As noted, Paul Wight recently spoke with the folks from Submission Radio out of Australia for an in-depth interview.
In addition to the highlights we previously published from the interview here on the website, the former WWE Superstar known as Big Show also discussed the WWE walk-out of Sasha Banks and Naomi.
Featured below are some additional highlights where he touches on this topic, as well as how he had an attitude during his own career and a golden rule for the industry.
On how he business often comes down to making hard business decisions, and how talent sometimes feel they need to take a stand: “For me to speculate on all of that would just be absurd, because I don’t know. I haven’t talked to Naomi, I haven’t talked to Mercedes, or Sasha, either. So, I think every talent… fans forget, you know, there’s keywords used every time, there’s opportunity and all these different things, but this is still a business. And as much as we love and everyone has passion for this business, it comes down to a lot of times making business decisions. And sometimes a talent believes strongly in something they have to take that stand.”
On his own career and the attitude he had, as well as a golden rule for the industry: “I’ve never been put in a position where I felt like I had to make that choice. My attitude was always very different in wrestling. I always [felt like] I signed a contract, they pay me to do this. Whatever they want me to do. Whether it’s getting knocked out by a mechanical bull, wear a mawashi and have my ass hang out at WrestleMania and have a sumo match. That was never a thing for me where I was so worried about my character. And I’ve caught grief for that over the years too, [that] I’ve sold too much for these people, I’ve done too much for other people. Everybody’s got an opinion. I always approached this business and never forgot the golden rule, that it’s entertainment, it’s not real, doesn’t matter. Whatever you do last week, most people won’t remember in three or four weeks. And if they do remember it, then that’s a good thing, because you’ve made an impact on a fan. But everyone looks at this business differently. They all have their own business choices and opinions.”
On how he hopes things work out for Sasha Banks and Naomi: “I just hope obviously that Sasha and Naomi find a way to work things out, because they’re two incredible talents that fans really enjoy seeing. And the only sad thing out of the whole scenario would be them not being able to entertain the fans that I know that they both are very passionate about and love doing. But again, all you can do is sit back and wait and see what happens.”
Check out the complete Paul Wight interview via the YouTube video embedded below, or by visiting YouTube.com. H/T to WrestlingHeadlines.com for transcribing the above quotes.
