Seems alittle fishy that he's just as tall next to Big Show as Vegas' 6'4" friend (Click Here).

topdweeb26 said on 7/Oct/07
Vegas: nice pics of that guy with HBJ and BS. If you noticed, that might be the same event as the picture above, BS looks to be wearing the same clothes, and apparently this was at an ECW event. So in all probability, they are probably at the same event. So this guy looks to be about 5' 11 next to 6' 5 HBJ, but way way shorter than BS. Mike is supposed to only be about 2.5" taller than this guy... guess BS puts lifts in his shoes for the 5' 11 guy and took them out for Mike.

anonymous said on 7/Oct/07
there is definitely something wrong with the pic above,if that gut is only 6'1" or 6'2" max then he is appears to be standing on something,either that or he is more like 6'3" 6'4".

mike m said on 7/Oct/07
kevin go to photobucket type big show ,there is a pic of an army guy next to big show and a pic of him next to eddie guerrero,that guy appears to be at least 6'5",6,6" tops,and show has him by 6-7 inches.the guy has at least 9-10 inches on 5,8" eddie.show imo is nothing less than 6'11" i agree maybe 7'0 max.

topdweeb26 said on 7/Oct/07
As Vegas has pointed out before, Big Show was listed as 7' 1 at Witchita State, no way would they list someone who is 6' 8 as 7' 1.

Vegas said on 7/Oct/07
Sapp is a legit 6'4.25" he is taller than Jerome LeBanner here and in comparison to the same girl Click Here

le Banner is also shorter than legit 192cm (6'3.75") Remy Bonjaski there, whom akebono towered over in their match together Click Here i see far more than 1" between bonjaski and akebono

topdweeb26 said on 7/Oct/07
Jason, I don't know what you're getting so comfortable for. After all, when photographic evidence is in our favor (which is 99% of the time) you make up all kinds of excuses: lifts (your primary argument), the heights aren't accurate, something's not right about the pic, etc. Basically all the same things we have (except for the lifts).

The only difference is you're an anomaly mongerer. Majority of the pics favor Big Show being a legit 7', but you ignore them and write them off. However, the one that makes him look 6' 8 (the one above) you're all over like Rosie at a buffet, and it's not even a full body pic.

I forgot who it was, but someone (maybe Alex) actually posted a pic of my old supervisor in the AF with the Big Show and Big Show was in normal street clothes. My supervisor is supposed to be taller than Mike, but yet, somehow Mike is taller to the Big Show than he was. How is that possible? And that pic was actually better than Mike's because that was a full body pic. Mike is taller to the Big Show than Vegas' 6' 4 friend, who has pics of himself with other wrestlers. Mike is either the world's tallest 6' 1.5 guy, or there is something wrong. All evidence points to there being something wrong. The only one who doesn't think there is something wrong is you and Viper, simply because it favors your opinions about his height.

And by the way, funny you mentioned Massimo in one of your posts. Guess you missed it, but even he conceded that Big Show is at least 6' 11.

Vegas said on 7/Oct/07
Mark jindrak was listed (college basketball) at 6'5 at just 17 years old Click Here

couple of interesting pics of Jindrak and O'haire standing beside each other here Click Here

Alex said on 7/Oct/07
Vegas, I think the picture with your 6'4 friend who you measured is good evidence too. I think JT did a comparison with that picture and the one above where it didn't make much sense.

Vegas said on 7/Oct/07
jason you over-estimated someone :p I don't get this higher ground (in a casino) you keep mentioning, burke was on higher level (upstairs), what??

Mike said 6'11 in person (that beats any photo). Jason you seem to think its all of us that has to prove Wight's height to you, when its you that has to prove YOUR claims to us. 99.99% of the evidence supports my/JT/powerslam/davde meltzer claims; and you that yourself know that only too well at this point. Of course you will find a few photos of wight looking 6'9 as above (just like you will find ones of shaq etc looking 6'9 too) but for every one of those there is a thousand saying otherwise.

lets see what we have to this point (among other things)
1.He wears mega lifts in the ring (but strangely Wight left them at home the night YOU saw him)
2.overbilled by WSU by 5-6", the tallest player ever to play at WSU was 6'7-6'8 (according to you).
3.Akebono (tallest yokozuna ever was over-billed by 3-4")
4.Even though Sapp was measured at 6'4.25" at combine, a WEBSITE listing is more important. Was Sapp ever given at 6'3 on TV during any of his MMA fights??

Jason i ain't gonna keep this up with you because you claimed in 2004-2005 that if Shaq/Wight stood face to face, Shaq would be 5-6" taller and both would weigh the same; 380lb.

this dude looks 5'11 next to 6'5 HBJ (camera angle favouring Jim) Click Here easily a foot shorter than Wight Click Here

Kevin Durant said on 7/Oct/07
I believe the evidence that has been provided by Vegas and JT that Big Show is a solid 6'11 in street clothes. He is at leat 7-8 inches taller than the 6'4" friend of Vegas and is 4 inches taller than Kane, who looks like almost like a legit 6'8".

topdweeb26 said on 6/Oct/07
JT: thanks for the pics. The more I think about it, the more there has to be something wrong with the pic with Mike and the Big Show. I don't think Mike is being truthful about the pic, or he just didn't realize the ground wasn't level or something. There are just too many pics of the Big Show with other people where he looks a legit 7'. Not to mention Vegas' friend has many pics of himself with other wrestlers, and the height differences he has with them are consistent with how tall the Big Show is to them. Also, I have never ever seen Nash and the Big Show look the same height, or even Nash looking taller than the Big Show. Never. And I remember that time Nash had cowboy boots and was still shorter than Big Show, and in WCW Big Show didn't wear thick soles like he did in WWE.

Jason said on 6/Oct/07
Anyway fellas, regarding the pic above ... first it was tippy toes - that's ruled out. Then Vegas was vehemently certain it was the ground level - that's ruled out. What's next? ;)

Jason said on 6/Oct/07
Vegas says on 6/Oct/07
''here you go jason, 4 guys you pegged at 6'2
Funny Jindrak looks approx 3-4" taller than Burke and the major brothers next to the same guy (burke, major brother 1 closer to the camera as well) ;)
Click Here
Click Here
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I've said before I was off with some of those guys. All 3 of them were on higher ground and Burke just passed me - I've said this before. No clue about the Major Brothers, but I think Burke was in boots. You seem to think it's only possible for me to under-estimate. I said Jindrak looked 6'3'', not 6'2'' ... I still think he's 6'3'', 6'3 1/2''. Could be 6'4'' at a push, I suppose.

Jason said on 6/Oct/07
''Jason, you

Alex said on 6/Oct/07
Big Show looks about 7'0 with Vegas's 6'4 friend looks 6'11 with 6'6 1/2 Rodman.

Derek said on 6/Oct/07
Viper- There's a rumor that the night prior to Wrestlemania 3, Andre was drinking with some of the guys. Supposedly, he had 117 cans of beer and still wasn't drunk. Obviously, the 117 cans was over a significant amount of time, but that sounds unreal.

Vegas said on 6/Oct/07
here you go jason, 4 guys you pegged at 6'2
Funny Jindrak looks approx 3-4" taller than Burke and the major brothers next to the same guy (burke, major brother 1 closer to the camera as well) ;)
Click Here
Click Here
Click Here

JT said on 6/Oct/07
For the few who claim that Nash was as tall or taller than Big Show in street clothes, why is Big Show here still significantly taller than Nash, who

Alex said on 6/Oct/07
Guys, If you look on the Kane page with Kane next to 5'8 Munum Kane is 6'7 at the least and Big Show looks 6'9 max with 6'1.5 Mike. So basically Big Show and Kane are around an inch difference in height which isn't true because Big Show has Kane by at least 4 inches.

Jason said on 6/Oct/07
Alex says on 6/Oct/07
''I think Big Show and Akebono from WM 21 is the best picture you're going to of them since both are in barefeet. He was up to Big Show's eye level which is at least 5 inches.''



I haven't seen any face to face pics from the match that weren't extrapolated (projecting Big Show and Akebono together), like I saying. In my actual face to face one, he comes up 2'' above the middle of Show's eye.

Jason said on 6/Oct/07
Nah, I didn't mean that.

KingNick said on 6/Oct/07
I'm working at a haunted house with a former Indy wrestler who's 6'8". I asked him if the Indies he wrestled for exagerrated his height, and he said, "Yeah, they give your height in boots. So I was either 6'9" or 6'10"" About Kane, he said, "I know Kane wears huge lifts, he's only around 6'9" " Not sure if he met Kane or not, but he did meet Big Show and said, "that guy is just massive. He looked over 7ft to me."

Big Show said on 6/Oct/07
Jason says on 5/Oct/07
The difference between Big Show and Dennis Rodman was debatable. Same with Big Show/Akebono (I thought the difference looked more like 3.5-4'') ... and more importantly, Akebono's real height is very debatable.

I've got a close-up pic on my computer of Big Show/Akebono (not from Wrestlemania, though) face to face for real - that isn't extrapolated - and the difference isn't more than 4 inches ... & BS is in his wrestling gear. As soon as someone tells me how to post it up here, I will. I have a PhotoBucket account, but it's a private one ;) ... can I post it using that, or do I have to use another method?

When Smackdown was in Japan, Big Show called out Akebono and he answered it by coming to the ring. They both had a face-off in the middle of the ring.

Reading your post above it looks like you agree that Big Show was not considerably taller than Akebono in ring gear as he was barefoot.

myspace celebrity said on 6/Oct/07
oh my gosh, i thought the guy next to him was about 5'10 lol

Alex said on 6/Oct/07
I think Big Show and Akebono from WM 21 is the best picture you're going to of them since both are in barefeet. He was up to Big Show's eye level which is at least 5 inches.

Jason said on 6/Oct/07
Danimal says on 5/Oct/07
''Prime Hogan would have come up to the bottom of Big Show's hairline in this pic and Andre would have had 2-3" on him.''



I've always thought Andre was taller ... at least in his youth.

frank said on 6/Oct/07
no idea how tall he actually is, but that guy is just a monster.

Jason said on 6/Oct/07
Viper says on 6/Oct/07
''I wonder how many beers it would take for Big Show to get drunk. I know Andre the Giant ls legendary in his alcohol consumption.''



Click Here

You could have a fiddle with that to get an idea lol.

Mike said on 6/Oct/07
I just happened to lean that way when he put his arm on me,no other reason!!!

Viper said on 6/Oct/07
I wonder how many beers it would take for Big Show to get drunk. I know Andre the Giant ls legendary in his alcohol consumption.

LV said on 6/Oct/07
Agreed, something isn't right about that picture. That guy looks at tall next to Big Show as Vegas' 6'4" friend. We really need full-length pictures to make better height comparisons. Pictures like this make it easy to see why its so hard to peg down height of very tall, heavy guys that have a tendency to slouch (ie Andre).

KingNick said on 5/Oct/07
I always thought Big Show was 6'11" - 7' barefoot. It could be possible he lost a little height and is 6'10" now. Then, again, just look at his staredowns with Khali, where he's actually standing straight.

Mike, were you leaning UP to to try and get in the photo or were you just leaning? (cool shirt btw)

Alex said on 5/Oct/07
I think the picture with Vegas's friend and Big Show is a good picture too. Don't rule that one out either.

Danimal said on 5/Oct/07
Prime Hogan would have come up to the bottom of Big Show's hairline in this pic and Andre would have had 2-3" on him.

Jason said on 5/Oct/07
Hong-Man Choi towered over Akebono by about 6'' & Choi sure didn't look 7'2'' in the pics with Brock Lesnar. More like the 211cm/6'11'' he was listed at on the French MMA site, tops.

nick said on 5/Oct/07
its is a fact that the great kali* is noit two inches taller than the big show, he isnt even an inch, the big show is 7 feet tall, Looks it in 99 percent of his picturesm he looks about the height of the great khali with his slight slouch. There have been pictures of me with 5'10 people where i only look about an inch taller in some pictures, but when im totally erect (standing tall) i am slightly 4 inches taller.

Jason said on 5/Oct/07
saga says on 5/Oct/07
Viper says on 5/Oct/07
"Big Show is wearing massive lifts here."

Massive lifts??
Time to be serious guys!
He was in sandals (as Mike stated) and still looks about 6'10 in the pic above (slouching).
Evidence puts him at 6'11 since he's not much shorter than 7'1 Daliph Singh.''





I saw Singh in person a number of times at a resort casino in July (after the show I went to) and he didn't look 7'1''. Not to mention a lot of wrestlers sometimes wear lifts in the ring. Also, Big Show doesn't look to be slouching anymore than Mike is (who himself is leaning...).

Jason said on 5/Oct/07
The difference between Big Show and Dennis Rodman was debatable. Same with Big Show/Akebono (I thought the difference looked more like 3.5-4'') ... and more importantly, Akebono's real height is very debatable.

I've got a close-up pic on my computer of Big Show/Akebono (not from Wrestlemania, though) face to face for real - that isn't extrapolated - and the difference isn't more than 4 inches ... & BS is in his wrestling gear. As soon as someone tells me how to post it up here, I will. I have a PhotoBucket account, but it's a private one ;) ... can I post it using that, or do I have to use another method?

Alex said on 5/Oct/07
What Will said was crap but I'd believe UT to be 6'2 before Big Show at 6'6 though!

Alex said on 5/Oct/07
Topdweeb, yea he looks 7'0 with Vegas's 6'4 friend but no more than 6'9 if that with 6'1.5 Mike. Most are going to say Vegas's friend isn't 6'4 though while he did look it at least.

6'0 guy said on 5/Oct/07
I dunno. Something about this pic looks a little weird. Can't put my finger on it.

Viper said on 5/Oct/07
"He was in sandals (as Mike stated) and still looks about 6'10 in the pic above (slouching). "

Really, the highest you can go for him here is 6-9. Though you can sure argue 6-8 as well. Mike is leaning in.

Big Show said on 5/Oct/07
Jason says on 5/Oct/07
J-Dog's a regular poster here, and on the contrary, his estimates were usually on the high side. He didn't agree with me or Viper.

I never seen him post a single post on this particular board ever since I asked him what was up with the waist levels of Big Show and his 5'8 friend/cousin/brother or whatever it was on the pic. He still owes me an answer to that question.

Dave says on 5/Oct/07
but im starting to think that a 6'9 barefoot is not totally out of the question...

Unless you also believe Akebono to be 6'5 and Dennis Rodman to be 6'4 (and therefore Michael Jordan 6'2) than it's indeed possible. Otherwise it's totally out of the question.
Big Show left his huge lifts at home when he wrestled Akebono in 2004 and met up with Rodman in 2007 on a birthday party, but guess what, he was still considerably taller than the both of them. Not bad for a guy who's supposed to wear huge lifts or shrunk several inches.

Alex said on 5/Oct/07
Saga, Big Show does look 6'11-7'0 but here only about 6'9. And whatever he is you better have Singh only 1-2 inches taller and no more.

topdweeb26 said on 5/Oct/07
What I don't get is why is this picture any more significant than Vegas' pic? Sure I'll admit that in this pic Big Show doesn't look even close to 7'. However, the thing about guys like Jason and Viper, is that when they do see pics of him where he looks 7', they don't even at least concede that much. It shows me that they are not interested in objectively finding his true height. Instead they've got their opinion, and everything else must conform to that.

Based on this pic, I'd say Big Show is about 6' 8 - 6' 9. But based on his pic with Vegas' 6' 4 friend, I'd say 7'.

saga said on 5/Oct/07
Viper says on 5/Oct/07
"Big Show is wearing massive lifts here."

Massive lifts??
Time to be serious guys!
He was in sandals (as Mike stated) and still looks about 6'10 in the pic above (slouching).
Evidence puts him at 6'11 since he's not much shorter than 7'1 Daliph Singh.

Anonymous said on 5/Oct/07
look at his match agaist kane or when he stand next to kali hes clearly 7 1 at least the pic you see show cleary the man on the right is on some sort of platform
because there waist hight look to much the same

Alex said on 5/Oct/07
Viper says on 4/Oct/07
"Yea and if Big Show is 6'8-6'9 that means Dalip Singh is 6'10 only."

I dont think so. Its just that Big Show is closer to his height in bigger footwear.

I doubt Singh had Big Show by more than 2 inches tops. In the ring it looked an inch and Big Show did have bigger footwear by a bit so Dalip would be 6'11 at the most if Show is 6'9.

mike m said on 5/Oct/07
haystacks was about 6 inches shorter than big show 6'6" i,d say, so there has to be at least 11 inches between mike and show.

ER. said on 5/Oct/07
We need to get a 5-11 3/4 estimate for Big Show now, lol.

Dave said on 5/Oct/07
nash is a good 2 inches taller than kane tho.... without doubt, maybe even more. And also, i heard of a wcw dvd where show and nash were both wearing street clothes and similar trainers, and they were the EXACT same height, EXACT. if anything nash looked taller because of his build... also, there was internal rumours from the wrestling guys who used to say that nash was NO shorter than show, scott hall and the wall to name 2. I think show always had BIG footwear... which gave him that nessesary advantage, but im still all for show being 6'10-7' in wrestling boots... but im starting to think that a 6'9 barefoot is not totally out of the question, especially after hearing the nash rumours.... also, i saw a pic of nash and big show on myspace there a few months back, a recent pic, i was browsing randomly and found it.... i never thought to save it, but it was full body and nash looked a half inch taller than show :S.... they were both wearing beach sandals.... :S and that got me thinking too. I think its fair to say that nash 'might' be slightly taller than show nowadays as show has definatley lost more height than nash, because of his weight.... also, in wcw show ALWAYS had bigger soles and boots than nash, who usually had relatively flat soled boots for a big man, he always had knee problems and couldnt wear lifts, this was also a well documented story, that kevin had smaller lifts than most because his knees were giving out on him.... maybe nowadays nash and show are both 6'9 barefoot (if standing straight).... who knows.... this pic has made me all confused now!

Jason said on 5/Oct/07
J-Dog's a regular poster here, and on the contrary, his estimates were usually on the high side. He didn't agree with me or Viper.

Jason said on 5/Oct/07
I'd believe Will could have seen Big Show really hunched or under-estimated him if he hadn't also seen Undertaker at 6'2'' and Shaq at 6'7'' lol.

Jason said on 5/Oct/07
Alex says on 4/Oct/07
''Big Show doesn't look as short as 6'7 there.
Mike's head is up to the lower part of Big Show's nose which looks to be 7-7.5 inches. On a normal guy its around 6 inches. Plus Big Show is in sandals giving Mike a bit more advantage but still Big Show looks 6'9-6'9.5.''


Depends what sandals they are ... my dad's give around as much as my basketball shoes :-O. Mike has said he's leaning into Big Show, though, which would at least negate any footware difference.

Big Show said on 5/Oct/07
Most pics were Big Show looks 6'9 are the ones which are no full body pics. It's funny you mentioned that poster J-Dog, Jason. He posted a (half-body) pic of a 5'8 person only looking a foot shorter than Big Show. But here's the thing, his waist level was almost at the exact same height as Big Show's which would never be the case unless that 5'8 guy was standing on something. I made a comment about that and guess what. We never heard or seen anything from J-Dog again, so I guess he was only trying to get Big Show downgraded.

Claiming Big Show is wearing big footwear to compensate for height is easy. Prove it I'd say. Show me some pics of Big Show in normal footwear and in wrestling gear next to the same person with a considerable height difference in either pic. There are pics of Big Show standing next to the same person both with and withouth those big wrestling boots (next Rodman, Hogan, McMahon, Akebono). Can't someone post comparison pics like that as IIRC Big Show looks the same height next to people wheter he is in dressing shoes or wrestling boots. Did Big Show look considerable shorter next to Rodman in June 2007 as he did in 1996. Didn't look like he was that much shorter to me.

Danimal have you forgotten that Big Show still had 4-5 inches on Kane just one year ago? Do you think Nash would have 4 inches on Kane or do you think Big Show shrunk 2 inches in 1 year? Some will probably say Big Show wore bigger footwear than Kane, but where does that add up. They were both listed as 7 foot, so if someone had to wear bigger footwear it would've been Kane.

Viper said on 5/Oct/07
Meathead320 needs to see this picture.

Viper said on 5/Oct/07
Alex says on 4/Oct/07
"I know that poster Will wouldn't mind seeing this picture if he was on the board still since he claimed Big Show was 6'5-6'6 in person!"

Big Show is wearing massive lifts here.

Alex said on 5/Oct/07
I also think Mark Henry is a legit 6'1.

mike m said on 4/Oct/07
according to that, the lines are basicly an inch ,so that would put show erect at 7'0" even.head tilted 6'11"/.

mike m said on 4/Oct/07
i give show 6'11" i still think there is at least a possibility of a 2 inch height difference between show and khali.show 6'11" khali 7'1".show may have been taller earlier in his career wcw days 7,0" peak,he also was much lighter around 420 1bs.i,ve also notice that his soles were much thicker back then also.

Danimal said on 4/Oct/07
Even Andre was taller than this in 1990 against 6'8" Mane!!!

Danimal said on 4/Oct/07
WCW version of Big Show would have dwarfed this guy, appearing a full foot taller than him. Something really funky has happened to Big Show if this Mike guy is a legite 6'1 3/4". Show does not look taller than 6'9" and change here. It's possible that Show has shrunk down to Nash's height, maybe due to weight gain, poor posture and surgery.

this new version of Big Show would not have dwarfed Haystacks in the mid-90's. That's for sure.

Adam Brennon said on 4/Oct/07
I'd never say this to Wight's face, but who on earth would want to be that big.

Jason said on 4/Oct/07
Vegas says on 4/Oct/07

''Jason; you ARE shoving your 6'7 claims down the boards throat though even if you don't think you are, you are jumping hoops over 1 picture''









My posts up to that point:

Jason says on 3/Oct/07
Ha ... just saw this now. This is how he looked to me in person. Mike's leaning into Show to boot.

Jason says on 4/Oct/07
Or there could be a *bit* of over-estimation going on with a number of other wrestlers and Big Show often wears big footware... hehe

Jason says on 4/Oct/07
I reckon we should get Mike's take on this...

Jason says on 4/Oct/07
Yes, I of course saw Mike estimated him at 6'11'', I was just bringing attention to his post ... for better or worse lol. Big Show only looks 6'8''ish with him, though, & some people do over-estimate height difference...

Jason says on 4/Oct/07

I think you need to do some measuring on the slope. ;) And the Ford Explorer's 6'8.1''! :P



Yours:

Vegas says on 4/Oct/07
must have been fooling the college basketball guys so seeing as he was apparently overbilled by 5". where was his lifts/footwear against 6'8 akebono??

Viper you make me laugh alot, one picture man and you totally ignore everything thats ever come before it; how tall are these guys so

Hong Man Choi Click Here
Shaq Click Here
Bill Wennington Click Here
Robert Horry Click Here

Mike is after saying Wight was 6'11 in person, end of debate!! photos are nice to look at but Viper you really should think about your estimates on some guys whom you have downgraded due to one picture!!!

Vegas says on 4/Oct/07
i have posted this photo before; if a 6'3 guy can look 5'10-5'11 at times then surely a 450lb guy with terrible posture can look 6'9 as above Click Here and here he is standing straight with me Click Here

here is another of me looking 3" taller than my brother which of course in reality is completely untrue Click Here

i am surprised it has taken this long to find a pic of wight looking 6'9ish, his posture is friggin awful, it was awful when i first met him 6 years ago.

Vegas says on 4/Oct/07
JT do a comparison of 6'0.5" greg/hogan pic with this one, it will make you laugh.

Vegas says on 4/Oct/07
its one pic Viper, its on the street which is never level (i have proved that in my pic with my brother), Wight looks drunk too and is in a joking posture.

he didn't shrink down to 6'9 because then that means akebono is 6'4 or thereabouts which is impossible seeing as akebono had 4" on 6'4 combine measured bob sapp. 6'9 Wight would also equal a 6'4 dennis rodman and a 6'4.5" max kane as of 2006.

Vegas says on 4/Oct/07
Viper you have claimed brock lesnar is barely 6'1; does that make 7'2 Hong Man choi 6'7 in reality??

You say Hogan is 6'2, does that make 7'0 Bill Wennington 6'7 next to him in reality.

You say Rock is 6'2, does that make 6'10 Robert Horry really just 6'4 next to him in reality.

Shaq also has no more than 4.5" on 6'4-6'5 Kobe in that pic i posted, so he is 6'9 in reality.

The answer to all those questions are of course it doesn't, none of these guys shrunk, as glenn has said many times pictures are useless. Mike has said 6'11 for Wight in person, Dave Meltzer says 6'11 for Wight in person, i have said 6'11 for 2 years on this board.

Vegas says on 4/Oct/07
Alex your sums are wrong :P

This pic reminds me of my one with matt morgan, he didn't stand up fully straight with me but he stood up as tall as possible with my friend.








Yet I'm the one going bonkers over the pic? heh.....

Jason said on 4/Oct/07
JT says on 4/Oct/07

''Jason, we

Jason said on 4/Oct/07
Mike says on 4/Oct/07
''I was in the parking lot of the venue.It is on level ground.I wasn't towards the edges of the parking lot where it might be sloped,but towards the center where it is fairly level.We are both standing on the same plane.''



Thanks for that, Mike. As you might have read, I disagree with your estimate of his height (seen him in person a couple of times myself -- one fairly good opportunity to size him up) and didn't think he was 6'11'' or close, but hey ... opinions will differ.

Alex said on 4/Oct/07
Big Show does have Akebono by 5 inches.

Viper said on 4/Oct/07
"Yea and if Big Show is 6'8-6'9 that means Dalip Singh is 6'10 only."

I dont think so. Its just that Big Show is closer to his height in bigger footwear.

Alex said on 4/Oct/07
Big Show doesn't look as short as 6'7 there.
Mike's head is up to the lower part of Big Show's nose which looks to be 7-7.5 inches. On a normal guy its around 6 inches. Plus Big Show is in sandals giving Mike a bit more advantage but still Big Show looks 6'9-6'9.5.

Mike said on 4/Oct/07
The picture was taken after an ECW show in Racine,Wi on July 8,2006.

JT said on 4/Oct/07
Click Here Click Here Big Show

Alex said on 4/Oct/07
I know that poster Will wouldn't mind seeing this picture if he was on the board still since he claimed Big Show was 6'5-6'6 in person!

Alex said on 4/Oct/07
Yea and if Big Show is 6'8-6'9 that means Dalip Singh is 6'10 only.

Viper said on 4/Oct/07
I still think Jason is off on Matt Morgan's height, but this picture sure does coincide with his estimate of Big Show. And this isnt the only picture where Big show has looked this height.

Jason said on 4/Oct/07
[Editor Rob: that mark henry guy has got listings all over the place in the early 90's. 6ft 1,2,2.5,3...even around Olympics time 6ft 2 and 2.5 was being commonly given.]



I've seen him listed as tall as 6'4''. The majority here think he's 6'1'', though ... and 6'1'' is what WWE's always billed him at, believe it or not. Personally, I'd peg him at 6'0 1/2''.

Mike said on 4/Oct/07
I was in the parking lot of the venue.It is on level ground.I wasn't towards the edges of the parking lot where it might be sloped,but towards the center where it is fairly level.We are both standing on the same plane.

Vegas said on 4/Oct/07
the most important thing is his 7'1 college listing, no way are they going to overbill him by 5", thats followed by his barefoot staredown with akebono.

Jason; you ARE shoving your 6'7 claims down the boards throat though even if you don't think you are, you are jumping hoops over 1 picture, if i was like you i would post every video i have of wight staring down people like haystacks, nash etc. You did the same for 4 years over at the bodybuilding forum. Mike says Wight was 6'11 in person and that he had a footwear advantage, yet you claim Mike "is overestimating Wight's height"

of course big show will look 6'9 in some pictures thats to be expected, if you think the dude stands straight for every picture then you are living in a dream world.

Shaq looks 6'9 here Click Here robert horry 6'4-6'5 (depending on the height you give Rock) Click Here Horry and Shaq's posture look perfect there, kobes and rocks don't.

is my brother just 5'8 based on this photo Click Here i remember you once said i was less than 5'10, that makes him 5'7 :D

Kevin Durant said on 4/Oct/07
Click Here

Big Show at his peak 7'0" with 6'5 Scott Hall in WCW

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With 5'11 Sean Waltman

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With 5'11" Ric Flair

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With a solid 6'4" Guy, Who is Vegas bestfriend

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With 6'3" - 6'4" Conan O'Brien

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With 7'1 Dalip Singh aka the Great Khali

Jason said on 4/Oct/07
Kevin Durant, eh? Nice alias, JK......

nick said on 4/Oct/07
pic is BS anyway though, REMEMBER, leaning on 1 foot adds on inch, he is leaning on 1 FOOT, IF AND ONLY IF, THE TOP OF MIKES HEAD IS 6'3 IN THIS PHOTO AND THE PIG SHOW STRAIGTENED UP WITH HIS HEAD REACHING NEAR TOP OF PICTURE HE WOULD BE 7 FEET TALL AND GUESS WHAT THAT MY FRIEND IS THE CASE, ALSO LOOK AT THE PICTURES WITH THE GUY STANDING NEXT TO THE OTHER GUY LOOKING 5'10 BUT IS 6'3, IT HAPPENDS IN SOME PICTURES PEOPLE FOR SOME REASON APPEAR SHORTER AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM ,


I would love to see big show vs shaq, id put my money on the big show, Im gonna say that he is 7'0 .5 in the morning

nick said on 4/Oct/07
i straightened the picture slightly, if someone meets tomeone its seems rude to pull them into their body, but when you tilt the picture slightly it looks like big show is leaning, its all allusion, iff u look at the inch markers, hes still 10 inches tall HAHAHA there you go BIG SHOW 7 FEET END OF STORY


HERE IT IS


THIS IS THE PICTURE Click Here

Jason said on 4/Oct/07
Mike, what was the ground like in your pic with Big Show? Were you standing on higher ground?

Jason said on 4/Oct/07
Vegas says on 4/Oct/07

''ya and you thought Matt Morgan was 6'4 and nathan jones was a legit 6'10 when you saw him (of course you later changed your mind WITHOUT seeing him again).''



Mate, I'm entitled to my estimate of Big Show ... and I was talking to Viper, not trying to shove it down the board's throat. We've gone over this before, though I still think Morgan is 6-6.

Jason said on 4/Oct/07
Big Show looked 6'7''-6'8'' in a pic J-Dog's posted once of Show with his cousin (I think it was). People didn't like it, though, and disregarded it simply because it didn't correlate with their estimates ... a bit like some are doing now. He also looked this range with The Ultimate Bad guy & the one with Mark Henry. He's looked it with Triple H. There doesn't necessarily have to be photos/video of him looking 6'5''-6'6'' ... this is someone who's height/size is their livelyhood, after all. His posture didn't seem too bad to me.

Kevin Durant said on 4/Oct/07
That is what I am talking about Vegas there are hundreds of pictures in the internet. That will prove that BIG SHOW is a legit 6'11, when he stood up against NBA Players and former WWE Wrestlers. The picture of Mike in the Big Show page should not be use as some kind of a reference to judge's Paul Wight barefoot height.

No.1 because Big Show has a poorer posture and No.2, we cannot see their feet and I think Mike is on a higher pavement because this photo was taken in a slop ground, which favor the 6'1.5" Mike and which make the Big Show look smaller than his real height.

Mike, what is your estimate again of Big Show's Height? You are the one, who have photo evidence and I believe your story more than the other guy, who saw BIG Show at 6'7" in person.

Kevin Durant said on 4/Oct/07
That is what I am talking about Vegas there are hundreds of pictures in the internet. That will prove that BIG SHOW is a legit 6'11, when he stood up against NBA Players and former WWE Wrestlers. The picture of Mike in the Big Show page should not be use as some kind of a reference to judge's Paul Wight barefoot height.

No.1 because Big Show has a poorer posture and No.2, we cannot see their feet and i think Mike is on a higher pavement because this photo was taken in a slop ground, which favor the 6'1.5" Mike and which make the Big Show smaller than his real height.

Mike said on 4/Oct/07
I actually thought that me posting the picture with the Big Show would put some of the debates to rest,apparently I was wrong.

Jason said on 4/Oct/07
Dave says on 4/Oct/07
''Big show is still 6'11 in my eyes, and no single pic is going to change my mind.... People can laugh and say i told you so ALLLLLL they want, because im not buying it. If show is only 6'8, then khali is 6'9. kane is about 6'4 (high 6'3s maybe) and HHH is about 5'11 max.... also not to mention the fact that if show was only 6'8 that the late benoit would be hovering in around 5'5-5'6.... and michaels would be about 5'8.....''



Actually, it wouldn't. A lot of these guys wear lifts which make their heights chop and change. If BS were 6'9'' in WCW, that'd still put Nash at 6'8'' in my book. In one of my wrestling DVD's, they're an inch apart in street clothes, when in the ring it looked more like 2-3. A wrestling writer has pointed this out before; that he was shocked to see Show and Nash were actually the same height. Just one example.

Jason said on 4/Oct/07
JT says on 4/Oct/07
''Funny you should mention that Vegas b/c I did fool around with the two pics (Click Here)

Click Here IIRC, this guy claimed he was 6

Vegas said on 4/Oct/07
Kevin Durant; i have a photo where 6'4 david hasselhoff looks 6'1.5-6'2 with a 5'9 guy. I have another where Jeff Goldblum looks 6'1 max with a 5'9-5'10 guy.

JT that hogan/show comparison is just mad Click Here so they were the same height all along it seems :D

if Wight was really 6'7-6'8 there should be hundreds of photos/hours of video of him looking 6'5-6'6, where are they??

dave said on 4/Oct/07
Viper, if he has shrunk down to 6'9'' that means Dalip Singh is 6'10'' or a little over...which doesnt make sense.

Dave said on 4/Oct/07
Big show is still 6'11 in my eyes, and no single pic is going to change my mind.... People can laugh and say i told you so ALLLLLL they want, because im not buying it. If show is only 6'8, then khali is 6'9. kane is about 6'4 (high 6'3s maybe) and HHH is about 5'11 max.... also not to mention the fact that if show was only 6'8 that the late benoit would be hovering in around 5'5-5'6.... and michaels would be about 5'8.....

Now we all know that the wrestlers are not as big as billed, but this is RIDICULOUS..... the last time big show was 6'8 was when he was about 16 years old. Show is 6'11.... absolutley no doubt.

Kevin Durant said on 4/Oct/07
Robert Horry was measured at 6'8 in the 1992 NBA Draft. I agree with Vegas that sometimes pictures can be deceiving especially when you took the photo in a slop ground. Beside i also notice that Mike look like he was on his tip toe to make him taller than 6'1.5".

Vegas just ignore the trolls in this site some of them are blind enough to realize the truth and read their comments in the Jared Padelecki page and this little guy is suffering from napeleonix complex.

They like to downgrade people's height after seeing a suspicious photo. Nice to hear that some intelligent people are still see Big Show at 6'11.

JT said on 4/Oct/07
Funny you should mention that Vegas b/c I did fool around with the two pics (Click Here)

Click Here IIRC, this guy claimed he was 6

Vegas said on 4/Oct/07
Jason says on 4/Oct/07
It threw me off, too. I reckon he's about 6'8 1/2''

ya and you thought Matt Morgan was 6'4 and nathan jones was a legit 6'10 when you saw him (of course you later changed your mind WITHOUT seeing him again).

Seriously the comments on this page are beyond belief, do any of you actually take photos of yourselves???

Jason said on 4/Oct/07
JT says on 4/Oct/07

''We also have to downgrade a 6

Jason said on 4/Oct/07
Viper says on 4/Oct/07
''You know Jason, now I can see how your father only saw this guy at a mere 6-7, with his short legs and big head.''



It threw me off, too. I reckon he's about 6'8 1/2''. This is gonna be the hottest page on the site for quite a while lolz.

Jason said on 4/Oct/07
Yes, I of course saw Mike estimated him at 6'11'', I was just bringing attention to his post ... for better or worse lol. Big Show only looks 6'8''ish with him, though, & some people do over-estimate height difference...

Vegas said on 4/Oct/07
Alex your sums are wrong :P

This pic reminds me of my one with matt morgan, he didn't stand up fully straight with me but he stood up as tall as possible with my friend.

Alex said on 4/Oct/07
Mike said he was in sneakers while Show was in sandals so he's getting 1/2 to an inch advantage in footwear. He estimated him at 6'11 but there isn't 10.5 inches difference. Well say 9.5 inches because of the footwear difference. With Big Show's long and large head its still 7-7.5 inches between the 2. Big Show looks 6'9 there still.

Vegas said on 4/Oct/07
Viper you have claimed brock lesnar is barely 6'1; does that make 7'2 Hong Man choi 6'7 in reality??

You say Hogan is 6'2, does that make 7'0 Bill Wennington 6'7 next to him in reality.

You say Rock is 6'2, does that make 6'10 Robert Horry really just 6'4 next to him in reality.

Shaq also has no more than 4.5" on 6'4-6'5 Kobe in that pic i posted, so he is 6'9 in reality.

The answer to all those questions are of course it doesn't, none of these guys shrunk, as glenn has said many times pictures are useless. Mike has said 6'11 for Wight in person, Dave Meltzer says 6'11 for Wight in person, i have said 6'11 for 2 years on this board.

lillo thomas said on 4/Oct/07
wow in that pic pic above he look 7 inches max taller than the other guy
he look about 6-8

Vegas said on 4/Oct/07
its one pic Viper, its on the street which is never level (i have proved that in my pic with my brother), Wight looks drunk too and is in a joking posture.

he didn't shrink down to 6'9 because then that means akebono is 6'4 or thereabouts which is impossible seeing as akebono had 4" on 6'4 combine measured bob sapp. 6'9 Wight would also equal a 6'4 dennis rodman and a 6'4.5" max kane as of 2006.

Viper said on 4/Oct/07
Vegas, its possible he was 6-10 1/2 peak and shrunk down to 6-9. He sure did look taller in WCW.

Vegas said on 4/Oct/07
JT do a comparison of 6'0.5" greg/hogan pic with this one, it will make you laugh.

Vegas said on 4/Oct/07
i have posted this photo before; if a 6'3 guy can look 5'10-5'11 at times then surely a 450lb guy with terrible posture can look 6'9 as above Click Here and here he is standing straight with me Click Here

here is another of me looking 3" taller than my brother which of course in reality is completely untrue Click Here

i am surprised it has taken this long to find a pic of wight looking 6'9ish, his posture is friggin awful, it was awful when i first met him 6 years ago.

Viper said on 4/Oct/07
You know Jason, now I can see how your father only saw this guy at a mere 6-7, with his short legs and big head.

Vegas said on 4/Oct/07
must have been fooling the college basketball guys so seeing as he was apparently overbilled by 5". where was his lifts/footwear against 6'8 akebono??

Viper you make me laugh alot, one picture man and you totally ignore everything thats ever come before it; how tall are these guys so

Hong Man Choi Click Here
Shaq Click Here
Bill Wennington Click Here
Robert Horry Click Here

Mike is after saying Wight was 6'11 in person, end of debate!! photos are nice to look at but Viper you really should think about your estimates on some guys whom you have downgraded due to one picture!!!

Viper said on 4/Oct/07
"Im not buying this pic for a second.i mean, LOOK AT THE WAIST LEVELS!"

Actually Big Show has shorter legs for his height. They might be as short as 36 inches. No more than 38. I remember Vegas posting pictures of the Rock with Big Show where Rock's legs didnt look that much shorter.

Viper said on 4/Oct/07
Maybe, Maybe its possible that Big Show has been fooling everyone with big footwear and lifts? This picture sure does back up Jason's estimation. He looks to be between 6-8 and 6-9 here.

Jason said on 4/Oct/07
Mike says on 3/Oct/07
''I am the one who submitted the picture.I am not standing on my toes or anything.I had a physical a few months back & the doctor measured me @ 6' 1 7/8" in the morning.I was wearing normal gym shoes & he was wearing sandals in this picture.I met him in Racine,Wi after an ECW house show.Yes,Big Show is monstrous.I shook his hand & his hand engulfed mine.His head & everything about him is very big.I am slightly leaning towards him in the picture.I would estimate him by meeting him in person to be 6'11.''




Mike has posted further down...

Dave said on 4/Oct/07
well if show is 6'8 then that makes kevin nash about 6'5, maybe 6'6. And that must mean that in the pics of nash with nba players listed at 6'10 where nash ACTUALLY looks taller if anything, they must be about 6'5 too, which means shaq is about 6'8 too, and yao ming MIGHT just be 7'1......

Im not buying this pic for a second.i mean, LOOK AT THE WAIST LEVELS!

Jason said on 4/Oct/07
I reckon we should get Mike's take on this...

Jason said on 4/Oct/07
Or there could be a *bit* of over-estimation going on with a number of other wrestlers and Big Show often wears big footware... hehe

JT said on 4/Oct/07
It obviously does not add up. Click Here Unless Big Show is really slouching and it does not show, this guy comes out at least an inch taller than Vegas

Dave said on 4/Oct/07
theres something wrong this pic, big show looks often bigger than this beside legit 6'4ers..... also, IF this guy is 6'1.5 and IF manmun on kanes pic is 5'8 then kane and big show SHOULD be the same height!!!!!!!!! which is certainly not the case!... show has at least 3-4 inches over kane in every fair sighting (KOR 98 excluded, as those lifts on kane were HUGE) i agree with everyone here, either mike is lying and this is not him, or mike is something like 6'4, or mikes standing on something or on his tip toes.... because there is simply NO way that this guys waist is on the same level as big shows, thats the dead giveaway..... theres no guy UNDER 6'2 who has a waist as high as a near 7 footer..... Also, we all know dalip singh is pretty much a solid 7 ft minimum (legit) if not more..... tell me then why he and big show were VERY near the same height!?.... does this mean dalip is really about 6'9? gimme a break... in that case kane and undertaker are no more than 6'4.... NO MORE. And ive met kane and hes AT LEAST 6'7, at the very least!..... im not buying this pic, its not like im a fan boy whos dissapointed that show is not as big as he thought, i NEVER liked big show!, and i was always thinking he could be as low as 6'11 on a bad day, but all the evidence points to this pic being innaccurate. this guys shoulders are even nearly as wide as shows!!!, gimme a break!, i seen big show walk into the ring 10 feet away from me, and im a muscle/fat 6'1 235 pounder, and he was twice as wide and as big as me all round!

Kachte said on 4/Oct/07
Big Show looks like a 6'9" tall man beside Mike.

Big Show said on 4/Oct/07
Only biased people will use this pic and put it over the dozens of photos that were posted here over the years which clearly show Big Show to be in the 7 foot range and not in the 6'9 range. If Show is only 6'9 that wouldn't look good for tons of people on this site. Remember Triple H (who's also about 6'1.5) also came up to Big Show's nose, yet on several occasions I've seen them together Show was nearly a head taller than Triple H. Did Brock Lesnar ever came up to Show's nose. No he barely came up to Show's mouth. So I guess Lesnar is only 5'11, just like Shane McMahon!

Gonzalo said on 4/Oct/07
THAT GUY MUST BE STANDING ON SOMETHING OTHERWISE BIGSHOW IS VERY VERY VERY FAR FROM BEING 7`0

Karemaker said on 4/Oct/07
This picture isn't accurate. Either that guy is taller than 6'1.5", or he's on his toes like Dave said. He looks 6'8" or 6'9" in that photo and there is so much video and photos proving he is above that. He is 7' even barefoot.

nick said on 4/Oct/07
if u lean on 1 foot favoring a side its adds an inch, i think that the picture isnt level,remember think 6'2 with this guy

cantstop25 said on 4/Oct/07
alright why are so many people taking this picture so seriously and drawing conclusisons from it, this guy looks taller in comparison to vegas's big friedn next to the big show, adn we have seen vegas find stand side by side with many superstars and even in front of a friggin height chart!!!

cantstop25 said on 4/Oct/07
definitelly cant jump to conclusions based off of this pic, we dont knwo this dude, we dont know his real height, for all we know somebody could have found this pic off the internet and claimed it to be them...isnt that hard to do. We also cant see there feet. people are saying big show looks 6'11" in comparison..dont know what picture there looking at I see mre 6'8" whihc he clearly isnt

topdweeb26 said on 3/Oct/07
The more I think about it, the more I think there has to be something fishy about this picture (either not on level ground or something) because JT recently posted some pics of Shawn Michaels with the Big Show. Even granting Shawn were only 5' 11, he still wouldn't be that much shorter compared to Big Show compared with someone who is 6' 1.5. There should be a rule of posting only full body pics.

Original said on 3/Oct/07
He look 6'9

titan said on 3/Oct/07
HOW COULD THIS GUY BE 6'1.5? SHOW NEXT TO RODMAN (6'7'') WAS ALMOST THE SAME DIIFERENCE? DOES THIS MEAN THAT GUYS LIKE KANE, NASH, AND TAKER ARE ONLY 6'7'-6'6''? NO WAY!!!!!!!!!!!

titan said on 3/Oct/07
this clip of Nash next to Austin doesn't make him look tall at all
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Alex said on 3/Oct/07
Also Big Show has more height on Vegas's 6'4 friend than he has on Mike above.

Danimal said on 3/Oct/07
Come on guys, it's obvious by this guys facial expression and the way his head and and shoulders are tipping forward that he is on his tip toes, which can add inches. Show is NO way this short next to a MERE 6'1.5" guy.

ROB, you should NOT use this pic as evidence, when we clearly cannot see their feet in the pic. That just plain is NOT a valid pic. Sorry.

Viper said on 3/Oct/07
Whether this guy is really 6-1 1/2 or standing on his toes, it just adds more fuel to the fire of his 6-8-6-9 estimate of Big Show in person.

Jason said on 3/Oct/07
Ha ... just saw this now. This is how he looked to me in person. Mike's leaning into Show to boot.

Brah said on 3/Oct/07
Big Show has a humongous head, it's probably like 6 inches from his eyes to the top of his head. So, next to this 6'1.5", he's looking close to 6'10".

AAAA said on 3/Oct/07
He doesn't look 6'11 until you consider the massiveness and lenght of his head.
He barely appears to have a neck.

Da Man said on 3/Oct/07
Did 6'1.5" Mike claim to be on level ground? Seems a bit odd that a sub 6'2" guy's waist would be level with Show's. Seems to usually take a 6'7" or over guy for that to be the case. This pic is suspect.

supes78 said on 3/Oct/07
I agree the pic above is very suspect since footwear isn't visible and we don't know if they are even on the same ground level. The dude in the pic does look like he's on his tip toes. Compare that pic to Show and 6'4" Conan;
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Or 7'1" Dalip Singh;
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derek said on 3/Oct/07
Well if you notice he is a few inches behind Mike in this picture which could take away a inch or two on his height.... Does anyone know when this was taken?

Mike said on 3/Oct/07
I am the one who submitted the picture.I am not standing on my toes or anything.I had a physical a few months back & the doctor measured me @ 6' 1 7/8" in the morning.I was wearing normal gym shoes & he was wearing sandals in this picture.I met him in Racine,Wi after an ECW house show.Yes,Big Show is monstrous.I shook his hand & his hand engulfed mine.His head & everything about him is very big.I am slightly leaning towards him in the picture.I would estimate him by meeting him in person to be 6'11.

Alex said on 3/Oct/07
Dave, yea thats what I am suspecting too maybe. He looks arched back stretching and trying to make himself look taller. Tip toes, who knows. maybe?

Alex said on 3/Oct/07
It kinda looks like Mike is stretching up trying to look even taller.

Which Mike poster was the one in this picture with Big Show?

Alex said on 3/Oct/07
Thats the thing, with Rodman he looks at least 6'11 but with Mike he looks 6'9 at most. There isn't more than 7-7.5 inches between the 2 and thats with Big Show's long head because 7 inches for most guys would come up to mid mouth.

Derek said on 3/Oct/07
Viper- It might be 7 inches on the average person, but Show's head is much larger than the average person. I'd say it's more 8-9 inches. I'm thinking 6'10" for Show.

nick said on 3/Oct/07
, the photo seems as if the big show is lifting mike like a puppet, i am pretty sure that the photo is slightly tilted favoring mike, who knows what mike was wearing on his feet, who knows if he was on a curb, or on a higher ground, disregarding this, i still see 10.5 inches, the top of the picture looks like nearly a foot taller than mike who is 6'2, why do people say 6'1 because we are undermining heights thats why.

Ray said on 3/Oct/07
The Mike guy in the pic looks like his right foot may be lifted a little off the ground since he is leaning/being pulled towards show; also, Show doesn't look like he's standing completely straight; it looks like he's standing back casually with right leg straight and left leg/knee bent. Show is in the 6'11" region IMO opinion and it seems he may even be his 7 foot billing really to me

dave said on 3/Oct/07
Mike is trying to get every height advantage he can and may very well be on his tippies. Show has relaxed posture for sure, I still see a 8 or 9 inch difference.

topdweeb26 said on 3/Oct/07
I agree that if that guy is 6' 1.5 and there's nothing suspect, then I would say that Big Show looks closer to Jason's estimates. But without seeing a full body pic (to make sure they are on level ground and all) it doesn't prove it conclusively. Especially since this is how tall Vegas' 6' 4 friend looked to Big Show.

mike m said on 3/Oct/07
big show is not 6,9" he had rodman by at least 4 inches,so that puts show nowhere below 6'11".

mike m said on 3/Oct/07
i think 6'11" is a fair estimate for show,consider the abnormal size of his head,it,s like twice the size of a average person,his head alone has to be 10 inches at least.

Dave said on 3/Oct/07
well this pic is very suspect it almost looks to me like mike is on his tip toes, and im not kidding... look at the way hes arched back and all... sorry but i have seen pics of show beside legit 6'2 ers and he looked bigger than this, on MANY occaisions..... i dont buy this, id need to see feet here, theres no way show is only this close to a 6'1.5er.... i mean, im a legit 6'1 and i was only this height beside kane when i met him!!!!!, theres something up about this pic, i dont trust his posture, it looks very unnatural.

Viper said on 3/Oct/07
Where in the world do any of you guys see 6-10? Thats impossible. At most hes looking 6-9, at most. He looks more 6-8 to me though. It looks to be a 6.5 - 7 inch difference.

dave said on 3/Oct/07
Jason will be all over this....

Show looks 6'10.5 or 6'11 here. Slouching?

Viper said on 3/Oct/07
Big Show looks 6-8 here. Looks like Jason gets the last laugh after all, lol.

Rusty james said on 3/Oct/07
Big show's looking a bit rough.

Alex said on 3/Oct/07
I wonder where Jason is on this page. I think he would like to see the picture above!

Alex said on 3/Oct/07
Also the picture with 6'6-6'6.6 Dennis Rodman makes Big Show look at least 6'11 and thats with a measured athlete too. Maybe Mike is taller than 6'1.5 or something?
But like Big Show the poster said we've seen him look taller next to other guys 6'1-6'2.

saga said on 3/Oct/07
He looks about 6'10 (208cm) in the pic above. Maybe 6'10.5 (209cm) but not taller.

Big Show said on 3/Oct/07
In the pic above Show only looks 6'9 Tops. But we've seen countless pics of Big Show next to other people where he looks much taller next to people of 6'1 or 6'2.

Cairo86 said on 3/Oct/07
What a big head big show has. Based on this photo I would put big show at 6ft 9. Must consider his head is 2 inches bigger than normal 6ft men.

tubbs said on 3/Oct/07
I have a genuine 7ft friend, i'm a little shy of Mikes height who is 187cm and there is a much bigger gap between myself and my friend than between Mike and Bigshow. Maybe Bigshow is a guy around 6'10 who can easily get away with the 7ft listing, due to being that much bigger than everyone else. It's not as easy as sniffing out a 5'10 guy claiming to be 6ft, either way he's huge.

Antin said on 3/Oct/07
looks 6'8-6'9

mike m said on 3/Oct/07
imo if that guy is only 6'1" show imo doesn,t look a foot taller more like 9-10 inches imo,so i,d give show 6'11" tops.

Markus said on 3/Oct/07
Doesn't appear 213 cm here. He is roughly a little over half a head taller than the 187 cm guy next to him in the. A normal head is about 20 - 24 cm ?

His head looks pretty big, let's assume it's 25 cm max...he would be about 15 cm taller than the 187 cm guy. That would make him 202 cm, 205 max.

This picture would look like a 180 cm guy next to me (194 cm)

topdweeb26 said on 2/Oct/07
Vegas: heck if 7' 2 was his listed height when he was arrested, then he probably really was a legit 7' 1 in bare feet back then.

Vegas said on 2/Oct/07
7'2" was Wight's listed height during his arrest.

ted said on 2/Oct/07
Rob what height did they have list him during his arrest?

Danimal said on 1/Oct/07
JT says on 1/Oct/07
Topdweeb26, it

Alex said on 1/Oct/07
HBK isn't 6'0 though. He's about 5'11 really.

I've seen Big Show and Nash look a bit closer in height before than in those pics. Really no more than 2 inches between the 2.

topdweeb26 said on 1/Oct/07
JT: He definitely looks pretty gigantic in those pics too... he's just a massive man.

Big Show said on 1/Oct/07
The slimmer you are the taller you appear. When you look at pics of Andre the Giant from the late 60's he appears taller than in the pics from the mid 70's when he gained over a 100 lbs in weight. But looks can be deceiving as Andre was obviously still the same height (maybe 0.5 inch difference Tops!). For Big Show it's the same, he indeed looks taller in his WCW days but I think looks are deceiving. He looked the same height next to Nash in 2002 as he did in 1997, so apparently he hasn't lost any height and if he did it's not that much. In 2006 he looked taller next to Kane than he ever did before (mostly because Kane stopped wearing those huge lifts which made him nearly the same height as Big Show in 1999).

JT said on 1/Oct/07
Topdweeb26, it

topdweeb26 said on 30/Sep/07
Big Show simply looked gigantic back in WCW... he obviously either lost some height, or perhaps he just really looks that tall when he is at a "normal" weight and can stand straight. I would have loved to have seen that version of the Big Show stand face to face with Khali.

Big Show said on 30/Sep/07
Here's a rare vid of Big Show when he was still the Giant in WCW and part of the Dungeon of Doom. The Taskmasker takes on the young rookie Damon Striker, whom you all know better as Edge.

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Alex said on 30/Sep/07
I agree Topdweeb, but only by a little. Andre was no less than 6'11 at his peak I am almost sure of. Big Show was at least 7'0.

topdweeb26 said on 29/Sep/07
I think the Big Show is taller than Andre ever was.

Big Show said on 29/Sep/07
When exactly did Andre ever face off against Scott Schwartz. I have a very extensive list with all of Andre's matches from 1969 til 1992. And if Scott L. Schwartz is a legitimate 6'10 barefoot, why was he billed as 6'9 when he wrestled as Giant David?

Click Here

Danimal said on 28/Sep/07
Very informative Aaron. Just so you know, most people on here won't really appreciate what you just contributed. Most people on here don't really care about Andre. All they do care is on lowering his height as much as possible. I do really appreciate what you have had to say though. I personally don't think Andre was 7'2" at his peak (perhaps with shoes on) and probably 7'0.5" in 1980 (again with shoes on)..

Titan said on 27/Sep/07
listen I met Big show when he began his career with the WWE when he weighed maybe 50 - 60lbs lighter and at his max out weight now a days (which I heard online on serval inside scoop websites that it was 520lbs and his weight was a reason to reatire becasue of his back!!!!!) When you have emance pain in your back and your over weight it' hard to stand straight all the time. But, Big Show was 7'1'' when I met him with wrestling boots on and about 7' when I met him years kater with boots on.

topdweeb26 said on 24/Sep/07
You tried to say that Big Show didn't tower over the Undertaker early on. I'm saying that he did, regardless of whether or not the difference was less than it was in recent years.

Aaron said on 24/Sep/07
Scott Schwartz,( the tall bald guy from Oceans 11, who was a professional wrestler for years, and is a LEGITAMATE 6'10" barefoot, told me in person at a trade show that Andre the giant was about a half inch over 7 feet when he wrestled him in Montreal in 1980, he had to duck through a 7 foot doorway in the lockeroom, while barefoot. Scott's trainer was Killer Kowalski, whom i also got a chance to speak to at this show, and in his youth was a legit 6'7"( he stands about 6'6" now, and Kowalski said Andre used to be a legit 7'2", but as he got fatter, his spine started to compress and his posture was effected. I asked Scott about Big Show, and he said Show is by his estimate about 7'1.5", standing next to him, but he's never seen him barefoot before in person, so he can't make a completely accurate judgement. He also said that Hogan wore lifts in his shoes for years( including his matches with and against Andre, because Hogan had a complex about trying to be as big as Andre ) and Hogan was at least a legitimate 6'5". I met hogan recently at a strip club in Clearwater, FL, and he slouches and walks like an old man now because of his artificial hip, and he was still a legitimate 6'4", slouched over, and he was wearing flip-flops at the time, wearas i was wearing dress shoes with a heel, and i stand 6'2.5", so i can guage his height pretty well.

We all know That Andre was 6'10" at the end of his career, because of having several vertebrae fused together in a surgery before wrestlemania 3. The anethesiologist who performed in that surgery is famous for coming up with the formula for extrapolating the amount of needed anethesia, because they had no idea how much to give andre for his surgery. I want you guys to read this webpage, its about Andre's drinking exploits.

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Danimal said on 23/Sep/07
All I am saying is that there was LESS of a difference in height between taker and show in 1999 and 2000 then there was after.

Alex said on 23/Sep/07
In my opinion to be towering over someone you have to be at least 4-5 inches taller. Most people who are 5 inches taller than someone will be able to see over the top of the person's head. 2-3 inches is a fair difference. 1 inch or less is a small difference.
Like when I consider myself to tower over someone 5'7-5'8 but 5'9-5'10, just a fair amount taller. Everyone thinks different though.
What kills me is when people say you're almost as tall as him while you're 6-7 inches shorter! sorry but thats just stupid.

topdweeb26 said on 22/Sep/07
Danimal, I don't know what you consider a huge difference, but as long as the TV angle wasn't weird or anything, I have always noticed a pretty big difference between Wight the Undertaker, even when they first started tagging. By big, do you mean more than 4 inches?

Danimal said on 21/Sep/07
What I am THINKING is that I have WATCHED several matches of the Taker and Big Show tag teaming in 1999, when Taker was in the ministry and there wasn't THAT huge of a difference.

Alex said on 21/Sep/07
I know UT was shorter by 2001-2002. Just saying Big Show towered over him more than he did in 1999. That or UT was in lifts back then.

Alex said on 21/Sep/07
With that poster the funniest thing is Hardcore Holly at 6'4 at least. You can so tell thats fake because the guy stands 5'11.5-6'0 barefoot and in boots would be 6'1ish.

cantstop25 said on 21/Sep/07
everybody is showing the pictures of when big show towered over the undertaker, but there are many pictures where undertaker looks very close in height to the big fella, many pictures can be deceiving peole need to realize that

Jason said on 21/Sep/07
Alex says on 19/Sep/07
''Big Show, I agree with what you just said.
I do remember that magazine. I actually have it in my collection and it has Holly at 6'4 I think. He was on a box or something to get to that height mark. Who were they trying to fool because even back then I didn't think Holly was over 6'2. Really he's 5'11.5-6'0.''
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Big Show says on 19/Sep/07
Back in 1999 in one of WWF magazines there was a height chart with Big Show, Kane, Viscera and Bob Holly on it. Big Show was just above that 7 foot mark, while Kane was IIRC 7 feet flat or just below it. But yes topdweeb, it's ridiculous how they've handled Big Show's size over the years. Even when he tagged with Kane, they still billed Kane and Big Show at 7 feet, while Big Show was clearly 4 or 5 inches taller than Kane. And Khali was only about an inch taller than Big Show, yet WWE wants us to believe it's 3 inches. WWE is never really consistant with their height listings. Certain wrestlers get billed at their real heights while others get exaggerated, making it look inconsistant sometimes.''

MikeV10 says on 20/Sep/07
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I have that issue.

Anonymous said on 21/Sep/07
Vegas, actually even in the pics Big Show is slouching, he looks like he towers the Undertaker still. I don't know what Danimal is thinking.

Alex, that's funny that in the poster they have Kane slightly under 7' and the Undertaker at 7', because they always bill Undertaker at 6' 10 and Kane at 7'. Really shows how much thought they put into the fudging.

Danimal said on 21/Sep/07
Vegas says on 21/Sep/07
big show didn't look so tall next to taker in 1999 because he always slouched to make taker look taller

Not the only reason. Taker WAS taller before 2001. Taller and heavier. I believe he lost the weight due to some injury and operation that SHRUNK him.

Danimal said on 21/Sep/07
Alex says on 21/Sep/07
By 2002 Big Show towered over UT.

Taker was shorter by this time Alex.

Vegas said on 21/Sep/07
big show didn't look so tall next to taker in 1999 because he always slouched to make taker look taller or his billed 6'10 Click Here and Click Here

but when he stood up straight it was a different story completely Click Here thats 3-4" he was losing slouching even though it doesn't seem possible.

Alex said on 21/Sep/07
By 2002 Big Show towered over UT.

Danimal said on 20/Sep/07
Big Show did not tower Taker in 1999-2000.

Alex said on 20/Sep/07
Something is wrong with Hardcore Holly's height there because he's at least 6'4 there and thats way off. The guy is no more than 6'0, if that.
The chart is so fake.
Actually UT is at 7'0 but Kane looks just under it.

topdweeb26 said on 20/Sep/07
Man that's just beautiful. They have Kane and the Undertaker both at 7', and Big Show looks to be slightly over 7', like maybe 7' 1 or 7' 2 in that poster. And since they started saying Big Show is 7', then that makes it seem like he isn't any taller than Kane or the Undertaker, when Big Show towers them just about as much as Khali does.

Big Show said on 20/Sep/07
MikeV10, that was the one I was referring to. Forgot that Undertaker was on it aswell. You can clearly see that these guys didn't pose together for that pic, but were photoshopped into one pic.

MikeV10 said on 20/Sep/07
Is it this ??
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Anonymous said on 20/Sep/07
It would be great to see these height-pictures from WWE magazines... can they be uploaded?

Alex said on 19/Sep/07
Topdweeb, that poster I saw too. Its dumb. You got Kane at 7'0 like Big Show again and Big Show is at least 4 inhes taller minimum.

Alex said on 19/Sep/07
Big Show, I agree with what you just said.
I do remember that magazine. I actually have it in my collection and it has Holly at 6'4 I think. He was on a box or something to get to that height mark. Who were they trying to fool because even back then I didn't think Holly was over 6'2. Really he's 5'11.5-6'0.

Big Show said on 19/Sep/07
Back in 1999 in one of WWF magazines there was a height chart with Big Show, Kane, Viscera and Bob Holly on it. Big Show was just above that 7 foot mark, while Kane was IIRC 7 feet flat or just below it. But yes topdweeb, it's ridiculous how they've handled Big Show's size over the years. Even when he tagged with Kane, they still billed Kane and Big Show at 7 feet, while Big Show was clearly 4 or 5 inches taller than Kane. And Khali was only about an inch taller than Big Show, yet WWE wants us to believe it's 3 inches. WWE is never really consistant with their height listings. Certain wrestlers get billed at their real heights while others get exaggerated, making it look inconsistant sometimes.

Alex said on 18/Sep/07
Big Show, exactly. If he's billed at 7'2 he still said he was really 7'0 on tv shows more than once. Might as well just say 7'2 if he wanted to.

topdweeb26 said on 18/Sep/07
Actually on Big Show's very first RAW appearance, Michael Cole said he was 7' 1. Later one, they started saying he was 7' 2, and then all of a sudden out of nowhere, they were referring to him as just 7' flat... which I never did quite understand because he was much taller than Kane, but yet they kept saying Kane was 7'. To make matters worse, WWE magazine a few months ago, released a poster of all the wrestlers from tallest to shorts. I forgot who was the shortest but tallest was Giant Gonzalez at 8' (billed heights of course), Andre at 7' 4, Khali at 7' 3, and then Big Show, Kane, Kurgan, and a whole host of others at 7'. What kinda gets one my nerves is that since they are honest about Show's height, and exaggerate everyone else, on that poster it really watered down how big the Big Show is. Made it seem like 7' wasn't uncommon or something.

Big Show said on 18/Sep/07
Dennis Rodman once said on the Jay Leno show that Big Show was 7'2 (this was when he and hogan feuded with Luger and the Giant). In 2000 Big Show stated that he was 7'1, even though he was billed at 7'2 at that time, so if he was going to exagerate his own height, why not just say he's 7'2 instead of 7'1. What difference is that 1 inch going to make.
However, the reason I believe Big Show to never have been taller than a flat 7 foot it that when Big Show debuted in the WWF, they billed him as 7', so I seriously doubt he would be taller than that. No way would Vince bill a 7'1 Giant at 7' unless he was only going to use him as a jobber, which was hardly the case with Big Show as he already got the heavyweight title belt in his rookie year. So they had big plans for Big Show from the get-go, so no way would Vince bill him below his actual height. I'm surprised they never exagerated his height the way WCW did. If WCW could get away with a 7'4 billing, they could've billed him at 7'3 or 7'2 (which they billed him at later on) from the beginning on, 'til the day he left.

Rory said on 15/Sep/07
big show is 7 foot but in the old dayz 7 foot 1 and with 1 inch shoes 7ft2 but he is 7ft1 theses dayz xD 7ft at the lowest

Alex said on 14/Sep/07
So Luger said he was 7'1 while being billed at 7'4.
I'm not sure if Big Show was ever over 7'0. Def a legit 7'0 but now I think he may be more 6'11, that or his posture makes it appear that way.

topdweeb26 said on 14/Sep/07
Not only that, but once Lex Luger said on live TV on a Monday Nitro episode that the Big Show is 7' 1 when they were both in WCW, and that was when "the Giant" was really over in WCW and was promoted as being 7' 4.

ASC said on 13/Sep/07
Big Show once said on Conan O'Brien that he is "a legitimate 7'1"."

Alex said on 13/Sep/07
I do think Big Show may be 6'11 today but surely looked 7'0 only a few years ago.

cantstop25 said on 13/Sep/07
I think big shows 7'1" lsiting in college is legit...and the reason I say that is becasue they amke such a big deal about it, if they go out of there way in the article saying hwo huge this gusy is and that he is 7'1" etc. noramlly its legit.

when a 6'10" guy is listed at 7' noramly youll jsut see the listing on the roster....though I will agree with jason that big show is not as tall as he use to be.

Jason said on 13/Sep/07
Viper says on 13/Sep/07
''Big Show could be as short as 6-10 1/2 - 6-10 3/4 If he was listed at 7-1. Its rare but on a few occasions some college players are inflated by over 2 inches.''

There's been up to 3 1/2, actually lol. And I think Big Show's lost a tad from when he was young.

Jason said on 13/Sep/07
Guys, my only point is it doesn't prove it beyond any doubt. I'll happily concede your estimates of JBL's height look most likely to be correct to the neutral observer, and these new pics are some very nice icing on your cake ... but prove it as fact it does not.

Danimal said on 13/Sep/07
Still choosing the lowest common denominator Viper?

Viper said on 13/Sep/07
Big Show could be as short as 6-10 1/2 - 6-10 3/4 If he was listed at 7-1. Its rare but on a few occasions some college players are inflated by over 2 inches.

topdweeb26 said on 13/Sep/07
Vegas, I totally agree with you. If Jason and Viper want to argue that JBL has some type of lifts in his boots that give him an additional 4" or so (I'm compensating for what it would take to be that much taller than Coach, since Coach isn't barefooted) then the burden of proof is on them, not you or me or anyone else, to prove that they were or weren't in lifts.

And there's no way Big Show would be listed as 7' 1 at WSU if he was only somewhere around 6' 7-6' 11 (though he might be 6' 11 now)... not even a measurement in shoes could do that.

Jason: as Vegas has shown, those boots only give Show 1.5" extra, which isn't that uncommon even for street shoes. And even less when you consider that every day people getting autographs, or fans at the shows, etc, aren't in barefeet. They too are wearing shoes which give people usually anywhere from .5" to 2" of height also. So that 1.5" isn't really saying much. You act as if he is wearing boots with 1.5" soles while the rest of the world is in their socks or something.

Also he looks like he is in his wrestling attire, so this might have been at a house show or an event, which would explain why he's dressed like that. I mean, c'mon, you can tell he's in his wrestling attire. What do you expect him to be in, his wrestling outfit and then a pair of Nike's or something? Get real.

On top of all of this, Vegas had his 6' 4 friend's picture taken with Big Show. Show was clearly about 8" taller than his friend. Vegas knows how tall his friend is, and Show was in normal clothes. That there should end this debate and, in fact, makes the entire idea of Show only being 6' 7 to 6' 9 laughable.

Alex said on 13/Sep/07
Vegas, I also think the front of the shoe matters to and how high its raise. But mostly whatever heel you got its going to give you about that in height from your barefoot height. When I wear 1 inch sneakers I am pretty much an inch or just under that more taller.

Vegas said on 13/Sep/07
no slightly less, a 1.25" sole would give just over 1". Average cowboy boots have 2" heels but give 1.8" height boost.

Viper said on 13/Sep/07
Vegas, thats why I said Morgan is no shorter than 6-7 1/2 Id say. Whats JBL's listing, 6-6? If thats true then there isnt much of a chance hes a flat 6-3. I wouldnt rule out 6-3 1/2 though.

Alex said on 13/Sep/07
I get confused on this sometimes. So a 1.25 inch sole will give you 1.25 inches to your height then or just under that? Same with a 1.5 inch heel, will that give you 1.5 inches to your height?

Vegas said on 13/Sep/07
Jason; i have to say thats a very very weak argument; for a start those boots give 1.25" Click Here and if you read on its says their boots give increased ankle support.

Why does Kareem wear big cowboy boots if he is 7 foot plus Click Here Why does shaq wear big basketball boots if he is 7 foot couldn't he just wear flat small heeled ones?? Click Here

Jason how come Wight got listed at 7'1 in basketball and how come the newspapers at the time have quotes from 1990-92 like:
"Paul Wight, the biggest player in Wichita State basketball history, is transferring to Southern Illinois-Edwardsville. The 7-foot-1, 320-pound Wight, who played in 22 games for the Shockers last season"

"Ron Smith, Greg Dreiling, Paul Wight. Didn't take long to rattle off that list of Wichita State's 7-foot basketball players, huh? Yep, WSU's history with 7-foot players is very pamphlet-like"

"SHOCKERS LAND A BIG ONE JUNIOR-COLLEGE RECRUIT IS 7-1, 332 POUNDS
Paul Wight, a 7-foot-1, 332-pound center from Northern Oklahoma College, has made an oral commitment to attend Wichita State next year and play for the Shocker basketball team"

you picked 3 guys (JBL, Morgan, Wight) each with legit sporting backgrounds, each with previous sporting listings that are easy to find. Even if i never met Wight, i still wouldn't believe a guy listed at 7'1 in 1990 is really 6'7, especially with the fact he is the tallest player in the history of WSU, the same college that produced Greg Dreiling who played in the NBA and was listed at 7'1 there and at 7'1 in WSU too by the way :)

you say you have never seen JBL look so tall?? there are plenty of people of relatively known height here with him here Click Here

Kane and Stevie Richards from Monday night side by side; i honestly see more than 3.5" between them Click Here

Viper said on 13/Sep/07
"'ve never seen JBL look that tall. The only debate is whether he's 6'5'' or 6'6''? I'd go along with that if you checked his boots on the night for internal lifts..."

Yep. I think there is a good chance he has some kind of lifts in his shoes. 6-6 for JBL would shock me. 6-5 would surprise me. 6-4 wouldnt surprise me at all. 6-3 wouldnt surprise me too much.

cantstop25 said on 13/Sep/07
what reason would JBL have to wear lifts?

Jason said on 12/Sep/07
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Why is Big Show in these things if he's 7'0''? Doesn't seem a likely thing to do for a man legitimately that gigantic. Wrestlers don't just wear lifts/big ass footware on TV, they also wear them to an extent out in public to help keep up the image.

Jason said on 12/Sep/07
Alex says on 10/Sep/07
''Jason, didn't you say you were coming to NYC sooner or later anyway?''





Yep. I'm not 6'5'' ... or 6'7''. :)

Jason said on 12/Sep/07
JT says on 12/Sep/07
''The only debate is whether JBL is 6

JK said on 12/Sep/07
yep JBL is 6'6''