Former World Champion Opens Up About Weight-Loss Journey After Reaching 537 Pounds
Paul Wight, A.K.A The Big Show, is a former multiple-time World Champion who has wrestled across the WWE, WCW, and AEW. Known for being huge, he once weighed 537 pounds. Now, the wrestling legend who is bound to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame has lost 144 pounds. Here is how he achieved his impressive transformation.
How Big Paul Wight Got
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Throughout Paul Wight's long wrestling career, he has been known by his real name, The Big Show, and The Giant, with those nicknames perfectly fitting his large stature. The WWE bills Wight as standing 7'0 and his announced weight always fell in the extreme range, even when compared against the other wrestlers working for the company. A February 2026 Talk Sport article reported that Wight reached 537 pounds at his peak weight.
How Much Paul Wight Weighs Now
On February 3, 2026, Paul Wight shared a gym photo of himself on Instagram and gave the world a major update on his health journey. Alongside a photo of him showing off his stomach, Wight posted a caption that revealed that he was down to 393 pounds. Considering that he weighed 537 pounds at his highest, that means that Wight has dropped 144 pounds in total. He also wrote that he isn't done changing his body, as the wrestler is aiming for 360 pounds as his goal weight.
How Paul Wight Transformed His Body
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The most basic thing that Paul Wight did to change his physique was to dramatically alter his diet, as he explained during a July 2023 TalkSport interview. "I used to just eat whatever I wanted in massive amounts. I'd probably say somewhere around 13,000 to 18,000 calories a day. I'd get three or four Big Macs, and I'd get fries, and I'd get a shake, and get apple pies and a fish sandwich in there too, or go to Taco Bell and get like 20 tacos. Now I kind of feel like I eat like a mouse. I have about 10 ounces of protein, you know, I have a small portion of carbs, and some veg. Try to eat halfway decent."
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During a February 2017 WWE.com interview, Wight opened up about the workout routine he adopted when he began to get in shape at the time. He explained that under his personal trainer, Dodd Romero, he was blending swimming, biking, and weight training. Wight also revealed that his workouts were designed to help him lose weight, as that was his focus over gaining muscle.
"For me, it depends on how many days of the week I work. Right now my schedule’s pretty light, but if I’m home three days, I train every day. If I’m home 10 days, I train every day. Right now, mostly, everything I count on is high-rep. Everything from 50 reps, 35 reps, 21 reps. I’m not trying to build muscle right now, I’m trying to keep my metabolism up, keep my tendons strong, keep my joints good and cut a lot of fat. We’ll get to the muscle-building end of it once I get my body fat down to where I want it to be."
Wight continued, "Right now I go through a lot of carb cycling. At some point, we’ll flip the switch and start adding some more good carbs in and start changing our reps to maybe an eight-six-four-two-one type of rep deal. Those who weight train know what I’m talking about; lower reps with heavier weight will be more for building muscle. Right now we’re just trying to burn it up and keep it high-energy so the fat doesn’t have a chance to stick and grow."