Ron Reis Ronald Allen " Ron " Reis ( 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 name s 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 championship . Reis went on to attend Santa Clara University , where he played basketball for four years . Professional wrestling career . Ron Reis was trained by Big John Studd . He made his professional debut on March 12 , 1994 . World Championship Wrestling ( 1995 - 1998 ) . Reis debuted in World Championship Wrestling on Monday Nitro , October 23 , 1995 , as The Yeti - the Dungeon of Doom ' s so - called " insurance policy " for the upcoming World Heavyweight Title match between Dungeon member The Giant and current champion Hulk Hogan at Halloween Havoc 1995 . Initially introduced ( supposedly ) frozen inside a block of ice , the Yeti soon broke out of the ice to reveal a heavily bandaged appearance reminicient of a huge mummy and went on to interfere in the Halloween Havoc 1995 main event , where he and The Giant attacked Hulk Hogan with a double - bearhug . Reis wore lifts in his boots at the event and had bandages wrapped high on his head , which gave the effect of The Yeti appearing noticeably taller than The Giant ( in reality Reis is only around an inch taller than Wight ) and caused an astonished Tony Schiavone to remark " The Yeti is taller than The Giant ! " . Following Halloween Havoc , The Yeti ' s ring attire was changed to resemble a masked ninja . 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 United States Champion One Man Gang on WCW Saturday Night in January 1996 , where Reis ' 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 . Bobby Heenan , who had managed John Studd , however , disdained Ron in his column on " WCW Magazine " . WCW primarily used Studd as an enhancement talent . On March 2 , 1998 , Reis joined Raven ' s Flock as Reese . 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 22 , 1998 episode of Nitro . Saturn pinned Reese with a Death Valley Driver . Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling and Japan . After being released , Reis toured Japan as Big Bomb Jones ( a take on Big Van Vader ) throughout 2002 . In 2003 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 Ray Lloyd , and they won the TCW Tag Team Championship s on January 3 , 2004 . The titles were vacated later that year . Reis reemerged in Vince Russo ' s Christian - orientated Glory Wrestling promotion in 2005 as the abstract character Evil , losing to Joshua the Carpenter on February 26 .