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** Subverted by the fact that Andre was actually a moderately skilled Greco-Roman wrestler, and was [[Lightning Bruiser|frighteningly quick in his youth]], but said most famous match was from later in his life when chronic health problems had badly slowed him.
** [[Street Fighter|Hugo]] [[Final Fight|Andore]], being a near-[[Expy]] of Heel-era André, exhibits next to no finesse in his attacks compared to other grapplers. The same thing can be seen on [[Heel|Raiden]] from ''[[Fatal Fury]]'' and ''[[The King of Fighters]]''. Conversely, T. Hawk, who may actually be even larger than Hugo, is a very agile and technical fighter who prefers quick aerial maneuvers to grappling.
* [[Do Not Call Me Paul|Paul Wight]], billed as The Giant in [[WCW]] and [[The Big Show]] in WWE. Injuries and weight troubles kept him from reaching his fullest potential, and many fans began calling him "[[X
** One could also argue that Paul Wight is a subversion of this trope, as he had a wide variety of moves in the WCW, including the kip-up and athletic slams. He was so unique, he is the only wrestler that won PWI's Rookie of the Year and Wrestler of the Year in his debut. There was even rumors that, during his days in WCW, he was even training to do a moonsault.
*** [[Crazy Versus Awesome|Those weren't rumours]]. [[Word of God|Paul Wight has confirmed it]], in fact he claims that he actually ''used'' it in several matches, though obviously whenever he did the opponent moved out of the way.
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** Joshi star Hiroyo Matsumoto certainly wrestles like one of these. She's not the tallest girl on the roster, but she's strong beyond reason with muscles to spare and a pair of quads like tree trunks. How strong? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W5N4VViwA0 Have a look,] '''as she lifts up two other wrestlers to make herself 600 pounds and then jumps up and sits on Mayumi Ozaki.''' It's no wonder when she wrestles the crowds chant "''HIROYO MATSUMOTO DESTROY!''"
* Parodied by [[CHIKARA]] wrestler Hydra, who does the whole Giant schtick despite being 5' 6" and 140 pounds.
* Titanic Tim from the ''[[Saturday Night Slam Masters]]'' games is a 7'9" goliath whose fighting style is even listed as "giant wrestling"... but he's actually pretty good at grappling and such anyway. Still, in a league where other fighters can throw grenades or turn into meteors, a lunging karate chop is pretty basic.
** Titanic Tim was based on Japanese wrestling legend Giant Baba, who despite being extremely tall did ''not'' have a limited or basic repertoire of moves.
* The Giant, a call name and the heavy template you can choose for your CAW in the WWE Day Of Reckoning games, is essentially this wrestling style. It has the most simplistic moves of the "big man" choices.
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* The NBA has also had its share of giants who really had no business on the basketball court, including Gheorge Muresan, Jake Vohskul, and Wang Zhizhi.
** Greg Ostertag was a notable shot blocker, setting a school record at the University of Kansas that stands to this day and leading the NBA in block percentage twice. He was also notable for being bad at virtually every other aspect of the game.
** Manute Bol was literally the tallest man to ever play in the NBA, and while he was a dominant blocker and good three point shooter, he was also dangerously underweight for his size -- 7'7" and just ''200'' lbs.
** Yao Ming is a most notable subversion, as he was extremely talented, and when on top of his game, was capable of dominating the lane with an iron fist.
** Shaquille O'Neal is another prominent subversion, at least as far as his lane presence is concerned. His free throw ability, not so much--[[Scary Movie|famously so]].
* Subverted in the NHL by Zdeno Chara, the tallest player ever to play in the league, who is considered one of the top defensemen playing at the moment. Ironically, some thought that his height was the only reason he even had a job during his rookie season, disregarding his actual skill. On the flip side, the second tallest [[NH Ler]] of all time, Steve McKenna, was not very good at all, and found himself a frequent healthy scratch before going to Australia to become the coach of their national team.
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