Big Show and Brock Lesnar breaking the ring during SmackDown’s heyday is one of the most iconic moments of the Ruthless Aggression Era and arguably both men’s careers. It’s a moment that’s still talked about to this day with many believing it was legit. Big Show however recently revealed on Talk Is Jericho that the spot was planned ahead of time.
“We did a spot right before we broke the ring where we’re both down and they shoot a real close-up of both of us selling. Well in that time, [WWE Stunt Coordinator] Ellis [Edwards] had airbags under the ring. So they had lifted the ring a couple inches. So now, when I’m standing on that top corner, that ring is like standing on marbles. Because it’s moving. Of course now I’ve got my fat ass up in the air, 500 pounds on a not very stable surface… So then the ring broke. I just remember when it happened because… you don’t know how the stunt is going to look. But man, it was so perfectly timed the way we did it and Ellis did a great job of setting up. That thing collapsed and everybody they bought it so long.
Big Show also revealed why he never admitted it was a work in the past.
“And this is the first time out all the interviews I’ve ever done, I’ve admitted the truth that that was a rigged angle. On hundreds of interviews, I have lied right through my teeth and said it’s a shoot. But if you get a chance to suspend people’s reality just for an instant, for a second, it’s good for them.”
You can check out the full interview by clicking HERE.
We know it’s rigged. It still sucks to hear it from him.