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André the Giant was a French professional wrestler.He was best known for his time in the American professional wrestling promotion WWE.He signed with the company in 1973 when it was still known by its original name of World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF), which was renamed to World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1979, and he continued performing for the promotion until 1991 (the WWF was ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 February 2025. French wrestler and actor (1946–1993) For the film, see André the Giant (film). André the Giant André in 1989 Birth name André René Roussimoff Born (1946-05-19) 19 May 1946 Coulommiers, France Died 28 January 1993 (1993-01-28) (aged 46) Paris, France Children 1 Professional ...
WWF Superstars [a] is a wrestling video game manufactured by Technōs Japan and released for arcades in 1989. It is the first WWF arcade game to be released. A series of unrelated games with the same title were released by LJN for the original Game Boy. Technōs followed the game with the release of WWF WrestleFest in 1991.
March 19, 2021 marks the 75th birthday of the late-great wrestling legend Andre the Giant. And all around the world wrestling fans and entertainment fans alike are paying tribute. Born in France ...
The Mega Bucks were a professional wrestling tag team who competed in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1988. The team, consisting of "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase and André the Giant, was formed in a storyline that saw DiBiase purchase André's contract from fellow manager Bobby Heenan.
This event is significant for featuring one of Andre The Giant's last live wrestling appearances and the last on videotape or DVD before his death in January 1993. Andre arrives at the end of the Battle Royal to save winner British Bulldog from an attack by the Natural Disasters, Earthquake and Typhoon.
The Machines were a professional wrestling stable who performed in the World Wrestling Federation in 1986. The team consisted of well-known WWF wrestlers working under masks which strongly resembled that worn by Super Strong Machine in New Japan Pro-Wrestling at the time; leader André the Giant had faced Hirata and two other Strong Machines during tours of NJPW in 1984, getting the idea for ...
From the WWE’s Vince McMahon to other wrestlers, doctors and family members, director Jason Hehir and his staff were relentless in creating the documentary on the life of Andre the Giant.