10 Best Wrestling Giants

In this case, bigger is absolutely better. Unless you're Giant Gonzalez, that is.

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WWE has long been known as the Land of the Giants, and rightly so.

When larger than life characters patrol the squared circle, you can't help but want to see them in action. Sometimes, these colossal men are decimating the competition; other times, they're challenging fired-up babyfaces to bring every bit of ammunition they've got in order to make a name for themselves as a giant slayer.

Dozens of wrestlers over the last century have branded themselves as giants, and many of them were visually impressive, towering over opponents or outweighing them by seemingly impossible margins.

But only a handful lived up to the hype, etching their names into professional wrestling history as incredible, awe-inspiring spectacles.

After all, it takes more than being tall to truly be a giant. Being enormous might get you through the door -- after you crouch down quite a bit and squeeze through, of course -- but you also need to prove yourself in the ring.

Giant Gonzalez and Giant Silva were certainly great giants. But they were not very good wrestlers.

To make this list, you need size and skills. And these ten men of brobdingnagian proportions and legendary appetites... they didn't just break the mold. They ground it into powder with a single step.

These are the ten best to ever carry the name "Giant."

10. Super Giant Ninja

When he wasn't double-humping Hulk Hogan with The Giant as THE YET-AY, putting over talent as Big Ron Studd, or protecting Raven's Flock as Reese, Ron Reis appeared on WCW television with the most literal, on-the-nose moniker of the era: Super Giant Ninja.

A ninja who was gigantic, Super Giant Ninja wasn't around long -- he competed in World War 3 in 1995 and challenged One Man Gang for the United States Championship -- before enduring one or two more gimmick changes before leaving the promotion.

Known backstage as The Giant Midget for having tiny little T-Rex arms on a massive frame, Ron Reis could work circles around some of the more famous giants in the sport, even if he didn't reach the same heights of success.

That being said, wrestling fans will never ever forget him or his infamous bear hug.

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