Andre The Giant

Mr2Bits · Mar 30, 2018

I know we had a pretty good post going on about the Wonder Boy Rick Flair and just saw they are releasing a documentary about Andre The Giant....damn that dude was massive.....set your DVR's

https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/andre-the-giant

AlexDaGator · Mar 30, 2018

Mr2Bits said:
I know we had a pretty good post going on about the Wonder Boy Rick Flair and just saw they are releasing a documentary about Andre The Giant....damn that dude was massive.....set your DVR's

https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/andre-the-giant

It's the Nature Boy.

Naitch for short.

And I am looking forward to an Andre the Giant documentary. That man was incredible.

Alex.

Windy City Gator · Mar 30, 2018

Princess Bride.....great movie!

gatordad3 · Mar 30, 2018

AlexDaGator said:
It's the Nature Boy.

Naitch for short.

And I am looking forward to an Andre the Giant documentary. That man was incredible.

Alex.

I guess Mr2Bits got confused with Andre The Giant's nickname, 8th Wonder Of The World.

gatordad3 · Mar 30, 2018

GatorInGeorgia · Mar 30, 2018

Mr2Bits said:
I know we had a pretty good post going on about the Wonder Boy Rick Flair and just saw they are releasing a documentary about Andre The Giant....damn that dude was massive.....set your DVR's

https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/andre-the-giant

Wonder Boy Rick Flair :lmao2:

Mr2Bits, that’s so epic I had to give you a like. And thanks for the heads up about the Andre documentary, I definitely want to watch that.

AlexDaGator · Mar 30, 2018

Well, in his defense, in the movie "The Natural", Roy Hobbs was Wonder Boy.

Alex.

GatorJ · Mar 30, 2018

Mr2Bits said:
I know we had a pretty good post going on about the Wonder Boy Rick Flair and just saw they are releasing a documentary about Andre The Giant....damn that dude was massive.....set your DVR's

https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/andre-the-giant

Massive for sure. But still not as big as Wilt the Stilt.

g8r.tom · Mar 30, 2018

GatorJ said:
Massive for sure. But still not as big as Wilt the Stilt.

Bigger. But not as tall.

divits · Mar 30, 2018

Andre holding a full sized beer can.

GatorJ · Mar 30, 2018

g8r.tom said:
Bigger. But not as tall.

Well he is heavier. Mike Pouncey outweighs LeBron James. I wouldn’t say that Mike Pouncey is bigger than LeBron James.

Bait'n Gator · Mar 30, 2018

I know it's not a good picture but I was in a titty bar in East Lansing Michigan 5 or 6 years ago and ran into this guy. He was the only actual giant I've ever seen in person and I was really drunk so I had to take a picture. And if you've ever visited a strip club you know taking pictures is a huge no no. You can't see her in the picture but there was a topless girl off to the right of the mongaloid. She thought I was taking a picture of her and didn't believe me when I told her I was actually photographing the giant and not the nude chick. So I got kicked out, but this dude looked identical to Andre the giant in the face. I'm 6' 2" and he was at least a foot taller than me. He had the huge fat hands and all. Wish I'd snapped more pictures before I got kicked out but wasn't sure how he was going to respond to a drunk idiot taking his picture like he was a circus freak.

Theologator · Mar 30, 2018

I went to see WWE wrestling at the old Palm Beach Auditorium in 1984. I stood along the entrance walk to the ring. I’d been to many pro wrestling matches and knew how heights and weights were overstated.

But Andre looked every inch of 7’5” and I’m sure actually 525lbs. Incredible.

A few years later I coaxed my new wife into a deal. I would go with her to see the Nutcracker ballet at Ruth Eckerd Hall in St. Pete if she would go with me to a WWE event at the USF Sun Dome the next weekend. The top of the card was shook Hogan vs. Andre.

Early on, an usher invited us to move from our nosebleed to ringside to fill it for TV - close enough to get hit by the sweat. We watched Hogan body slam Andre. The ring is essentially a trampoline, but still that was wild to see.

biggator6 · Mar 31, 2018

I met him backstage when I was a kid... the old Cape Cod Coliseum had no way to get to the ring area without walking through the concourse, so you could just hang back there. Met Andre, George 'the animal' Steele, Bob Backlund.. a whole bunch of them. Andre was enormous.. nice guy, too. Steele was super normal and polite.. was pretty jarring compared to his character..

GatorInGeorgia · Mar 31, 2018

biggator6 said:
I met him backstage when I was a kid... the old Cape Cod Coliseum had no way to get to the ring area without walking through the concourse, so you could just hang back there. Met Andre, George 'the animal' Steele, Bob Backlund.. a whole bunch of them. Andre was enormous.. nice guy, too. Steele was super normal and polite.. was pretty jarring compared to his character..

Yeah, Steele has a masters degree was a HS teacher and coach before becoming a pro wrestler Pretty much the opposite of his character like you said.

biggator6 · Mar 31, 2018

GatorInGeorgia said:
Yeah, Steele has a masters degree was a HS teacher and coach before becoming a pro wrestler Pretty much the opposite of his character like you said.

I seem to recall hearing that as well.. of course, this was like 1980ish.. when there was still heated debate about whether or not wrestling was real.

gardnerwebbgator · Apr 1, 2018

He's still got it and trying to rake in the $$$....

kepler · Apr 2, 2018

Saw Andre take on Dusty Rhodes back in the day as a kid. Even then I thought this must be fake as this huge dude would just sit on the short fat guy.

Mr2Bits · Apr 2, 2018

AlexDaGator said:
It's the Nature Boy.

Gatordiddy · Apr 2, 2018

biggator6 said:
when there was still heated debate about whether or not wrestling was real.

Aside from my grandfather...
Was this ever REALLY a debate? :grin:

I saw Lex Lugar, Sting (pre-makeup) and Nature Boy at the Civic center in Trailerhassee in '87.
The "hits" were even 'faker' in person without the benefit of the TV camera angles.

Saw those three at a club later that night and man, those dudes were built solid.
I'm sure it was all natural too ...because, you know, Nature Boy.

Sat next to Macho Man (RIP) on a flight back to TPA from LAX... nicest guy, overly polite to the flight crew and fans.

Good night Gordon Solie...wherever you are!

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