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Ronald Allen Reis is a retired American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er from San Jose, UsefulNotes/{{California}} best known for his work in Wrestling/{{WCW}} from 1995-1998 as The Yeti and Reese. He was trained by Wrestling/BigJohnStudd and debuted in 1994 in the New England independent scene. He was introduced to WCW audiences at the end of the October 23, 1995 ''Wrestling/WCWMondayNitro.'' The episode had started with [[Wrestling/KingCurtisIaukea the Master]] of the Wrestling/DungeonOfDoom making a dramatic announcement about how the Sherpa guides had dug out a "thirteen-ton of ice" that contained the Dungeon's "insurance policy." This was followed by "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviewing [[Wrestling/KevinSullivan "The Taskmaster" Kevin Sullivan]] and [[Wrestling/TheBigShow the Giant]], with Sullivan explaining how his "fatha" had gone with the Sherpa guides to get the Yeti, which would be the insurance policy for the Giant's match with [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-h.html WCW World Heavyweight Champion]] Wrestling/HulkHogan that Sunday at ''WCW Halloween Havoc.'' As Hogan brawled with the Dungeon after the main event, the floor began shaking and the last image on the screen was of the Yeti breaking out of the ice. At ''Halloween Havoc'', Hogan's manager Wrestling/JimmyHart [[FaceHeelTurn turned heel]] on him. Wrestling/RandySavage and Wrestling/LexLuger ran down to the ring ostensibly to help Hogan, who was trapped in the Giant's BearHug, only for Luger to turn on Savage. Then the Yeti lumbered down to the ring and he and the Giant did the infamous double-[=bearhug=] spot. The Yeti gimmick was abandoned immediately after this. For the 60-man 3-ring battle royal at ''WCW World War III'' in November, Reis was repackaged as the Super Giant Ninja. (See CommutingOnABus below.) He left WCW altogether in June 1998 for Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling. He returned to the U.S. in 2003 to compete for Wrestling/DustyRhodes' Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling in Georgia. His last in-ring appearance was as "Evil" in Wrestling/VinceRusso's [=Christian=]-themed Ring of Glory promotion in 2005. He is a 1x [[http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/tttcw.html TCW Tag Team Champion]] with Wrestling/{{Glacier}}.

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!! "Double Trope Smash":
* AdvertisedExtra: In World War III, one of the advertisements for the match was that there would be "a giant in each ring" - The Yeti in Ring 1, The Giant in Ring 2, and Hulk Hogan in Ring 3. Although Hogan and the Giant made it through most of the match, the Yeti was eliminated about halfway through the event - the elimination wasn't even caught on camera.
* BeardOfEvil: There was not a single hair on Reese's head, and he was the Flock's strongest member who served as their muscle.
* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: The Yeti. Of course, he was actually a {{Mummy}}.
* TheBrute: As Reese, for The Flock
* ChokeHolds[=/=]NeckLift: His FinishingMove as Reese was an elevated two-handed [=chokebomb.=]
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Reese lost a match to Saturn and disappeared from WCW.
* CommutingOnABus: He made two appearances as the Yeti (the October 23, 1995 ''WCW Monday Nitro'' and on October 29th at ''Halloween Havoc.'') Then he got turned into the Super Giant Ninja for the ''World War III'' battle royal and only made one more appearance after that. He made a handful of appearances as Studd in 1996, and was completely absent for the entirety of 1997. He debuted as Reese on the March 2, 1998 ''Nitro'' and was gone by the end of June.
* DavidVsGoliath: Juventud Guerrera defeated Reese at ''The Great American Bash 98'' with a [=huracanrana=] after ex-Flock member Van Hammer hit Reese with a chairshot to the back.
** Inverted when, as Ron Studd, he defeated Wrestling/ChavoGuerreroJr. on the October 19, 1996 ''WCW Saturday Night.''
* TheGiant: 7'3 and over 400 lbs.
* {{Homage}}: The name "Big Ron Studd" was one to Big John Studd.
* IHaveManyNames: Besides the ones listed above, he worked for New Japan as [=BB=] (Big Bomb) Jones.
* {{Jobber}}: As Studd, he was probably one of the tallest guys to regularly be used as enhancement talent.
* MightyGlacier: Huge, strong, not very mobile.
* UsefulNotes/{{Nepal}}: In the Master's promo, he said that the Sherpa guides had dug out the "thirteen-ton of ice" "from north of [=Kathmandu=], from the Himalayas and the north face of Mount Everest!"
* {{Ninja}}: A Super Giant one, in fact.
* PowerStable: The Dungeon Of Doom and [[Wrestling/{{Raven}} Raven's Flock]]
* StealthPun: Reese would carry Wrestling/BillyKidman to the ring on his back, meaning he was "carrying" Kidman to a good match.
* TheVoiceless: He got ''one'' speaking opportunity as Reese, which he used to name his finisher "The Double Choke Smash," although the announcers never called it that.
* TheWorfEffect: At least three times on Nitro Ron Studd lost to people about to wrestle The Giant
* WrestlingMonster