Who would be so crazy as to really fight at the backstage of WWE con The Big Show? And with The Great Khali? Well they were and did. They also shared the quadrilateral many times, a total of 40, including 14 hands by hand or the elimination chamber struggle for the World Weight Championship in the edition of the homonym event in 2012.
► Big Show vs. Great Khali
But all occasions were scheduled, Not like that confrontation that starred after racks. Both have spoken on occasion of this but who describes it best is Chris Jerichothen dressed partner of the two, in his autobiography The Best In The World: At What I Have No Idea. Let's discover how giants collided to that point:
«The Great Khali and The Big Show had disagreed for years. What the boys called 'Giant Heat', which basically meant that They were resentful of each other because they are the two giants.
They had spent their entire life being the biggest person in any room, amazing specimens that everyone looked with fear and astonishment. But now, for the first time, they were opposed to the title, and Neither of them endured. Khali was taller, show was better in the ring, and that's why Each one felt jealous of the other.
We were in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, in a fighting couples against Khali and Undertaker. It was the first time that he fought against Taker, and seeing his live entry was something surreal. When the lights went out and that gong sounded like Taco Bell, there was no similar sensation. The public was silent for the astonishment, and then crazy when the blue lights broke the darkness and the best creation of Vince McMahon began his march towards the ring. He climbed the stairs, removed his hat showing the total target of his eyes, while taking his tongue. Chilling, classic and exciting, all at the same time.
The fight itself was not much, but it had a prominent moment: Khali stealing one of the moves of show right on his face. Show had a characteristic movement where he took his opponent to the corner, asked for silence with his finger, and then let out a brutal swipe with his hand open, which sounded (and felt) as if he had sunk his chest to the other. It hurt as the demon, but the public always reacted madly, which made it worth it. Khali had stolen that movement and used it in all his fighting, although Show had already asked him for several times that he did not do it. But who was going to stop him? Khali measured more than two meters and did not care what anyone thought, much less his nemesis, Big Show. Even so, he had giant eggs when he made that chop on his face. 'That bastard just steal my move,' Show murmured on the edge of the ring, and I knew something was going to happen. He was furious, and he wasn't going to pass it.
Already in the dressing room, after the fight, Show kept throwing smoke, literally seemed to come out vapor from his ears. When Khali entered a few minutes later, the riot was armed. 'Hey, bastard, why do you keep stealing my moves, huh?! That is total shit and you have to stop now! '. I must say that I like Khald and I respect what he has achieved, because I know what it is to be the only foreigner in a dressing room where you do not speak the local language. Even so, he made the effort to fit, although with his minimum English, deep voice and marked accent, it was sometimes almost impossible to understand it. Each phrase of his was full of “bro” and “man”, which were basically the only thing one could understand. 'What are you talking about, Bro?'Khali replied, with an accent as dense as his torso. 'Don't come with those innocent blowjobs! I have already told you to stop stealing my moves. Besides, you can't even do them well because you're a damn trunk! ' Khald looked at him calm and replied: 'You are also a trunk, Bro'. That made me laugh, despite the tension. I loved that Khali did not deny that it was bad, but I wanted to make it clear that I thought the same thing of show … bro.
That was too much for show, who grabbed Khald's bag and threw it into a cornerwhich was like slapping him with a glove and challenging him duel. Khald accepted and stood as fast as he could (which took about five seconds). The two greatest men in WWE's history were face to face, and I'm not sure that none really knew what to do. Show had trained a little as a boxer, and Khali had been a police officer in India (you imagining a stop and that monster approaches your window?), But I don't think that neither of them has been in many street fights. I mean, they were giants; Who was going to put them in school? I guess, just by intimidation, they avoided many fights in their lives.
But this was different. It was not just about stealing a move, it was the maximum point of years and years of 'Giant Heat'. It was the jungle law, and only the biggest was going to survive. In addition, there was no reversal; They had gone from the line and everyone was looking at the dressing room. Taker, Kane, Regal, Punk … all were around. If they threw back at that time, they lost all respect for the dressing room. A few seconds later, Show launched the first blow, which connected strong in Khali's hypertrophied jaw. He made it staggered, but he didn't lie down, and Khali replied with his own right. The first shots had already been thrown, and hell unleashed. Those two Titans began to let go of madrazos as if they were Tiger Williams. I counted at least five more cloths, sounding with each impact on their faces, shoulders, necks and breasts. He had a front row to see King Kong against Godzilla, and They were fighting to death. No one in the dressing room was encouraged to get, and also, how would we? His fists were the size of my head! If I tried to separate them, they were going to fly like a biplane trying to tear down Kong from Empire State. And he was not the only one who thought like that.
Cody Rhodes was well involved in a corneras far as possible from chaos. Even Kane, who had the size to intervene, was alone with a towel, and I guess he didn't want to risk being falling and his big network Machine was seen. The battle continued until Show threw a blow into the air, stumbled upon a chair and went to the ground, with Khali falling on him. At that moment the boys got to separate them, and the fight ended. It was a quite even draw, but Show still insists that he lost because Khali was on top.
If we measure it with hockey fighting rules, then yes, show lost. But from where I was, it was an impressive fight. Show may not have lost the battle, but He definitely lost the war when Vince forced him to apologize to Khali for having thrown the first blow, in a private meeting days later. Apparently, Show told Khali that he had gone from the line and that he should not have hit it first (although in the reissued version of George Lucas, it was Khali who threw the first blow), and that he would not happen again. Khali nodded and said: 'No problem, bro.'«
