“The Big Show” Paul Wight is taking on a new role in AEW after serving in various capacities within the promotion.
After two decades with WWF/E, Wight joined All Elite Wrestling in February 2021, where he has wrestled occasionally and worked as an announcer. His most recent match was earlier this year on the Chris Jericho Cruise, where he teamed up with Jericho, reminiscent of their WWE tag team days.
In March, Wight hinted on Instagram about an imminent return to the ring, but that hasn’t materialized yet, and there’s no current update on when or if it will happen. Recently, Wight shared on Instagram that he was back in the gym after undergoing knee and hip replacements.
On a recent episode of ROH TV, Wight announced that Tony Khan had appointed him to the Ring of Honor Board of Directors.
Speaking of Ring of Honor Wrestling, Tony Khan wants to rename the promotion to “AEW ROH”. Here’s what he said:
“It’s really interesting what the promotion has grown into, but I’m really proud of it. I think ROH holds an important place. I recognize that AEW is at the very top of pro wrestling. The ROH brand could frankly benefit from even more association. I don’t think it’s out of the question to say or sacrilegious to say.
I think it would only help grow the ROH brand if I were to license it or sublicense it if it were ‘AEW ROH’. I don’t think that’s a crazy thing or sacrilegious or bad. I think it would be good for everybody. People would see more of the connectivity that exists between promotions and what we’re going for.
It’s not crazy at all to think Ring of Honor could be televised in the Warner Brothers Discovery family. Would Ring of Honor frankly have a lot more value as ‘AEW Ring of Honor’? Yeah, probably.
I think I’ve come to that realization as far as the presentation. That might mean a more cohesive absorption of the promotion into the fabric of what we’re already doing, but not in a way that would affect things.”
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