I was a short 6'5 265lbs when I met the Big Show at an airport. (He asked me for directions). We were both wearing cowboy boots. My boots put me over 6'7". Big Show was 7'2"-7'3" in his boots. (450lbs?) It's not often I get dwarfed but I felt like a kid standing beside him. When he shook my hand, my hand disappeared in his.
@@Confucius202 At 18, I was measured at 6'4" 5/8 in bare feet. Today, after an accident where I injured my legs & back, I measure at 6'3" 3/4 in bare feet. Big Show and I are of a similar age.
@@robertwilliams5618 I fell over 15ft and landed like a long jumper and then fell back. My spine compressed and then curved a little. My heels took the initial impact, it broke my shoes and physically split my heels. My spine took the rest of the impact. My feet, knees, especially hips & back hurt for a month afterwards. A back specialist told me that they could get my height back with a surgery or two but while doing rehab and waiting to see what to do, I realized that my back didn't "go out" anymore from a previous football injury. (It would go out a couple times of year) When it went out, I was in excruciating pain, hard to sit or move, even hard to sleep. My back has never went out again since the fall. I traded 10/10 pain a couple times of year for 2/10 pain more often. I've decided to stay short! 😁
Not entirely related, but this helped me contextualize Shaq's statement to Howard Stern that he was 6'11". At that time. Not that he had always been 6'11" at max height. I'm not sure why I interpreted his statement that way to begin with.
@@146zigzag3 he was on Howard Stern when he was extremely young and he said that he was 6'11. He also has said with Charles Barkley now that he's old that he was 6'11.. so I believe that was his peak height.
Whenever they had Kevin Nash in the ring with Big Show, they had Big Show wearing lifts while Nash was in sandals. They're roughly the same height. Back stage photos are meaningless because they put Andre on wooden blocks to make him taller, among many other wrestlers. You can only go by in-ring total body photos and even then you have to check the shoes and the camera angles. Big Show and Kevin Nash are 6'10".
I would say peak 7 feet in boots. 6'11 without. Now like 6'10, 6'9. Pretty much the same as Andre. Except Big Show took way better care of himself than Andre did.
The Big Show is one of my favorite giants in Professional Wrestling. It's possible that he could have been 7 ft when he was much younger while in college he's listed at 7 ft 1 inches and 325 lbs but that could have been in basketball shoes. In a 2000 interview with Conan O'Brien he said he was about 7'1. The heaviest he ever was is 537 so he could have lost some height from the amount of weight he had on and he also had hip surgery so he probably lost more height from that and right now he's 52 years old. The picture with Shaq Big Show and Kane at WrestleMania when I saw the video Shaq looked like he was wearing his basketball shoes or shoes that are similar to his basketball shoes so maybe he's 7'1 could have lost a little height since he was older and Big Show make between 6'11 and a little bit of 7 ft But I agree that he's 6'11 to 6'10.
Big Show was billed at 7'1" and 325 lbs when he was playing college basketball. I think even then, he wasn't that tall. Maybe 7 ft in his early 20s. He had back surgery a few years ago and it did actually make him shorter. So now, in his 50s, he's in the 6'9 1/2-6'10 range. Any way you look at it, he is a very large person. He was legitimately over 500 lbs at one point in his career. He was told to lose weight and generally was in the 425-450 lb range. At one point, he did get under 400 but not sure where he's at now.
Big Show was never billed as the son of andre the giant in the wwe. WCW did that. They called him the Giant there. I think his peak height was when he was in wcw then when he transitioned to wwf. That was his early career. Also thats the best his physique ever looked in his career. I think at that time he was probably 6'10 3/4 barefoot. In boots 6'11 1/2 . Then in his later career when he got fat, he was likely 6'10 barefoot 6'10 1/2 in boots.
According to me The real height of Big show, great Khali, Andre the giant, Jordan Omos and Shaque o Neil is 6 feet 10 inch. Kevin Nash is 6 feet 9 inch. Kane is 6 feet 7 inch Undertaker is 6 feet 7 inch Where as Hulk hogan, Orton , McIntyre , strawman height is 6 feet 5 or 6 inch
the heights for all the wrestlers over the years have been exaggerated. hogan at best 6'4" not 6'8", studd possibly 6'9" not 7'. Andre at most 6'11" not 7'5"..etc.. we can go on and on...and that's not counting making the wrestlers wear elevator boots like the actors in Hollywood to make them taller than they actually are. like Tom cruise...he looks 6' tall when he's seen in public doing interviews and appearances when in reality he's 5'6" wearing elevated boots exaggerating his height by 6 inches.
Well, the picture at 2:49 he's behind Vince who is 6' 2" and he appears to be a whole head above him, which I estimate in this case to be about 11 - 12 inches. The problem with waste up photos, is that you can't really see what's going on and no doubt Show was in his lifts and they were big in themselves (about 2 inches thick). I would say he was a legit 6' 11" in his prime and has probably shrunk by an inch or two now down to about 6 '9".
He was a few inches taller than Kevin Nash in WCW - both of their peaks - I would say 7feet for Show and 6-10 for Nash .. any way you slice it they were both awesome in size and performance…
Whenever they had Kevin Nash in the ring with Big Show, they had Big Show wearing lifts while Nash was in sandals. They're the same height. Back stage photos are meaningless because they put Andre on wooden blocks to make him taller, among many other wrestlers. You can only go by in-ring total body photos and even then you have to check the shoes and the camera angles. Big Show and Kevin Nash are 6'10".
You clearly missed early Big Show (Giant) in WCW and Nash in 96-97.. Giant clearly always looked he had the same same height on Nash that Nash had on people like Sid Vicious Waylon Mercy Mabel and Undertaker when he was Diesel in the WWF.. The only wrestler so far that has had any height whatshowever on Big Show so far is Ron Reis (Reese from Raven's flock/ Yeti)
Am I going crazy or did you delete your channel? I used to watch you back when you were celeb facts and then I noticed your channel was missing and I was thinking about you the other day and now this just popped up on my homepage.
Don't college basketball players have be measured to ascertain their true heights for medical insurance purposes ? I remember Kevin Nash showing his, and it showed he was 6-10.5 when he was 18. So there must be one for Show too.
@glenray335 actually there is a picture of kane and vince Vaughn together...vince is legit 6'5 and they looked pretty much same height...I don't think kane is 6'8...maybe 6'7 in his prime
Maybe 6,11 when he but his big boots on witch give him just as other people a nice boost i think without his boots around the same height as a young Kevin nash
No, 6'11.5 is 6'11.5 and at that height it's actually incredibly significant since you can count on a few hands how many people are that tall so just to have centimeter puts you that much closer to number one in the world.
I was a short 6'5 265lbs when I met the Big Show at an airport. (He asked me for directions). We were both wearing cowboy boots. My boots put me over 6'7". Big Show was 7'2"-7'3" in his boots. (450lbs?) It's not often I get dwarfed but I felt like a kid standing beside him. When he shook my hand, my hand disappeared in his.
You're more like 6'3, and Big Show is around 6'11.
@@Confucius202 At 18, I was measured at 6'4" 5/8 in bare feet. Today, after an accident where I injured my legs & back,
I measure at 6'3" 3/4 in bare feet. Big Show and I are of a similar age.
@@JamesSmith-sw3nk how did the accident cause you to shrink? Was it bc if surgery?
@@robertwilliams5618 I fell over 15ft and landed like a long jumper and then fell back. My spine compressed and then curved a little. My heels took the initial impact, it broke my shoes and physically split my heels. My spine took the rest of the impact. My feet, knees, especially hips & back hurt for a month afterwards. A back specialist told me that they could get my height back with a surgery or two but while doing rehab and waiting to see what to do, I realized that my back didn't "go out" anymore from a previous football injury. (It would go out a couple times of year) When it went out, I was in excruciating pain, hard to sit or move, even hard to sleep. My back has never went out again since the fall. I traded 10/10 pain a couple times of year for 2/10 pain more often. I've decided to stay short! 😁
For me, he was 7'0'' at his peak - same as Andre at his peak.Nowadays, 6'10" at best, maybe as little as 6'9''
Not entirely related, but this helped me contextualize Shaq's statement to Howard Stern that he was 6'11". At that time. Not that he had always been 6'11" at max height. I'm not sure why I interpreted his statement that way to begin with.
The beating athletes take combined with age definitely makes them shrink.
@@146zigzag3 he was on Howard Stern when he was extremely young and he said that he was 6'11.
He also has said with Charles Barkley now that he's old that he was 6'11.. so I believe that was his peak height.
He's definitely big enough that you wouldn't lose him in a crowd😂
Actually, it was WCW that called him "Andre's son" and he was billed at 7 foot 4.
Lol, when Goldberg Jackhammered him they claimed 7'4 550, absolutely ridiculous.
I think he was just about 7 feet in his prime. but is currently 6'9-6'10.
I don't think he was ever a legit 7' barefoot.
Whenever they had Kevin Nash in the ring with Big Show, they had Big Show wearing lifts while Nash was in sandals. They're roughly the same height.
Back stage photos are meaningless because they put Andre on wooden blocks to make him taller, among many other wrestlers.
You can only go by in-ring total body photos and even then you have to check the shoes and the camera angles. Big Show and Kevin Nash are 6'10".
Agreed, he was more like 6'11.5" or 6'11.75" at most.
More like 6ft11
@@nananyantakyi1549 I'm not sure if he was a flat 6'11". I think he might have been at least 6'11.5".
He was billed as Andre's son in WCW, not WWE. Also, WCW actually billed him as 7'4.
he was measured 7’1 in shoes when he played basketball
That means he was 7'0 without shoes as I have been saying. Typical shoes give you about an inch.
@@randyharris7289 what is how big is shoes are they probably give him an inch and a quarter.
6-11” peak. Shaq was at least 1” taller….
Big Show said his father was 6'5" and his brothers are 6'7" & 6'8". They aren't small people.
He said he was always a little over 7ft. His high-school stats say 7"1. He's now around 6'11.
He's 6ft 10". He would have been taller but he had treatment for his gigantism to stop growing
I would say peak 7 feet in boots. 6'11 without. Now like 6'10, 6'9. Pretty much the same as Andre. Except Big Show took way better care of himself than Andre did.
The Big Show is one of my favorite giants in Professional Wrestling. It's possible that he could have been 7 ft when he was much younger while in college he's listed at 7 ft 1 inches and 325 lbs but that could have been in basketball shoes. In a 2000 interview with Conan O'Brien he said he was about 7'1. The heaviest he ever was is 537 so he could have lost some height from the amount of weight he had on and he also had hip surgery so he probably lost more height from that and right now he's 52 years old. The picture with Shaq Big Show and Kane at WrestleMania when I saw the video Shaq looked like he was wearing his basketball shoes or shoes that are similar to his basketball shoes so maybe he's 7'1 could have lost a little height since he was older and Big Show make between 6'11 and a little bit of 7 ft But I agree that he's 6'11 to 6'10.
Big Show was billed at 7'1" and 325 lbs when he was playing college basketball. I think even then, he wasn't that tall. Maybe 7 ft in his early 20s. He had back surgery a few years ago and it did actually make him shorter. So now, in his 50s, he's in the 6'9 1/2-6'10 range. Any way you look at it, he is a very large person. He was legitimately over 500 lbs at one point in his career. He was told to lose weight and generally was in the 425-450 lb range. At one point, he did get under 400 but not sure where he's at now.
Big Show was never billed as the son of andre the giant in the wwe. WCW did that. They called him the Giant there. I think his peak height was when he was in wcw then when he transitioned to wwf. That was his early career. Also thats the best his physique ever looked in his career. I think at that time he was probably 6'10 3/4 barefoot. In boots 6'11 1/2 . Then in his later career when he got fat, he was likely 6'10 barefoot 6'10 1/2 in boots.
3:57 idk what you see but to me Kane's lifts were definetly smaller than Big Show's especially on the heel part
Looked taller in Wcw and shrunk down when he became heavier. Probably 6'11 down to 6'9.5
Sounds good.
The camera angles in WCW made Big Show seem taller than what he was.
@billkelly6292 the long hair made him look taller too and he was more lanky looking back then
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I think strawman is a weak 6ft6 and I think prime Big show was 6ft 11
In WCW when they claimed he was 7 ft. 4 and he stood beside The Yeti at Halloween Havoc, it made Yeti or Ron Reis look over 8 feet tall!
@@MattAllen-4Ever1 The YEETAY!
According to me
The real height of Big show, great Khali, Andre the giant, Jordan Omos and Shaque o Neil is 6 feet 10 inch.
Kevin Nash is 6 feet 9 inch.
Kane is 6 feet 7 inch
Undertaker is 6 feet 7 inch
Where as Hulk hogan, Orton , McIntyre , strawman height is
6 feet 5 or 6 inch
Oh for God sake, he was 7'0 when he was young. What the hell is the difference 6'11 1/2, or 7'0?? Same shit.
@@randyharris7289 it literally isn't especially when there's only about 2000 people that tall...so every milimeter puts you ahead in the rankings.
the heights for all the wrestlers over the years have been exaggerated. hogan at best 6'4" not 6'8", studd possibly 6'9" not 7'. Andre at most 6'11" not 7'5"..etc.. we can go on and on...and that's not counting making the wrestlers wear elevator boots like the actors in Hollywood to make them taller than they actually are. like Tom cruise...he looks 6' tall when he's seen in public doing interviews and appearances when in reality he's 5'6" wearing elevated boots exaggerating his height by 6 inches.
He was about 7ft in his 20s now about 6ft 9 or 10.
Prime Big show height was during 1990s. 95 - 99 at 6ft 11 - 7ft at 380lbs - 400lbs.
Well, the picture at 2:49 he's behind Vince who is 6' 2" and he appears to be a whole head above him, which I estimate in this case to be about 11 - 12 inches.
The problem with waste up photos, is that you can't really see what's going on and no doubt Show was in his lifts and they were big in themselves (about 2 inches thick).
I would say he was a legit 6' 11" in his prime and has probably shrunk by an inch or two now down to about 6 '9".
@@Longlostpuss vince was never more than 5'11. Btw it's spelled waist.
Big Show came up to Shaq’s forehead. Shaq is 7 feet tall. Big Show is about 6’9”. It’s possible that he was taller before he had multiple surgeries.
Who's next in line for a height video?
I don't see him being much over 5'11" now.
once kane took off his mask, I was out.
The real question is how tall the Giant Paul Wight really is?
He was a few inches taller than Kevin Nash in WCW - both of their peaks - I would say 7feet for Show and 6-10 for Nash .. any way you slice it they were both awesome in size and performance…
Only Giant Gonzalez was a legitimate 7 footer.
His real height is 7 feet 7 inch
Whenever they had Kevin Nash in the ring with Big Show, they had Big Show wearing lifts while Nash was in sandals. They're the same height.
Back stage photos are meaningless because they put Andre on wooden blocks to make him taller, among many other wrestlers.
You can only go by in-ring total body photos and even then you have to check the shoes and the camera angles. Big Show and Kevin Nash are 6'10".
You clearly missed early Big Show (Giant) in WCW and Nash in 96-97.. Giant clearly always looked he had the same same height on Nash that Nash had on people like Sid Vicious Waylon Mercy Mabel and Undertaker when he was Diesel in the WWF..
The only wrestler so far that has had any height whatshowever on Big Show so far is Ron Reis (Reese from Raven's flock/ Yeti)
I'll give big show 6"11, Nash 6'9 and guys like undertaker, kane and sid 6'7, guys like Hogan seemed 6'3
Big show was 7ft 0 213cm at peak currently is 6ft 10 inches tall.
Am I going crazy or did you delete your channel? I used to watch you back when you were celeb facts and then I noticed your channel was missing and I was thinking about you the other day and now this just popped up on my homepage.
You're not going crazy.
@@BecauseYoureWrong Did you disappear because of TH-cam rules/copyright issues?
show was 6'11 barefoot in his prime
The son of Andre made his father Andre the Giant very proud.
Giant Gonzalez was a legit 7 ft 4 in.
Big show was wearing elevated footwear in a couple of these pics.
Wilt chamberlain had a noticeable height difference on shaq more than he did andre
I don't necessarily agree with that interpretation.
Andre was not young there and had lost significant height.
6’11 peak 6’9 current
Kane and vince vaughn done a charity event, they were the same height , vince is 6 .5 you can look the pictures up
I've seen the pictures and Kane was noticeably taller.
Big show has huge soles on his boots
Don't college basketball players have be measured to ascertain their true heights for medical insurance purposes ? I remember Kevin Nash showing his, and it showed he was 6-10.5 when he was 18. So there must be one for Show too.
He stood next to ron Reese whome was 7'2 And show was just barely shorter.
How can they say kane was 7 feet and big show as well...if big show was always like 5 inches taller
Kane 6-8. Big Show 6-11
@glenray335 actually there is a picture of kane and vince Vaughn together...vince is legit 6'5 and they looked pretty much same height...I don't think kane is 6'8...maybe 6'7 in his prime
WWE NEVER billed Show as Andre's son. WCW did.
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Did you need a full 10 minutes to read his height
To make money off TH-cam, yeah.
Is Braun strowman same height as Kane or even taller?
I'm not sure.
I would say Kane is taller than Braun.
Maybe 6,11 when he but his big boots on witch give him just as other people a nice boost i think without his boots around the same height as a young Kevin nash
6'11 in his prime maybe 6'11.25.
6'11 in his prime, weak 6'10/strong 6'9 today.
Peak 6-10.75
Donald wight? Lol
getting old
@BecauseYoureWrong can you reupload a video on Brian shaw? Tired of his lies!
He's 6'6 at best.
Do Undertaker and Kane
6'11.5 is 7' whats a half inch lol
More than a centimeter.
No, 6'11.5 is 6'11.5 and at that height it's actually incredibly significant since you can count on a few hands how many people are that tall so just to have centimeter puts you that much closer to number one in the world.