Big Show on Randy Savage, “Smackdown” Moving to Thursdays, and More

WWE Superstar Big Show was recently interviewed by Mike Jones of DC 101, a rock radio station in the capital of the United States. A number of relevant WWE topics came up in the interview. Among them were “Macho Man” Randy Savage going into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2015, in addition to “Smackdown” moving to Thursday evenings starting on Jan. 15.

Show, once known as The Giant in WCW, spoke about his memories of Savage, recalling one involving “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan:

“Randy was a very eccentric, very intense individual. If he had a big match on a day and you weren’t his opponent, you just knew not to talk to Randy, you knew not to say hi to him. Because Randy only focused on what he had to do that day. Randy was in such a zone that he wasn’t a guy that you chit chat and bs with. Randy was intense all the time. At the same time, outside of the workplace, Randy was one of the most exciting, fun guys to be around, that had so much energy, that laughed about things.”

“Macho had a real dry sense of humor, sometimes you didn’t know if he was serious or if he was joking, you had to know his personality. So their program was done, and Duggan sees Macho in the hall and says, ‘Hey Macho, how are you?’ And Macho’s walking by and says, ‘Screw you Duggan, program’s over.’ And Duggan came in and sat down, and was like, ‘God I thought we were friends. Wow.’ It was just Macho Man teasing Duggan.”

Jones asked “The World’s Largest Athlete” about he and Kane being the only active WWE stars remaining from the debut of “Smackdown” in 1999:

“Kane and I are pretty stubborn, we’re both able to compete at a good level. We both enjoy helping the younger guys come along to develop their characters and it’s still fun for both of us. There’s no pressure for Kane and I like for the younger guys to try and find out who they are as characters.”

Be sure to listen to the entire interview, here.

Editor’s Note

Some fans are understandably not huge fans of Big Show nowadays. Still, his longevity in professional wrestling is incredible, especially given his stature.