big show was born in 1950
on the july 4 episode of ecw big show defeated rob van dam to win the ecw world heavyweight championship in philadelphia with the assistance of ecws representative paul heyman who declined to make the threecount for van dam after van dam performed the five star frog splash on big show
after a brief hiatus big show returned on the june 1 episode of raw where he knocked out the miz and confronted intercontinental champion ryback