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Here's Big Show as a back-up 'dancer' in Olivia Munn's Taylor Swift Lip Synch Battle performance

There's a headline I was pretty sure I'd never have to type.

Every few years, we get a new celebrity game show craze.

When I was a wee lad, it was Battle of the Network Stars, with television celebrities playing camp games. In the mid-Aughts, you could watch stand-up comedians play poker with retired NFL players every week on Celebrity Poker Showdown. As far as I know, Dancing with the Stars is still a thing.

The new kid on the block (pun semi-intended) is Lip Synch Battle. Spinning out of a bit on Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show, the Spike TV series sees two celebs perform choreography while pretending to sing a couple of hit song (the "lip synch" part). One is declared the winner (the "battle" part).

What does any of this have to do with pro graps?

Not much, honestly. Dwayne Johnson was on the show last year, and his buddy and Central Intelligence co-star Kevin Hart is in the above clip. But I'm bringing this item to you, dear Cagesider, because of one of the players in Olivia Munn's dance troupe.

As you can see at 2:12ish mark, Paul "Big Show" Wight comes out with a glitter sleeve and proceeds to pretend-beat-up a woman wearing latex and wielding a knife.

If there's any explanation for the World's Largest Athlete's appearance, it's not to be found in any of the other clips on LSB's YouTube page. Which I think makes it even better.

If this gets mentioned on Raw, expect a face turn. Unless he's already a good guy right now? I can't keep track.

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