(13 Apr 2010) SHOTLIST
AP Television
London 13th April 2010
1. Various Paul Wight posing for photographs
2. Mid shot fans
3. Mid shot Paul Wight signing autograph
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Paul Wight AKA The Big Show:
"Our UK fan base is so tremendously loyal with the television coverage that we have we are on SKY1 and Sky Sports, but we try to get over as much as we can to let the crowds experience us live. Watching our product on television and pay per view is one thing, but coming to a show and seeing us in person is different they get to really be part of us and connect with us and the U.K has always been a great haven for WWE.
5. Mid shot Paul Wight signing autograph
6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Paul Wight AKA The Big Show:
"The tours are almost always sold out. The fans are at the hotels screaming and yelling and the autographs, I mean quite frankly I feel more like a star in the U.K. Than I do in the U.S. In the U.S. It''s like ''Oh it''s Big Show. You come over to the U.K. It''s like ''Oh it''s Big Show!'', and I feel like a star."
7. Mid shot Paul Wight signing autograph for a child fan
8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Paul Wight AKA The Big Show:
"This is The Big Show action figure with the twist and flex so I can do a little knock out punch there or I can throw someone. This is actually really weird, when my daughter was little - she''s 12 now, but when she was 4 or 5 and she had a lot of these dolls like Princess Pollys and all that kind of stuff, she put dresses on my action figure and leave them on the kitchen table and she''d come in and say ''Daddy is wearing a dress'' and she''d giggle and walk off. I''m like ''I''m not wearing a dress - I''m an action figure'', so it is kind of cool to see yourself as an action figure and not a doll, see it has action - right? Ok, not funny."
9. Fans queueing for autographs
10. Mid shot Paul Wight meeting fan
11. Wide Paul Wight meeting fans
STORYLINE
THE BIG SHOW SAYS HE''S NO DOLL
He''s over 7 feet tall (2.13 meters), weighs more than 30 stones (441 pounds) and he''s currently throwing his weight around the UK.
Paul Wight, also known as The Big Show, dropped into Harrods in London Tuesday (13th April) 2010 to promote his new action figure and meet his legion of adoring fans.
Currently touring the UK the WWE star says it would be unfair to his fans if they could only see his fights on TV.
"We try to get over as much as we can to let the crowds experience us live. Watching our product on television and pay per view is one thing, but coming to a show and seeing us in person is different they get to really be part of us and connect with us and the U.K has always been a great haven for WWE," he says.
Describing his British fans as among the most loyal, The Big Show says he adores the reaction he receives in the U.K.
"The tours are almost always sold out. The fans are at the hotels screaming and yelling and the autographs, I mean quite frankly I feel more like a star in the U.K. Than I do in the U.S. In the U.S. It''s like ''Oh it''s Big Show. You come over to the U.K. It''s like ''Oh it''s Big Show!'', and I feel like a star."
In the world of wrestling, The Big Show is a megastar.
He''s clawed in two WCW World Heavyweight Championship titles, has won the WWF/E Championship twice and mastered the ECW World Heavyweight Championship.
The wrestler, who boasts a 64-inch chest and a 22 EEEEE shoe size initially came to prominence through his career in World Championship Wrestling from 1995 until 1999 as The Giant.
"It is kind of cool to see yourself as an action figure and not a doll," he says.
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