Big Show has recalled one of his most famous WWE spots.
The AEW star recently spoke to Chris Van Vliet for a new interview. He talked about things such as getting fined by Vince McMahon for a spot, working with Goldberg, how he is feeling nowadays, and more.
The former World Champion also opened up about his famous stretcher spot with Rey Mysterio. Big Show revealed that the spot did not go as planned and that he still gets nightmares about it:
I hate that spot! That gives me nightmares. That went so bad. Oh, that went terrible because it was my idea, because Rey was tied in it, and then I thought I’d rib him in the afternoon, whereas I’ll just pick him up scare him. Oh, I can [pick him up]. This isn’t that tough. So what about swinging the pole?
I Just Killed Rey: Big Show
Big Show faced the Master of 619 in a singles match at the 2003 Backlash PPV. The Giant picked up an easy victory over Rey with a chokeslam and Mysterio was secured in a stretcher after the bout. Before the medics could take the high-flying star away, however, Show returned and picked Mysterio up along with the stretcher. The former WWE star proceeded to throw Rey into a turnbuckle, with Mysterio falling face-first on the floor.
The wrestling veteran revealed that he was originally supposed to put Rey back in the ring after the spot, but the stretcher slipped from his hand because of the slime in the ring:
Somebody before us, because it sure as hell wasn’t me, the guys used to put this conditioner crap on their hair. And sometimes it would get on the ropes, and it makes your hands so slimy, like even if you grab the top rope, getting out of the ring, your hand just comes right off. So when I swung Rey into that pole, that thing popped right out of my hands, like it squeezed, like a hard-boiled egg or something. It just popped right out, then I saw Rey go, and I went, Oh, I just killed Rey.
The Masked Star was immediately taken to the hospital for a evaluation. Big Show noted that he kept his cool on the screen, but he was freaking out from the inside. He followed Rey to the hospital as soon as he got to the back, though thankfully the WWE Hall of Famer was not injured:
So I ran back to the locker room, grabbed my clothes, threw them in the car, and drove to the hospital in my rental car, because I’m thinking, man, if Rey’s seriously f*cked up, I’m done. I’m quitting. I’m done. Because I really cared about taking care of the other guys. I get there and Rey sits in the hospital bed with his hands behind his head, just chilling. ‘Hey, man, that was good, huh?’
Big Show later also discussed another spot Mysterio loved to do with him on live events, where Show would put him on the top turnbuckle and chop him. Show recalled Arn Anderson telling him that he wanted to call the police on him for that spot, while the whole thing was Rey's idea.
