Ron Reis

Ron Reis
Ring name(s)	Big Bomb Jones Big Ron Studd Evil Reese The Super Giant Ninja Vanilla Gorilla The Yeti
Billed height	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 7 ft 4 in (2.24 m) as Yeti
Billed weight	365 lb (166 kg)
Born	April 26, 1970 (1970-04-26) San Jose, California
Resides	Cumming, Georgia
Trained by	Big John Studd
Debut	March 12, 1994

Ronald Allen "Ron" Reis (born April 26, 1970) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling in the late 1990s as The Yeti and Reese.

Career

Ron Reis was trained by the late Big John Studd.

World Championship Wrestling (1995-2000)

He joined World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1995, and debuted on the October 23, 1995 episode of WCW Monday Nitro 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. During the match between Dungeon member The Giant and then-WCW World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan at Halloween Havoc 1995,. Reis' next television appearance was at World War 3 1995, where he participated in the 60-man battle royal, billed as the Yeti but now dressed like a ninja. He made his second and final appearance in the ninja costume, billed as The Super Giant Ninja, on WCW Saturday Night in early 1996, before the character was dropped.

Reis later became known as Big Ron Studd in 1996, and WCW announcers billed Reis as having taken the surname of his trainer John Studd. Bobby Heenan, who had managed John Studd, however, disdained Ron in his column on WCW Magazine. WCW primarily used Studd as an enhancement talent. 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 Heavyweight Championship, and suffered an embarrassing loss to the far smaller Juventud Guerrera at the 1998 Great American Bash. Reese's last appearance was on the June 21, 1998 episode of Nitro. Saturn pinned Reese with a Death Valley Driver. He is mostly remembered as being one of the tallest wrestlers in WCW history.

Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling and Japan

After being released, Reis toured Japan as Big Bomb Jones (a take on Big Van Vader) throughout 2002. In 2003 he returned to America and began working for Dusty Rhodes Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling promotion, returning to the Big Ron Studd gimmick. He formed a tag team with Ray Lloyd, and they won the TCW Tag Team Championships on January 3, 2004. 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 26.

Personal life

Reis attended Monta Vista High School in Cupertino, California, and currently is a wine vendor in Cumming, Georgia. He is presently training to compete in, "The American Ninja," television show.

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.

Other media

Reis is also known for appearing in two WCW brand videogames: WCW/nWo Revenge and WCW/nWo Thunder.

In wrestling

• Finishing moves
  • Two handed chokeslam

• Signature moves
  • Bearhug
  • Vertical suplex

• Managers
  • Luther Biggs
  • Jimmy Hart
  • Raven

Championships and accomplishments

• Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling
  • TCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Glacier

Filmography

• Shadow Warriors II: Hunt for the Death Merchant (1999) as "Vlassi"

External links

• Dec 18 2008 Audio Interview with Ron "The Yeti" Reis