Former Wrestler Andre The Giant
Andre The Giant Biography - Andre The Giant Feuds
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Biography
André René Roussimoff was born May 19th 1946
in Coulommiers, France and died on January
27th 1993 in Paris, France. Andre The Giant was a actor and a
wrestler for the WWF.
Andre The Giant was a 1 time WWF
Champion, 1 time WWF Tag Team Champion and Andre was the 1st wrestler to
ever be a WWF Hall of Famer in 1993.
Andre The Giant started his WWF career in
late March 1973 when he beat Buddy Wolfe. His 1st big feud was
with Killer Khan but he also had feuds with Big John
Studd, King Kong
Bundy, Hulk Hogan, Harley
Race, Kamala,
Stan Hansen, Bam Bam Bigelow, Randy
Savage, Jake
The Snake Roberts and The
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André The Giant started to fade when he
just did the odd appearances like to help The Big Bossman with
Mr.
Perfect and to help The Bushwhackers with The Natural Disasters.
And he also help the British Bulldog.
Did you know?
- Andre the giant is known as The Eighth Wonder of the
World
- The Big Show
and Andre both have acromegaly
- Andre The Giant was in movies like The Mommy Market
in 1994, The Princess Bride in
1987, I Like to Hurt People in
1985, Micki + Maude in 1984, Conan the Destroyer
in 1984, The Greatest American Hero - "Heaven Is in Your Genes"
in 1983, B. J. and the Bear - "Snow White and the Seven Lady Truckers"
in 1981, The Six Million Dollar Man - "The Secret of Bigfoot I and
II in 1976 and Casse tête chinois pour le judoka
in 1967
- Andre is Bulgarian and Polish
descent
- Andre's managers include Bobby Heenan,
Frank Valoi, Lou Albano, K.Y. Wakamatsu and Ted
DiBiase.
- In 1974 Guinness Book of World Records
Andre was the highest paid wrestler in history up to that time with
a $400,000 a year pay.
- Andre The Giant fought in the 1st WrestleMania
ever.
- Billy Crystal made a film in 1998
called my giant after meeting the giant
- Andre was charged for assault to a
cameraman.
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