{"id":105682,"date":"2021-12-13T10:00:34","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T15:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=105682"},"modified":"2021-12-10T21:25:03","modified_gmt":"2021-12-11T02:25:03","slug":"jingle-all-the-way-big-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/12\/13\/jingle-all-the-way-big-show\/","title":{"rendered":"WrestleCinema: Big Show The Good Guy In “Jingle All The Way”"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Big Show Paul Wight\u2019s<\/strong> performance in the 1996 Christmas classic Jingle All The Way<\/em> as a Huge Santa is small but impactful. We take a look at the greatest of all wrestling movie cameos and weigh up if The Big Show<\/a> was the real star of the film.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s get something straight, Arnold<\/strong> Schwarzenegger\u2019s<\/strong><\/a> character Howard Langston<\/strong> is the baddie in Jingle All The Way<\/em>. He starts the movie by telling a long line of clients to his mattress company that they\u2019re his favorite customer. Sycophant. He forgets to buy his son the Turbo Man doll he\u2019s desperate to get for Christmas. Bad dad. He throws a full-on temper tantrum when his neighbor eats one of his Christmas cookies. Baby. Sure, his neighbor was trying to hook up with his wife but – come on, Arnie, we all know you could take him. You’re making Walter Hobbs<\/strong> look like Dad Of The Year here.<\/p>\n

The movie Should’ve Ended With A Big Show Win<\/h3>\n

With this in mind, the moment in Jingle All The Way<\/em> when sycophantic, bad dad, baby Howard gets into a fight with Huge Santa should have seen Huge Santa win. The ultimate muscle Santa giving a naughty man a beatdown in place of a piece of coal. Lesson learned. Remember to buy your kid what he wants. Magic of Christmas reinstalled in all. Roll credits. The happiest of endings. Audiences would cheerfully head out into their neighborhoods singing carols.<\/p>\n

But no. Howard, we are led to believe, is a good guy. He unforgivably defeats Huge Santa as one of a series of obstacles he has to overcome to learn why he needs to stop being such a trash dad and bag the Turbo Man for his son. Howard overcomes Huge Santa with the ultimate heel tactic. Huge Santa accidentally punches his \u2018little buddy\u2019 Mini Santa – played by Verne Troyer<\/strong> – in the face when Howard pulls him into the path of his fist. Howard uses the distraction of Huge Santa\u2019s remorse to knock him out with one punch. We see Huge Santa hanging from his suspenders in the background as the scene ends.<\/p>\n