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Giant Silva
Brazilian basketball player, mixed martial artist and professional wrestler / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Paulo César da Silva (born July 21, 1963) is a Brazilian former national basketball player for the Brazilian national basketball team and later mixed martial artist and professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Giant Silva. He stands 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) and weighs 175 kg (386 lb). A super-heavyweight wrestler, he was both a face and a heel in several professional wrestling promotions. Known for his great height, in 2014 he was described as the sixth tallest professional wrestler in history.[2]
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Birth name | Paulo César da Silva |
Born | (1963-07-21) July 21, 1963 (age 61) São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Giant King Giant Silva Gigante Silva The Great Charlie The New Giant Paulão |
Billed height | 7 ft 2 in (218 cm)[1] |
Billed weight | 385 lb (175 kg)[1] |
Trained by | Dory Funk Jr. Tom Prichard |
Debut | 1997 |
Retired | 2010 |
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