The Big Show family in real life includes his wife Bess Katramados and three kids. Paul Wight plays a fictionalized version of himself in the Netflix series.
Paul Donald Wight II is better known as The Big Show. He is an American professional wrestler and actor. Paul is best known for appearing on World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) for over two decades between 1999 and 2021.
The former professional wrestler suffered from a pituitary gland malfunction as a child making him 6 feet and 2 inches tall by age 11 and currently stands at a height of 7 feet tall, according to WWE but he has been billed for a maximum of 7 feet and 2 inches.
Paul was born on February 8, 1972, in Aiken, South Carolina, making him 51 years old as of 2023. He played basketball and football during high school and later played college football for a brief period as well.
Big Show worked as a bouncer, and bounty hunter, and even answered telephones for companies before joining professional wrestling. Paul portrayed a fictionalized version of himself in the Netflix The Big Show Show with a fictional family.
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The Big Show Family Members
The Big Show Family In Real Life consists of his two daughters, one son and his wife. Big Show has been married to Bess Katramados since 2002.
Paul Wight real family is vastly different from his on-screen family shown in the Nextflix comedy series The Big Show Show. While the series portrays him as a married man with three daughters, he has two daughters and one son.
Furthermore, his wife’s name has also been changed for the fictionalized character. Although he is married to Bess Katramados since 2002 in real life, his wife’s name in the show is Cassy Wight played by actress Allison Munn.
Moreover, he has a son named Jett Wight as his middle child and eldest son with his second wife in real life, but Jett has been replaced by a daughter named Mandy Wight in the series. The names of Big Show’s other two children have also been changed in the Netflix show.
While we know much about his kids and wife, Big Show has kept information about his parents and siblings away from the limelight.
Paul’s father’s name is Paul Donald Wight Sr. but his mother’s name has not yet been revealed. The family is a native of Aiken, South Carolina.
Big Show Is Married To Bess Katramados For Two Decades
Big Show wife in real life is Bess Katramados and the pair have been married since 2002. Bess is the second spouse of professional wrestler Paul Wight II.
Bess is a former model from the United States of America. She retired from her career after tying the knot with Paul in 2002 but accompanies the professional wrestler to his professional tours and makes public appearances together.
Katramandos is a native of Illinios. She is 50 years old and was born on July 13, 1973. Bess met Paul in the early 2000s when the latter was still married to his first wife, according to SportsKeeda. The pair dated for a brief period before tying the knot on February 11, 2002.
Although Bess is life support for her husband Paul and accompanies him to most of his ordeals, she maintains a fair distance from the press and media when it comes to her personal life.
She does not have a public Instagram account and never makes appearances on her husband’s social media accounts as well.
Bess is a mother of two children, she shares both her kids with her husband Paul Wight better known by his stage name The Big Show.
His First Wife Was Melissa Piavis
Paul Wight was married to his first wife Melissa Palvis for five years before tying the knot with Bess. Paul and Melissa were together between 1997 and 2002.
Melissa is a Greek-American national. She was born on May 30, 1966, in Greece and she is currently 57 years old. According to Famous Birthdays, she holds citizenship in both Greece and the United States of America.
Palvis is no stranger to the wrestling world, not just because she was once married to a well-known professional wrestler but also because she managed her high school wrestling team for a while.
The two-time World Heavyweight Champion Big Show married Melissa in 1997, their union produced the wrestler’s firstborn child, a daughter the following year in 1998.
Unfortunately, Palvis and Wight’s marriage did not last long and the pair separated in the year 2000. Their marriage ended after their divorce was finalized in 2002, Paul got married to Bess subsequently and Melissa went away from the media spotlight.
He Has Three Children
The Big Show daughters Cierra Wight and Cash Wight are his oldest and youngest kids. Big Show only son is Jett Wight shared with his second wife Bess.
Paul shares his eldest daughter Cierra with his first wife Melissa and shares his two younger kids with his second and current wife Bess.
Cierra Wight
Cierra Wight is the eldest daughter and firstborn child of the professional wrestler Paul Wight.
Paul shares his daughter Cierra with his first wife Melissa, Cierra is the only child who was born while Paul and Melissa were married briefly.
Cierra is 24 years old as of 2023, she was born on November 28, 1998, in the United States of America. She attended the University of West Florida for her college degree.
The custody of Cierra was initially given to her mother Melissa at the time of the divorce but Paul managed to win her custody when she was 14 years old, a decade earlier, according to Amo MaMa.
Jett Wight
Jett Wight is the only son of Big Show. Jett is the firstborn child of Paul and Bess.
Jett was born on June 19, 2007, half a decade after Paul and Bess tied the knot. The 16-year-old is the middle child in the brood but does not make public appearances.
Just like his mother and siblings, Jett also does not make any appearances on his father’s social media accounts or maintains a public social media account himself.
Cash Wight
Cash Wight is the youngest child of wrestler Big Show. Cash is the daughter of Paul and Bess.
The 12-year-old was born on December 18, 2010, in the United States of America. Cash is the youngest of the brood among the Wight siblings.
She is portrayed as Jennifer Jane “J.J.” Wight in the Netflix series and is portrayed by actress Juliet Donenfeld. JJ is shown as a precious little child who loves to hack into things in her household.
The Big Show Show Netflix Family
Big Show Wife And Kids on the Netflix show are Cassy Wight and their three kids Lola Wight, Mandy Wight, and JJ Wight. The Big Show Show Netflix ran for one season in 2020.
The family is headed by a fictionalized version of The Big Show and has his second wife named Cassy and his three daughters Lola, Mandy, and Jennifer Jane “JJ” in the family.
Paul Wight daughters Lola, Mandy, and JJ are portrayed by actresses Reylynn Caster, Lily Brooks O’Briant, and Juliet Donenfeld. His on-screen wife Cassy is portrayed by the actress Allison Munn.
The premise of the show features Paul’s eldest daughter Lola moving in with him and his second wife and their two young daughters, Lola has a very hard time fitting in with her stepmother and half-siblings in the show.
In the series, Lola is portrayed as a competitive and fierce child who loves competing with her father making things a little complicated between the two. Big Show is trying to navigate his fresh retirement and adjust to his family life with his brood.
The Big Show Show cast real family is different from depicted in the series. Paul is married to his partner Bess and shares a son and a daughter with her. He has a daughter from his first marriage like in the series.
Another cast member Allison Munn who portrays the character of Paul’s wife is happily married to her real-life husband Scott Holroyd since November 17, 2007, and the pair shares a daughter and a son.