So while Taker and Kane, for instance, are household names, Paulo César da Silva or, Giant Silva as he wrestled in WWE, might be a figure for whom you have to reach deep into the memory to find.

Not every giant will find success in WWE based on size alone. Aside from being big, these wrestlers offered very little and ...

He dressed up the surly Luna Vachon like a princess, made light of the masked Golga’s facial deformities and heralded the arrival of the towering Giant Silva as if he were a sideshow attraction.