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If you looked closely at The?Big Shows?return to Raw on Dec. 6, you may have noticed something.Im not really The Big Show anymore, he told ESPN.com. Im kind of ... I dont know, The Slim Show?The Big Show, whose real name is Paul Wight, remains a towering presence (even for WWE standards) at just over 7 feet tall. But the former college basketball player at Wichita State recently took an extended period of time to step away from the spotlight and re-evaluate himself physically.The results have been quite staggering.Despite being billed as a number of different mythical heights and weights during the years, The Big Show admits the heaviest he has ever entered a WWE ring was 537 pounds. But today, thanks to a new workout regime heavy on swimming and biking, and a recommitment to nutrition, hes under 400 pounds for the first time since 1995.The past four years, Im not sure if anyone has noticed but Ive been struggling with some really bad injuries, The Big Show said. WWE and Vince [McMahon], because of the great and incredible new crop of talent weve had, have given me the chance to step back a little bit and give these guys a chance to develop their brand and become the superstars they can be.But it also gives me a chance to maintain some things, and take care of some stuff.The Big Show, who resides in Miami, credits the support system he has at home, from his trainers to his family. And a big key was finding a nutritional plan that he can believe in.Through diet and exercise it has been a blessing, he said. Im on board with it, I understand it and Im motivated to do it. The results are happening. I feel great, I feel younger. Im definitely not as sluggish as I was before. The ability for me to compete at a better level is definitely in sight and I think thats reinvigorating for me.At 44, The Big Show knows the time he has left in the ring is limited. In the majority of interviews he has given during the past year, he has talked about finishing out his contract through 2017 before hanging up his boots for good. But thanks to his recent physical transformation, he considers it more of a fluid situation.Im not going to go out and try to be a world champion or have some kind of dominating title run, The Big Show said. Ive had those years, Ive done that. I understand this is a new era and theres a new changing of the guard.I know I still have some time left on this contract. It depends on how my role is going to change. WWE is home, its a family. Ill always be a part of this as long as I can contribute in some positive way. But I know theres a time when the sun sets on everything.As far as his remaining goals inside the ring, The Big Show says he has a list of two or three superstars he would love to work with and says fans should stay tuned to seeing that in the near future. But the one opponent The Big Show has been most linked with is retired NBA star and Hall of Famer Shaquille ONeal.The two giants of their respective industries are just about the same height and were born just one month apart. They also have history within the WWE, which began when ONeal guest-hosted Monday Night Raw in 2009 and got physical with The Big Show inside the ring. Seven years later, at WrestleMania 32 in April, ONeal was a surprise entrant in the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal and teamed up with The Big Show on a chokeslam of Kane before the two escalated their own feud.Three months later, on the red carpet outside the 2016 ESPYS in Los Angeles, The Big Show officially challenged ONeal to a match at next years WrestleMania in Orlando, Florida. ONeal accepted the invite, turning to the camera to say, Im in. Vince McMahon,?Stephanie McMahon?-- Im in.Nothing official has been announced as of yet for next April, however, and The Big Show was unable to confirm; all he would say is that ONeal knows the invitation is there. At the very least, The Big Show says hes ready and certainly appears to be preparing himself physically for another high-profile match, even if he was unable to say the same about ONeal.Im a little worried because Ive heard that Shaq has got like really fat, The Big Show said. If hes going to go into WrestleMania bigger than me, Im going to lose my moniker as The Worlds Largest Athlete. I hope he is well, I hope he is healthy.He might want to lay off the cheeseburgers a little bit and get in the gym because I know that my record at WrestleMania against celebrities isnt that good, but it would be a shame if he showed up fat and out of shape and took the first loss. Im okay with that, too. Matter of fact, Ill send him some cheeseburgers. That would probably be a better idea. Hows that for talking smack?Until then, The Big Show has made a decision to embrace the end of his career instead of dreading it, realizing that its more important to take a step back and enjoy his many in-ring accomplishments than reside in bitterness.Ive worked with incredible people from [Hulk] Hogan to [Randy] Savage to [Ric] Flair to Arn Anderson,?The Undertaker, Stone Cold [Steve Austin],?The Rock,?John Cena?-- everybody that has ever been anybody in?this?business, Ive?had the chance to compete with in the ring, he said. So thats an incredible career to be thankful of, and now Im going to try and finish up with 110 percent effort, a lot of pride and a good attitude and just be thankful and enjoy every day I get to compete with the incredible talent that we have.Custom New Orleans Pelicans Jerseys . The judges scored it 48-47, 48-47, 49-46 for Jones (19-1). It was the champions closest call. 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New Orleans Pelicans Jerseys .C. -- When North Carolina freshman Ryan Switzer reported to training camp in August he was a little miffed to learn he was third on the depth chart at punt returner.RIO DE JANEIRO -- Russias powerhouse wrestling program came through the recent doping scandal that enveloped many of the nations other athletes unscathed.Roman Vlasov is hoping his team can rack up the medals in Rio and serve as a source of pride for the rest of its country.Vlasov got the Russians off to a roaring start on Sunday, winning gold for the second Olympics in a row by taking first at 75 kilograms in the Greco-Roman event.Vlasov beat Denmarks Mark Madsen 5-1, his second straight win over the Dane in the world finals.Vlasovs victory will likely be the first of many in Rio for the Russian team, which typically dominates the Olympic wrestling tournament.Despite of the situation, the unfair decision of our athletes from the side of WADA, its very important to get the biggest quantity of medals that we can, Vlasov said.Ismael Borrero Molina won the gold at 59 kilograms, giving Cuba at least one wrestling title in each of the last seven Olympics.Borrero Molina beat Japans Shinobu Ota 8-0 Sunday in the first title match of the Olympics.The Cuban dominated the 22-year-old Ota, pulling ahead with a dramatic throw and turn move and clinching on match superiority for his second consecutive world title.Im really glad to be an Olympic champion. Theres a lot of emotion. Its so hard to explain, Borrero said. It went really fast but I was able to be a stronger athlete and come out on top.Vlasov nearly dropped his first match to South Koreas Hyeonwoo Kim, who won gold at 66 kilograms during the London Olympics.Kims coaches thought their wrestler had executed a late throw move. It could have won him the match, but the Koreans didnt win their challengee.ddddddddddddKim battled his way back through the losers bracket for a bronze, as did Saeid Morad Abdvali of Iran.In the finals, Vlasov executed a four-point move in the first period -- and Madsen didnt score until the match was essentially finished.Madsen has now finished second in the world five times. Still, by winning silver he became Denmarks first Olympic medalist in wrestling since 1948.Until Borrero Molinas dominant finale, the buzz of the first day of the Olympic wrestling tournament had been about Ota.Otas stunning run to final began with an upset of seven-time world champion Hamid Soryan of Iran 5-4 in the opening set of bouts.The loss was the second straight international flame-out for Soryan, who was flagged for excessive brutality and ruled ineligible for a medal at last years world championships in Las Vegas.But Ota, dubbed by some in his home nation the Ninja Wrestler, wasnt finished. The 12th-ranked wrestler in his weight class pinned two-time Olympic Games silver medalist Rovshan Bayramov to reach the finals.Once Ota got there, the defending world champion made it look like he didnt belong.It went really fast but I was able to be a stronger athlete and come out on top, Borrero Molina said.Andy Bisek, likely the best shot the U.S has at a medal in the Greco-Roman discipline, was knocked out in the round of 16. So was teammate Jesse Thielke, who was beaten 9-0 by Bayramov.I made a few mistakes, Bisek said. It is very frustrating, but when you win its extremely rewarding. Thats what were doing it for. ' ' '