Kelly Kelly and Big Show to put on a great show to fans worldwide

The world’s biggest athlete and one of the hottest women in sport will be bringing their talents to New Zealand on Thursday. WWE wrestling stars The Big Show and Kelly Kelly will be part of a night of family entertainment at Auckland’s Vector Arena.
Seven foot tall [2.13m] and weighing in at 220kg, The Big Show – real name Paul Wight – is a high school basketball and football star-turned five times world professional wrestling champion. Kelly Kelly – real name Barbara Blank – is a gymnast and cheerleader-turned bikini model-turned champion member of the Divas of WWE. Kelly, 23, spoke to Sunday News from Syndey, where she was preparing to perform last night. “We are so excited [about the Auckland show]. It’s the last stop on our tour. We are going to entertain everybody, and put smiles on all the kids faces.”
She said her wrestling career started as a first-year college student. A representative from one of the wrestling groups saw her in a model catalogue, and called her agent to ask if she wanted to give the sport a go. “The opportunity to beat up girls for a living, I thought why not?” she explained. Wrestling does hurt, she said, but she had a lot of training before her debut four years ago. “Learning a whole bunch of moves, and how to take them and also, how to throw a correct punch.” she explained. She was a gymnast growing up, “so I do a lot of flips around the ring”.
The style of fighting used in women’s wrestling can best be described as “cat-fighting”, she said. That meant, “pulling hair, all the girly stuff. Guys don’t want to see girls wrestle like guys, they want to see girls do girly stuff.”
Currently living in Miami, Florida, Kelly said she gets about two days home a week before flying out to the next venue.