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- In the storied history of
professional wrestling,

there have been many men
considered to be icons, heroes-

- The People's Elbow.

- -legends.

- He got him.

- But one man stands above them
all.

- Look at the size of the Giant.

- The Eighth Wonder of the
World.

- Andre picks him up,
he slammed him.

- He's come back to the ring
against me anytime you want.

I'm ready.

- Today we look back at the best

of Andre the Giant.

- From the top rope.

What a body slam.

- Whoa.

- This is WWE's Greatest
Moments.

- Acknowledge me.

- My God.

- Stone Cold with a beer bath.

- Ah

- This is surreal.

- Look at this.

- He slammed him.

- Welcome everyone to WWE's
Greatest Moments.

I'm Michael Cole, and on this
edition,

we're looking back
at the celebrated career

of the first true professional
wrestling superstar-

- Andre the Giant.

- While, Andre was a force to be
reckoned with

inside the squared circle,

he would also transcend Sports
Entertainment with a starring

role in the cherished cinematic
classic The Princess Bride.

Andre is so beloved that the
very first thing you see when

you enter our WWE headquarters

is a monstrous mural of this
larger than life personality.

The Eighth Wonder of the World
certainly garnered attention

wherever he went, and tales of
his strength were legendary.

Fans would pack arenas worldwide
to get a glimpse

of the mighty Giant.

- Andre the Giant,
485 pounds, 7'5" tall.

Andre will now demonstrate
feats of strength.

Look at this.

Its off the ground.

Over 2,000 pounds of solid dead
weight.

Andre the Giant has lifted that
weight right off the ground.

- I remember the first time I
saw him, I was like,

"Oh my God."

And you know, he was just
the largest human being

I'd ever seen.

- He could do the things that
were superhuman

because he really was a giant.

- No ordinary man even bend this
bar.

Andre bends it and breaks it
wrestling fans.

- Andre the Giant
had been a major,

major pro wrestling attraction.

- Andre the Giant and more feats
of strength.

As you can see, ropes are tied
to each

of the wrist of Andre the Giant.

- In the 1970s,

vignettes were made showing
Andre performing feats

of strength, and they were a
promoter's dream.

- The world's greatest wrestlers
attempting

to pull Andre's arms apart.

- If there was ever a case of
marketing

to try to get people to
come to shows-

That was it.

- Look at this.

Andre's right arm,
he's done it.

He's pulled those men over,

and now he's pulled the
other side over.

Andre the Giant has done the
unbelievable.

- WrestleMania 3 was
headlined by

"The Immortal" Hulk Hogan
and Andre the Giant,

drawing over 93,000
to the Pontiac Silverdome.

But a few years earlier, these
two had one of their earliest

encounters, with the roles
reversed

in front of the largest
wrestling crowd at the time,

a full six years before
the New York Mets

electrify in the World Series,

it was the evil Hulk Hogan.

taking on the amazing Andre
the Giant

in a showdown at the
illustrious Shea Stadium.

- Andre the Giant is
the only undefeated

superstar in
professional wrestling.

- It's these two larger than
life stars already-

in this ring surrounded by a
baseball stadium full of people.

That's an attraction.

- Whoa.

No way.

- It was a very hot angle
because people thought I might

have a chance to beat this guy
that had never been beaten.

- I don't care if you're the-
the king on the hill,

when somebody else comes in that
you think might be a threat,

there's always that situation of
you going,

"Well, I'm gonna see what
this kid's really made of."

- Andre was really, really,
really great shape.

So if you tried to pull anything
and hit him

and get away from him,
he'd catch him.

He was just really fast back
then.

- Got him.

Andre got him

- Ultimately, Andre triumphed.

Fans were 100% behind Andre
the Giant.

It was an exciting match, but it
was the start of a rivalry

that would last quite a while.

- The sheer size of Andre the
Giant is something

that had to be seen
to be believed.

- Let's compare it to the size
of my head.

Andre the-

[laughing]

- So it's no secret that when it
came time for an over the top

rope Battle Royal, the Giant
was more often than not

coming out the winner.

- Andre the Giant, the winner of
more Battle Royals

than anyone in the history of
professional wrestling.

- And at WrestleMania 2, several
NFL stars tested their skills

as a special WWE and NFL
Battle Royal took place

in what turned out to
be one 'giant' spectacle.

- Weighing 520 pounds-

- And this Battle Royal is
underway.

- When you get these NFL guys in
the ring,

you start to realize how big
they really are.

- Mayhem.

As these guys weighed in a total
combined weight 5,612 pounds.

- All these unbelievable
football players,

they should be able
to pick Andre up.

- 2 or 3 guys pounding away at
Andre the Giant.

- Uh uh.

Not today.

- Over the top rope-

He's eliminated.

- Andre looked phenomenal that
night.

- And we're down to two against
one now.

Look at Andre.

They each got a leg.

Oh he kicked them both off.

Andre the Giant has seen this
situation before.

- It was a bit of a challenge
when you have that kind of

superstar there in that match.

He was so good.

He was really, a natural.

- The Anvil shot oh the
big boot.

And The Anvil over the top.

And he's gone.

He's caught.

What's Andre gonna do with
him?

- That's it.

Oh, he threw him right down on
The Anvil.

It's all over.

- Just taking names.

Cleaning house.

When the odds were stacked
against him,

he was able to overcome.

- Andre the Giant,
the winner here.

Unbelievable.

- As dominant as
Andre the Giant was

inside rings across the globe,

there was another side to
the Eighth Wonder of the World

that drew audiences even closer
to this enigma.

- On one episode of wrestling's
first variety show,

Tuesday Night Titans,

Andre let loose in one of the
most memorable segments

of all time.

- We will now introduce to you
the one and the only

Andre the Giant.

- Tuesday Night Titans,

it was a late
night talk show.

It was when the entertainment
part

of Sports Entertainment really
started to come out.

- Oh my goodness.

- We just wanted to show
different layers of a Giant

and how people find different
reasons to like him.

- You have a song you sing.

The fish song.

By all means, let's-

let's have Andre the Giant-

- Yes.

- -uh, sing the fish song.

This should be great.

- Yeah.

- He had this way of just
drawing you in

and pulling all of
your attention.

- So there was this big build up
to Andre getting ready.

We're all getting ready,
going,

"You're kidding me.

Andre, he's really gonna sing.

Here we go."

- He was so charismatic, so
charming.

You were enamored with him.

[crowd laughing]

- This was Andre at his best.

That right there is just classic
WWE television.

- What of Andre's numerous
talents

was knowing when it was time to
have fun

and time to get serious.

In 1981, Andre suffered a broken
ankle at the hands of one

of his greatest rivals,
Killer Khan,

who was managed at the
time by the legendary,

Classy Freddie Blassie.

- We got to work on Andre from
the waist down.

His legs are his weakness.

- You better be ready because

you never see a
giant mad before.

- Fueled with vengeance,

the Giant returned a few months
later.

The two waged war in one of the
most unorthodox matches ever,

where the loser would be carried
off on a stretcher.

- These two extraordinary
athletes will clash

in what's known as

a Mongolian
stretcher match.

- When I was a kid, like when
Andre the Giant came to town,

that was huge.

It was a matchup I wanted to
see.

- Oh, it's bad for Killer Khan.

My goodness.

- Andre-

He was a terrific athlete and
a great wrestler.

You know he could do so much-

- it's the stuff with Killer
Khan.

He could do this stuff like this
all over the world.

- Seeking his revenge,
headbutt but misses.

The same ankle that was broken.

Really going to work on him.

He could do whatever he wanted
with you in that ring,

and there was nothing you
could do about it.

- Oh, what a right hand that
was.

- The last thing you want to do
is

piss a 7'5, 500 pound Giant
off.

- Andre with a stretcher in
hand.

Oh my, right across the back.

- Andre swung that stretcher at
Killer Khan

like he was swinging a
flyswatter

- Andre now, just all
over, eating him up.

Oh my goodness.

There won't be anything left of
Killer Khan.

If he gets him-
yes, the match is over.

Killer Khan leaving the ring
area on the stretcher-

Incapacitated-

Andre the Giant has done a real
job on him.

- It was a great match.

And you know, the bigger,
stronger guy won.

- The one and the only Andre the
Giant.

- Standing over seven feet tall
and weighing over 500 pounds,

no one questioned the validity
of Andre being a true Giant.

- Just exactly how tall are you,
Andre?

How much do you weigh?

- But there were other big men
who weren't intimidated

by Andre, namely Big John Studd,

managed by the villainous
Bobby "The Brain" Heenan.

Studd boasted that he

was professional wrestling's
only Giant.

- There's only one, and it's
John Studd, the Giant.

- And with all eyes on the
historic WrestleMania 1,,

Studd put up $15,000

if Andre could body slam him.

- This is the $15,000
Slam match.

- That was a really special
match,

because I don't think we
had ever seen two giants

of that magnitude on such a big
stage.

- Madison Square Garden, 25,000
strong chanting for Andre.

- Andre and John Studd faught
the whole dressing room

watched that match to see what
was going to take place.

- Wow.

Planted that big ham hock right
between the eyes

of Big John Studd.

- Andre just beat him
unmercifully.

- I remember right where I was
sitting for WrestleMania 1.

I was, of course, rooting for my
friend Andre

in the body slam challenge.

Oh my God, what was going to
happen?

- Look at this.

Studd trying to slam Andre.

- For Big John Studd to say that
Andre the Giant

couldn't slam him is
almost laughable,

because Andre the Giant was one
and a half times

the size of Big John Studd.

Even though they were both
giants.

- You could hear the fans

They're chanting "Slam."

- They want to see Andre walk
away with the 15 big ones.

Look at this.

Andre picks him up.

He slammed him.

[crowd cheers]

[bell rings]

- It's all over.

Andre looking for the money

He's got it.

- All of a sudden the money
went out in the audience,

which really made people go
crazy.

- Look at this.

- I thought as a little kid, "Oh
my God, I wish I was there."

- It's a memory that never
leaves you.

It was a big moment.

- The winner Andre the Giant.

- Andre stood tall as
professional wrestling's

one true Giant.

But the challenges kept coming,

this time in the form of the
walking condominium.

King Kong Bundy.

- 458 pounds, a mountain of a
man.

- That's right.

As big and as tough as an
individual as you're going to

find, you're just another
stepping stone.

- The two behemoths went toe to
toe in some earth shattering

contests over the years,

but none as memorable as one
night in Madison Square Garden,

known as the Colossal Jostle.

- Ladies and gentlemen,

this is the
Colossal Jostle.

- The Colossal Jostle.

You got two great characters.

Both these guys can work,
they can wrestle.

- Madison Square Garden

on its feet 25,000 plus.

Biggest I've ever seen out
there.

- The match with Andre and
Bundy was special

because he was so different
for his size,

he could do so many great moves.

- And a big headbutt and look
out.

- If you got to see him, you
were lucky.

It's like seeing Bigfoot, you
know?

It's not normal.

- Look out.

Oh, size 23 runs in the kisser.

- At the end of it, we thought
that Andre was probably going to

pin us and get the win-

until John Studd came in.

- From the outside.

Big John Studd.

What in the world is he doing
here?

- It's kind of a swerve on
everybody

at that particular time,
especially the fans,

you know?

- Andre the Giant with a steel
chair in the ring

chasing Big John Studd.

- John Studd and Andre-

It's been kind of like having a
little bit of a rivalry.

- Pandemonium and mayhem at
Madison Square Garden.

- On Thanksgiving night, 1987,
WWE introduced a new concept

that featured five on five team
elimination matches.

It was called the Survivor
Series.

- Andre the Giant your team
versus mine.

- Team captain Hulk Hogan led
his tandem

against the awesome arsenal
headed up by Andre the Giant.

Who would survive?

- Hulk Hogan will
captain one team,

and on the
opposite side,

the Eighth Wonder of the World,
Andre the Giant.

- Nothing's gonna be bigger than
Hogan Andre at the time,

he did something to

get those eyeballs on

and that was a perfect
example of it.

- Here we go.

- It's Andre.

And the Hulkster face to face,
toe to toe.

- Here comes the Andre the
Giant.

It's like, how is anybody gonna
get this dude?

The answer was, you didn't.

You know what I mean?

- And now it's Bam Bam Bigelow

against these three
super heavyweights.

- I love the fact that Bam Bam
Bigelow

and all the big wrestlers-

That was a moment.

- Bam Bam Bigelow, one on one

with the Eighth Wonder of the
World.

- They were two big men laying
into each other, and really,

fans didn't know who was going
to be

the survivor of that.

- Oh got him over.

What a suplex move.

That's it.

- What a move, that's it.

[bell rings]

- The Giant wins the Survivor
Series.

- The sole survivor.

- It was- many things have made
a success,

and Andre was almost becoming
like a mythical character.

- By 1987, Andre the Giant was
indeed an attraction

you couldn't miss.

And fans adored the Gentle
Giant,

but Andre felt as
if he were second fiddle

to reigning WWE Champion Hulk
Hogan.

One of the most shocking
moments in WWE history,

Andre the Giant made a choice
that not only stunned a global

audience, but led to the biggest
main event of the decade.

- Look at me when
I'm talking to you.

I'm here for one reason

to challenge you for a world

championship match
in WrestleMania.

- Andre.

Please no.

It's not happening.

- You can't believe it.

Maybe you'll believe
this, Hogan.

- Andre the Giant tears
Hulk Hogan's shirt

and he tears his crucifix.

- Are you or are you not gonna
fight him at WrestleMania 3

for the World Heavyweight
Championship?

Yes or no?

- Yes.

- And then we knew something
bigger than we ever saw

before was coming up.

- You got 93,000 standing on
their feet for this one.

- We came to the ring in a
forklift

in front of 93,000 people.

There are billions
at home watching.

- The irresistible force
meeting the immovable object.

- It was so big and
so overwhelming.

- Oh, big right hand blocked by
the champion.

- That match is talked about
like a piece of history.

- Look at this.

- He slammed him.

- He slammed the Giant.

- It was something that was a
once in a lifetime situation.

- Hogan for the cover.

He got him.

- It basically etched us in
stone.

WrestleMania was here to stay.

Andre did all that because he
loved the business so much.

And he finally decided that I
was the guy

to pass the torch to.

- That's the first time in 15
years

Andre the Giant had ever
been defeated.

- It is now time for our number
one moment,

and it's one that still holds a
record to this day.

Following the events of
WrestleMania 3,

Andre the Giant targeted
"The Immortal" Hulk Hogan.

Vowed to capture the WWE
Championship.

There was no stopping Andre
until he got his rematch.

- Finally, in February 1988,
live on network television

in front of the largest audience
to ever tune in

to a professional
wrestling event,

Hulk Hogan defended the WWE
Championship

against his greatest rival.

- The Hulkster
draws the line,

and he wants
Andre the Giant.

Listen to these fans.

- We knew we were onto something
big.

We knew we had to build the
story slow,

but we had to keep the
momentum going.

- Hammering away.

Clothesline.

The Giant goes down.

- It was just like throwing big
tanks of gas on the fire.

- Andre the Giant caught him
from the top rope.

What a body slam.

- Whoa.

Suplex.

Right on top of him.

- He's on him.

- One.

- He got him.

- Two.

That's it.

- He got him.

He got him.

- And new World Wrestling --
Heavyweight Champion

Andre the Giant.

- A lot of people go their
entire career

without being champion,

and I'm sure it meant something
to Andre.

- There he is, the new World
Heavyweight Champion.

- I was happy to see Andre the
Giant as a champion.

It was very nice to see somebody
that had given so much

to the professional wrestling
industry win a championship.

- This is no surprise.

I told you I'm going to win.

- He's the one that laid the
groundwork for Hulk Hogan.

For anybody else that walks
through these doors

of the WWE universe.

It wouldn't have happened if it
wasn't for Andre the Giant.

He was the biggest in the
greatest superstar

of this business has ever known.

- There's no denying the immense
impact at the Eighth Wonder

of the World had on this storied
industry we all love.

For over four decades, Andre the
Giant enthralled audiences

worldwide and cemented a legacy
that will last forever.

Well, that'll do it for this
edition

of WWE's Greatest Moments.

I hope you've enjoyed this look
back at the legendary career

of professional wrestling's most
beloved superstar-

Andre the Giant.

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