Andre The Giant
27 January of the 1993 all gets passionate you to
it of the wrestling in the world has plants the dead women of Andre The Giant,
one of the most loved and known athletes in the history of the fight. Hour we
render homage to the French giant introducing its career to you. To the age of
14 years, it was high already 1 meter and 90, decides to leave the family in
order to chase its dream, that is that one to become wrestler a professional;
five later years ripresenta in the house of its parents, which finding itself a
giant do not understand to have just the son but only wrestler the Jean Ferrč
and are with great astonishment that comes to know that Ferrč was not other
that their Andre son, than in recent years the beauty of 30 centimeters had
grown changing completely its physical structure. The French giant in the first
years of career has supported many combats in Europe and Canada, and its
personage began all over the world to being known, for this reason nacque the
decision makes itself to call Andre The Giant, name that sure identified it
better regarding Jean Ferrč. The first title it Andre the conquest in Japan, is
the IWA Tag obtained Title Team 18 January 1970 in brace with Michael Nador. In
the 1971 Andre company a contract that the alloy to the WWF of Gains McMahon
Sr., and is in this period that it begins to dispute encounter in Japan above
all where it becomes a true and own attraction, remembers in 1976 the express
encounter against boxer the Chuck Wepner that collected much more succeeded
between the public present of the historical encounter, happened in the same
evening between Antonio Inoki and Cassius Clay. In first part of career in Japan
Andre it did not succeed to conquer tito them, but it succeeded however to
remove of the satisfactions,ad example it succeeded to defeat Inoki.
Subsequently Andre tried to assume one new masked lottatore identity as and
disputed some encounter under the name of "The Giant Machine", but its
shape was so recognizable that these apparitions did not last to along. An
episode that has demonstrated to the force and the courage of the French giant
is the fact that during an encounter disputed against Killer Khan, Andre
fractured the hip but with great determination the encounter carried a.termine
then turning out some the winner, but did not fight only this encounter with the
fractured hip, ahead went for the beauty of one week, noticing only subsequently
of the accident. A particular anecdote that it allows to understand the
character of Andre was when, arrived to p
esare 250 very Kg, cause the excessive consumption of beer, was undergone to the
most rigid diet that escudeva the alcool and concurred it to only eat one apple
to the day, result: in four weeks its weight was come down very 35 Kg. 8
Decembers 1978 Andre conquest the Austalasian Tag Team title in brace with Ron
Miller. A month after the French giant does not pass to the NWA for a short
period where but it succeeds to conquer NWA US Tag Teams title (Sad) and the NWA
Healthy Tag Team title both in brace with "The American Dream" Dusty
Rhodes. In Japan Andre it makes honor participating more editions of the
"Madison Square Garden Tournament" is in single that in brace: in 1978
in the torneo of single it comes defeated in end from Antonio Inoki for
count-out, in 1979 for a point then grazes the access to the end of the torneo,
event ripetutosi in 1980 with Inoki that defeats Stan Hansen in end and The
Giant to edge ring to follow the encounter, always in 1980 participates to the
first "MSG Tag Tournament" classifying third party in brace with
"The Hangman", in 1981 participates alone in tag team with Renč
Goulet and prevails in the manifestation defeating in end the Japanese brace
Inoki-Fujinami, for schienamento carried out from Andre to the damages of
Fujinami, in the 1982 conquest the torneo to single level defeating in end
Killer Khan, than Antonio Inoki injured person, always in the same year in brace
with Renč Goulet classifies itself alone fifth not succeeding therefore to
defend the conquered title it of brace the previous year, in 1983 the misfortune
rages against the brace Andre The Giant-Stan Hansen, cause a accident to Hansen,
the brace does not participate to the end in which they were give to you for
favorites. After short parenthesis NWA Andre he returns to the WWF where endured
conquest the affection of great and small thanks to the image of good giant that
had created itself. In the 1985 dispute the first edition of Wrestlemania, in
this occassione finds a man great nearly how much he: Big John Studd (212 cm).
Naturally to exit some winning it was Andre after to have disputed one of the
match more difficult of its career.
A year later, in Wrestlemania II, succeeds to prevail in the "Battle Royal", in which they were present, beyond to one ten of wrestlers of the federation, also the most famous players than football American. From this Andre moment it changes its image, in fact it enters to make part of the square of Bobby "The Brain" Heenan becoming therefore one of the wrestlers more "hates you" of the federation. In 1987, in Wrestlemania III, Andre challenge Hulk Hogan for a valid encounter for the title it WWF, this event succeeded to attract 93,000 spectators, a record still ineguagliato for the manifestations very indoor. The encounter did not have a favorable outcome for the giant, that it came put to the carpet for before the time in its career, after to have gone more times close to the Victoria. But Andre lost of 5 mind and February 1988, in the king-match between the two, did not have the better one on The Hulkster, that it endured the first defeat after four years of successes; immediately after the Andre encounter determined to yield the title it to Ted Di Biase, this attitude not piacque at all to the president Jack Tunney who declared the title vacant it. Little time after, in occasion of Wrestlemania IV, Andre is found again for ennesima the time to having to face Hulk Hogan, this time, but, not was in racing silk directly the title it WWF, but the qualification to the end of the torneo for the allocation of the belt. The encounter ended with not contest for the mutual scorrettezze of the two wrestlers. From this Andre moment dispute more many encounter from single and always does not approach more those than brace, finding in Haku (Meng in the WCW) its ideal partner forming the called team Colossal Connection, guided from manager the Bobby Heenan. This new brace had all the credentials for being able to conquer the brace title it, conquest that was not late to arrive, in fact 13 December 1989 The Colossal Connection defeated the champions then in loads Demolition in a valid encounter for the WWF Tag Team title. The Colossal Connection succeeded to only maintain for short time the title it (4 months), inasmuch as defeats from the Demolition in the sixth edition of Wrestlemania always came; in the moments succeeded you to the encounter the determined brace was melted and Andre not to have more need of the attendance of Heenan, this gesture made to newly approach the tifosi the French giant.
The career of Andre The Giant did not succeed more in risollevarsi for a long time, seen also the problems to ginocchia that the perseguitavano, in the seventh edition of Wrestlemania Andre it made an apparition during the valid encounter for the title disputed intercontinental it between Big Boss Man and Mr. Perfect alone (whose manager it was Bobby Heenan), in which the giant it was helped with a stick in order to walk. After a difficult riabilitazione it disputed still some important encounter as as an example that one disputed to Tokyo Dome in you open them of 1990 in brace with Shohei "Giant" Baba against the Demolition, holders of the title it of brace WWF, naturally the encounter was resolved to favor of the two giants which were not declare champions to you in how much be a matter themselves of a non-title match. It was one of the last satisfactions that Andre had, seen its imminent decision to take a period of rest; period in which Andre has turned for the world, until when, in January of 1993, it was forced to return in France for the dead women of its father, and perhaps this great pain has provoked its dead women in the sleep, probably for an infarct, in the 27 night of January. Andre The Giant has dominated ovunque has fought, a lot that came buckled the nickname to it of "The Boss" just from the wrestlers with which it has supported memorable encounter, had won much more tito them, probably hour would be considered wrestler the more fort of the history, but if Ric Flair has been distinguished in order to also have gained a multitude of tito them not being physically a power, and technically not particularly equipped, Andre was nearly the exact contrary, equipped in fact of a physicist to say little destructive, and of one technical not elevated, it could be allowed to dominate a single encounter with the use of the physical force, fighting singularly has removed little satisfactions level of tito conquered them, but is from emphasizing that for fifteen consecutive years never it has not been schienato, in brace has had the honesty to choose like companions of lottatori teams much smaller than he, like as an example Renč Goulet, The Hangman or Haku, has consequently not obtained those devastating successes that it could have obtained as an example with lottatori of the bore of Hulk Hogan. Returning to the technical understood one it it characterizes them, deserves a particular citation its technique of schienamento, somewhat singular, in fact after to have tramortito the adversary with a poderoso soccer to the chest, she was based over in enough awkward way.
8/2/80: (Superdome Spectacular) Drew with Hulk Hogan
8/3/80: (Last Tangle in Tampa) Defeated Super Destroyer
8/9/80: (Showdown in Shea) Defeated Hulk Hogan
9/23/81: Drew with Stan Hansen (no-contest)
3/31/85: (WrestleMania I) Defeated Big John Studd in a boxer-vs.-wrestler match
4/7/86: (WrestleMania II) Won a 20-man battle royal. Eliminated Jim Neidhart, then Bret Hart to win.
6/17/86: Lost to Antonio Inoki via submission
3/29/87: (WrestleMania III) Pinned by WWF World champion Hulk Hogan
11/26/87: (Survivor Series) With One Man Gang, King Kong Bundy, Butch Reed, & Rick Rude, defeated Hulk Hogan, Bam Bam Bigelow, Paul Orndorff, Don Muraco, & Ken Patera in a survivor match. Andre pinned Bigelow to win the match for his team and was a survivor.
3/27/88: (WrestleMania IV) Participated in the World Title Tournament. Recieved a bye into round 2 where he battled to a draw with Hulk Hogan.
8/29/88: (SummerSlam) With Ted DiBiase, lost to Hulk Hogan & Randy Savage
11/24/88: (Survivor Series) With Dino Bravo, Rick Rude, Harley Race, & Mr. Perfect, defeated Jim Duggan, Jake Roberts, Scott Casey, Ken Patera, & Tito Santana in a survivor match. He pinned Santana and was disqualified later in the match.
1/15/89: (Royal Rumble) Participated in the Royal Rumble. Entered #3. Eliminated Smash, Ron Garvin, and Jake Roberts before eliminating himself #4.
4/2/89: (WrestleMania V) Lost to Jake Roberts via disqualification
8/28/89: (SummerSlam) With Twin Towers (Akeem & Big Bossman), lost to Demolition (Ax & Smash) & Jim Duggan
11/23/89: (Survivor Series) With Bobby Heenan, Haku, & Arn Anderson, lost to Ultimate Warriors (Ultimate Warrior, Rockers Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty, & Jim Neidhart) in a survivor match. Andre was the first man eliminated via countout.
1/21/90: (Royal Rumble) Participated in the Royal Rumble. Entered #11. Eliminated Warlord & Red Rooster. #10 eliminated by Demolition (Ax & Smash).
