Last year's WrestleMania didn't exactly go as planned for The Big Show last year; he was supposed to star in a big money match opposite Shaquille O'Neal but that didn't pan out and it then sounded like The World's Largest Athlete would be wrapping up his WWE career by being taken out by Braun Strowman.
Fans were understandably disappointed about that, especially as Show was in better shape than ever before and looked prime for at least one more run. Well, despite all those reports that he would be retiring, The Big Show has now confirmed that he's signed a new deal with the company which ensures that he'll remain part of WWE for the foreseeable future based on the comments below.
"The rumors of me retiring… are false. I actually re-signed in January. So I have a new contract, multi-year deal, so I’ll be around for a while. This is not the end. For those … who wanted me to retire? Too bad, so sad, I’m still here. It’s a different role for me. I’m still competing in the ring, doing a lot more outside projects – more projects for myself as well, but it’s a good synergy that WWE and I put together and I’m really looking forward to the future."
Well, it definitely sounds like The Big Show won't be a fixture of RAW and SmackDown Live moving forward then but at least we know he'll pop up here and there in the near future. The first of those is the Greatest Royal Rumble in Saudi Arabia on April 27th and we know he's inducting Mark Henry into the WWE Hall of Fame this Friday, so it's possible he'll be at WrestleMania in some capacity too.