Big Show stuns fans with incredible 140lb weight loss as 7ft giant reveals insane target

Wrestling fans have spent decades watching Paul Wight, the man formerly known as The Big Show, tower over the competition as a 500-pound mountain of a man.

But the legendary seven-footer is currently looking less like a heavy-hitter and more like a high-performance athlete after a stunning 140-pound body transformation.

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At 53, the AEW star isn’t just trying to get healthy; he has revealed a target weight and physique that most people his size would consider impossible.

For most of his career, Wight leaned into his massive frame.

At his heaviest, he was consuming an eye-watering 13,000 to 18,000 calories a day, often fueled by massive fast-food runs including dozens of tacos or multiple Big Macs in a single sitting.

However, the weight took a toll. Years of punishing his joints in the ring eventually led to a grueling hip surgery that left him confined to a wheelchair for nearly three months. It was a sobering moment for the giant, who realized he was approaching the same age at which the legendary Andre the Giant passed away.

“You don’t make the transformation I’ve made without a serious commitment,” Wight noted in the past, reflecting on forty years of poor nutritional habits.

Surprisingly, the spark for his shredded new look came from a backstage joke with John Cena many years ago. During a conversation about fitness, Wight jokingly asked what use a giant would have for six-pack abs.

Cena’s deadpan response, “Yeah, a giant with abs. That wouldn’t be marketable at all,” felt like a challenge.

Driven to prove he could defy the “big man” stereotype, Wight linked up with celebrity trainer Dodd Romero at the time to overhaul his life.

Today, Wight has dropped from a peak of 537 pounds down to 393 pounds, but he isn’t stopping there. His insane target? 360 pounds.

To get there, he has swapped meatball subs for 10-ounce portions of lean protein and substituted heavy, joint-crushing weights for high-repetition sets (often 50 reps per set) to keep his metabolism firing without damaging his frame.

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This transformation is the latest chapter in a career defined by massive moments.

Wight’s journey began with a literal bang in 1995, debuting as “The Giant” in WCW and immediately winning the World Title from Hulk Hogan. He was a freak of nature who could once perform dropkicks and moonsaults—agility he is now trying to reclaim.

In WWE, he became a household name through iconic rivalries and ring-shattering moments. Literally.

His 2003 superplex with Brock Lesnar remains one of the most replayed moments in SmackDown history.

His high-stakes No-DQ match against boxing legend Floyd “Money” Mayweather at WrestleMania 24 proved he could draw eyes from every corner of the sports world.

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He is also one of the few to hold the WWE, WCW, and ECW World Titles, cementing his status as a future Hall of Famer.

Now a veteran mentor in AEW, Wight views this transition as “the single greatest thing” to happen to him. He’s no longer just the biggest man in the room, he’s aiming to be the most shredded.

If he hits that 360lb goal, the wrestling world will witness something it has never truly seen: a seven-foot giant with the midsection of a bodybuilder.