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The Big Show reveals his crazy diet at the height of his wrestling fame

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Published 15:07 25 Jul 2023 GMT+1

The Big Show reveals his crazy diet at the height of his wrestling fame

Show now goes by Paul Wight on AEW and he recalled what he would eat when the show was the biggest in his WWE prime.

Ryan Sidle

Ryan Sidle

Wrestlers have to work extremely hard to get the bodies they need to perform the death defying moves that they pull off.

I can already hear some of you telling me that wrestling is fake or that it shouldn't be featured on SPORTbible because it 'isn't a sport.'

But you can't watch Logan Paul getting put through a table at the recent Money in the Bank Premium Live Event and think it's 'fake.'

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It may well be scripted but the injuries that the YouTube star suffered during that show in London proves that it's very much real, although you probably knew that already.

The current level of wrestling is actually approaching what it used to be like in the Attitude Era, an age that most of us still look back fondly on.

With WWE at its best for many years in terms of in-ring matches and the storylines and All Elite Wrestling pushing them with their own quality, it really is a bit like the Monday Night Wars.

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AEW are set to come to the UK next month with their first show on these shores taking place in front of a near sold out Wembley Stadium.

One man who has sampled both sides of the 'war' is Paul Wight, formerly known as the Big Show, and in a no BS interview with talkSPORT he revealed he used to eat up to 18,000 calories in a day.


"Probably my calorie intake back in the day," the five time WWE champion explained, " And you’ve got to understand it was a lot of empty bad calories because I used to eat whatever I wanted in massive amounts.

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"I’d probably say something 13 to 18,000 calories a day.

"Like I’d get Big Macs, three or four Big Macs, fries, and a shake. Get apple pies, probably a fish sandwich or two in there as well.

"It was nothing.

"I’d go to Taco Bell and get 20 tacos.

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"You can do that when you’re younger and you’re still going to be big. But as you get old you realise: 'Well I can’t really eat like that anymore.'

"Now I kind of feel like I eat like a mouse. 10 ounces of protein, a small portion of carbs, some veg, just try to eat halfway decent."

Big Show faced Floyd Mayweather at WrestleMania once. Image: Getty
Big Show faced Floyd Mayweather at WrestleMania once. Image: Getty

Before leaving WWE, Wight had the chance to step away from being an in-ring performer but remain as a producer on the shows.

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However he said he'd rather 'have his head crushed by a car,' although he's only had four matches since moving to AEW with the most recent one coming in March 2022.

At least he doesn't have such a big expense on food to worry about these days...

Featured Image Credit: WWE/talkSPORT

Topics: WWE, Wrestling

Ryan Sidle
Ryan Sidle

Ryan is a journalist for SPORTbible with over eight years of experience. Passionate about all sports, he mainly covers football and F1 - Daniel Ricciardo once spent an entire interview referring to him as 'Ryan Gosling,' still his proudest moment.

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