What REALLY Happened To WWE's 16 Tallest Wrestlers Ever?
4. Giant Silva (7'2)
Known For: Being even bigger than fellow giant and class clown Kurrgan in comedy-based faction The Oddities during a hot streak for the WWF mid-'Attitude Era'. Like many monsters, the company tacked on a cheeky extra inch to bill him as 7'3 rather than the shoot 7'2. Silva genuinely had some laugh as part of the fed between 1998-1999, but he didn't make much of a splash on his own without Kurrgan, Golga or the Insane Clown Posse.
What Happened To Him: Somewhat surprisingly, Silva had only started wrestling properly in 1997 before being signed by the WWF. Post-run as part of The Oddities, he continued working in Mexico for CMLL and over in Japan for NJPW. Having tidy matches obviously wasn't the concern here - making people ooh and aah at his size, then landing a few power moves before hitting the pay window certainly was.
In 2003, Silva also launched an MMA career with Pride, but that ended in 2006 with a fairly poor 2-6 win-loss record. For those interested, both of Giant Silva's MMA wins came via submission. That may surprise folks who believe he'd just hit hard and clock opponents with a knockout strike or two when fighting for real.
Nope, silva liked to put on arm locks and make rivals tap out.
Silva hasn't wrestled a pro match since 2010, and he's unlikely to do so again. He'll always show up on lists of forgotten WWE workers. Those looking back over old events like SummerSlam 1998 will be taken aback by the height of him, that's for sure. Bro just about clunked his head on the Madison Square Garden set.