Professional wrestling has grown from a circus and carnival act for wannabe strongmen to one of the biggest forms of entertainment all over the world, with nearly every country in the world hosting their own form of the sport. Over the years, there have been an incredible amount of huge wrestling matches that drew in ...
Nowadays, WWE would be thrilled if Monday Night Raw pulled in 2 million viewers for their weekly show. AEW would kill for a consistent one million viewers. Impact wrestling are thrilled that their fan enjoys their show every week. Never in any of their wildest dreams could anybody have imagined that over 30 million people ...
While many credit the invention of The Pedigree to Triple H, the move’s origin actually comes from Andre The Giant. Andre The Giant invented the Pedigree when Triple H was just 8-years old! The legendary Frenchman used the move to great effect whilst working in Japan in 1977, with footage showing his using the move ...
Andre the Giant is known across the world as one of the most famous wrestlers of all time. He travelled the world as the menacing giant, as people looked in shock and awe and the terrifying size of the Frenchman. His legacy is one that cannot be beaten, and he has been honored by every ...
Hulk Hogan will have you believe he was the last man to wrestle Andre the Giant, when he slammed him to win the main event of Wrestlemania III. He claimed that Andre died soon after the event (among a number of incredible lies by the WWE Hall of Famer), despite him wrestling for another 6 ...
Hearing the words “Andre the Giant” and “shortest” in the same sentence just sounds wrong. Andre had never been the shortest anything from the day he was born to the day he passed away. The Frenchman was born at 13 lbs, and died at over 7 feet tall and close to 600lb. He had to ...
The Big Show and Andre the Giant are two of the greatest giants in wrestling history. Standing over seven feet tall and weighing over 400lbs each (even higher during their peak weights) the pair towered over the rest of the world and in the ring. Big Show was even said to be Andre The Giant’s ...
Few men can boast a career so legendary and so Hall of Fame worthy than The Big Show. Now known as Paul Wight in AEW, The Big Show is one of the largest wrestlers of all time and one of the greatest giants to ever grace the sport. He stands toe-to-toe with Andre the Giant ...
Sammy Guevara and Andrade El Idolo had a backstage fight in October 2022, adding to the already tense backstage atmosphere at AEW. The former NXT Champion clashed with Guevara over a match the pair had on AEW Rampage, trading blows before being broken up, in a shocking backstage fight. They then traded barbs online, making ...
Hulk Hogan has weighed in on his version of the infamous racism story involving Andre The Giant and Bad News Brown. Much has been said about the life and career of Andre The Giant. Stories have been told about his fun-loving and kind nature, while others have told about his intolerant views or negative things ...
Why didn’t Andre The Giant win the Royal Rumble match? It’s a question that needs to be answered. He is one of the greatest wrestlers of all time and a legend all across the world. Due to his immense size, Andre The Giant was one of the most recognisable people in the world. Japanese fans ...
Andre The Giant never won the Royal Rumble match but WWE officials did want him to win the 1991 edition. By the time the Royal Rumble pay per view was created in 1988, Andre was was his prime and struggling with his health. The enormous Frenchman wrestled for many years under serious pain, with his ...
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