Ron Reis
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| Ring name(s) | The Yeti Reece Big Ron Studd Big Bomb Jones Evil Vanilla Gorilla |
| Billed height | 7 ft 2 in (218 cm) |
| Billed weight | 326 lb (166 kg) |
| Born | April 26, 1970 San Jose, California |
| Trained by | Big John Studd |
| Debut | March 12, 1994 |
Ron Reis is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling in the late 1990s as The Yeti and Reese.
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[edit] Career
Ron Reis was trained by Big John Studd. He joined WCW in 1995, appearing at Halloween Havoc encased in a giant block of ice as The Yeti, a member of the Dungeon of Doom. The Yeti later thawed out, and was revealed to be a large mummy. After Dungeon member The Giant defeated Hulk Hogan for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship at Halloween Havoc 1995, Reis assisted with the post-match beating of Hogan when he administered a tandem bearhug with The Giant. His ring attire was subsequently changed so that he looked like a ninja. The inital look of The Yeti would, however, receive a cult following among the Internet Wrestling Community.
Reis later joined Raven's Flock as Reese, with Raven explaining that Reis' size had made him an outcast from society, leading him to seek acceptance within the Flock. Reis acted as Raven's enforcer, though he was unable to prevent Goldberg defeating Raven for the WCW United States Championship, and suffered an embarrassing loss to the far smaller Juventud Guerrera at the 1998 Great American Bash. The Flock eventually disbanded on September 13, 1998 at Fall Brawl when Perry Saturn defeated Raven to win the freedom of the Flock. Like many of the former Flock members, Reis lacked direction after the angle finished, and was released by WCW in 1999.
After being released, Reis toured Japan as Big Bomb Jones (a take on Big Van Vader created by Antonio Inoki) throughout 2000. In 2001 he returned to America and began working for Dusty Rhodes' Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling promotion as Big Ron Studd, a reference to his trainer. He formed a tag team with Ray Lloyd, and they won the TCW Tag Team Championships on January 3, 2002. The titles were vacated later that year.
Reis reemerged in Vince Russo's Christian orientated Glory Wrestling promotion in 2005 as the abstract character Evil, losing to Joshua the Carpenter on February 20.
[edit] Wrestling facts
[edit] Finishing and signature moves
[edit] Managers
- Raven
- Luther Biggs
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
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- 1-time TCW Tag Team Champion (with Ray Lloyd)
[edit] Filmography
- Shadow Warriors II: Hunt for the Death Merchant (1999) as "Vlassi"
[edit] Trivia
- Ron Reis is the son of Ron Reis, Sr., a two time NCAA Championship winner. Reis attended Santa Clara University, where he followed in his father's footsteps by playing varsity basketball.
- Ron Reis is often reported as being the tallest man to ever compete in a ladder match.
- Ron Reis attended Monta Vista High School in Cupertino, CA.
