Table of Contents
- 1 What wrestlers did Andre the Giant dislike?
- 2 Who scared Andre the Giant?
- 3 Did Andre the Giant really hate Big John Studd?
- 4 Is Andre the Giant related to rock?
- 5 Who defeated Andre the Giant first?
- 6 Did Andre The Giant have acromegaly?
- 7 Did Andre the giant hate Randy Savage and John Studd?
- 8 What wrestlers did Andre the giant love?
- 9 Why did André the giant turn heel in 1987?
What wrestlers did Andre the Giant dislike?
While he was said to have liked just about everybody, there were a few wrestlers that he simply couldn’t get along with for various reasons. Two of the biggest names that the “Eighth Wonder of the World” despised were fellow WWE Hall of Famers “Macho Man” Randy Savage and The Ultimate Warrior.
Who scared Andre the Giant?
“The only two men in the world that Andre The Giant feared were Meng and Harley Race,” Bobby “The Brain” Heenan would claim. “The toughest man on the planet,” said Flair. “One of the baddest dudes to ever step into the ring,” echoed “Stone Cold” Steve Austin.
Was Andre the Giant really 7 4?
During his career, Andre the Giant was billed as a 7-foot-4-inch 520-pound wrestler. While his height was never officially recorded, later in life, after having back surgery, he was measured at just under seven feet. His weight was over 500 pounds.
Did Andre the Giant really hate Big John Studd?
Jacques Rougeau (fka The Mountie in WWE) has confirmed that Andre the Giant did not like another larger-than-life Superstar during his era, Big John Studd. Rougeau, who worked for WWE from 1986 to 1994, shared a locker room with Andre the Giant and Big John Studd.
While they may have considered themselves family, they weren’t biologically related. In fact, Andre the Giant was very close friends with The Rock’s maternal grandfather, Peter Maivia. Maivia was also a wrestler, nicknamed the Flying Hawaiian. Sadly, the very real Andre the Giant passed away in 1993.
Was Hulk Hogan afraid of Andre the Giant?
Hulk Hogan was terrified of facing WWE rival Andre The Giant. ‘I remember being scared to death of Andre the Giant and being afraid of my own shadow not knowing if he was going to break me in half. ‘Then I remember wrestling the Rock and the fans were cheering.
Who defeated Andre the Giant first?
Hulk Hogan
Jerry “The King” Lawler pinned Andre the Giant. When Hulk Hogan defeated Andre the Giant in the main event of WrestleMania III, it was not only a spiritual passing of the torch, but also the end of “The Eighth Wonder of the World’s” epic 15-year undefeated streak.
Did Andre The Giant have acromegaly?
Andre had acromegaly, a hormonal disorder in which the pituitary gland releases excess growth hormone. The disorder can cause gigantism in children, which happened to Andre when he began to grow taller around the age of 14. Continued growth resulted in his enlarged head, hands, feet, and chest.
Why did Andre not like Randy Savage?
He really didn’t like Randy.” Andre, who passed away in 1993 at the age of 46, suffered from acromegaly but opted against surgery (despite it being available to him) because: “He said God made him this way and he didn’t want to change it.
Did Andre the giant hate Randy Savage and John Studd?
Yes — in the recent HBO documentary about his life, two wrestlers were specifically called out as being the object of Andre’s disdain: “Macho Man” Randy Savage and Big John Studd. I’m sure there were probably others — as Hulk Hogan notes in the documentary, Andre didn’t take kindly to any form of disrespect, either directed at him or his friends.
What wrestlers did Andre the giant love?
One wrestler with words who Andre The Giant loved in addition to the above was the playwright Samuel Beckett, who famously drove Andre to school in his van because he wouldn’t fit on the school bus.
How long did Andre the giant’s WWE career last?
Andre The Giant’s WWE career spanned almost 20 years throughout the 1970s to the early 1990s, meaning he rubbed his particularly large shoulders with many of the WWE’s Golden Age stars.
Why did André the giant turn heel in 1987?
André agreed to turn heel in early 1987 to be the counter to the biggest “babyface” in professional wrestling at that time, Hulk Hogan. On an edition of Piper’s Pit in 1987, Hogan was presented a trophy for being the WWF World Heavyweight Champion for three years; André came out to congratulate him.