Andre the Giant News

Wrestling Deja Vu 07.06.09: Larger Than Life Posted by Joseph Martinez on 07.06.2009 The Big Show has made a career out of being big and bad just like his 'dad,' Andre The Giant.

Ten years ago, Tanya Angus was 5'11" tall and living in Michigan when she began to get migraine headaches and noticed her shoes did not fit.

For those of us growing up under the shadow of the Reagan Presidency, the 1980s were a bleak time.

Andre the Giant . Jack the Ripper . Dennis the Menace. Each has left a unique mark in his respective field, whether it be wrestling, serial killing or neighborhood mischief-making. Mr.

The Name on the Marquee: Inside the Steel Cage Posted by Adam Nedeff on 05.24.2009 Coliseum Video brings you the finest of man vs.

In the late 1980s, stickers and stencils of an ominous black-and-white face started mysteriously appearing on walls, poles, and utility boxes along the eastern seaboard, eventually showing up in cities across the country and globe.

The late, great sports writer Shelby Strother of the Detroit News once wrote that if pro wrestling were real, Andre the Giant would be champion -- and everyone else would be dead.

Hulk Hogan has faced some large challenged throughout his career, but in 1993 he faced one of his heaviest.

Ever since the professional wrestling WWE stopped trying to act like it was a real sport , the gimmick and charisma of each wrestler has carried the franchise to cable ratings victory and has sold hundreds of uber-expensive pay-per-views. The worst thing a professional wrestler can be called isn't weak or puny--it's boring.

The 411 Wrestling Top 5 4.29.09: Week 20 - Fan Making Moments Posted by Michael Bauer on 04.29.2009 From Hulk Hogan vs.

Wrestlemania III, 1987. For a boy who had not even turned 10 years old yet, could it get any bigger or better than this? Ricky Steamboat in a classic battle against Randy Savage.

I've been writing for Bleacher Report for a few months now and absolutely love it.

They are the moments that pro wrestling fans can never forget. Hulk Hogan lifting up and slamming Andre the Giant.

Alas, I haven't followed wrestling since the days of Lou Albano, the Iron Sheikh, Sgt.

In this image released by the World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Hulk Hogan, right, faces the undefeated Andre the Giant for the WWE Championship at Wrestlemania III on March 29, 1987, in Detroit .

IT COULD be described as The Super Bowl meets the World Cup final - with added tights and masks.

Where else but WrestleMania would you get to see the Big Red Machine give Pete Rose a piledriver? It's been a quarter century since Hulkamaniacs all over the country tuned in to see 24-inch pythons, Hot Rod and - no joke - Liberace.

I have two faces for you today: The one on the left is clearly Andre the Giant , and on the right is Mother Teresa , who apparently had work done when this portrait was made.

If you remember Jake "The Snake" Roberts hopefully its from his time in the WWE during the late 80s and early 90s.

It's unlikely that Philip Seymour Hoffman could put you in a sleeper-hold. Judi Dench is probably not very good at lifting opponents into the air, helicopter-spinning them around and bodyslamming them to the ground.