André the giant on a big red.

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For those of you that remember

André the giant on a Big Red, one of the first and best wrestling superstars. André was 7'4 almost 500 pounds.
Do you think the suspension on that Big Red was modified?

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https://youtu.be/kLyItwrMzjk

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https://youtu.be/kLyItwrMzjk

Andre and the Hulkster were pretty good buds. I watched a show on HBO last night on Andre, If you were ever a fan of the old pro-wrestling this is worth watching.

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I remember watching Hulk Hogan beat the Iron Shiek for the heavy weight championship when I was probably in the 1st grade, around 1980 or 1981. That was before the WCW or WWF, it may have been big time wrestling back then. I grew up watching Jimmy the superfly snooka, junk yard dog, the 4 horseman, George the Animal Steel, Nikita Koloff and all of them.

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I remember watching Hulk Hogan beat the Iron Shiek for the heavy weight championship when I was probably in the 1st grade, around 1980 or 1981. That was before the WCW or WWF, it may have been big time wrestling back then. I grew up watching Jimmy the superfly snooka, junk yard dog, the 4 horseman, George the Animal Steel, Nikita Koloff and all of them.

.....Polish Power Ivan Putski, Bob Backlund, Rick Flair, The Wild Samoans, Mr Fuji, Sgt. Slaughter, and the greatest of all-time The Living Legend Bruno Sammartino.

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This particular photo was taken on the set of The Princess Bride. There were a lot of outdoor locations in the shooting of this movie (the cliffs of insanity, fireswamp, etc) by that point Andre had lost a lot of his mobility. He used the Big Red to get around on the set, much of which was shot in the UK countryside. I believe that is Cary Elwes in the background.

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I beleive you are correct on that photo. The other photo I believe was taken on his Ranch in Ellerbe North Carolina. None of us could ever imagine the difficulties this man had in his life from being this large..

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I remember watching Hulk Hogan beat the Iron Shiek for the heavy weight championship when I was probably in the 1st grade, around 1980 or 1981. That was before the WCW or WWF, it may have been big time wrestling back then. I grew up watching Jimmy the superfly snooka, junk yard dog, the 4 horseman, George the Animal Steel, Nikita Koloff and all of them.

The Giant hated Macho Man and would whoop on him in the ring.............

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I remember watching Hulk Hogan beat the Iron Shiek for the heavy weight championship when I was probably in the 1st grade, around 1980 or 1981. That was before the WCW or WWF, it may have been big time wrestling back then. I grew up watching Jimmy the superfly snooka, junk yard dog, the 4 horseman, George the Animal Steel, Nikita Koloff and all of them.

JYD was my favorite. Him and the Million Dollar Man, Ted DiBiase on Mid-South wrestling. Hacksaw Jim Duggan, the Oklahoma Stampede Bill Watts, Magnum T.A., Terry Gordy, Dr. Death Steve Williams, Randy "Macho Man" Savage.......and of course Miss Elizabeth (may she R.I.P. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c667fb3uChE)

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