Talk:Big Show

message: I removed the ridiculous idea that it might have actually been a car accident with Del Rio's ring announcer and that it might have actually happened and been put on Monday Night Raw.  That is utterly ridiculous.  The INJURY might have been real but from another incident.  However, the scenario they gave was simply for TV.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.130.110.75 (talk) 04:01, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: What I Removed

message: For some reason on the article it says that there is a unexpected error and the info box stuff isn't there  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.116.57.122 (talk) 17:15, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Odd

message: He is on the List of humans with gigantism but is there any proof of this? I see no citation He looks like hes just really big. Toxicsmog (talk) 06:36, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Not anymore, but he used to. It's in the article (sources 89 and 90). Here is what Jim Ross said on his blog: "And no, he doesn’t have the “Andre Disease,” but did at one time, but was cured. ". TJ Spyke 20:00, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Gigantism

message: Shouldnt it be noted that Show was the youngest world champion at the age of 23 years in pro wrestling history  —Preceding unsigned comment added by ShanRaj 10 (talk • contribs) 09:19, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: He's not the youngest world champion in history. The youngest would be Lou Thesz, who won the National Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Championship (the title that would become the National Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Championship) at age 21. TJ Spyke 19:54, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Youngest World Champion 

message: What reliable source are you getting Big Show's weight from, and secondly, is this even his current weight because last year he weighed in at 441 lbs. Danny Boy 420 (talk) 00:00, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: It's from WWE.com, although they list 2 different weights (441 and 485). TJ Spyke 00:11, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

text: The weights constantly fluctuate. Since a source is needed, we use whatever WWE.com currently bills him as in his profile. Gavyn Sykes (talk) 00:33, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

text: It's odd because a few years ago  he was billed as 7'2 and 500 lbs. Should this be mentioned? --The Taerkasten (talk) 19:16, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: He was introduced at 397 pounds at Smackdown on October 21st 2011. Seems as if WWE brings in more realism as they lowered most weights.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.1.146.124 (talk) 18:15, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Current weight

message: I don't think he turned heel, it was just a payback from the week before. Besides, if you look at the Smackdown taping, he's laughing along with Kane, who is face right now. 108.41.197.74 (talk) 22:33, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Big Show Heel Turn of 2011. 

message: Does that count as a special move or a finisher?122.60.240.224 (talk) 06:21, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Colossus Clutch <ref> [http://www.wwe.com/inside/top25/top25submissions No. 24: Big Show's 'Colossus Clutch] </ref>

message: The article uses an older source, http://i56.tinypic.com/oihtzd.jpg for Big Show's height. Shouldn't we use a more updated source http://www.wwe.com/superstars/raw/bigshow/ instead? Starship.paint (talk) 02:44, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: WWE's height is his billed height, and has varied, as shown in above sections, for a number of years.--Tærkast (Discuss) 17:43, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Height and Weight 

message: The information about a divorce from his second wife and having 2 children with her really needs a better source. IMDB.com is not completely reliable and I haven't found another, more reliable source that states this information. Just thought I'd share that on here. (MgTurtle (talk) 02:37, 1 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Personal Life 

message: I seem to remember it was the Chokeslam(sometimes a falling version, as in he went all the way to an almost prone position with the opponent in hand) that was the Show Stopper finisher. The Inverted Leg Drop was usually referred to as the Hog Log by the announcers.202.156.11.12 (talk) 14:41, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inverted Leg Drop 

message: On May 7th episode of Raw, Big Show mocked Raw GM John Laurenitis voice and was forced to apologize, which he reluctently did.  On the Friday night Smackdown, John Laurenitis pulled his version of the "Montreal Screw Job" and rang the bell when Daniel Bryan put Show into the Yes Lock, then the Raw GM told Big Show he will apologize on the May 14th episode of Raw.  On the May 14th episode of Raw, Show went head to head with Kane. At the end of the match Mr. Laurenitis demanded his apology during the match, which resulted in Kane choke slamming Show for the 1-2-3!  Afterwards the Raw GM demanded his apology from The Big Show, he apologized, which wasn't enough.  Mr Laurenitis then demanded Show to apologize on his knees, Show refused and apologized, and the Raw GM exited the ring, got to the stage and wished Big Show well in his future endeavors, and terminated The Big Show.
The above is what i want to submit to be changed, people keep putting stupid stuff like on may 14th big show was terminated and then commited suicide, this is bull and what im submitting above is a last 2 weeks of the big shows wwe tenure
Goodolejr83 (talk) 02:51, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: What is in the article currently (see ) is sufficient detail. Thanks, NiciVampireHeart 16:41, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request on 14 May 2012 

message: So after a week I can make comedic posts that people will actually enjoy on the internets again?
````  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jcismyman (talk • contribs) 05:59, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Douche Baggery 

message: The Chokeslam has been Show's finisher since he was The Giant in WCW, so why is it listed under 'Signature Moves'? Sure, he doesn't use it as much as he used to since now he usually uses the WMD as his finisher, but I think the Chokeslam should still be placed under 'Finishers'. Oh, and one of the above users is correct, during his current stint as Big Show, the Chokeslam has been referred to as the 'Show Stopper', and his old Leg Drop finisher was called 'The Final Cut'. AugustWinterman 14:20, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chokeslam 

message: Show's WCW entry starts with him attempting to regain the title at WW3, completely missing... the entirety of his early career.  I have no idea how far back in the revisions it would have to go, but it's missing and it's kind of silly that it is.174.63.90.238 (talk) 19:55, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Just a notice 

message: big show do good on that mach you vs the seld                                                                                          sencerly a fan gabriel poe  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.143.229.118 (talk) 20:57, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  hi big show 

message: he's billed at 425lbs now  — Preceding unsigned (talk) 09:46, 23 August 2013 - added by  Sakib14 (talk) 08:33, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  weight 

message: At the beginning of the WWF section it says Big Show signed a 10 year contract in early 1999. Then in 2007, it says his contract expired in early 2007 and he went on hiatus.  Well there's only 8 years between 1999 and 2007. Someone needs to get the fact straight about the contract or explain what happened to those 2 years.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kfn8r (talk • contribs) 08:22, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contract errors 

message: there is a typo at the end of Feud with the Authority (2013–present). it should read "sent home due to head ..." not "sent home do to head ...."
Greenoaks (talk) 10:30, 30 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. Thanks. --Stfg (talk) 16:53, 30 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request, 30 November 2013 

message: *Big Show and Rey Mysterio competed together more the tag time titles in a fatal 4 way match between them, Cody Rhodes and Goldust, Ryback and Curtis Axel and the Real Americans.
*Big Show challenged Brock Lesnar to compete with him in the royal rumble on miz tv. I 11:39, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Most of the things are missing

message: Big Show has not retired. Why does the article state this?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.186.63.15 (talk) 12:38, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Retirement 

message: Someone is messing up this page Sabre3430 (talk) 04:19, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Block 

message: To elaborate on special:diff/738789074 from the earliest archive I have found, OWOW has always listed it as BNB not TBNB, so the cited source did not support the inclusion of any preceding articles to this phrase:
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I am wondering if anyone can find any corresponding sources to support this though. It would be ideal if we could, considering the inflammatory nature of the phrase. Recently I have become aware to people objecting on the grounds of BLP when nicknames are potentially offensive.
Firstly, here is a source showing the article subject voluntarily using the term "Bastard" to reference himself, so I believe that aspect of the title should be considered acceptable for that reason:
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The above might also support an argument for the creation of the redirect of Extreme Giant and/or the Extreme Giant to here, but I suppose I'll open the floor to some feedback before proceeding, since I've recently been getting some flack of being too WP:BOLD with this. am actually going to just go ahead and just make the first one since I can see  made the second in October 2006 and it has gone uncontested.
The "Nasty" aspect I did manage to find used by Big Boss Man during a feud. I'm not sure the date/number of the episode but a clip of it is here. He doesn't prefix Nasty with "Big" though, so I'm still unclear as to where OWOW got that part of the name from.
I did notice the mention of "Big Nasty" in the second paragraph of Big Show#The Corporation (1999–2000) which makes me wonder if OWOW possibly just synthesized 2 nicknames into one. The entire paragraph appears to lack a source though, the one I found in the next one is just confirming Show beat BossMan at Armageddon for the title. Tagged that, perhaps if we can confirm if/when he was called Big Nasty that could shed some light on this.
Edit: okay after some extreme digging, you can clearly see him wearing a shirt saying "Big Nasty Bastard" on the front of it when he enters for the fatal 4-way at WrestleMania 2000. Much as I would like to link to an official video confirming this, you can see at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8OQ-Ygsy0k&t=49 they craftily only show clips where his shirt is visible from behind (which only says Big Show on the back) so I'm not sure if WWE still have evidence of that available to display.
What really amazes me though... is I went and flipped through http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/16/wrestlemania2000-photos and in the images where you should be able to see his shirt from the front (25 of 32 and 26 of 32) it only appears to be black on the front.
Is anyone able to verify what I'm saying by watching a copy of this? I don't know if they would still air the uncensored version on the WWE Network or not. If they did censor it like they did with these two photographs then an original VHS recording might be needed pre-censorship from the Attitude Era. All I know is, the means by which I am watching a clip of his entrance and competition in this match, the 'BNB' insignia is on the front of the shirt. So I know the fact but... finding a sourced mention of it from a reliable site is still a chore. Ranze (talk) 05:08, 11 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: BNB inclusion

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message: Big show is in a feud currently with Braun strowman to see who's the big giant monster
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message: There are a few mistakes I noticed in the article that need to be fixed, the Infobox. His correct weight according to the source next to it is he is 383 lbs and he and it says 1994 is when he made his debut, 1995 is when he made his debut. According to the article itself about his career with WCW, he made his debut in 1995 not 1994. 2600:1000:B022:3467:C8DA:5E90:B91:BC76 (talk) 12:58, 22 June 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Done: The billed weight was corrected to be consistent with the provided source and the debut year was corrected to be consistent with the rest of the article. Thank you for helping to improve this article. —KuyaBriBriTalk 14:09, 22 June 2017 (UTC)
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message: His debut info in the Infobox has been changed back to 1994 again. Don't know who keeps changing it, but the sources itself says he debuted in 1995 in WCW, not 1994. 2600:1000:B025:BAE0:2146:2A86:DF16:7F47 (talk) 15:05, 26 June 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Done Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 04:19, 27 June 2017 (UTC)
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message: Big show comment on the report stating he never retired, he just never signed a new contract TheKinkdomMan (talk) 20:57, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  False report on big show retiring  

message: In an interview in 2017, Big Show said that he would retire at the end of his contract in February 2018. Since then his contract has expired and there has been no news about him retiring or returning. Whats going on? The Optimistic One (talk) 01:40, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: The only source used for his "retirement" is The Sun, which is a tabloid and unreliable per WP:PW/RS. Has anyone else reported this?LM2000 (talk) 05:30, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: There has not been any type of announcement stating he retired, he just never signed a new contract. That doesn't mean he's retired. Chris "WarMachineWildThing" Talk to me 11:43, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Retired? 

message: So does this mean he no longer work's for WWE?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joeptchjijihhtgghbyjhhmkkkl (talk • contribs) 15:55, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Big Show's contract expired. 

message: I tagged the article lead since it does not summarize his career, just lists his accomplishments. This is against the WP:PW manual of style for article leads. It also should probably be longer, four paragraphs is recommended and it should be that long considering the length of this article. StaticVapor message me! 06:34, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Tag... fix... tag.... fix.... tag? Well I made a constructive choice. MPJ-DK (talk) 22:40, 9 June 2019 (UTC)

text: - So outside of "he worked for WCW from blah-to-blah, WWE from here-to-there" it covers everything he style guide. Nothing listed is "against the manual of style" - afterall aren't the main accomplishments in pro wrestling championships and tournaments? But I guess missing the dates he worked for companies is complex enough problem that you could not solve it in the same time it took to tag it? Hint, it's in the headlines so you could add it instantly. MPJ-DK (talk) 23:01, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
replies: text:  The lead does not adequately summarize his career. I don't see how saying he worked for this company for these years and he worked for this company for these years, and it yeah he won these titles..., is enough to summarize a 20 year main event career. Major storylines and events should be detailed throughout. StaticVapor message me! 04:04, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lead rewrite 

message: In his "Personal life" section of the article, the info about his assault on a guy in 1999 should be a separated info as "Legal troubles" if someone can make that little edit fix, that would be fine. 
As Example here: 
"==Personal life=="
Like André the Giant, Wight used to have acromegaly, a disease of the endocrine system.[212] By the age of twelve, Wight was 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) tall, weighed 220 lb (100 kg), and had chest hair. In 1991, as a member of the Wichita State University basketball team at age nineteen, Wight was listed at 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m). He underwent successful surgery in the early 1990s on his pituitary gland, which halted the progress of this condition. His shoe size is 22 5E, his ring size is 22, and his chest is 64 inches (1,600 mm) in circumference. In 2005, Wight leased a bus and hired a bus driver because of the practical problems his size presents to air travel and car rental.
Wight played basketball and American football in high school at Wyman King Academy in Batesburg-Leesville, South Carolina. He was a standout center for the basketball team and a tight end for the football team. He quit football after his freshman year, because of disputes with the coach. He continued to support the team by joining the cheerleading squad as a sophomore, partly from spite. He later called it "the greatest experience of my life... everybody else was riding a bus with sweaty equipment and I'm in a van with seven cheerleaders who are all learning about life". The van (a Ford Econoline) was driven by "a mom who was deaf in her right ear and chain-smoked".
While at Wichita State University, Wight played basketball. Prior to attending Wichita State University, Wight attended Northern Oklahoma Junior College in Tonkawa, Oklahoma, competing on the basketball team. At Northern Oklahoma, his averages of 14 points and 6.5 rebounds earned him all-conference honors and helped the team win the Western Division of the Oklahoma Bi-State Conference. Wight also attended Southern Illinois University Edwardsville from 1992 to 1993, was a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II Cougars basketball team, and is a member of the Xi Beta chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville. During his one year at SIUE, Wight scored a total of thirty-nine points for the Cougars in limited action.[218]
Wight married his first wife, Melissa Ann Piavis, on February 14, 1997. They separated in 2000 and their divorce was finalized on February 6, 2002. Together, they have a daughter. On February 11, 2002, he married his second wife, Bess Katramados. Together they have two children.
"==Legal Troubles=="
In March 1999, Wight was charged with assault by Robert Sawyer, who alleged that Wight had broken his jaw during the summer of 1998 in the course of an altercation at Marriott Hotels & Resorts in Uniondale, New York. Wight claimed that Sawyer had verbally abused, threatened, and shoved him, and that he had responded by punching Sawyer. After three days, Judge Thomas Feinman delivered a verdict of not guilty 2600:1000:B07B:F4A6:404B:A4AB:664A:BFD6 (talk) 02:34, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: Putting a top-level heading there would create a very short section that places quite a bit of emphasis on something that appears to be a fairly minor incident. If he has had other legal issues that would expand on the section then I could see a separate section, but otherwise without consensus to change this I don't see a reason to do so. ‑‑ElHef (Meep?) 12:51, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 4 October 2019 

message: in the section Personal life "Like André the Giant, Wight used to have acromegaly, a disease of the endocrine system" is incorrect and erroneous and should be reworded to something like ""Like André the Giant, Wight was affected by acromegaly, a disease of the endocrine system, while Andre never treated his condition, wright treated his in <add year> and has since stopped growing" or such.
Go wrestling team! 121.99.108.78 (talk) 10:59, 9 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Personal life II 

message: My request is to add Big Show's newest series from Netflix, it is titled "The Big Show Show" which has 1 season and was started on April 6th, 2020. OmenBlizzard (talk) 23:08, 13 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. --allthefoxes (Talk)  00:07, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 13 June 2020 

message: Add additional Television role of Carnage on Van Helsing (2019) Tomsouthard (talk) 19:01, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. JTP (talk • contribs) 23:23, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 13 October 2020 

message: Bit of a controversial one but all AEW-related material appears to call him by his real name rather than the Big Show. What's the protocol regarding redirecting this article to his real name? We all know what WWE are like when it comes to intellectual property; if AEW were allowed to use the name 'Big Show' at all they would've used it already. I'm seeing mixed results regarding wrestlers when they change ring names - of all AEW wrestlers that use names they previously used in WWE/F, the majority are either a) real names or variants thereof (Matt Hardy, Jake Hager, mononymous Cody), or b) ones that go back even further than their time in WWE/F (Sting, Chris Jericho). Most wrestlers I can think of whose names were actually created by WWE, their Wikipedia articles no longer use those names and instead favour their current ones. Jon Moxley, Shawn Spears and Brodie Lee's articles are headed by their current (or last in Lee's case, may he rest in peace) ring names. Miro, on the other hand, still redirects to Rusev. Granted, way more people know him by Big Show and probably will continue to refer to him going forward but if that name is, to all intents and purposes, no longer used, would a factual encyclopedia entry not benefit from being headed by the name his current employer uses, i.e. his real name? What's the consensus? Afreoleidddra (talk) 22:01, 25 February 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: too soon. He has been known as Big Show for 20 years. At this point, it the wp:commonname. About your question, is more like a fight betwee wp:namechange and wp:commonname. For example, Erick Rowan has worked for years under that name, there is no point to change it to Erik Redbeard, which is more obscure, even if he used the name now. Wight has been known worldwide as big show for 20 years, his real name is less known. --HHH Pedrigree (talk) 22:13, 25 February 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: That's a fair point but your example isn't really a direct comparison; Erick Redbeard is just another stage name he adopted this year, Paul Wight has been known as Paul Wight his entire life. Not as well-known, as we both acknowledge, but birth names don't come and go between promotions. Do we know of any other active wrestlers whose Wiki articles is their well-known ring name but currently go by their real name to serve as a reasonable precedent? Afreoleidddra (talk) 02:21, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Paul Wight has been known as Big Show for 20 years and as The Giant in WCW. Even if Paul Wight is his real name, he is best known by the stagename of Big Show. Most ringnames work as stage names. At the end, it's a case-per-case scenario. We change the name of Jack Swagger since he was a lot of coverage as Jake Hager due to AEW and Bellator. Same for Emma / Tenille Dashwood. We changed the names since they are best known under their real name because their work. On the other hand, we have wrestlers that still best known for their work in WWE (Enzo Amore, Konnor and Viktor, No Way Jose) and there is no point to change the names into more obscure ones (nZo, Big Kon, Vik). --HHH Pedrigree (talk) 08:44, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Again, not really a direct comparison on two fronts; Firstly, nZo et al all work on the indies now, of course their new ring names will be more obscure than their WWE. AEW really isn't on the same level of obscurity. Secondly, to reiterate my last point, they're new ring names. Not their birth names. He's been referred to by some circles as Paul Wight a lot longer than Eric Arndt has been referred to as nZo, or even Enzo Amore. Lastly, Wight's done a fair bit of acting and most non-WWE-affiliated productions have him credited as Paul Wight, not the Big Show. Outside the wrestling sphere, the name Paul Wight has been used before and now, inside the wrestling sphere, will be used more extensively than ever before. If right here, right now is too soon, how long does he have to not be called the Big Show any more to justify a change? Afreoleidddra (talk) 10:47, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: That's why it's a case-by-case. We changed Swagger's name when he came into AEW, before that, he was working in a very minor promotions. It's different working as Paul Wight on WXW rather than NJPW or AEW. However, he is best known for his pro wrestling carrer, not as an actor and 20 years is a big time period. If Undertaker leaves WWE and works as Mark Callaway, his common name would be The Undertaker. How long? I don't know. You can open a discussion right now if you want. For me, I would wait until see Wight's work in AEW. --HHH Pedrigree (talk) 11:32, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: there was also that show, that only finished airing 4 months ago, The Big Show Show.Muur (talk) 05:26, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: That was produced, in part, by WWE. That's why I specified non-WWE-affiliated productions to make my point. Besides, this discussion is pretty much open and shut now, unless you have any new arguments for or against a name change. Afreoleidddra (talk) 11:21, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redirect to Paul Wight? 

message: Is there by any chance if someone can change his occupations around? We all know he is an actor, but he’s most notably known as a professional wrestler.
As shown here on what it should look like when fixed:
“is an American actor, professional wrestler, and professional wrestling commentator.” to is an American professional wrestler, actor, and professional wrestling commentator.” 73.61.16.120 (talk) 14:56, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: . ◢  Ganbaruby!  (Say hi!) 15:09, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 13 April 2021 

message: Anjing lu Fadly pukimak 180.242.214.47 (talk) 15:29, 5 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Huh? 130.45.24.168 (talk) 05:36, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peler 

message: Request to include at least one mention and link to Attitude Era in article, as Big Show debuted in WWF during AE and was a major star/champion during AE. 130.45.24.168 (talk) 02:58, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Attitude Era 

message: Change “acromegaly” to “gigantism”. Acromegaly is a condition that occurs when too much human growth hormone is produced after growth plates have closed. If someone is born with an excess production of human growth hormone, it is called gigantism. 
Sources: 
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/acromegaly/symptoms-causes/syc-20351222
https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/acromegaly/
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/acromegaly TownJester64 (talk) 02:59, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: The previous source from the WP article was dead and I couldn't find an archive of it, so I found a news article reporting on this subject. Presuming the original source named his condition as "acromegaly", the news article I've found also names it as "acromegaly". Changing this to "gigantism" based upon the sources you've provided would constitute original research. --Pinchme123 (talk) 00:21, 8 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 7 April 2023 

message: Jordonzest (talk) 06:30, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Lightoil (talk) 07:57, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 29 May 2023 

message: Add to Film/Television:
Guest appearance on Highlander (TV series) Season 3 Episode 6. Bkeyak (talk) 02:24, 6 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi, I can't seem to find any reference to him being in it on IMDB or news articles? Do you have any refs to confirm this before I add it. Thanks :) Lewcm Talk to me! 10:16, 22 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 6 November 2023 

message: He was "Giant" in WCW not "THE Giant. He also signed his name as "Giant"
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thread_title:  Ring Name