The Big Show was recently featured in a story from The Aiken Standard. It focused on his return to Augusta, GA for the upcoming ECW pay-per-view. Here's a paraphrased excerpt:

To professional wrestling fans, the Big Show is one of the biggest, baddest beasts in the ring.

But away from the cameras and cheering crowds, the man behind the "Show" – 7-foot-tall, 507-pound Aiken native Paul Wight – is a soft-spoken Southern boy-made-good who hasn't forgotten his small-town roots.

"From very, very humble beginnings to now traveling the world and being a superstar, it's crazy," said Wight, 34, nursing a coffee in his mammoth hands following a promotional appearance Monday at Augusta's James Brown Arena.

Wight, in character as the villainous Big Show, will headline an Extreme Championship Wrestling pay-per-view broadcast live from Augusta this Sunday, Dec. 3. ECW's December to Dismember begins at 7:45 p.m.

Tickets start at $20 and are available at the arena box office or at www.ticketmaster.com.

For the current World Champion in ECW – an edgier offshoot of Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Entertainment – this weekend's performance will mark an emotional homecoming after more than a dozen years as one of wrestling's most recognized (and sometimes reviled) road warriors.

"It's going to be awesome. It's really an overwhelming feeling of pride," Wight said. "I'm a 'bad guy' now, so I can't really vocalize how much this means to me to represent and put on the best show that we absolutely can for our fans. But I'm really hoping that all my friends from Aiken will come over here and check it out – come out and boo me."

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