Inside WWE legend Big Show’s insane 18,000 calorie a DAY diet including McDonald’s and apple pies

WRESTLING icon The Big Show has revealed he ate an incredible 18,000 calories a day when he was at the peak of his physical powers.

The Big Show – real name Paul Wight – is still to this day one of the biggest athletes to ever compete in the WWE.

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The Big Show – real name Paul Wight – was one of the biggest wrestler’s in WWE history[/caption]

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But he underwent an dramatic body transformation in 2017[/caption]

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Wight has revealed he ate a whopping 18,000 when he was at his physical peak[/caption]

In the early days of his WWE run, he stood at an incredible seven feet and weighed a staggering 220kg.

And he had to eat a Herculean amount of food in order to maintain his hulking physique.

He told talkSPORT: “My calorie intake back in the day – but I understand it was a lot of empty bad calories – I just used to eat whatever I wanted in massive amounts.

“I’d probably somewhere [between] 13,000 and 18,000 calories a day.”

McDonald’s used to be Wight’s usual port of call for mammoth meals, which would sometimes consist of FIVE burgers.

He continued: “You’d get Big Macs and I’d get three or four Big Macs and then I’d get fries and then I’d get a shake and I’d get apple pies and probably a fifth sandwich too.

“It was nothing. I’d go to Taco Bell and get like 20 tacos.”

Wrestling fans were quick to comment on Wight’s old diet, with one tweeting: “Unit.”

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Another said: “18000 calories a day FFS.”

And another said: “He was a unit back in the day.”

One remarked: “Animal.”

Another chimed in: “I met Paul when I was a teenager while they were doing a tour over here.

“The sheer size of him back then was hard to imagine. He was billed at 500+ lbs. Probably wasn’t wrong.

“His hands to this day are the biggest I’ve ever seen.”

Wight – who experienced accelerated growth as a child due to an endocrine issue – underwent a dramatic body transformation in 2017, getting in the best shape of his life by dropping an incredible 60kg.

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Wight lost a staggering 60kg in 2017 in an incredible body transformation[/caption]

He said of his lifestyle changes: “You can do that when you’re younger and you’re still going to be big.

“But as you get older you realise, ‘Ah, well. I can’t really eat like that any more.

“Now, I kind of feel like I eat amounts.

“I eat have about ten ounces of protein, I have a small portion of carbs and some veg.

“I try to eat halfway decent.”

Wight left the WWE in 2021 after 22 years in Vince McMahon‘s promotion, a stint in which he won the WWF/E title and World Heavyweight Championship.

That paved the way for a move to AEW, where he now serves as both a commentator and an active wrestler.