World Championship Wrestling (1988–1992) In 1988, Hawks owner
Ted Turner offered González a job as a
professional wrestler in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), which Turner also owned. After over a year of training, González was introduced to fans as El Gigante on 19 May 1990 at the
pay-per-view Capital Combat. Wearing shorts, he competed as a
fan favorite and was billed as being close to eight feet tall. Over the next two years, he feuded with
Ric Flair for the
WCW World Heavyweight Championship, participated in a
Chamber of Horrors match in 1991 and also had a date on
TBS with
Missy Hyatt. He also participated in a feud with
Sid Vicious who stood 6 ft 9 in and
One Man Gang who stood at . The point of the feud was to determine who the real "giant of WCW" was. He also had a cross promotional stint in the
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion before signing with the
World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1993. According to
Ron Reis, Gonzalez was set to make a return to the company at their 1995 pay-per-view
Halloween Havoc in the role of "The Yeti", an insurance policy put in place to make sure
Hulk Hogan did not retain the WCW Championship against
The Giant. The plan behind his return was to set up an idea by
Kevin Sullivan (who was the booker of the promotion at the time) had for the pay-per-view
World War 3 the following month. It would be a three ring, 60 man, and over the top rope battle royal, with a giant occupying each of the three rings. But the idea fell through as González had a diabetic attack during preparation for his return at the Halloween Havoc pay-per-view leading him to having to be flown back to his birth country Argentina immediately, and Ron Reis had to take his spot in the role.
World Wrestling Federation (1993) against
The Undertaker in 1993 González competed as Giant Gonzalez during his time in the WWF. González grew a beard and wore a full body suit that featured airbrushed muscles with bushy hair attached. He was introduced at the
Royal Rumble in January 1993, where he eliminated
Harvey Wippleman's nemesis
The Undertaker from the Royal Rumble match despite not being an official participant. At
WrestleMania IX, González
lost to The Undertaker by disqualification after he knocked out the Undertaker using
chloroform. After another loss to The Undertaker at
SummerSlam, the feud came to an end, and after the match, Wippleman berated him, before González
turned on Wippleman himself, turning
face in the process. He lost to
Randy Savage on WWF on TSN on 1 September. The foundation was later set for a feud between González and
Adam Bomb, but it never truly began. His last appearance in WWF was on 4 October episode of
Monday Night Raw in a 20-man battle royal match for the
Intercontinental Championship. After the match was started, González was the first eliminated by
"Macho Man" Randy Savage,
Diesel,
Bastion Booger,
1-2-3 Kid,
Marty Jannetty, Adam Bomb, and
Bam Bam Bigelow. Three days later, WWF announced that González left the company after his WWF contract had expired on 7 October 1993.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling and WAR (1994–1995) After his departure from the WWF, González wrestled in the Japanese promotions
NJPW and
WAR (Wrestle and Romance) until his retirement from wrestling, and used his old ring name El Gigante. His last singles match was on 8 February 1995, when he lost to
The Great Muta. On 8 December 1995, González wrestled his final match, teaming with
Kōji Kitao in a loss to
Shinja and
Typhoon by countout. == Acting career ==