Wrestling today is a small man's sport. Athletic wrestlers like AJ Styles have changed how people look at professional wrestling and the giant monsters from yesteryear would never work in today's world. When a giant man shows up, fans normally turn on them and refuse to even take notice. However, it wasn't always like that.

When Hulk Hogan was champion, WWE brought out bigger and heavier challenges for him to overcome, and the fans loved it. While there have been extremely large men in professional wrestling, with at least one advertised at 800 pounds and a tag team at 600 pounds each, WWE has been careful to only hire certain stars for health reasons. Here are the heaviest wrestlers in WWE history.

UPDATE: 2024/04/03 14:30 EST BY SHAWN S. LEALOS

The world of professional wrestling no longer has as many giants as it used to. With more athletic wrestlers taking the stage, the giants of this era are nowhere near as big as they used to be. Men like Gunther and Bronson Reed are considered giants in WWE today, but they are only 297 lbs and 330 lbs respectively, While Reed's weight is right on the border of the 25 heaviest wrestlers in WWE history, it compares to Hulk Hogan and not someone like Andre the Giant or Big John Studd, who towered over the Hulkster. With that said, the big men from the past still presented imposing figures as both heroes and villains.

25 Hulk Hogan Was The Monster Babyface

Weighing In At 330 lbs

It seems almost hard to believe, since he has surrounded himself with giants like Kevin Nash, Andre the Giant, and more over the years, but Hulk Hogan is a really big WWE giant. At the time that Hogan was on top of the WWE, he was standing 6 feet 7 and weighed 330 pounds. He was a real-life superhero in wrestling.

But, he needed to look like an underdog, so WWE kept bringing in giants like John Studd, King Kong Bundy, and eventually Andre the Giant, all of whom made Hogan look that much smaller. However, he was never small and his height and weight matched up to his enormous pythons.

24 Kurrgan Was The Giant Odditie

Weighing In At 330 lbs

To really understand how powerful Hulk Hogan was, he weighed the exact same as Kurrgan from The Oddities. Originally part of Don Callis' Truth Commission, Kurrgan went on to become a comedy act with The Oddities in the Attitude Era, a group of misfit giants with Kurrgan as the biggest of them all. However, while he was 6 foot 11, he was the exact same weight as Hogan, who was four inches shorter.

Despite this, WWE sold him as a giant, although one who never had the level of success as other giants in WWE history.

23 Blackjack Mulligan Was The Big Tough Texan

Weighing In At 340 lbs

Blackjack Mulligan was the patriarch of the Mulligan family, which included names like Barry Windham, Kendall Windham, Bray Wyatt, and Bo Dallas. While Barry and Kendell were both big like their dad, neither reached the weight of the Blackjack - one of WWE's original giants. He debuted in 1967 and had his most successful years in the 1970s when he and Blackjack Lanza won the WWE tag titles as well as various titles in the NWA.

He also had a small stint in the 1980s where he teamed with another WWE giant, working under a mask as Big Machine next to Andre the Giant's Giant Machine.

22 Umaga Was The Samoan Giant

Weighing In At 350 lbs

When it comes to WWE giants, there are a lot of members of the Anoa'i wrestling family from Samoa on the list. While he was not as big as people like Yokozuna or Rikishi, Umaga was still a giant among other WWE superstars when he worked in WWE. Umaga was 6 foot 4, but he checked in at 350 pounds and was booked as a monster in WWE.

He started out as a tag team wrestler in 3-Minute Warning with Roman Reigns' brother Rosey. However, his biggest success was as Umaga, where he worked in WWE from 2006-2009 and even had the WrestleMania match with Bobby Lashley that involved Donald Trump and Vince McMahon. Umaga tragically died of a heart attack at the age of 36.

21 Nathan Jones Was The Big MMA Fighter

Weighing In At 370 lbs

Nathan Jones was a giant wrestler whom Vince McMahon and WWE had big plans for when they brought him to the company in 2002. At 6 foot 11 and 370 pounds, he was a Strongman from 1993 to 1998 and then fought in MMA for Pride Fighting Championships before becoming a professional wrestler. However, despite his size and strength, and his experience as a shoot fighter, he was a terrible professional wrestler.

WWE signed him in 2002 and gave him a pairing with Undertaker to help his career take off. It didn't work, and he went back to OVW to train more. He returned in late 2003, had very little success, and then retired from wrestling.

20 Big John Studd Was The 80s Monster Heel

Weighing In At 384 lbs

In the 1980s, Andre the Giant was the one true giant in WWE. However, someone that big needs another giant to act as his nemesis and WWE brought in Big John Studd to fill that role. Studd was well over 100 pounds lighter than Andre, but he was almost as tall, at 6 foot 10. The two ended up having a major feud at the first WrestleMania where they fought for a briefcase of money in a Bodyslam Challenge match that Andre won.

Part of the Heenan Family, Studd was a true star when Hulkamania started, but after his feud with Andre, he slowly ended his career in 1986. He did have a short return in 1988-1989 but finally left for good after that.

19 Typhoon Was A Natural Disaster

Weighing In At 384 lbs

Sadly, Fred Ottman's career will almost always be known for his time as Shockmaster in WCW, which mostly ended when he tripped and fell on his way out for his introduction. However, before that, he worked in WWE as Typhoon (and Tugboat before that).

He started out as a babyface that Hogan kayfabe trained, but when he turned heel and joined Earthquake as the Natural Disasters, he saw his greatest success in WWE where he won the WWE tag team titles. Sadly, after the Shockwave event, his career wound down.

18 Giant Silva Was An Oddity

Weighing In At 385 lbs

The biggest WWE giant in The Oddities is Giant Silva. However, he was also the one who was the least useful in the ring as a wrestler. A former basketball player, Silva was 7 foot 2 and 385 pounds and joined WWE in 1997 as a part of The Oddities.

He mostly spent his time in the corner while Kurrgan and Golga (formerly Earthquake) wrestled. His only real match came at SummerSlam 1998 when he teamed with Kurrgan and Golga to beat Kai En Tai. He only returned to WWE one more time in 1999, and he finished his career in CMLL and NJPW.

17 Bam Bam Bigelow Was The Athletic Giant

Weighing In At 390 lbs

One of the best of the giants in WWE when it comes to his ability to do more than just power movies was Bam Bam Bigelow. Bam Bam was only 6 foot 4, but he checked in at 390 pounds and was a mountain of a man. Not only that, but he did things other men his size couldn't do. He went to the top buckle and he could fly. He was also very trusted by WWE.

While he wasn't a champion in WWE, he was the man chosen to work the main event at WrestleMania with NFL star Lawrence Taylor, and he walked Taylor through a decent match. Bigelow had bigger success in ECW and WCW, but he was still a popular and successful figure in WWE history.

16 Bastion Booger Was The Disgusting Giant

Weighing In At 400 lbs

Easily one of the worst giant wrestlers to ever work in WWE, Bastion Booger was a 6 foot 1 400 pound wrestler who also worked in WCW as Norman the Lunatic. In WCW, he carried around a teddy bear and his manager Teddy Long always threatened to re-institutionalize him if he didn't follow his orders. He ended up as a babyface, feuded with Kevin Sullivan, and even got world title shots against Ric Flair.

However, in WWE, he became Bastion Booger and was humiliated time and time again with too-small singlets and portrayed as a gluttonous wrestler. He lost almost every match and feud he was involved in.

15 Omos Is WWE's Modern-Day Giant

Weighing In At 400 lbs

The newest big man in WWE is Omos, and the company has presented him as a dominating monster, no matter who he faced. He has made cruiserweights look like nothing and made big men like Drew McIntyre look small in comparison.

Omos started out as a backstage presence during Shane McMahon’s Raw Underground segments, an enormous man standing 7-3. When that ended, WWE threw him onto TV as AJ Styles’ monster bodyguard and the two won the tag team titles easily. Omos weighs in at 400 lbs, the heaviest superstar on WWE’s main brands at present time, and works now with MVP as his manager.

14 Mark Henry Was A Champion Weightlifter

Weighing In At 412 lbs

When compared to someone like Omos or Andre the Giant, Mark Henry looked much smaller than he really was. In reality, Henry is not only the World’s Strongest Man but also one of the heaviest wrestlers in WWE history. Henry stands 6-2 and weighed in at an average weight of 412 lbs in his wrestling days.

Henry is below 400 lbs now, but in his days as an active competitor, he was responsible for amazing feats of strength and finally rose to the top as a dominant world champion. At his size and weight, he could run over just about any challenger placed in front of him.

13 The Great Khali Was A Giant World Champion

Weighing In At 419 lbs

When The Great Khali arrived in WWE, the company positioned him as a top star. The former Punjab Police officer came in at 7-1 while weighing in at 419 lbs. At that size, WWE did what they always do with giants and put him in the ring against Undertaker.

Khali not only beat Undertaker, but he won the world championship in his second year in the company. While most fans dismissed Khali because of his lack of wrestling skills, he ended up as a WWE Hall of Fame member in the 2021 class. He recently made an appearance at WWE's live event in India where he claimed he wanted one more match.

12 Giant Gonzalez Was A Giant Undertaker Enemy

Weighing In At 419 lbs

Much like The Great Khali a decade later, WWE tried to make Giant Gonzalez a star by putting him against Undertaker. Similar to Khali, Gonzalez was also not a very good wrestler and only used his massive size to develop a ring presence. Unlike Khali, Gonzalez failed miserably in WWE.

His match with Undertaker is one of the worst WrestleMania matches of all time and he left WWE after just one year. Gonzalez was one of WWE’s tallest wrestlers ever at 8ft tall and he weighed 419 lbs, although WWE billed him at 460.

11 Rikishi Was A Samoan Dynasty Giant

Weighing In At 425 lbs

Rikishi took a while to find his spot in WWE, despite having the pedigree of the Samoan Dynasty behind him. After a tag team role in the Headshrinkers and gimmicks as Fatu and The Sultan, he finally found his place as the dancing big man, Rikishi.

The gimmick helped Rikishi earn enshrinement into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2015, despite never rising above the mid-card. Rikishi only stood 6-1, but his average weight in WWE was a heavy 425 lbs. His sons carry on the family name, although their combined weight is 70 lbs lighter than their dad’s total weight.

10 Gorilla Monsoon Was A '70s Monster Heel

Weighing In At 440 lbs

Most fans know Gorilla Monsoon from his days as the voice of WWE, working alongside Bobby "The Brain" Heenan and Jesse "The Body" Ventura. He called some of the biggest matches in the '80s while Hulk Hogan was raising the company to new heights. Later, in the Attitude Era, he was an authority figure.

However, before all that, he was a professional wrestler in the '60s and '70s. While he started as a babyface, he realized the money was in being a heel monster and Gorilla Monsoon was born. He worked as a top heel in WWE, feuding with Bruno Sammartino. At his largest weight, Monsoon was billed at 440 pounds.

9 Big Show Was The Attitude Era Giant

Weighing In At 441 lbs

The Big Show is the heaviest wrestler in the modern WWE era by a long shot. He has always been huge, and WCW hinted that he was actually the son of Andre the Giant, which is not true. However, it made for a good introduction to the newest giant in professional wrestling.

Big Show is also one of the most successful giants in WWE history. He is a two-time WCW world champion, four-time WWE world champion, and one-time ECW world champion. He recently slimmed down and muscled up for his health but at his heaviest, he was up around the 537-pound mark, but his average weight was actually closer to 441.

8 Vader Was A Hard-Hitting Giant

Weighing In At 450 lbs

Big Van Vader wasn't always as large as his heaviest billed weight. He was always a strong powerhouse and was, at one time, extremely strong. He was a former football player and remained very agile despite his girth. Vader could do a moonsault at his weight, something that remains astonishing to this day.

In 2018, his heart gave out. When he was failing in health, he tried to get healthy through DDP Yoga, but Dallas Page told him he needed to slim down a lot if he wanted to survive. Sadly, it was too late. At his heaviest, Vader weighed in at 450 pounds.

7 One Man Gang Was A Territory Giant

Weighing In At 450 lbs

Old-school fans of the territory days know George Gray by the name the One Man Gang. At that time, he was a monster who traveled the territories and brutalized the babyfaces, usually with someone like Skandar Akbar or Gary Hart as his manager. He was a UWF Heavyweight Champion at the height of the territory days.

In 1988, he signed with WWE and many fans were introduced to him in a very different gimmick. He was Akeem, a big dancing machine who wanted to re-embrace his "African roots" with manager Slick. One Man Gang topped out at 450 pounds.

6 Uncle Elmer Was A Hillbilly Giant

Weighing In At 450 lbs

Uncle Elmer would be totally forgettable if not for one specific moment in WWE history. Stanley Frazier was a mainstay in the territories when he was hired by WWE to become part of Hillbilly Jim's kayfabe family. Jim was struggling with some heels that made his life rough and brought in his Uncle Elmer, Cousin Junior, and Cousin Luke.

When it comes to Uncle Elmer, he was a giant of a man, weighing in at 450 pounds and barely able to move around the ring at all. However, he stands the test of time since he had a wedding on WWE television to Joyce Stazko -- a wedding that legitimately happened.