TSC Evaluation #18: Andre The Giant

[patscorpio]

Its hard to judge him depending on what era of wrestling you came up with.

I came up in the era when he started declining physically in the mid to late 80s...then he was only getting by on gimmick and name...even then that started taking a hit..i remember watching the tail end of his WWE stint in the early 90s where he was getting bodied by the ultimate warrior in minute matches and he started walking with the arm crutches..he looked pitiful

i had the privilege of seeing him wrestle as a kid at the old new haven coliseum in the 80s

but thanks to youtube it was great seeing the matches of what a younger, prime Andre looked and moved like...that was an Andre that could work as a big man

Andre was and stayed over, had legendary feuds, and matches...and is in the upper tier of wrestlers crossing over in the mainstream..esp in Hollywood. Princess Bride is an all time classic movie

but he had an undeniable impact on pro wrestling...no question..gotta give him a 9.5

 

[David_TheMan]

10 easy.
Mic work, don't remember anything had presence more than neccessary to get over.
Ring work inconsequential he was over period.
gimmick personality 10 whether it was a a$$hole or a face the man cuold pull it off.

Total legacy 10 - legitimate crossover movie star, legit wrestling mega star, there is nothing to debate, he is a wrestling legend that connected with fans and never let it go, hell he got over outside of wrestling fans.

 

[mrken12]

10 easy.
Mic work, don't remember anything had presence more than neccessary to get over.
Ring work inconsequential he was over period.
gimmick personality 10 whether it was a a$$hole or a face the man cuold pull it off.

Total legacy 10 - legitimate crossover movie star, legit wrestling mega star, there is nothing to debate, he is a wrestling legend that connected with fans and never let it go, hell he got over outside of wrestling fans.

I remember in the thread about video game characters inspired by wrestlers Andre the Giant or events involving Andre were seen a few times.

Wrestling's influence on video games

 

[jadillac]

Gave him a 1 fukking racist

Bout to say. He was supposedly a big racist.

Remember some story about him riding on a golf cart talking about "running over nigggers"

Sucks for me bc as a kid I liked him

 

[PYRRHUS 88]

Arguably on the Mount Rushmore of pro-wrestling. That means automatic 10 on my scale.

 

[Tommy Fits]

I caught only the tail end of his career when his body was completely broken down. Even then he was the most imposing figure in wrestling and had me completely shook. Grew up watching tapes of him and the hogan feud. Obviously his importance and influence is a 10. But it's hard for me to rate him by our normal standards because I only saw him during the end of his career. I'll give him a 9 out of 10 just off of importance and the fact he made alcoholics proud everywhere.

 

[ZEB WALTON]

Legendary off alcohol consumption alone.

 

[Lo-Co]

Bout to say. He was supposedly a big racist.

Remember some story about him riding on a golf cart talking about "running over nigggers"

Sucks for me bc as a kid I liked him

is there a shoot on this from someone?

 

[Tommy Fits]

is there a shoot on this from someone?

I think bad news brown spoke on it

 

[Lo-Co]

I think bad news brown spoke on it

Ohh yeahh. I gotta watch that shyt. He spoke on dusty too. Apparently he was on that

 

[Starboy52]

Gotta give him a 9. He was Pro Wrestling's first true mainstream superstar

 

[Alexander The Great]

 

[El Poyo Loco]

Ohh yeahh. I gotta watch that shyt. He spoke on dusty too. Apparently he was on that

New Jack said something about Dusty too

Dusty was backstage at a show some pawg Jack was smashing came to him and kissed Jack and Dusty said "if dikk Murdoch was alive to see this"

"A lot of those guys back then like dikk Murdoch was Klan and didn't hide from it" - Rocky Johnson




Who was dikk Murdoch's friend and tag partner back then

 

[mrken12]

Ohh yeahh. I gotta watch that shyt. He spoke on dusty too. Apparently he was on that

New Jack said something about Dusty too

Dusty was backstage at a show some pawg Jack was smashing came to him and kissed Jack and Dusty said "if dikk Murdoch was alive to see this"

"A lot of those guys back then like dikk Murdoch was Klan and didn't hide from it" - Rocky Johnson




Who was dikk Murdoch's friend and tag partner back then

Should I remove Dusty from the list?

I really want the evaluations to be objective which is why I don't plan on including people with a well known history of .

 

[Lo-Co]

Should I remove Dusty from the list?

I really want the evaluations to be objective which is why I don't plan on including people with a well known history of .

hmmmmm....


With these allegations of makes me look at that pairing with sapphire in a different light