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The Undertaker is one of the biggest names in WWE history. He is a certified legend and has a list of accolades that is unmatched till today. The Phenom is a multiple-time World Champion in WWE. Moreover, he was a locker room leader backstage for most of his career.

The Phenom is perhaps the most respected individual backstage in WWE. Several wrestlers have come forward throughout the years to thank The Undertaker for inspiring and guiding them through the business.

One of these wrestlers is former WWE Superstar, The Big Show. The Big Show has wrestled for many big promotions starting with WCW, after which he worked the majority of his career with WWE. He left WWE and joined AEW in 2021 to the shock of the wrestling world.

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The Big Show is a former seven-time World Champion in WWE and has had a legendary career. However, in his initial years working for the company, he found it hard to have a grip on his role as a giant. This is when The Undertaker took The Big Show under his wing.

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The Big Show has opened up several times about The Undertaker’s influence on him. Talking to Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Big Show once said that in the beginning, The Undertaker was always after him to work better. The Big Show was new to WWE and did not understand yet how it was to work like a giant in the ring.

The Big Show said, “It’s funny I used to dread working him, I used to look at his name across from mine, and I would get sick to my stomach.”

However, The Undertaker used to wait for him backstage to drop a few pearls of wisdom. The Big Show has further claimed that he used to dread meeting up with The Undertaker as he could not understand what The Phenom wanted him to do exactly.

However, The Big Show added that he is immensely thankful to The Phenom for imparting the knowledge that he needed.

The history between The Big Show and The Undertaker

The Undertaker found one of his biggest rivals in The Big Show. Both WWE Superstars have had a series of incredible matches which have now become classics.

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Both WWE legends have become two of the most popular wrestlers in the world. The Undertaker is set to become a part of the WWE Hall of Fame in April. It is unclear if The Big Show will return to WWE anytime soon, but his fans await his arrival.

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