As announced by AEW, former WWE superstar Paul Wight, also known as The Big Show, will make his first live appearance for the company in the next episode of Dynamite.
The AEW signing of the former WWE superstar was the most shocking news in recent days and several members of the wrestling community have reacted to the development.
Ric Flair has weighed in on his thoughts on the Big Show joining AEW during a recent talk with David LaGreca and Bubba Ray Dudley on SiriusXM’s Busted Open Radio.
The WWE Hall of Fame revealed that while he spent a lot of time with Big Show lately, he didn’t know Wight was on his way to AEW.
“No, no. I’ve been to the Big Show a lot lately and we’ve been friends for a long time. I remember the night he entered Chicago, Horizon. I was fighting Hogan that night and he came in with a friend and he left us. present to all “.
Ric Flair had a lot of admiration for Paul Wight, and also revealed if he knew of the superstar’s intentions to leave the WWE.
Flair might be heavily involved with the WWE these days, but he doesn’t feel the need to search for information behind the scenes. The Nature Boy recalled that he met Big Show during the WWE Legends Night episode of RAW.
“He was just a wonderful guy, and he’s still a wonderful guy, but I don’t know what happened. I try not to ask, you know like we understood where we had all been aware, I’m there all the time and I’ve been there a lot. But now I find that it’s a different world and it’s better not to ask.Instead of looking and trying to catch up, I pretend like I’m there, say hello and all that.To answer your question, I was just with him and I didn’t see it happen. He didn’t mention a word to me and I was with him, which two weeks ago, three weeks ago, and whenever they had Legion Runion, he was there. “