CHRIS JERICHO has claimed that Big Show quit WWE after being insulted by Vince McMahon in his final run with the company.
The 7ft giant, real name Paul Wight, shocked the wrestling world this week by following his former Jeri-Show partner into rival promotion AEW.
There was no doubt the former WWE champion – who made his debut back in 1994 – was a future Hall of Famer with McMahon’s company.
But Show has jumped ship after making only made fleeting appearances in wrestling since 2016, most recently in November 2020.
The seven-time champion was present at Survivor Series during The Undertaker's retirement ceremony.
Yet his last big match was a losing effort when challenging Drew McIntyre for the WWE title moments after WrestleMania 36 last April.
And Jericho believes Show has followed the increasing number of wrestling legends in joining AEW because they are treated with more respect.
These are guys that were kind of almost insulted in their WWE runs. [Sting and Wight were] definitely not treated with too much respect over the last few years
He told Digital Spy: "These are guys that were kind of almost insulted in their WWE runs.
"[Sting and Wight were] definitely not treated with too much respect over the last few years.
"We treat our legends with respect, we don't make jokes out of them and WWE is notorious for that, whether it's Sting, Paul Wight, Tully Blanchard, Arn Anderson, Jake Roberts, Dustin Rhodes, throw in Chris Jericho.
"We know how to treat our legendary performers with respect and make them all look great and make them all worthy of being in AEW because if they aren't worthy of being in AEW why would they be there?"
He continued: "Everybody's that's under contract in AEW is there and designed to be as much of a star as they possibly can be.
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"[Wight] was considered to be a WWE tentpole, one of the foundations of the company but they weren't really using him.
"But I know the value of [Wight], he's got one thing you can't teach, experience and who he is as a character, understanding comedy, drama and when to be violent.
"I also know that he's a great mentor for some of our bigger guys that we have, Lance Archer and Luchasaurus, those types of guys and most importantly I know how dangerous a motivated Big Show can be."
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