10 Tallest Wrestlers Ever (And How Giant They Really Were)
2. Paul Bunyan - 7'7''
Another wrestler who found the sport after a brief career in basketball, Paul Bunyan also spent some time acting prior to taking to the ring under his real name of Max Palmer. Little footage is readily available of the lanky Bunyan in action, other than the above excerpt from a match with Man Mountain Montana in the 1950s.
He was only in the business for around half a decade, as he opted to become a preacher in the '60s, nicknamed 'Goliath for Christ', to complete a particularly diverse resumé. As far as his height is concerned though, he was billed at 8'2" - though one source even claims that at 19 years of age he was 8'6". Personally, I struggle to see how that could be possible. A more realistic number that often pops up is 7'7", which is still freakishly tall in the grand scheme of things.