Paul Wight Reacts To Being Shoved Off A Roof By Hulk Hogan, Says ‘GenZeroes’ Is ‘Unlike Anything’ He Has Ever Seen
19.05.2022 - 17:19
/ etcanada.com
Paul Wight would rather fight off alien invaders in “GenZeroes” than face Hulk Hogan on a rooftop again.
Wight, star of All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and the former WWE champion known as The Big Show, recently caught up with ET Canada ahead of the launch of his new sci-fi series “GenZeroes”. Wight took a trip down memory lane and looked ahead to the premiere of his new show.
Wight, performing as The Giant, was infamously shoved off the roof of Cobo Arena in Detroit by Hogan at WCW’s “Halloween Havoc” event in 1995. Do not expect to ever see Wight perform a stunt like that again.
“I definitely wouldn’t even consider doing that now at my age with my wisdom,” Wight told ET Canada. “Like, ‘No. Why are we doing that?’ But at 22, 23-years-old, I’m like, ‘Yeah, whatever you want to do. Push me off a building? Awesome.’ You know, because you’re just so excited.”
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Added Wight, “The thing was for me to fall off the building. It was about four stories into a big airbag. I’m not a stunt man. I’ve never done anything like that, you know?… You’re young and you think you’re bulletproof… Just being young and being funny, when I went over and Hulk’s looking over the top at me, I was flipping him a bird on the way down… It’s a wonder he didn’t bust out laughing when I did it.”
Wight also confirmed a long-standing urban legend about his early years. Rumour has it that Wight, who has been billed at standing over seven feet in height and weighing at least 383 pounds, has performed a moonsault. This move, generally reserved for lighter competitors, involves climbing to the top rope of a ring, performing a backflip