WWE's The Big Show returns to Raw, enters the Royal Rumble

Published Jan. 23, 2017 9:48 p.m. ET

Nick Schwartz

The Big Show has been teasing his new look with astonishing workout photos over the last few weeks, and on Monday WWE revealed that the 44-year-old veteran will be making a return this weekend to enter the Royal Rumble.

The Big Show also made an appearance on Monday Night Raw and had a faceoff with Braun Strowman. For perhaps the first time ever, Strowman looked small by comparison.

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The winner of the Royal Rumble will main-event WrestleMania, but The Big Show already has a WrestleMania 33 match against Shaquille O'Neal on the schedule. O'Neal made a surprise entrance at the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal at last year's WrestleMania, so it's possible he could be one of the surprise entrants this weekend to re-ignite the feud.

The Big Show is the 19th announced star of the 30 total participants, and the list of entrants - which features Goldberg, Brock Lesnar and The Undertaker - is already stacked. You can see a full list of the current entrants here.