Giant Silva
Giant Silva was born in São Paulo, Brazil on July 21st, 1963 and is the Wrestler. At the age of 60, Giant Silva biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
At 60 years old, Giant Silva has this physical status:
Paulo César da Silva, a Brazilian national basketball player, and later mixed martial artist and professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Giant Silva.
In several professional wrestling championships, he served as both a face and a heel.
He was praised for his great height in 2014 and was dubbed the sixth best professional wrestler in history.
Basketball career
Silva began as a professional basketball player in the 1980s. Paulo da Silva, a senior basketball player for Brazil, competed with the national basketball team in the 1988 Summer Olympics as Paulo da Silva. El Gigante/Giant Gonzales, a basketball player who also started as a basketball player, was notably named as a reserve center on Brazil's national team, wearing the #13 jersey.
Professional wrestling career
Silva made his mark by turning pro in late 1997 and joined the World Wrestling Federation. Since his debut, he was given the name "Giant Silva" and was a member of the Oddities stable. Silva was a fixture of the Oddities for the bulk of his WWF service, and his appearances on television were mainly tag matches, competing with Golga and/or Kurrgan. His only highlight was his appearance at Summerslam 1998, when he, Golga, and Kurrgan defeated Kai En Tai in a 3 on 4 Handicap match. Silva was first introduced in February 1999.
Silva joined Mexican company Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre and was renamed Gigante Silva after his WWF service. He was introduced by midget wrestler Tzuki and soon became an ally to tecnicos, often teaming up in tag team matches against numerically superior rudos. Silva, a superheavyweight, joined Brazo de Plata in a rivalry with Gigante Kurggan, who was drafted by Los Capos (the group led by Apolo Dantes and Universo 2000) in order to depose him. Silva converted rudo himself and his buddy La Comandante with Pierroth Jr. and his valet La Comandante before leaving Mexico for Japan full time in November 2003.
Silva started working with New Japan Pro-Wrestling in 2001. He debuted on August 12, 2001 as a member of Masahiro Chono's stable: Team 2000, where he was paired with another Giant: Giant Singh (better known as The Great Khali) as the tag team: Club 7. Silva made his in-ring debut for New Japan when he took part in the G1 World Climax tournament, finishing 4th with 4 points in 4th place. He and Singh made their first appearance as a tag team at Indicate of Next on October 8, 2001, where they defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kenzo Suzuki, Yutaka Yoshie, & Wataru Inoue in a 4 on 2 handicap match.
Silva teamed with Chono in the 2001 G1 Tag League in the fall of 2001, finishing in 7th place with 6 points. Silva appeared in numerous tournaments in 2002. In February, he was part of the IWGP Heavyweight Championship but he lost in the first round to eventual winner Tadao Yasuda. Silva, Singh, and Chono were crowned Teisen Hall Cup 6 Man Tag Team Tournament two days later on February 3. Club 7 then entered a tournament for the vacated IWGP Tag Team Championship in March. They defeated fellow Team 2000 members, Scott Norton and Super J, but lost to Yuji Nagata and Manabu Nakanishi in the semi-finals.
Club 7 broke up and began feuding shortly after in the spring of 2002. On May 2, 2002, the two had been supposed to meet together at Toukon Memorial Day, but the match was postponed due to a serious injury to Singh. Silva defeated Singh in August 29, 2002, and the two then clashed at Cross Road on August 29, 2002.
Silva played for HUSTLE from 2004 to 2008, where he competed in a variety of tournaments and formed teams with Scott Norton, Toshiaki Kawada, and Mark Coleman.
Silva also competed in National Wrestling Superstars.
Mixed martial arts career
Silva was signed by Dream Stage Entertainment and competed in the Pride Fighting Championships, a defunct mixed martial arts group headquartered in Japan, following his career in NJPW. Despite that he trained with members of the Gracie family, most notably Rimo Gracie and Ralek Gracie, he only participated in Brazilian jiu-jitsu when he first started competing in Pride Shockwave 2003 against 250 pounds Heath Herring. Silva led the more experienced fighter to the third round, receiving repeated leg kicks and knocking Herring down once more, but Heath won, turning it into a rear naked choke.
Silva qualified for the Heavyweight Grand Prix in April 2004, but he was only 85 pounds lighter in the first round. Sentoryu put on a takedown on Silva and assaulted his guard, but only for Silva's height to neutralize his ground and pound attempts, as the sumo did not reach to his head. Miller finally got side control, but Silva replaced him with a Kimura lock and made him tap out. The pro wrestler then advanced to the second round of the tournament against former world judo champion Naoya Ogawa, who was crowned by takedown and pound TKO.
Silva will then face Pro Wrestling NOAH's Takashi Sugiura, who used his wrestling acumen to knock him down and land knees and punches for the stoppage. Silva was brought to a halt after the match, and several ring crew men had to be restrained by several ring crews.
Giant Silva finally met a larger challenge, former Yokozona Akebono Tara, on December 31, 2006, at K-1 Premium 2006. Silva clinched Silva and pressed him against the ropes until Silva broke the embrace and transported a Kimura lock in a kinetic way to the ground, bringing Akebono his second and last victory.