Ronald Allen Reis (born April 26, 1970) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling between 1995 and 1998 under the ring names The Yeti and Reese.
Early life
Ron Reis is the son of Ron Reis, Sr., who was a member of National Collegiate Athletic Association title-winning basketball teams in 1961 and 1962 while studying at the University of Cincinnati.
Reis attended Monta Vista High School in Cupertino, California. He played on the school's basketball team, scoring 2,082 points and competing in the 1987 Central Coast Section championship. Reis went on to attend Santa Clara University, where he played basketball for four years. He has the highest career field goal percentage (.606) in school history and is fifth in career rebounds (851).
Professional wrestling career
Early career (1994–1995)
Ron Reis was trained by Big John Studd, He made his professional debut on March 12, 1994, for the New England–based International Wrestling Federation under his birth name. In 1995, Reis began performing for the Las Vegas–based National Wrestling Conference as "SWAT".
World Championship Wrestling (1995–1996, 1998)
Reis debuted in World Championship Wrestling on Monday Nitro on October 23, 1995, However, Reis only made three more appearances as the character; as an entrant in the 60-man battle royal at World War 3 1995, in a match against Barry Houston on WCW Prime, and in a match against WCW United States Heavyweight Champion One Man Gang on WCW Saturday Night in January 1996, where the character was renamed The Super Giant Ninja. This would be the final appearance of the character.
Reis later became known as Big Ron Studd in 1996, and WCW announcers billed Reis as having taken the surname of his trainer Big John Studd. Raven claimed that Reis' size had made him an outcast from society, leading him to seek acceptance within the Flock. Reis acted as Raven's enforcer, though he was unable to prevent Goldberg defeating Raven for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship. He also suffered a loss to Juventud Guerrera at the 1998 Great American Bash. Reese's last appearance was on the June 29, 1998, episode of Nitro. Saturn pinned Reese with a Death Valley Driver.
Later career (2000–2005)
After being released, Reis toured Japan as Big Bomb Jones (a take on Big Van Vader) in 2000. That same year, he wrestled for NWA Wildside in Georia. In 2001, he returned to America and began working for Dusty Rhodes' Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling promotion, returning to the Big Ron Studd gimmick. He formed a tag team with Glacier, and they won the TCW Tag Team Championships on January 3, 2004. The titles were vacated later that year.
Reis reemerged in Vince Russo's Christian-oriented Ring Of Glory Wrestling promotion in 2005 as the abstract character Evil,