WRESTLER PROFILES

[Giant Gonzales Gallery]

Wrestler: Giant Gonzales Real Name: Jorge Gonzales Birthday: January 31, 1966 Hometown: Argintina Marital Status: Height & Weight: 7'7" - 435 lbs Billed as 8' by the WWF. Trained by: Debut: 1990 Titles: Previous Gimmicks: El Gigante (WCW) Finishing Move: The Chokeslam Favorite Moves: Overhand Chop Notable Feuds: Ric Flair (WCW) The Four Horsemen (WCW) One Man Gang (WCW) Sid Vicious (WCW) The Undertaker (WWF)

In The Beginning: 1985: Jorge Gonzales appeared in the movie "Delivery Boys" with a very small roll.. Jorge Gonzales competed in the 1988 Olympic Games on the Argintina Basketball team but did not place.. Jorge Gonzales was drafted by the Turner-owned Atlanta Hawks, but couldn't handle the speed of the NBA.. World Championship Wrestling - El Gigante: Jorge Gonzales was offered a job in WCW (Also owned by Ted Turner) and became a wrestler known as "El Gigante".. March 21, 1991 - WCW/NJ Supershow: El Gigante defeated Curtis Hughes via submission.. May 19, 1991 - Superbrawl: El Gigante defeated Sid Vicious in a "stretcher" match.. June 14, 1991 - CotC: Barry Windham & Arn Anderson defeated Brian Pillman & El Gigante in a "Loser leaves town" match.. July 14, 1991 - Great American Bash: El Gigante defeated the One Man Gang.. September 5, 1991 - Clash of the Champions: El Gigante won a battle royal.. October 27, 1991 - Havoc: Gigante/Sting/Steiners beat Cactus Jack/Abullah/Diamond Studd/Vader in a "Chamber of Horrors" match.. December 29, 1991 - Starrcade: Richard Morton & Dustin Rhodes defeated Larry Zbysko & El Gigante in "Lethal Lottery".. January 4, 1992 - WCW/NJ Supershow II: Big Van Vader and El Gigante fought to a Double Disqualification.. World Wrestling Federation - Giant Gonzales: Jorge Gonzales jumped to the WWF, wrestling as "Giant Gonzales", managed by Harvey Wippleman, and feuded with the Undertaker.. Giant Gonzales appeared on an episode of Baywatch wearing his "Giant Gonzales" outfit, to help improve his english speaking skills.. January 24, 1993 - Royal Rumble: Giant Gonzales (unscheduled) appeared and eliminated the Undertaker from the Royal Rumble match! April 4, 1993 - Wrestlemania 9: The Undertaker defeated Giant Gonzales by DQ when he used Chloroform to knock Undertaker out! August 30, 1993 - Summerslam: The Undertaker defeated Giant Gonzalez w/Harvey Wippleman to regain possession of the urn! ~~~After the match, Giant Gonzales fired Harvey Wippleman as his manager! Retirement: 1993: Jorge Gonzales appeared in Hulk Hogan's series "Thunder in Paradise" and "Thunder in Paradise II" as "Mortador".. 1994: Jorge Gonzales played in the movie "Hercules In The Underworld" as one of the main villains "Eryz The Boxer".. 2000: Jorge Gonzeles was credited by Guinness World Records as the World's Tallest Professional Wrestler at 7'6.. ~~~Although Max Palmer (who wrestled as Paul Bunyan, who died in 1984, was 7'7" (up to 8'2")......