15 Facts About Andre the Giant

Are you a fan of Andre the Giant? Today, we're going to look into his life and tackle 15 facts about Andre the giant.

In WWE, there have been many Superstars who are larger than others, but Andre the Giant has proven to be larger than WWE itself. Throughout the ’70s and well into the ’80s, the so-called “Eighth Wonder of the World” was the company’s leading attraction, towering over the competition at seven feet, four inches and tipping the scales at a gargantuan 500-plus pounds.

▬Contents of this video▬
00:00 - Intro
00:19 - The Legend
00:38 - Andre's Upbringing
01:14 - Andre Inherited His Size
01:37 - School
02:08 - Issues With His Size
03:05 - Excelling in Sports
03:56 - A Professional Wrestler
04:32 - Jean Ferre
05:09 - A Terrifying Diagnosis
05:53 - Defeated
06:34 - Jean Ferre Becomes Andre the Giant
07:10 - A True Celebrity
07:25 - Undefeated
08:08 - Hulk Hogan
08:39 - Wrestlemania
09:47 - Outro

15 Facts About Andre the Giant

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[josephjohnson]

He's a true icon of wrestling. Andre is just legendary.

[tenfourproductionsllc]

6:40 - That Vince McMahon had nothing to do with the labeling of Andre the Giant. It was his FATHER, Vince McMahon Sr who came up with the gimmick and owned the WWWF/WWF until Jr bought it in the early 80s

[ianmyers]

There may be bigger or taller, but NONE will ever eclipse André. He will always be the GIANT of Wrestling.

[RodgerRamjet]

one of the nicest people to walk the planet... his sole big movie appearance, Princess Bride.. his castmates have nothing but epic tales of his drinking, eating, and yes, all of it with pure love and laughter in their hearts about him, and were deeply saddened at his far to young passing.
i loved his presence, his charm, and his abilities.. he never gave up.. ever. and never let anyone else down, no matter the challenges he faced, he was determined to make not just himself happy, but everyone he came in contact with.
his size barely matches his talent, desire and friendships.

[joshshields]

According to Johnny Valiant, there was nothing as scary as waking up in the middle of the night to an 8ft tall, 500lb naked Frenchman saying "I'm Bored". 🤣

[bobsysmogi]

Andre was a Slavic dude, born in France.
His father was Bulgarian and his mother - Polish.
Greatest big man in pro wrestling history. 💚

[maestromike]

From what I understand he had a huge heart as well and do things for charity and love people.

[gervais.d]

I met him in person at the Marriott bar windsor locks CT.
1991 the man was huge.
Nice guy

[richyrich]

8:02 me and my daughter fell out laughing! 😂😂😂

[armincagoodwin]

As a kid, Andre the Giant was my favorite wrestler

[Imagodfollower]

I loved andre the giant & was so surprised by his death He was an icon forsure

[khol]

48 beers in an 80 miles car ride, who can even come close to that. RIP Andre

[Darren-ybyq]

The WrestleMania 111 match was held in 1987 not 1997.Andre the giant was a icon.

[kerryhayward]

The man the legend.
He was the gun in the princess bride, classic old movie.

[bryangeollegue]

Will never forget a person of such. Truely a giant in stature & in name. Andre the Giant!

[josephwolfie]

Andre the Giant career shall remain in WWE history and company and WWE games as well.

I always had fun playing as Andre the Giant from 2k14 and 2k17 and 2k18 all three were my favorite top 3 WWE games for Xbox one console and the rest on Xbox 360.

[wesleyAlan]

At one point in my life I was obsessed with Andre the Giant

[MilRan-PhilAm]

In the mid 1970's, as a kid, I ran into Andre ... LITERALLY. My head managed to connect with his KNEE as I was running back to my seat from the restroom. Funniest part: I didn't want to miss seeing Andre's match!!

[alluurpo]

2:25 There's no hand to hand combat in army or war. This is not the medieval era