TheShowOff Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Saw that on Reddit earlier. Do you think it's legit? He was still alive at the start of the boom, and wrestling in Mexico late in his life. I can imagine that scene capatilising on the popularity and shoving a bunch of wrestlers in costumes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted June 30, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted June 30, 2015 Its definitely real. Andre has the death afro. That photo was taken when he was working shows when he could barely walk in 92. And Turtles characters were everywhere at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Jesus, people had him wrestling in 1992? I remember him on the tour in 1991, staggering to the ring with a walking stick as Bulldog's manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted June 30, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted June 30, 2015 (edited) Yeah. The matches are exactly how you'd imagine. Look at the state of him post-WWF. Â Andre wrestled Cactus Jack of all people on one show. Â EDIT: Here's Andre wrestling a few weeks before he died. The man is so fucked. Edited June 30, 2015 by IANdrewDiceClay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheShowOff Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Andre hit some of the most majestic elbow drops known to man in Mexico. Bless him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Your Fight Site Posted June 30, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted June 30, 2015 I thought André was with the WWF until his death? One of my first WWF VHS tapes was WrestleMania VII. I was about 11 years old, heard about the legend that was André, and was then severely disappointed when I saw him hobbling his way to the ring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted June 30, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted June 30, 2015 No, he was fucking about in Japan and Mexico with massive hair wearing different coloured singlets after he left WWF. Couldn't obviously do anything and held the ropes almost all the time. Â 92 was even after the Turtles boom, that was 1989/90 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_3165 Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Good lord thats a sad state Andre was in. He had no business being in the ring at this point. That elbow for the finish was terrible! It was like he was worried about breaking himself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingOfVHS Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Yeah. The matches are exactly how you'd imagine. Look at the state of him post-WWF. Â Andre wrestled Cactus Jack of all people on one show. Â EDIT: Here's Andre wrestling a few weeks before he died. The man is so fucked. His faxce @ 3 seconds in looks like he's abou to cry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheShowOff Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 I thought André was with the WWF until his death?  Nope, and ironically his last US television appearance was on WCW.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted June 30, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted June 30, 2015 He'd have been working programs with Hogan in WCW if he'd held on another 18 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted June 30, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted June 30, 2015 Shit, that elbow is the most heart breaking thing I've seen since Gazza and the fishing rod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Your Fight Site Posted June 30, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted June 30, 2015 That elbow drop. Wow. Andre raises his arm, and then you see the realisation set in his face that he's signalled something that he's nowhere near capable of doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snitsky's back acne Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Here's Andre wrestling a few weeks before he died. The man is so fucked. Â Â Andre was really suffering towards the end of his life there wasn't he? Bless him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Your Fight Site Posted June 30, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted June 30, 2015 Here's Andre wrestling a few weeks before he died. The man is so fucked.  [VIDEO]  Andre was really suffering towards the end of his life there wasn't he? Bless him.  We’ve seen. Ian posted it a few posts back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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