History Main / TheGiant

* As Enzo Amore reminds everyone, [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/a2/67/59/a267593bc40f418f5912d2f028984025.jpg Big Cass]] is 7 feet tall [[CatchPhrase and you can't teach that!]] He was easily the tallest person during his {{Wrestling/WWENXT}} run. The second tallest was Baron Corbin at 6'8".

* Paul Wight, billed as The Giant in Wrestling/{{WCW}} and Wrestling/BigShow in WWE. Injuries and weight troubles kept him from reaching his fullest potential, and many fans began calling him "[[XPacHeat The Big Slow]]" (a moniker either given to him or made canon by [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]]). However, his most recent return to WWE sees him a good fifty pounds lighter than when he left, and he's moving a little better; on top of that, at least in comparison with Wrestling/TheGreatKhali (see below), the fans love him. He also epitomizes the giant being pushed to the top, as ''his first ever match'' was in the main event of a Wrestling/{{WCW}} pay-per-view for the world championship. However, he has put his generally basic repertoire to good use; a ''chest slap'' has become one of his signature moves--he shushes the audience, and then smacks the guy, allowing the crack of a hand the size of a frying pan to echo throughout the arena. He had a wide variety of moves in WCW, including kip-ups and athletic slams. He was so unique, he is the only wrestler that won PWI's Rookie of the Year and Wrestler of the Year in his debut. He even claims he did a ''moonsault'' once or twice at house shows during his WCW tenure.

* The most famous, of course, is Wrestling/AndreTheGiant, billed by Wrestling/{{WWE}} as the Eighth Wonder of the World (a title that initially belonged to Wrestling/PamperoFirpo). His most famous match was against Wrestling/HulkHogan at ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}} 3''. Although Andre wasn't an example of this trope due to lack of talent, rather it was because he was talented. As he got older, his disease left him in too much pain to do most of his moves, so he had to develop a different kind of psychology to keep his matches interesting.

* [[StreetFighter Hugo]] [[VideoGame/FinalFight Andore]], standing at ''8 feet'' and being a near-{{Expy}} of Heel-era André, exhibits next to no finesse in his attacks compared to other grapplers. The same thing can be seen on [[{{Heel}} Raiden]] (based on the legendary Wrestling/{{Vader}}, who was [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff hugely popular in Japan]]) from ''VideoGame/FatalFury'' and ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters''.

* Emmanuel Yarborough was a little-known sumo wrestler and MMA fighter, but his main claim to fame was as the holder of the Guinness World Record for World's Largest Athlete, at 6'8" tall and over 800 pounds. Interestingly, although he was a shoot fighter he very strongly resembled a Giant pro wrestler, with a moveset that mostly consisted of basic punches and trying to crush his opponent under his weight, and his fairly limited MMA record consisted mostly of losses to scrappy, much smaller underdogs.

* King Mabel, Viscera, Big Daddy V and all his other gimmicks were this. Six Foot nine, five hundred pounds, not a lot of mobility by wrestler standards and the large majority of his matches revolved around how someone could manage to do anything to him.

* Rycklon Stephens is this among [[Wrestling/NelsonErazo Homicide]]'s students, in a similar manner to Curtis Hughes mostly for his musculature, being a former body builder who is only about six foot two but weight about three hundred pounds. Unlike Hughes and similar to Sapp, Stephens is fairly quick but his arsenal is very repetitive and more simplistic than Hughes (but more complex than Sapp). He was less this and more big guy in WWE as "Ezekiel Jackson" but his giant attributes truly shined through on Lucha Underground, or would have if not for Vibora (although Big Rick had been gone for almost 2 seasons by the time Vibora debuted).

* Craig Marduk from ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' is a good example of this trope

->''"That right there is one of the most basic moves in the history of wrestling but when it's applied by [[Wrestling/BigShow The Big Show]] it could be a finishing move."''

* The 6 ft 9 Isis the Amazon (real name Lindsay Kay Hayward), of the American indie scene. That's her dominating the lineup in the bottom-right corner of the page pic; you can see that the top of Wrestling/AJLee's head is about level with Isis' breasts. She's done a bit of acting too, and consequently holds the Guinness World Record title for the tallest women ever to play a leading role.

* Linda Miles, also known as Shaniqua. Tall and muscular but was clearly not ready when she was put on television (just like everyone else from Tough Enough 2). Ohio Valley Wrestling bookers stopped trusting her not to injure other women, including body builders like Melissa Coates and amateur standouts like Wrestling/BethPhoenix, concluding no opponent smaller than Wrestling/SheltonBenjamin(roughly her size) would be safe in a ring with Miles.
* Parodied by Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}} wrestler Hydra, who does the whole Giant schtick despite being 5' 6" and 140 pounds. CHIKARA's had a few real giants on their roster since - Wrestling/{{Tursas}} (billed at 6'8" 376 lbs), Max Smashmaster (originally billed at 6'4" and 400+ lbs, he's slimmed down to around 350), Nokken (a little taller but a good deal slimmer than Tursas), and Wrestling/{{Deucalion}} (billed as "Bigger than Tursas", although he was wearing bulky gear and wasn't quite a giant underneath it all).

* [[StreetFighter Hugo]] [[VideoGame/FinalFight Andore]], standing at ''8 feet'' and being a near-{{Expy}} of Heel-era André, exhibits next to no finesse in his attacks compared to other grapplers. The same thing can be seen on [[{{Heel}} Raiden]] from ''VideoGame/FatalFury'' and ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters''.

* Rycklon Stephens is this among [[Wrestling/NelsonErazo Homicide]]'s students, in a similar manner to Curtis Hughes mostly for his musculature, being a former body builder who is only about six foot two but weight about three hundred pounds. Unlike Hughes and similar to Sapp, Stephens is fairly quick but his arsenal is very repetitive and more simplistic than Hughes (but more complex than Sapp). He was less this and more big guy in WWE as "Ezekiel Jackson" but his giant attributes truly shined through on Lucha Underground, or would have if not for Vibora.

* [[SnakePeople Vibora]] is the resident giant on Wrestling/LuchaUnderground. His performer, Austin Matelson, is actually only 6'5" tall (although commentary put him at 7'), not ''particularly'' gigantic by the standards of this trope, but since Lucha Underground is on average a much shorter promotion than WWE, he ''towers'' over most of the roster in a most intimidating manner. [[MightyGlacier Slow and immobile]] (possibly deliberately) in his season 3 debut, training with [[Wrestling/JohnMorrison Johnny Mundo]] between seasons improved his skills dramatically, making him insanely [[LightningBruiser fast and agile for his size]]. After LU closed down (and Vibora was KilledOffForReal early in season 4 anyway), he went to Wrestling{{AEW}} as Luchasaurus of the Jurassic Express, teaming with [[BigGuyLittleGuy the slim Jungle Boy (who rides on his shoulders) and TINY Marko Stunt]].

* [[SnakePeople Vibora]] is the resident giant on Wrestling/LuchaUnderground. His performer, Austin Matelson, is actually only 6'5" tall (although commentary put him at 7'), not ''particularly'' gigantic by the standards of this trope, but since Lucha Underground is on average a much shorter promotion than WWE, he ''towers'' over most of the roster in a most intimidating manner.

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* [[DoNotCallMePaul Paul Wight]], billed as The Giant in Wrestling/{{WCW}} and Wrestling/BigShow in WWE. Injuries and weight troubles kept him from reaching his fullest potential, and many fans began calling him "[[XPacHeat The Big Slow]]" (a moniker either given to him or made canon by [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]]). However, his most recent return to WWE sees him a good fifty pounds lighter than when he left, and he's moving a little better; on top of that, at least in comparison with Wrestling/TheGreatKhali (see below), the fans love him. He also epitomizes the giant being pushed to the top, as ''his first ever match'' was in the main event of a Wrestling/{{WCW}} pay-per-view for the world championship. However, he has put his generally basic repertoire to good use; a ''chest slap'' has become one of his signature moves--he shushes the audience, and then smacks the guy, allowing the crack of a hand the size of a frying pan to echo throughout the arena. He had a wide variety of moves in WCW, including kip-ups and athletic slams. He was so unique, he is the only wrestler that won PWI's Rookie of the Year and Wrestler of the Year in his debut. He even claims he did a ''moonsault'' once or twice at house shows during his WCW tenure.

* Giant Baba of Japan, who was close to 7 feet tall (which is even more unusual in Japan than it is in the West). Unlike many Giants, Baba was actually quite a talented pro wrestler, though he didn't age well.

* Gregor "the Mountain that Rides" Clegane from ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', who is a giant in the literal (he's around eight feet tall) and medical sense-he has gigantism, which translates to horrible splitting headaches that the local equivalent of opium does very little to soothe. This in addition to a bad case of ParentalFavoritism doing nothing to curb his tendencies (his torturing and scarring his little brother was covered up, and it's likely he murdered his father for his inheritance) make him a perfect example of a PsychoForHire. And after his duel with Prince Martell, he's a TechnicallyLivingZombie who might not even have a ''head'', but is just as strong.