10 WWE Superstars You Totally Forgot Were A Babyface

3. Giant González

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Giant González was the tallest wrestler ever to step foot in a WWE ring.

Knowing how Vince McMahon operates when it comes to supersized athletes, it's no wonder that the former El Gigante was brought into WWE in an upper mid-card spot and immediately thrown into a feud with The Undertaker. In fact, Giant González's only major program was his long feud with The Undertaker in 1993.

González was legitimately 7'7" tall, thus billed as an eight foot behemoth in WWE, and was another unstoppable monster that came to cause devastation in the company. Ask any longtime fan their memories of Giant González in WWE and you're likely to hear stories of Royal Rumble '93, WrestleMania IX, or SummerSlam '93 - all events in which Giant González played the heel to Undertaker's babyface.

After concluding his feud with The Deadman in the Rest In Peace Match (a bogus and over-hyped term for a simple no DQ, no countout match), González actually turned face when he dispatched his heel manager, Harvey Wippleman.

While González would be gone from WWE within two months following SummerSlam, he did participate in the RAW Intercontinental Championship battle royal as a babyface. He left the company just days later.

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