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| Andre the Giant |
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| Real Name: Andre Rene Roussimoff Stage Name: Monster Roussimoff, Jean Ferre,Giant Machine Date of Birth: May 19, 1946 Home Town: Grenoble, France Height: 6' 11" Weight: 500lbs Died : January 27, 1993, Congestive heart failure while staying in a hotel room in Paris. Titles Belts: Japan: IWE IWA Tag Team Title; Australia: Australasian Tag Team Title; Louisiana/Oklahoma: United States Tag Team Title; Florida: NWA Florida Tag Team Title; WWF World Heavyweight Title; WWF World Tag Team Title; Brief Bio: Roussinoff suffered from a growth hormone abnormality causing his enormous overall size and weight and began wrestling in his native France in 1964 under the name "the Butcher." He moved to the North America in 1970, under the tutelage of Canadian legend Edouard Carpentier wrestling under various names. In 1973, Andre's WWF debuted was at Madison Square Garden. It was with the WWF he adpoted the name Andre "The Giant." He and Kareem Abdul Jabbar were the tallest athletes in sports at the time. Andre would remain undefeated until the 1880s when he would have one of the most classic feuds in wrestling history with Hulk Hogan. In 1987 Andre finally received a shot at the WWF World Heavyweight title against Hulk Hogan after turning into a villain. In front of more than 90,000 fans at Wrestlemania III, Andre suffered a controversial loss, the first in his career. He would later avenge this loss, capturing the WWF Heavyweight title in 1988. The above biography was compiled using information from the following websites: http://www.wrestlingmuseum.com/pages/bios/andre2.html http://www.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingAndre/home.html http://www.worldsportsmen.f2s.com/giant.html |
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