The Big Show was recently a guest on Steve Austin’s podcast, The Steve Austin Show. The Big Show spoke on a wide variety of topics about his wrestling career. One of these topics was why Vince McMahon was mad at him before Wrestlemania 21.
For those who forget, Big Show faced off against Akebono in a sumo match at the event.
It turns out that Vince wasn’t too impressed after Big Show weighed more than the sumo wrestler. Here is what he said (via Wrestling INC):
“I think my heaviest I was 537 lbs. When I did that match with Akebono, I think Akebono, for a shoot, weighed 488 [lbs.] and I weighed 509 [lbs.] because I remember Vince being pissed at me because Akebono was supposed to weigh more than me. And [McMahon] looks at me and goes, ‘509 lbs.?’ He shook his head and walked off. I was like, ‘I’m a quarter-ton of fun! What do you want me to say?'”