Aside from his ECW Championship run, this has to be the best reign Big Show has had with a World title in the WWE. His previous runs were short. His current run is going to head into 2013. He has also been winning some of his title defenses cleanly. You can compare it to the kind of title push Mark Henry got last year. Mark Henry was built up strong for a few months, inducting guys into his "Hall of Pain". He eventually won the World's Heavyweight Championship, had a good reign, and didn't exactly completely unplug him after. Big Show's monster push really started with his "iron-clad contract" angle. That dominance has carried over to where he is now.
What more should they be doing? I would say to move on from Sheamus, but injuries and other issues has taken away a lot of potential top faces. Other good choices are tied into feuds, like Kane and Daniel Bryan. This would also be a good time to have Ryback set his sights on Big Show, but CM Punk's injury prolonging his feud with Ryback and the feud with The Shield are in the way there. If they are serious with turning Alberto Del Rio face, a feud with Big Show would be good. I'm not talking about just one title defense. All things considered, the WWE is doing the best they can with what they have.
When will Big Show lose it? Dolph Ziggler is still waiting around. Will Sheamus win the title back, then immediately lost it to Ziggler? That can branch into a feud between those two. You can imagine the change happening at Elimination Chamber. After that grueling match, whoever has the title then has to defend it against Mr. Money In The Bank. Fact is, the WWE still has a few months to tease Ziggler doing it. Until then, Big Show's run will only be good as long as they have fresh opponents. If they can't deliver, end it and let a new face feud with some of the heels, especially younger ones like Wade Barrett.
Last thing I want to talk about, this year has featured no new World Champions in the WWE. CM Punk held the WWE Championship all year. Daniel Bryan came into the year with the World's Heavyweight Championship, lost it to Sheamus, who was a former WWE Champion, and he lost it to Big Show, who has also held World titles before. The WWE had an opportunity to put the title on Ryback, even if just to shake things up a little before giving it back to Punk to face The Rock at the Royal Rumble. Are these long title reigns and not putting the titles on new stars a good thing? I think it is making the product even more stale. Who will be the first completely new Champion of 2013? Ziggler doesn't count. It would be horrible if the WWE went another year without developing new main-eventers.
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