The gentle giant with a huge heart full of love for his fans and the rest of the world. I will never forget watching wrestlemania 3 and the hulkster and andre the giant.
Just Watched the Jyd vs Harley race match & the Andre vs hulk WrestleMania 3 main event on youtube..... it's still pretty good stuff even today lol 🙏 you ain't lying an the crowd was Packed!! 👀
@@xboxonevideos7685 And that is supposed to mean what exactly? That he was some big mean man because he drank alcohol. Some of the beat people you will meet in your life have problems and addictions. Some of the most nasty and judgemental people you will meet converse on Sundays and point fingers at people.
@@Josh_Tsu1067 Yeah, I agree with u 1 Andre The Giant 1 Hulk Hogan 1 Stone Cold Steve Austin 1 Rocky Miavia 1 Undertaker 1 Nature Boy Rick Flair...Etc,etc These guys had the God-given talent to Entertain Millions of Ppl around the world. God bless. 😀
He didn't seek treatment for his pituitary gland because (according to Andre himself) "He said he was born the way he was, so it wouldn't make sense to try and change it" or something along those lines.
Yeah, it’s almost stupid just reading it and worse that he said it. Paul Wight got the surgery and has enjoyed a good life and extended his life expectancy too. Andre’ seemed to of had a fear of doctors. I’m sure whenever he went they always gave him bad news. But that’s because he was unhealthy…..A dentists worst nightmare. lol
@@muckemsayuhhh18Wrong. Andre was actually very intelligent. Just not the kind of person who needed to let the entire world know. There's an awesome video by 'Daze with Jordan the Lion'.
@@secondbest2877 some people believe different things, doesn't mean they're unintelligent. Bob Marley died of skin cancer but refused treatment. Same for Steve Jobs.
Andre was my favorite at 13 too. In 2004 hen wwe was releasing its classics on demand channel. Andre and Macho. Which is ironic because they hated each other in real life.
Love You Andre . As a boy, I saw Him wrestle in the Baltimore civic center in the 70s or 80s. He beat one of the Samoans.Also, Bob Backlund retained the heavyweight title,defending against Jesse the Body Ventura. ...with My Dad. Love and miss You Dad. ❤
I liked the show Young rock, especially when they went back in time and they had the actor playing Andre doing all the things that guy was really good at what he did depicting Andre as a lovable giant. I wish they would bring that show back.
He was in the movie "The Princess Bride" (an all-time classic film with the best lines ever) as the gentle giant who first helped to kidnap Princess Buttercup, fought the hero Westley, and wound up reuniting the pair. When the surviving cast at the time talked about the making of the film, they all have nothing but positive things to say about Andre. Robin Wright, who played beautiful Buttercup, remembered that Andre at that point could barely move, as his back was in bad shape. She recalled the scene where Fezzwit (Andre) was to catch Buttercup after she jumped from the window. Because his back was so bad, rather than have him catch the actress in his arms, the scene was shot so that a dummy dressed in Buttercup's clothes was dropped instead, then with the magic of editing, he was holding the actress herself (look closely and you'll see).
Andre should have stuck around. He also should have retired five years before he passed but something tells me there was no keeping him out. He loved people too much.
In 91’. I saw ultimate warrior vs. undertaker in body bag match at the garden and the giant came out with a cane just to wave to everyone. He was moving very slow surprised to hear he wrestled in Japan after that. Glad I saw him in person 🙏
Wrestlemania 6, andre & Haku defending the tag team championship against Demolition. Andre never left the apron. Haku wrestled the entire match. Andre was involved in the finish/aftermath. It was sad.
made a lot of money. traveled the world. was very generous. treated those he loved good and those he did not.. pretty bad. legendary figure not just in pro wrestling, but overall. rip.
I ran up to him when he stumbled into the crowd to get away from Damian in Calgary back in the 80s,was within a foot of him but didn’t feel scared or nervous,just like an uncle or somebody chill
But, to be perfectly honest as a teen I went to a professional Wrestling event in Huntington with my late father, and taking in consideration of height, muscle mass and overall build Kevin Nash, who some may not know actually before Wrestling played Basketball at the University of Tennessee.
Another tragic part is there are other wrestlers with gigantism, like Big Show and Great Kahli, that are still going strong because they got the treatment. It's hard to say if he'd still be alive today, but Andre would have undoubtedly gotten more time and a better quality of life.
I just want to say this every promoter that Andre ever work for new that Andre ever got a title shot for the heavyweight championship Andre would never lose because there was nobody big enough to take the gold away from the Giant and if Andre didn't like you better pray you didn't make him mad because I believe that if you truly made Andre mad it would be bad to say that you would be in a world of pain and trouble me Andre rest in peace he was one of my all-time favorite wrestlers I met Andre one time and let me tell you something I was a young kid Bradford memory that I will always hold so dear Andre was the sweetest person that I ever met at that time we will never forget Andre because we can go to different places online and watch Andre wrestle all over again
A lot of people dont realize Andre was a main character in one of the best classic movies of all time. Lived it as a good. The Princess Bride. Sounds like a girl movie but its definitely not. If you haven't seen it watch it sometime its worth your time :)
I met him in Hamilton Ontario at my French friends house he was very humble for a big man i took no pictures i asked for no autograph as l don't idolize anyone 🎉
It’s a shame that he didn’t seek medical treatment to help with his ailments. Not sure if it was a lack of education or stubborness but either way he didn’t need to die that early.
Could you imagine if he would’ve chosen a lifestyle where he power lifted and got super ripped like Arnold and such. He’d of been 10 times the monster he was normally.
The prime Andrea The Giant was the greatest wrestler ever he could jump off the top rope drop kicks and yes so could big show but big show would look like a normal wrestler next to the greatest giant
He should’ve made enough in that last match with Hogan to never have to work again. Something isn’t right , he was either underpaid or people around him, was ripping him off or a little bit of both.
Never had a world champion run under a top guy contract and the medical bills over time take any money he made away Same as any athlete who dies in his 40s or 50s who never got the big free agent deal but retired with a bunch of injuries
9/2/1992 ( WCW ) Clash of The Champions #20 on TBS Cable TV From Atlanta, Georgia: Center Stage Theatre ( Live! Andre The Giant makes WCW Appearance) Friday, 12/4/1992 ( AJPW: Real World Tag League 1992 Tour - Day # 19 : Six Man Tag Match Andre The Giant ( Final Ever Match), Giant Baba, & Rusher Kimura defeated Motoshi Okuma, Haruka Eigen, & Masanobu Fuchi 1/28/1993 -Andre The Giant dies
The fact that you said he wrestled one month before his death is a complete lie. This man was on crutches at Clash of the Champions earlier that year. We saw him on television. There's no way he had a match a month before his death. If you had seen him during his last years you'd remember and KNOW exactly what I'm talking about.
I never got His way of thinking. How much bigger did he need to be? That surgery was a thing and perfected when he was what 30? He mught of still been alive now.
I'm sure in an interview with Andre he said he didn't want any treatment because that was the way God made him if he wasn't meant to live long then so be it I could be wrong
What the hell were the two of them doing in a bar in Calais Maine? There's nothing there Was there a show over the border they came from/were headed to?
I’ll never understand the hype behind Andre the giant. He couldn’t wrestle he was a terrible seller, he was not very smart at all and people praise him to be one of the best ever. It’s almost pathetic.
While on the ride and having to stay in hotels, how did Andre shower? Was getting hosed down? Because I doubt hotel would renovate a bathroom just for the one night
let's be perfectly honest, a man that big that overweight never even had a chance at a normal life, He was so big in fact that his own body started rejecting what he as a human wanted to do with it, it's sad and heartbreaking , but he still was hell of a man and performer till his end!
Monsoon said "the unstoppable force meets the unmoveable object" Nia jax is the IRRESISTABLE force. And Andre was never in no damn WCW. and wtf is UF WRESTLING? Nice try with the AI. delete your account.
The gentle giant with a huge heart full of love for his fans and the rest of the world. I will never forget watching wrestlemania 3 and the hulkster and andre the giant.
Just Watched the Jyd vs Harley race match & the Andre vs hulk WrestleMania 3 main event on youtube..... it's still pretty good stuff even today lol 🙏 you ain't lying an the crowd was Packed!! 👀
The man was 99% alcohol he was full of booze
@@xboxonevideos7685
And that is supposed to mean what exactly? That he was some big mean man because he drank alcohol. Some of the beat people you will meet in your life have problems and addictions. Some of the most nasty and judgemental people you will meet converse on Sundays and point fingers at people.
@@Loosensloppy82well he certainly wasnt full of love with what he did to John Studd for... Getting into the ring in the way he found most comfortable
There’ll never be another Andre.
Or 1980's
He looks so huge against other people
No, he's one in a billion.
he is just one and only
@@Josh_Tsu1067 Yeah, I agree with u
1 Andre The Giant
1 Hulk Hogan
1 Stone Cold Steve Austin
1 Rocky Miavia
1 Undertaker
1 Nature Boy Rick Flair...Etc,etc
These guys had the God-given talent to Entertain Millions of Ppl around the world. God bless. 😀
He didn't seek treatment for his pituitary gland because (according to Andre himself) "He said he was born the way he was, so it wouldn't make sense to try and change it" or something along those lines.
Yeah, it’s almost stupid just reading it and worse that he said it. Paul Wight got the surgery and has enjoyed a good life and extended his life expectancy too.
Andre’ seemed to of had a fear of doctors. I’m sure whenever he went they always gave him bad news. But that’s because he was unhealthy…..A dentists worst nightmare. lol
The guy just wasn’t very smart
@@muckemsayuhhh18Wrong. Andre was actually very intelligent. Just not the kind of person who needed to let the entire world know. There's an awesome video by 'Daze with Jordan the Lion'.
@@secondbest2877by the time Paul Wight came around the surgery had improved in a alot of ways. In Andre's time it was alot more risky
@@secondbest2877 some people believe different things, doesn't mean they're unintelligent. Bob Marley died of skin cancer but refused treatment. Same for Steve Jobs.
Andre is still a legend. No one can replace him, he was unique
My step-son's fav wrestler is Andre. He is only 13,and Andre passed away over 30 years ago but this is the power of Andre the Giant.❤
Andre was my favorite at 13 too. In 2004 hen wwe was releasing its classics on demand channel. Andre and Macho. Which is ironic because they hated each other in real life.
Love You Andre .
As a boy, I saw Him wrestle in the Baltimore civic center in the 70s or 80s. He beat one of the Samoans.Also, Bob Backlund retained the heavyweight title,defending against Jesse the Body Ventura.
...with My Dad.
Love and miss You Dad. ❤
Andre is number 1
I was one of the lucky few who got to see him wrestle in real life Midsouth wrestling Oklahoma City Oklahoma around 1984.
So, I’m guessing you’re 51 years old.
Andre The Giant And Hulk Hogan was two of the Guy's I looked up to when I was a kid growing up rest in peace Andre The Giant ❤✝️
Poor Andre. Dude gave us his all and never quit. Talk about a giant heart. RIP
Andre "The Giant" is without question Top 3 of most important Pro Wrestlers ever. Most Importantant is the criteria.
He was an amazing specimen of a man the one True Giant !!!
I liked the show Young rock, especially when they went back in time and they had the actor playing Andre doing all the things that guy was really good at what he did depicting Andre as a lovable giant. I wish they would bring that show back.
Andre the giant legend best to ever do it period
Andre still look scary as hell even in his later life. Even if he could've move much he was still intimidating
You ever see his hands prints? Brock Lesnar stuck his hands in Andres prints and his hands looked like small
9th wonders of the world, definitely the greatest of all time. That's the reason why l began to watch wrestling because of André the GIANT. ❤
He was in the movie "The Princess Bride" (an all-time classic film with the best lines ever) as the gentle giant who first helped to kidnap Princess Buttercup, fought the hero Westley, and wound up reuniting the pair. When the surviving cast at the time talked about the making of the film, they all have nothing but positive things to say about Andre. Robin Wright, who played beautiful Buttercup, remembered that Andre at that point could barely move, as his back was in bad shape. She recalled the scene where Fezzwit (Andre) was to catch Buttercup after she jumped from the window. Because his back was so bad, rather than have him catch the actress in his arms, the scene was shot so that a dummy dressed in Buttercup's clothes was dropped instead, then with the magic of editing, he was holding the actress herself (look closely and you'll see).
Andre Vs Undertaker Would Have Been A Very Good Much Andre Is One Of My Favorite Wrestlers R.I.P To The Giant
Andre should have stuck around. He also should have retired five years before he passed but something tells me there was no keeping him out. He loved people too much.
I didn't know he showed up in W.C.W.
Yes...He did...I knew....rip, Andre...❤❤😢😢😢
I barely remember. He was in rough shape. Stood the entire time with crutches while answering some questions I believe.
@@Colin_1977 You know what Pop your right he did just show up and talk I barely remember it
... Thanks
I remember WCW Star Cade '93 A legends reunion Andre was there
Such a gentle giant he was
In 91’. I saw ultimate warrior vs. undertaker in body bag match at the garden and the giant came out with a cane just to wave to everyone. He was moving very slow surprised to hear he wrestled in Japan after that. Glad I saw him in person 🙏
Im glad big show did treatments for his gigantism
Wrestlemania 6, andre & Haku defending the tag team championship against Demolition. Andre never left the apron. Haku wrestled the entire match. Andre was involved in the finish/aftermath.
It was sad.
Poor Andre. In his prime he was in great shape
The booze weight did him in
Andre was awesome and he will always be sadly missed, he was a force not to be underestimated... Rest In Peace Andre.
Rip big man gone but not forgotten
made a lot of money. traveled the world. was very generous. treated those he loved good and those he did not.. pretty bad. legendary figure not just in pro wrestling, but overall. rip.
Gentle Giant ❤
Legend.....He was really good in Princess Bride as well.
rest in paradise you big beautiful king🙏🏼
RIP ANDRE THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES!!
I seen andre live at shea stadium 🏟 in 1976 when he crushed boxer chuck wepner.... god rest this stars soul
I love that Andre would prank the others by farting on them mid match... Mach Man in particular!!
I ran up to him when he stumbled into the crowd to get away from Damian in Calgary back in the 80s,was within a foot of him but didn’t feel scared or nervous,just like an uncle or somebody chill
But, to be perfectly honest as a teen I went to a professional Wrestling event in Huntington with my late father, and taking in consideration of height, muscle mass and overall build Kevin Nash, who some may not know actually before Wrestling played Basketball at the University of Tennessee.
as someone who's tall 6'3 its a gift n a curse
That's not even that tall my guy.
Rest in peace, Andre.
Another tragic part is there are other wrestlers with gigantism, like Big Show and Great Kahli, that are still going strong because they got the treatment. It's hard to say if he'd still be alive today, but Andre would have undoubtedly gotten more time and a better quality of life.
Thank u Andre RIP big man
I just want to say this every promoter that Andre ever work for new that Andre ever got a title shot for the heavyweight championship Andre would never lose because there was nobody big enough to take the gold away from the Giant and if Andre didn't like you better pray you didn't make him mad because I believe that if you truly made Andre mad it would be bad to say that you would be in a world of pain and trouble me Andre rest in peace he was one of my all-time favorite wrestlers I met Andre one time and let me tell you something I was a young kid Bradford memory that I will always hold so dear Andre was the sweetest person that I ever met at that time we will never forget Andre because we can go to different places online and watch Andre wrestle all over again
It was very sad watching Andre in the ring those last few years.
The GOAT 👏👏👏👏💕🫵‼️
The way he passed away all alone 😔 in a hotel, he was a good man and a great wrestler.
Still can't believe he did a shooting star press in his final match
He is the best ❤❤
As a kid, I thought Andre was bigger than anything, today, I saw 4 people larger than Andre and 3 of them were women
A lot of people dont realize Andre was a main character in one of the best classic movies of all time. Lived it as a good. The Princess Bride. Sounds like a girl movie but its definitely not. If you haven't seen it watch it sometime its worth your time :)
Andre was a great man
One of my favorite Andre matches, when Hulk slammed him. God bless you Andre. The Atomik sends. Peace ✌.
I met him in Hamilton Ontario at my French friends house he was very humble for a big man i took no pictures i asked for no autograph as l don't idolize anyone 🎉
Thanks Andre
Poor André he once Said in a Interview: he would have done anything to be a normal sice man for a day and he had a lot of pain
Sadly.., His crazy diet of meat, chesse and alcohol didn't help...!!
I had a picture of Andre on my wall when I was a kid he had 3 women sitting on each arm!
It’s a shame that he didn’t seek medical treatment to help with his ailments. Not sure if it was a lack of education or stubborness but either way he didn’t need to die that early.
He may have had a bad experience with a doctor in his childhood. Who knows? He wouldn't be the first. God bless him 💚💌
Could you imagine if he would’ve chosen a lifestyle where he power lifted and got super ripped like Arnold and such. He’d of been 10 times the monster he was normally.
Andrea was my hero in wrestling, and as a great human
They over used andre. He was an attraction, but that didn't mean he needed to be everywhere all the time.
What great memories Andrea left or me & many, many more.
Rest in peace Andrea
RIP Andre
The prime Andrea The Giant was the greatest wrestler ever he could jump off the top rope drop kicks and yes so could big show but big show would look like a normal wrestler next to the greatest giant
The Legend man
He should’ve made enough in that last match with Hogan to never have to work again. Something isn’t right , he was either underpaid or people around him, was ripping him off or a little bit of both.
Never had a world champion run under a top guy contract and the medical bills over time take any money he made away Same as any athlete who dies in his 40s or 50s who never got the big free agent deal but retired with a bunch of injuries
9/2/1992 ( WCW ) Clash of The Champions #20 on TBS Cable TV From Atlanta, Georgia: Center Stage Theatre ( Live! Andre The Giant makes WCW Appearance)
Friday, 12/4/1992 ( AJPW: Real World Tag League 1992 Tour - Day # 19 : Six Man Tag Match Andre The Giant ( Final Ever Match), Giant Baba, & Rusher Kimura defeated Motoshi Okuma, Haruka Eigen, & Masanobu Fuchi
1/28/1993 -Andre The Giant dies
My hero!
That’s why they brought him down to the ring on a moving ring type cart. He could barely move 😢
Iconic
The fact that you said he wrestled one month before his death is a complete lie.
This man was on crutches at Clash of the Champions earlier that year. We saw him on television. There's no way he had a match a month before his death. If you had seen him during his last years you'd remember and KNOW exactly what I'm talking about.
I never got His way of thinking. How much bigger did he need to be? That surgery was a thing and perfected when he was what 30? He mught of still been alive now.
But hulk says he still has the boots of the last match he had with Andre 3 days before he passed. 3 DAYS GUYS! 3 DAYS!
I'm sure in an interview with Andre he said he didn't want any treatment because that was the way God made him if he wasn't meant to live long then so be it I could be wrong
And That Dave Meltzer measured Andre he was 6'9.75 not 7'4
Rip Andre
You can see in his face the pain he was in
Met him and chief jay strongbow in Calais Maine at the bar in the hotel. He sure could drink .
What the hell were the two of them doing in a bar in Calais Maine?
There's nothing there
Was there a show over the border they came from/were headed to?
I'd bet it sounded like a horse when he had to piss, did you follow him into the bathroom to find out?
For decades I heard it was simply he wanted nature to take its course. I really dont think it was fear that his career would be cut short.
Some men sacrifice it all to provide. Please take care of yourselves. ❤
At the end he couldn't even walk without crutches.... imagine trying to wrestle
Pretty sure pretty sure it was “an unstoppable force”, not “irresistible force”..
Andre would have lived a little longer if he didnt drink as much as he did. I saw all the docs about him. The drinking stories are unhuman like
Fezzik 💪💪💪
I’ll never understand the hype behind Andre the giant. He couldn’t wrestle he was a terrible seller, he was not very smart at all and people praise him to be one of the best ever. It’s almost pathetic.
While on the ride and having to stay in hotels, how did Andre shower? Was getting hosed down? Because I doubt hotel would renovate a bathroom just for the one night
Andre was just a giant house that was invincible
💞💞💞💞💞
No, it didn't. hogan can tell you that right after their match, he died a few days later. Sonyou are saying Hogan is lying about sonething.
Mania 3 had the trucks bringing them out for Andre
let's be perfectly honest, a man that big that overweight never even had a chance at a normal life, He was so big in fact that his own body started rejecting what he as a human wanted to do with it, it's sad and heartbreaking , but he still was hell of a man and performer till his end!
He had Acromegaly
Gotta be alive to have a career.
Fuck... stop mentioning Meltzer. Let him fade into obscurity.
So andre could have been saved
I didn't know andre the giant went to wcw
So his career was cut short but he wrestled past his prime?
U sure it wasn't the gallons of beer he was drinking
Big show vs andre a dream
I wish he had gotten the surgery
With this like this, it may have gotten worse.
He went out on his terms.
😢😢😢😢😢😢
Andre died around the same time that Dino bravo was murdered
Monsoon said "the unstoppable force meets the unmoveable object" Nia jax is the IRRESISTABLE force. And Andre was never in no damn WCW. and wtf is UF WRESTLING? Nice try with the AI. delete your account.