Wrestling Giant's Daughter Wants Father Remembered

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[Tall_Texan]

You have not seen bizarre unless you saw the boxing/wrestling doubleheader where Andre the Giant matched up against Chuck Wepner "The Bayonne Bleeder". Mohammad Ali then tangled with a japanese wrestler in Tokyo.

Chuck Barris would have been proud...

[js1138]

Andre had a leading role in Princess Bride, a great movie.

[AppyPappy]

Kinda hard to beat that Terry Gordy Vs The Missing Link feud down there in Dallas. I found an old tape of that a few months back.

[lsee]

Andre was terrific in "The Princess Bride". He had some of the funniest lines in the movie.

More about Andre

[RightWhale]

any pics of his daughter Robin Christensen?

Yeah, some of us are kind of wondering.

[MattinNJ]

I think you guys better wake up and SMELL WHAT THE ROCK...IS COOKING.

[AppyPappy]

I went to a match where Andre headlined in the 70's. He was taller than 6'10 back then. He shrunk considerably over time.

[Bella_Bru]

Wrestling ping!

[Skip Ripley]

I never had the chance to see much NWA/WCW when Flair was in his prime. From what I saw, he was talented, but he never struck me as being credible as a tough guy. Hogan and Andre were big guys, Austin was a psycho. Why would I fear a guy like Flair?

To be fair, I have been checking Ebay lately for soem Flair comp tapes because I'm curious to see what all the fuss is/was about.

[Delbert]

I had met Terry Gordy before, sat behind him and Michael Hayes at a Journey concert (dont tell anyone I was at a Journey concert)...The Missing Link rings a bell, but I cant place a face with the name....I was on a similar thread here at F/R not too long ago, I hadnt thought of The Von Erichs in quite some time....Kevin Von Erich is the only one left....several deaths and suicides in that family...pretty tragic.

[Delbert]

Rocks ok..I like him...Scorpion King hits video today by the way.

[JMJ333]

eh...you know how I feel about wrestling...but as along as we're talking about it....we may as well bring up Goldberg! =)))

[Willie Green]

!!!!!!!!!

That poor woman.
May the Lord prepare a special place for her in heaven.

[AppyPappy]

What do you think of Ric Flair? I always thought he was an overratted loser.

Sheesh and you think Hogan was a great wrestler. Here's every Hogan match: Pose, Hand To Ear, Lock Up, Back Shot Back Shot, Opponent Leaves Ring, Hand To Ear, Eye Gouge, Hogan Down, Comeback, Shake For Crowd, Punch to Head, Repeat, Leg Drop, Match Over, Talk To Mean Gene.

Flair kept heat going for 3 decades. Flair was generating major heat when Hogan was still playing in a band. And Flair could literally work for 60 minutes.

[Skip Ripley]

I dunno, Dave Meltzer of the "Wrestling Observer" says Andre never topped 6-10. I've always regarded Meltzer as the gold standard for this kind of information

[AppyPappy]

The Link was brought in by Skandar Ackbar and ended up in a bloody feud with Gordy. The Link was bald with a band of hair in the back that he used to ram his head into people. A Mark Lewin type persona. He left the business to become a cop.

[HEY4QDEMS]

Nearly 6 feet tall herself and bearing a striking resemblance to her father

I had to stop reading right there.

[AppyPappy]

Meltzer could never keep kafaybe. Andre padded the boots to appear taller.

[Bella_Bru]

He does have the longest streak....173 matches, I think. :-)

[Delbert]

Light Bulb goes off over my head.....oh yeah...He's a cop? Man that guy was a trip. I hope he's not a Dallas cop.