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Giant Gonzalez

González debuted in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as El Gigante on 19 May, 1990 at the pay-per-view Capital Combat. Wearing shorts, he competed as a fan favorite and was billed as being close to eight feet tall.

Over the next two years, he feuded with Ric Flair for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, participated in a Chamber of Horrors match in 1991, and also had a date with Missy Hyatt. He also participated in a feud with Sid Vicious and The One Man Gang who both stood at 6'9". The point of the feud was to determine who the real "giant of WCW" was.

He competed as Giant Gonzalez during his time in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) as a villain, and was managed by the despised manager, Harvey Wippleman. González grew a beard and wore a full body suit that featured airbrushed muscles with bushy hair attached. He was introduced at the Royal Rumble in January 1993, where he eliminated Wippleman's nemesis The Undertaker from the Royal Rumble match despite not being an official participant. At WrestleMania IX, Gonzalez lost to The Undertaker by disqualification after he knocked out the Undertaker using chloroform. After another loss to The Undertaker at SummerSlam, the feud came to an end, and after the match, Wippleman berated him, before Gonzalez turned on Wippleman himself, turning face in the process.

The foundation was later set for a feud between González and Adam Bomb, but it never truly began. His last appearance in WWF was on the October 4 episode of Monday Night Raw in a 20-man battle royal match for the Intercontinental Championship. Before the match started, González was first eliminated by "Macho Man" Randy SavageDieselBastion Booger1-2-3 KidMarty Jannetty, Adam Bomb and Bam Bam Bigelow. Three days later, WWF announced that Gonzalez left the company after his WWF contract had expired on October 7, 1993.

On September 22, 2010, Gonzalez passed away.

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