Who Is More Successful: Kane or Big Show?

[Any007]

Simple question, u know the drill.

Kane is the only man to ever win WWE, ECW, and WHC title.

Show is the only man to ever win WWE, WCW, and ECW title.

Plus many other accolades and feuds. Don't forget to say why.

 

[harrythem]

On a multi-promotion scale it's all about the Big Show, mainly due to him winning the WCW title as well.

I still picked Kane though, for the simple fact that he was able to take a gimmick that was originally intended for a 6 month run and, nearly 14 years later, still be working around the top of the card with it. Plus throw in the fact the Big Show wasted his potential by preferring to eat and smoke rather then train, and it sadly gives Kane the win!

 

[TheConnecticutBlueblood]

Personally I'm going to say Kane. Personally I prefer Kane and I think he is more successful than the 2. He has always been more intimadating than The Big Show and I think that destructive monster persona has allowed him to be successful in this business. For a man of his size he is excellent in the ring. I think overall Kane has won around 15-16 titles in the WWE while The Big Show has won 15. They both a similar types of guys but the Big Show has spent most of his WWE years in a midcard role pushing for mainevent time and getting odd oppourtunities. Kane has been in some high profile feuds during his time with the WWE and been a midcard/maineventer. For me due to his in ring ability, his character and his feuds, Kane is more successful.

 

[Mitch3721]

I'm going with Big Show. Not only has he been in two main events at wrestlemania (wm 16 and wm 25) to Kanes 0, he was trusted with floyd mayweather, and won roughly the same number of titles as kane. I personally prefer Kane, but on a success level basis, Big Show has been more successful in my opinion.

 

[Pay Per Ghost]

This is a little tough to answer actually.

Kane has been a stellar worker for a good 12 years and can still pull out a great match here and there. His original character was one of the most frightening kayfabe creation ever. Although he has suffered over the years from inconsistent and dumb booking he has still delivered.

Big Show was great in WCW. A proper monster heel who was going the right way till th nWo limbo. In WWE, well he was Austin fodder. Over the years he became someone who was used to put over the next IT guys like Brock and Cena. His whole persona and size does catapult a superstar to higher plane so with that in mind I would say Big Show.
Also because I really like his feud with ADR at the moment and to see him straight up brawling is a nice change.

 

[The Perfect Max]

Tough question, indeed. If it came down to championships, the two would be pretty equal. Like you say Kane is a 1x WWE Champion (24 Hours but it still counts), a 1x ECW Champion and 1x World Heavyweight Champion. The WHC run was probably his best run in a long time. The Big Show is a WWE Champion, ECW Champion and WCW Champion. Dominant. Both of the competators have won multiple Tag Team Championships and both have won the mid-card titles (Big Show - US and Kane - IC). Also, they have both held the Hardcore Championship.

However, for overall career I don't see a question. It is obvious. Kane. His first feud with the Undertaker was epic. If I may say, besides the Rock/Austin feud and the Invasion feud, probably the best feud. The fact they were "brothers" and one was out for the other to take his revenge and Paul Bearer's interference. Also, Bearer was Undertakers manager since 1991. No one really thought he would turn on him. It didn't seem natural. Since then, he has teamed with the Undertaker in Brothers of Destruction. Teamed and feuded with Rob Van Dam and the Hurricane. Was part of the RAW X Anniversary Match of the Decade Award for the 7-Man TLC Match on RAW for the Tag Team Championship (Hurricane was injured so he couldn't compete). He has removed his mask and went on a rampage. He has inpreginated Lita and feuded with Snitsky. He has had many WHC/WWE Championship matches. Money in the Bank moments. The ECW Championship win in 9 seconds. His feud with Rey Mysterio. His feud with other random guys (a low point). Then came the Money in the Bank win and WHC win. A feud with Rey, Swagger and another feud with the Undertaker as well. A feud with Edge and a face turn to team with Big Show again and feud with the Corre and Alberto Del Rio.

The Big Show had his high point in his career during WCW. Since then, this "giant" of a man has always, not underperfomed, but I think unfairly booked. Losing matches to Rey Mysterio? Really? Really? Really? (Riley? Riley? Randy? Randy? Jimmy! Jimmy! Jimmy! etc). He has had the ECW Championship run which I think is my favourite. He has had some good feuds with Kurt Angle, Mark Henry, Kane, Sabu, RVD, Bobby Lashley, DX CM Punk, and Floyd Maywether (WM XXIV main event), but nothing else really.

So, the conclude.

Kane is the better man!

 

[closet_fan]

kane did more with less imo. he was given a silly dentist gimmick and had to work his way up the ranks and has been relatively popular all these years.

big show was thrust into the spotlight as soon as his training was done. he had some very good early years, but lately it seems he has been either booked badly or people are just tired of him.

plus, kane has kept himself in really good shape while big show has ballooned since his early years.

just for laughs, here is the dr. isaac yankem character

 

[aboynameddirt]

Kane, no doubt.

He's in better shape, he has stayed more relevant over the years, he's better in the ring, he's just an overall more interesting and better entertainer.

Nothing against the Big Show, he's done some awesome things in WWE and he was huge during his time in WCW, Kane just seems to be a few steps ahead.

 

[Spidey Revivey]

The Big Show. Doesn't mean shit how you feel about him; he has done more and been part of more things than Kane could ever dream of. He was a WCW monster; had pretty much retired Hulk Hogan, was still relevant in his WWF days, and what's that? Still relevant in the WWE? Holy shit. Yeah I don't like his character, dislike how he wrestles, but I don't recall The Big Show ever being a jobber either.

Kane lives off of Undertaker's reputation. The Big Show lives off of The Big Show's reputation.

 

[Skairipa Matrix]

hmm both are close to equal but im gonna go with kane for the fact that hes better in the ring then big show and his gimmick is better big show hasnt been good on his own possibly ever and kane has had some amazing fueds over the years in fact he even had a good fued with edge which i thought would suck! i think kane is more sucessful and better in the ring and on the mic then show so without a doubt im gonna go with kane.

 

[Amped08]

Easily Big Show. They're about equal in titles, but Show does a lot more for the company. He's ALWAYS a main-event threat, he feuds with real celebs like Mayweather and Shaq, and he was big in both wcw and wwe. While Kane can't stop talking about retiring, Big Show tweeked himself with the boxer persona to stay relevent, and his career will probably go on after Kanes is over. There's a reason WWE made a Big Show DVD and not a Kane one. He's simply done more.

 

[deadtaker]

Big Show has had the higher highs than Kane but also the lower levels as being sent back down to OVW. Big Show was actually counted on to carry the title where as Kane had a 1 day run then went over 10 years without another Heavyweight Championship. I don't count the ECW title because in my mind it was no better than the European Championship in terms of meaning.

Both were meant for the same type of purpose in wrestling. Big men who posed a challenge to the Champion because of the size and strength only to lose as to prove how dominant the top guy was. Whether it was Stone Cold, HHH, Undertaker, Brock Lesner, Cena or whoever else. It kept them at or near the top.

I am having a really tough time choosing between the guy with the better high periods or the guy who was more steady at the top but wasn't really the guy to hold the title. Kane was better overall but if you count the whole career but was never at the same height that Big Show was at certain points of his career.

 

[#hamler]

He's (Kane) in better shape,

The Big Show has dropped around 80 pounds since returning to the WWE. Kane still sports around that flab of a stomach he's had for years.

he has stayed more relevant over the years,

Not really. The Big Show has feuded with bigger names then Kane. Kane stopped being relevant from 2004-2010.

he's better in the ring,

Debatable. Kane’s not the best either.

he's just an overall more interesting and better entertainer.

Still debatable. Big Show has definitely had his fair share of interesting feuds and with his new persona, more interesting than Kane at the moment.

He has always been more intimadating than The Big Show

7 feet 2 inches is a bit intimidating, don’t you think?

and I think that destructive monster persona has allowed him to be successful in this business.

That was some time ago; 13-14 years ago to be exact. But if you look 3 or 4 years ago, Kane was a complete jobber with nothing to his name. He wasn't intimidating then.

For a man of his size he is excellent in the ring.

Mediocre. His best matches were gimmick matches. Show me one good singles non-gimmick match where Kane did anything even remotely impressive.

I think overall Kane has won around 15-16 titles in the WWE while The Big Show has won 15.

Completely irrelevant.

They both a similar types of guys but the Big Show has spent most of his WWE years in a midcard role pushing for mainevent time and getting odd oppourtunities.

Kane spent 5 or so years jobbing to bigger stars. While Big Show may have been mid card material, Kane was certainly below him.

Kane has been in some high profile feuds during his time with the WWE and been a midcard/maineventer. For me due to his in ring ability, his character and his feuds, Kane is more successful.

Big Show has put over a substantial amount of talent - Bobby Lashley, Brock Lesnar, John fucking Cena, Rey Mysterio and Rob Van Dam. Big Show has been in several highly anticipated matches at Wrestlemania with guys that gain main stream attention like Akebono and Floyd "Money" Mayweather.

Kane may be a good entertainer, but he doesn't hold a candle to Big Show's success.

 

[Vinco Menz]

I would have to say Big Show is more successful. Kane spent years being irrelivant in the WWE. Sure, he has won the WWE, ECW, and World Heavyweight Titles, but that still doesnt excuse being a glorified jobber for many years.

Big Show on the other hand usually has a match every year at Wrestlemania that involves some kind of celebrity. Sure, he always loses those matches, but I gurantee you more people have heard of the Big Show than Kane. Im sure Big Show is also paid much more than Kane. In a buisness sense, Big Show is way more successful than Kane.

 

[The Suplexer Perfecter]

This is tough, but I will say Big Show.

A little said trivia fact about Big Show is that he is the only man to be both WCW and WWF champion during the monday night war. Being WCW champion in 1995 and 1996, then WWF champion in 1999.

Big Show also hasn't be involved in as many stupid feuds or story lines.

 

[Inittowinit]

"The Big Show. Doesn't mean shit how you feel about him; he has done more and been part of more things than Kane could ever dream of. He was a WCW monster; had pretty much retired Hulk Hogan, was still relevant in his WWF days, and what's that? Still relevant in the WWE? Holy shit. Yeah I don't like his character, dislike how he wrestles, but I don't recall The Big Show ever being a jobber either.

Kane lives off of Undertaker's reputation. The Big Show lives off of The Big Show's reputation."

Watch the end of his WCW run. Jobber. Also look at it this way. Big Show WCW Monster, Kane WWF Monster so that is equal.

Living off the Undertaker's reputation? Remember this is the guy they tried to ride Andre's Coat Tails. Big Show in WCW was a big plodder who hit an ok choke slam and a decent drop kick. Kane is more well rounded.

How relevant has the Big Show been during his entire run? I dont remember Kane being sent to OVW for being out of shape but Big Show was. Kane has had the better career.

 

[#hamler]

Watch the end of his WCW run. Jobber. Also look at it this way. Big Show WCW Monster, Kane WWF Monster so that is equal.

So long ago. Look at it now, Big Show relevant, Kane - not.

Living off the Undertaker's reputation? Remember this is the guy they tried to ride Andre's Coat Tails.

He did that for like three months then dropped that altogether.

Big Show in WCW was a big plodder who hit an ok choke slam and a decent drop kick. Kane is more well rounded.

No so much. You’re basing your opinion off of WCW's The Giant. This is Big Show...in the WWE section of the forums.

How relevant has the Big Show been during his entire run?

Very... more so then Kane.

I dont remember Kane being sent to OVW for being out of shape but Big Show was.

Holy shit! Could your argument be any more irrelevant than it already is? Big Show was sent to OVW - who gives a flying fuck? How would that make Kane any more successful then Big Show?

Kane has had the better career.

Not when Big Show has put over way more stars like John Cena, Eddie Guerrero, Bobby Lashley and tons more. Big Show has always been relevant in the WWE while Kane always seems to disappear off our TV screens unnoticed.

 

[Defekt]

The Big Show has had more high profile feuds and matches. He also seems to be the WWE's ultimate utility player. Almost every time a substitute is needed, they use The Big Show.

 

[Inittowinit]

When the OP put up his ideas he mentioned his time in WCW but since it contradicts your argument lets ignore that? uh huh. The OVW thing happened in WWE but that contradicts your point so lets ignore that too. I mean Kane actually cared about his career and BIG show just got fat and lazy but that doesnt matter. Kane has had the better career BY FAR.

How is the Big Show more relevant now? Because he flopped like a beached whale underneath a car? If Big Show is such a star look at it this way, the undertaker is the most respected guy in the lockerroom and chose to face Kane TWICE at mania but faced big show in a handicap match??? Thats called logic but im sure thats irrelevant on here.

Big Show before the car incident was as big a joke as Great Khali. Both are going to get into the HOF some day but Kane has had the more defined career. At times Big Show has been booked to look like a huge fool.

 

[Mac Attack]

It isn't even close, it has to go to Kane. Kane may not have all the title reignss that Show has but he has had several many other strong accolades that make him better then Show. WHo can forget Kane's amazing records set in the Royal Rumble? Or his great feuds against the Undertaker? Or his tag team run as the Brother's of Destruction? Or even his storylines in general. His is the ONLY man to ever get the best of Undertaker at Mania. Although he lost the match he was the one who hit the final tombstone... Big Show has had a good career but overall fails in compariosn to Kane.

 

[BIG Jimmy 2115]

It's all about Kane. Even tho the E gives him stupid shit to do sometimes, the people kno that he is a bonafide beast and can be thrown in the main event at any time. Look wat happened on smackdown last year. Kane had the push of his career and it was all believable. I still don't kno wat the push of Shows career is. Show is easier to market cuz he's a big goofy guy that can be dominant when need be. I saw someone say that Show has lost all this weight and Kane still has a huge gut. When Show returned, he did lose alot of weight? But in true Show fashion, most of it was gained back in a year. Kane started getting that gut when he got injured a few years back and couldn't work out as strenuously as b4. Kane is simply a more reliable worker and has a place in history just for being a part of the Brothers of Destruction, not to mention his great feuds and matches. Close, but Kane>Show.
Most def See no Evil> Knucklehead

Even though they booked Kane bad 4 a while, we all knew he was gonna get the push he deserved eventually. Plus he constantly reinvented himself, ala the Undertaker. Kane may not have gotten the pushes he deserved at times, put he put over alot of talent and has been a reliable workhorse for vince for almost 15 years. I have always honestly thought that the only people who should be able to end Takers streak would be Sting, Vince, or Kane. Let the hate begin...

 

[#hamler]

When the OP put up his ideas he mentioned his time in WCW but since it contradicts your argument lets ignore that? uh huh. The OVW thing happened in WWE but that contradicts your point so lets ignore that too.

I'm saying Big Show going to OVW has nothing to do with success which makes the dumb argument you presented totally irrelevant.

I mean Kane actually cared about his career and BIG show just got fat and lazy but that doesnt matter. Kane has had the better career BY FAR.

How is Big Show fat and lazy? Just because he's big, he has to be fat and lazy too? You're not making a lick of sense.

How is the Big Show more relevant now? Because he flopped like a beached whale underneath a car?

Where was Kane on the last PPV while Big Show was putting over a younger, better wrestler in Alberto Del Rio. To say he isn't relevant now is completely stupid.

If Big Show is such a star look at it this way, the undertaker is the most respected guy in the lockerroom and chose to face Kane TWICE at mania but faced big show in a handicap match??? Thats called logic but im sure thats irrelevant on here.

So because Kane faced Undertaker twice at Wrestlemania gives him the better career? Really? Haha. Kane shared one great match with Undertaker and Wrestlemania 20's match was god awful. Facing Undertaker twice at Wrestlemania doesn't mean more success for Kane. Dumb argument.

Big Show before the car incident was as big a joke as Great Khali.

He was in a tag team with Kane before the car incident. I guess that makes Kane a joke too.

Both are going to get into the HOF some day but Kane has had the more defined career. At times Big Show has been booked to look like a huge fool.

So has Kane. Like I said, Kane was totally irrelevant from 2004-2010. Kane was a complete joke until his World Championship reign. No one took him seriously and sadly, that hurt his credibility bad. Big Show likes to have fun. It's been noted plenty of times Big Show likes to act goofy. Big Show has had a lot more success in the WWE and has put over way more talent.

His is the ONLY man to ever get the best of Undertaker at Mania.

Shawn Michaels and Triple H did to. Your point? He got the best of Undertaker at Wrestlemania so he has more success? No, Big Show has stayed relevant in the WWE while Kane only stayed relevant mainly from his debut to 2003. Big Show put over guys like Eddie Guerrero, John Cena, Bobby Lashley, Brock Lesnar and plenty more. Kane fails in comparison to Big Show.

 

[Jeff]

My vote went to Big Show. IMO Big Show is just entertaining and can easily wear many different hats for the WWE.

Big Show can be (and has been) successful in almost every area of the WWE. If the WWE needs a main event heel, they can put Big Show there. If they need a face to contend for the US Title, they can put Big Show there. He can easily play the quiet Giant that dominates, as well as a friendly, loveable guy who cracks jokes. Everything Big Show does, we as the fans believe. He makes everything look natural.

As for Kane, granted some of it might of been poor writing, part of it is the difficultly of his gimmick, but a lot of what Kane has done just hasn't worked as smoothly as Big Show. Also IMO he isn't as good on the mic as Big Show.

I do believe though that Kane is a better in ring performer and I agree with the person who mentioned that Kane did more with what he had. I wouldn't argue that at all, but Big Show still had MORE.

 

[mrpops]

Titles: Big Show wins. 5 World titles > 3. Simple as that.
Entertainment/Memorable moments/feuds: Kane wins easily.

So it depends how you look at it.

Ask yourselves this. 10 years from now who will you remember more? Kane or Big Show?

Kane is the winner overall.

 

[Inittowinit]

Big Show going to OVW is a part of his career. Kane may have jobbed a bit but he wasnt sent to the minors. If you want to look at the last 3 weeks, Big Show is more relevant but if you want to look at both WWE careers, Kane wins.
As far as the before the car accident, Im not talking about two months. Im talking the last few years. He was in tag teams while Kane wrestled Edge and Taker. Big Show is close but Kane wins.

HE WASNT THERE. How can you have success if you arent wrestling on the shows. Jobbing or not KANE wrestled on the shows.