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Andre the Giant
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Stats


Born May 19, 1946
Died January 27, 1993
Hometown Grenoble, France
Professional Debut 1964
Real Name Andre Rene Roussimoff
Other Identities Jean Ferre, Monster Roussimoff, Giant Machine
Tag Teams Colossal Connection with Haku; Heenan Family with Bobby Heenan, Haku and Arn Anderson (Survivor Series); Megabucks with Ted DiBiase

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Size
Measurements as of WrestleMania III: March 29, 1987

Height 7 feet, 5 inches
Weight 520 pounds
Chest 71 inches
Thighs 36 inches
Hand 16 inches
Forearms 17 inches
Calves 22 inches
Wrist 11 inches
Biceps 21 inches
Neck 24 inches
Shoesize 24

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Titles Held

Title Won Lost
IWA Tag Team title 1/18/70 2/3/70
NWA Australasian Tag Team title 12/8/78 12/78
NWA U.S. Tag Team title 12/25/78 1/79
NWA Florida Tag Team title 12/2/80 1/2/81
WWF World Heavyweight title 2/5/88 2/5/88
WWF World Tag Team title 12/13/89 4/1/90

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Major Matches

6/25/76 Defeated Chuck Wepner in a boxer-vs-wrestler match
8/2/80 (Superdome Spectacular)Drew with Hulk Hogan
8/3/80 (Last Tangle in Tampa) Defeated Super Destroyer
8/9/80 (Showdown in Shea) Defeated Hulk Hogan
9/23/81 Drew with Stan Hansen (no-contest)
3/31/85 (WrestleMania I)Defeated Big John Studd in a $15,000 body slam match
6/11/85 (New Japan IWGP League Tournament) Defeated Tatsumi Fujinami in the Final Match to win the tournament.
4/7/86 (WrestleMania II) Won a 20-man battle royal. Eliminated Jim Neidhart, then Bret Hart to win.
6/17/86 Lost to Antonio Inoki via submission
3/29/87 (WrestleMania III) Pinned by WWF World champion Hulk Hogan
11/26/87 (Survivor Series) With One Man Gang, King Kong Bundy, Butch Reed and Rick Rude, defeated Hulk Hogan, Bam Bam Bigelow, Paul Orndorff, Don Muraco, and Ken Patera in a survivor match. Andre pinned Bigelow to win the match for his team and was a survivor.
3/27/88 (WrestleMania IV) Participated in the World Title Tournament. Recieved a bye into round 2 where he battled to a draw with Hulk Hogan.
8/29/88 (SummerSlam) With Ted DiBiase, lost to Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage
11/24/88 (Survivor Series) With Dino Bravo, Rick Rude, Harley Race and Mr. Perfect, defeated Jim Duggan, Jake Roberts, Scott Casey, Ken Patera and Tito Santana in a survivor match. He pinned Santana and was disqualified later in the match.
1/15/89 (Royal Rumble) Participated in the Royal Rumble. Entered #3. Eliminated Smash, Ron Garvin, and Jake Roberts before eliminating himself #4.
4/2/89 (WrestleMania V) Lost to Jake Roberts via disqualification
8/28/89 (SummerSlam) With Twin Towers (Akeem and Big Bossman), lost to Demolition (Ax and Smash) and Jim Duggan
11/23/89 (Survivor Series) With Bobby Heenan, Haku and Arn Anderson, lost to Ultimate Warriors (Ultimate Warrior, Rockers Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty, and Jim Neidhart) in a survivor match. Andre was the first man eliminated via countout.
1/21/90 (Royal Rumble) Participated in the Royal Rumble. Entered #11. Eliminated Warlord and Red Rooster. #10 eliminated by Demolition (Ax and Smash).
4/1/90 (Wrestlemania VI) Andre The Giant and Haku lost the WWF Tag Team Championship to Demolition.

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