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{{short description|American professional wrestler (born 1970)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox professional wrestler
| name           = Ron Reis
| image          =
| caption        =
| birthname      = Ronald Allen Reis
| names          = Big Bomb Jones<ref name=oww/><br />Big Ron Studd<ref name=oww/><br />Evil<ref name=oww/><br />Reese<ref name="PWI"/><br />Ron Reis<br>The Super Giant Ninja<ref name="YouTubeNinja">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZSUNVyW6-w |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140523223541/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZSUNVyW6-w |archive-date=2014-05-23 |url-status=dead|title=One Man Gang Vs. The Super Giant Ninja|access-date=2011-02-28|publisher=[[YouTube]]}}</ref><ref name=sn96episode/><br>SWAT<br>Vanilla Gorilla<br />The Yeti<ref name="PWI"/>
| height         = 7 ft 2 in<ref name=oww/>
| weight         = 365 lb<ref name=oww/>
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1970|4|26}}
| birth_place    = [[San Jose, California]], U.S.
| billed         =
| alma_mater     = [[Santa Clara University]]
| trainer        = [[Big John Studd]]<ref name=oww>{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profile/ron-reis/|title=Ron Reis profile|publisher=OWOW|access-date=2009-08-14}}</ref>
| debut          = March 12, 1994
| retired        = 2005
}}
'''Ronald Allen Reis''' (born April 26, 1970) is an American [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestler]]. He is best known for his appearances with [[World Championship Wrestling]] between 1995 and 1998 under the [[ring name]]s '''The Yeti''' and '''Reese'''.<ref name="PWI">{{cite web|url=http://www.pwinsider.com/article/43214/the-yeti-ron-reis-reveals-wcws-original-plans-for-the-yeti-character-the-famous-star-he-replaced-in-the-booking-plans-yeti-returning-to-wwe-or-tna-and-more.html?p=1|title="The Yeti" Ron Reis reveals WCW's original plans for the Yeti character, the famous star he replaced in the booking plans, Yeti returning to WWE or TNA, and more|publisher=Pro Wrestling Insider|date=November 24, 2009|access-date=2012-12-09}}</ref><ref name="WON">{{cite web|url=https://www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-stories/96-wwe/22229-mon-update-more-from-last-night-punk-talks-raw-ufc-ppv-build-odds-ratings-tna-champion|title=MON. UPDATE: More from last night, Punk talks Raw, UFC PPV build, odds, ratings, TNA champion|author=Meltzer, Dave|author-link=Dave Meltzer|work=[[Dave Meltzer|Wrestling Observer]]|date=September 19, 2011|access-date=2012-12-09}}</ref>
==Early life==
Ron Reis is the son of Ron Reis, Sr., who was a member of [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] title-winning [[Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball|basketball teams]] in 1961 and 1962 while studying at the [[University of Cincinnati]].
Reis attended [[Monta Vista High School]] in [[Cupertino, California]]. He played on the school's basketball team, scoring 2,082 points and competing in the 1987 [[Central Coast Section]] championship. Reis went on to attend [[Santa Clara University]], where he [[Santa Clara Broncos men's basketball|played basketball]] for four years.<ref name="WON"/>
==Professional wrestling career==
===Early career (1994–1995)===
Ron Reis was trained by [[Big John Studd]],<ref name=oww/> who he has had tagged with as the "Giants of Wrestling".<ref>Pro Wrestling Illustrated, PWI 500, December 1994 Issue, p.62</ref> He made his professional debut on March 12, 1994, for the [[New England]]–based [[International Wrestling Federation]] under his birth name. In 1995, Reis began performing for the [[Las Vegas]]–based [[National Wrestling Conference]] as "SWAT".
===World Championship Wrestling (1995–1996, 1998)===
Reis debuted in [[World Championship Wrestling]] on [[WCW Monday Nitro|Monday Nitro]] on October 23, 1995,<ref name=oww/> as '''The Yeti''' – the [[The Dungeon of Doom|Dungeon of Doom]]'s so-called "insurance policy" for the upcoming [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]] match between Dungeon member [[Big Show|The Giant]] and current champion [[Hulk Hogan]] at [[Halloween Havoc (1995)|Halloween Havoc 1995]]. Initially introduced (supposedly) frozen inside a block of [[ice]], the Yeti soon broke out of the ice to reveal a heavily bandaged appearance reminiscent of a huge [[mummy]] and went on to interfere in the Halloween Havoc 1995 main event, where he and The Giant attacked Hulk Hogan with a double-bearhug. Reis wore [[Elevator shoes|lifts]] in his boots at the event and had bandages wrapped high on his head, which gave the effect of The Yeti appearing noticeably taller than The Giant (in reality Reis is only around an inch taller than Wight) and caused an astonished [[Tony Schiavone]] to remark "The Yeti is taller than The Giant!".
Following Halloween Havoc, The Yeti's ring attire was changed without explanation to resemble a masked ninja.<ref name="YouTubeWW3">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrFds81OXDs|title=WCW World War 3 1995 Part 2/2|access-date=2011-05-10|publisher=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> However, Reis only made three more appearances as the character; as an entrant in the 60-man battle royal at [[WCW World War 3 (1995)|World War 3 1995]], in a match against [[Barry Houston]] on ''[[WCW Prime]]'', and in a match against [[WWE United States Championship|WCW United States Heavyweight Champion]] [[One Man Gang]] on ''[[WCW Saturday Night]]'' in January 1996, where the character was renamed '''The Super Giant Ninja'''.<ref name=YouTubeNinja/><ref name="sn96episode">{{Cite episode |title= WCW Saturday Night|series= WCW Saturday Night|series-link=WCW Saturday Night|station= TBS (TV channel)|airdate= 1996-01-20}}</ref> This would be the final appearance of the character.<ref name="historyofwwe">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/wcw96.htm|title=WCW Ring Results - 1996|access-date=2011-02-28|publisher=TheHistoryOfWWE.com}}</ref>
Reis later became known as '''Big Ron Studd''' in 1996, and WCW announcers billed Reis as having taken the surname of his trainer [[Big John Studd]].<ref name=oww/> In his column in ''[[WCW Magazine]]'', [[Bobby Heenan]], who had managed John Studd, expressed disdain over this [[angle (professional wrestling)|angle]]. WCW primarily used the Studd character as an [[Job (professional wrestling)|enhancement talent]]. He would lose to [[Chris Benoit]], [[Randy Savage]], [[Lex Luger]] and [[Jeff Jarrett]].
He left WCW by the end of 1996, and in 1997 worked in the independent circuit.
On the March 2, 1998, edition of ''Nitro'', Reis returned to WCW and joined [[Raven's Nest#The Flock|Raven's Flock]] as '''Reese'''.<ref name="WON2">{{cite web|url=http://www.f4wonline.com/component/content/article/7967/|author=Cawthon, Graham|title=Graham Cawthon's This Day in Wrestling History|work=[[Dave Meltzer|Wrestling Observer]]|date=November 24, 2009|access-date=2012-12-09}}</ref> [[Raven (wrestler)|Raven]] claimed that Reis' size had made him an outcast from society, leading him to seek acceptance within the Flock. Reis acted as Raven's [[Enforcer (professional wrestling)|enforcer]], though he was unable to prevent [[Bill Goldberg|Goldberg]] defeating Raven for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship. He also suffered a loss to [[Juventud Guerrera]] at the 1998 [[The Great American Bash (1998)|Great American Bash]]. Reese's last appearance was on the June 29, 1998, episode of ''Nitro''. [[Perry Saturn|Saturn]] pinned Reese with a [[Professional wrestling throws#Death Valley driver|Death Valley Driver]].
===Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling and Japan (2000–2005)===
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]] [[professional wrestling promotion|promotion]], returning to the Big Ron Studd gimmick. He formed a [[tag team]] with [[Glacier (wrestler)|Glacier]], and they won the [[TCW Tag Team Championship]]s on January 3, 2004. The titles were vacated later that year.
Reis reemerged in [[Vince Russo]]'s [[Christianity|Christian]]-oriented Ring Of Glory Wrestling promotion in 2005 as the abstract [[List of professional wrestling terms#G|character]] Evil,<ref name=oww/> losing to Joshua the Carpenter on February 26.
==Filmography==
* ''[[Assault on Death Mountain]]'' a.k.a. ''Shadow Warriors II: Hunt for the Death Merchant'' (1999) as "Vlassi"
==Championships and accomplishments==
*'''[[Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling]]'''
**[[TCW Tag Team Championship]] (1 time) – with [[Glacier (wrestler)|Glacier]]<ref name=oww/>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{IMDb name | id= 0716066 }}
*[https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=395&gimmick=Ron+Reis Ron Reis] at CageMatch.net
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