5 best Giants in the history of the WWE

Over the years, Professional Wrestling has seen superstars of various designs come up and make it big. The WWE has never failed to use distinct methods to attract audiences and cement its place as the top industry in this business. And over time, one of those methods has been to attract strong and powerful superstars such as Brock Lesnar, whose very presence creates a unique aura.However, another such tactic has been to bring in giant superstars, who have an imposing figure and assert their dominance in the business. We have seen numerous attempts by the WWE to incorporate this ‘Giant’ card successfully and it wouldn’t be wrong to say that they have failed miserably quite a number of times.One of them would be Giant Gonzalez who was brought in with lot of expectations but failed due to his limited ability in the ring. That has been the problem with many such superstars but there are some who broke this stance and made it big with the WWE. Let’s take a look at the 5 best giants over the years:

#5 Vader

While a common complaint with the giants is their lack of versatility in the ring, Vader was perhaps the most proficient big wrestler in the ring. At 6”5 and 450 pounds, he could perform moonsaults of the top rope. In fact, his moonsault off the top rope was voted as the best wrestling manoeuvre in 1993. After stints with AWA, WCW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, Vader finally joined WWE in 1996.

Initially, he was in a supposed WrestleMania match against Yokozuna, but that was later turned into a tag team match, thus denying the fans of a potential giant clash. Although his stay in the WWE was relatively short, for three years, he managed to make the most of it. At a time when the attitude era was slowly growing, and gimmick-based wrestlers increasing, Vader didn’t have much except his big-guy image. And in his short stint of three years, he challenged for every title in the company, despite never winning the ultimate prize. Towards the end, he mutually agreed to move out in favour of going back to New Japan Pro Wrestling.