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Big Show Timeline

By Eric Cohen, About.com

1999
3/28 WrestleMania XV – lost to Mankind by DQ
4/25 Backlash – lost to Mankind in a boiler room brawl
7/25 Fully Loaded – beat Kane
8/22 SummerSlam – w/Undertaker beat Kane & X-Pac to win the World Tag Team Championship
8/30 RAW – w/Undertaker lost the tag team titles to Mankind and the Rock
9/9 SmackDown – w/Undertaker regained the tag team titles from Mankind & the Rock
9/20 RAW – w/Undertaker lost the tag team titles to the Rock & Mankind
9/26 Unforgiven - Six-pack challenge for the vacant WWF Title: Triple H beat the Rock, Davey Boy Smith, Kane, Mankind, & the Big Show
11/14 Survivor Series - The Big Show beat Big Bossman, Albert, Mideon & Viscera
11/14 Survivor Series – Three-Way Match for WWF Title: The Big Show (subbing for Steve Austin) beat Triple H & the Rock to win the WWF Championship
12/12 Armageddon – beat the Big Bossman

2000
1/3 RAW – lost the WWF Championship to Triple H
1/23 Royal Rumble – was the last man eliminated in the Royal Rumble match
2/27 No Way Out – beat The Rock
4/2 WrestleMania 2000 – Triple H beat the Rock, Big Show, and Mick Foley
4/30 Backlash – beat Kurt Angle
5/21 Judgment Day – lost to Shane McMahon in a no holds barred match

2001
2/25 No Way Out – beat Raven for the Hardcore Title
3/19 RAW – lost the Hardcore Title to Raven
4/1 WrestleMania X-7 – Kane beat Raven & Big Show
4/29 Backlash – lost to Shane McMahon in a last man standing match
5/20 Judgment Day – Rhyno beat Big Show & Test
5/21 RAW – beat Rhyno for the Hardcore Title
5/28 RAW – lost the Hardcore Title to Chris Jericho
7/22 Invasion - Big Show, Albert & Billy Gunn beat Kanyon, Hugh Morris & Shawn Stasiak
9/23 Unforgiven - WWF Tag Team Champions the Dudley Boyz beat the Hardy Boyz, the Big Show & Spike Dudley, and the Hurricane & Lance Storm
10/21 No Mercy – w/Booker T lost to the Dudley Boyz
11/18 Survivor Series - Elimination Match for End of the WWF or WCW: Rock, Chris Jericho, Undertaker, Big Show & Kane beat Steve Austin, Kurt Angle, Shane McMahon, Booker T & Rob Van Dam
2002
5/19 Judgment Day – Steve Austin beat Big Show & Ric Flair in a handicap match
7/12 – won the Hardcore Title from Spike Dudley
7/12 – lost the Hardcore Title seconds later to JBL
11/17 Survivor Series – beat Brock Lesnar to win the WWE Championship
12/15 Armageddon – lost the WWE Championship to Kurt Angle

2003
1/19 Royal Rumble – lost to Brock Lesnar
2/23 No Way Out – lost to the Undertaker
3/30 WrestleMania XIX – w/A-Train lost a handicap match to the Undertaker
4/27 Backlash – beat Rey Mysterio
5/18 Judgment Day – lost a stretcher match to Brock Lesnar
7/27 Vengeance – Kurt Angle beat Big Show & Brock Lesnar
10/19 No Mercy – beat Eddie Guerrero to win the U.S. Championship
11/16 Survivor Series - Kurt Angle, John Cena, Chris Benoit, Bradshaw & Bob Holly beat Big Show, Brock Lesnar, Albert, Nathan Jones, & Matt Morgan

2004
1/25 Royal Rumble – last man eliminated from the Royal Rumble match
2/15 No Way Out – Kurt Angle beat Big Show & John Cena
3/14 WrestleMania XX – lost the U.S. Championship to John Cena
10/3 No Mercy – beat Kurt Angle
11/14 Survivor Series – Big Show, Eddie Guerrero, John Cena, & Rob Van Dam beat Kurt Angle, Carlito, Luther Reigns, & Mark Jindrak
12/12 Armageddon - Handicap Match: Big Show beat Kurt Angle, Mark Jindrak & Luther Reigns

2005
1/30 Royal Rumble – JBL beat Kurt Angle & Big Show
2/20 No Way Out – lost to JBL in a barbed wire steel cage match
4/3 WrestleMania 21 – lost to Akebono in a sumo match
5/22 Judgment Day – lost to Carlito
9/18 Unforgiven – beat Snitsky
11/1 Taboo Tuesday – w/Kane beat Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch to win the World Tag Team Titles
11/27 Survivor Series - Team SD (Batista, Randy Orton, JBL, Rey Mysterio, & Lashley) beat Team RAW (Shawn Michaels, Kane, Big Show, Carlito, & Chris Masters)
12/18 Armageddon – w/Kane beat Batista & Rey Mysterio

2006
1/8 New Year’s Revolution – lost to Triple H
4/2 WrestleMania 22 – w/Kane beat Carlito & Chris Masters
4/3 RAW – w/Kane lost to the World Tag Team Titles to the Spirit Squad
4/30 Backlash – fought to a no contest with Kane
7/4 ECW on Sci Fi – beat Rob Van Dam to win the ECW Championship
7/23 Great American Bash – lost to the Undertaker in a Punjambi Prison Match
8/20 SummerSlam – beat Sabu
9/17 Unforgiven – Hell in a Cell: Shawn Michaels & Triple H beat Big Show, Vince McMahon, & Shane McMahon
11/5 Cyber Sunday - King Booker beat Big Show & John Cena
11/26 Survivor Series - John Cena, Lashley, Kane, Rob Van Dam, and Sabu beat Big Show, Finlay, Test, MVP, and Umaga
12/3 December to Dismember - Extreme Elimination Chamber: Lashley beat Big Show, Test, Hardcore Holly, Rob Van Dam, and CM Punk to win the title

2008
3/30 WrestleMania XXIV - lost to Floyd Mayweather
4/27 Backlash - beat The Great Khali
6/1 One Night Stand - Singapore Cane Match: The Big Show beat CM Punk, Tommy Dreamer, John Morrison, and Chavo Guerrero
6/29 Night of Champions - Mark Henry beat ECW Champion Kane & The Big Show to win the title
10/5 No Mercy - beat Undertaker
10/26 Cyber Sunday - lost to The Undertaker in a Last Man Standing Match
11/23 Survivor Series - lost to The Undertaker in a Casket Match

2009
2/15 No Way Out - Triple H beat WWE Champion Edge, Big Show, Undertaker, Jeff Hardy, & Vladimir Kozlov in an Elimination Chamber Match
4/5 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania - John Cena beat World Heavyweight Champion Edge & Big Show to win the title
5/17 Judgment Day - lost to John Cena
6/7 Extreme Rules - lost to John Cena in a Submission Match
7/26 Night of Champions - Unified Tag Team Champion Chris Jericho named Big Show as his new partner after Edge was injured
7/26 Night of Champions - w/Chris Jericho beat Ted DiBiase & Cody Rhodes
8/23 SummerSlam - w/Chris Jericho beat Cryme Tyme
9/13 Breaking Point - w/Chris Jericho beat MVP & Mark Henry
10/4 Hell in a Cell - w/Chris Jericho beat Batista & Rey Mysterio
10/25 Bragging Rights - Team SmackDown (Chris Jericho, Kane, Matt Hardy, Finlay, R-Truth, David Hart Smith, & Tyson Kidd) beat Team RAW (Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Big Show, Kofi Kingston, Cody Rhodes, Jack Swagger, & Mark Henry)

Sources include: Pro Wrestling Illustrated Almanac, Onlineworldofwrestling.com, and WWE.com

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