10 Best Dancing Big Men In WWE History

3. The Great Khali

Hailed as the first Indian wrestler ever signed to a WWE contract, The Great Khali debuted on WWE television in 2006 and was launched immediately into a feud with The Undertaker.

The transition from Punjabi Nightmare to Punjabi Playboy occurred the following year during a brief feud with, um, Johnny Knoxville. Aligned with the likes of Hornswoggle and the now-face Ranjin Singh, Khali would Dad-dance in post-match celebrations and even introduced the Khali Kiss Cam, whereby innocent women were plucked at random from the audience and made to kiss Khali. It honestly never seemed that weird until I just said it out loud.

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2. The Godfather

Character reinvention is a much-vaunted trait within professional wrestling these days with Chris Jericho widely considered to be grappling’s answer to Madonna. Another man who should at least be a part of this discussion is the man who would eventually become The Godfather, Charles Wright. Think about it, Wright initially debuted in 1992 as voodoo practitioner Papa Shango before shedding his skin to become ‘The Supreme Fighting Machine’ Kama a few years later.

He then gained a surname and some new friends as part of the Nation of Domination before transitioning to the flamboyant dancing pimp who would eventually enter the WWE Hall of Fame. He even briefly turned heel as part of Steven Richards’ Right to Censor movement before bringing back the Hoes in the 2002 Royal Rumble.

The guy’s practically a chameleon.

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1. Rikishi

Surely the most successful dancing big man gimmick of all time belongs to one Rikishi. Debuting with the WWF in 1992, the future Hall of Famer would go through several gimmick changes before finding his groove as part of Too Cool.

Remerging in late 1999, Rikishi caught fire in one of the industry’s biggest boom periods as one third of dance act Too Cool, alongside Scott Too Hotty and Grandmaster Sexay. Whether it was the yellow shades, the daring loincloth or the vomit-inducing stink face (sorry Road Dogg), Rikishi was one of the Attitude Era’s most memorable stars with the boogying big man featured heavily throughout.

The act was so over that even an attempted homicide couldn’t stop the party, as just over 12 months after being outed as the man that had run down Stone Cold Steve Austin in cold blood, side-lining ‘The Rattlesnake’ for nearly a year, he was back getting down to the joy of the crowd. They were a more forgiving bunch back then.

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