WWC PR WVR AJPW ABDULLAH THE BUTCHER ANDRE GIANT BABA STANHASEN 9/30/1990 FULLYREMASTERED 4K60FPS
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Data
Fixture:
Abdullah The Butcher & Giant Baba vs. Andre The Giant & Stan Hansen
Date:
30.09.1990
Promotion:
All Japan Pro Wrestling
Match type:
Tag Team
Event:
AJPW October Giant Series 1990 - Tag 2 (Card with guide)
20 Comments
@Unitedstarting 1 year ago
あの強いハンセンがあそこまで痛めつけられる馬場、ブッチャーには驚かされる
@beanzflash1 9 months ago
I’m pretty sure they did wrestle each other in tag team matches past 1989. Like when Andre is teamed with Stan against Abdullah and Baba in 1990.
@rûdemodmen 5 months ago (edited)
アンドレとハンセン凄えタッグ
馬場さんブッチャー組も。まさに夢のタッグマッチ。熱い！アンドレと馬場さんが対決するとリング壊れるんじゃないかと当時ワクワクドキドキしていた。
WWEのリングは壊れるように作られてるが日本のリングは頑丈に作られてるかな？
馬場さんブッチャー組も。まさに夢のタッグマッチ。熱い！アンドレと馬場さんが対決するとリング壊れるんじゃないかと当時ワクワクドキドキしていた。
WWEのリングは壊れるように作られてるが日本のリングは頑丈に作られてるかな？
They had a surprising amount of common ground and bonded over their love of cricket, with Roussimoff recalling that the two rarely talked about anything else.[25]
Professional wrestling career
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Early career (1964–1973)
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André the Giant in the early 1970s
At the age of 18, Roussimoff moved to Paris and was taught professional wrestling by a local promoter, Robert Lageat, who recognized the earning potential of Roussimoff's size. He trained at night and worked as a mover during the day to pay living expenses.[23] Roussimoff was billed as "Géant Ferré", a name based on the Picardian folk hero Grand Ferré, and began wrestling in Paris and nearby areas. Canadian promoter and wrestler Frank Valois met Roussimoff in 1966, years later to become his business manager and adviser. Roussimoff began making a name for himself wrestling in the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, and Africa.[23]He made his Japanese debut for the International Wrestling Enterprise in 1970, billed as "Monster Roussimoff".[26] Wrestling as both a singles and tag-team competitor, he quickly was made the company's tag-team champion alongside Michael Nador.[26][27] During his time in Japan, doctors first informed Roussimoff that he suffered from acromegaly.[23]
Roussimoff next moved to Montreal, Canada in 1971, where he became an immediate success, regularly selling out the Montreal Forum.[28] Promoters eventually ran out of plausible opponents for him and, as the novelty of his size wore off, the gate receipts dwindled.[23] Roussimoff was defeated by Adnan Al-Kaissie in Baghdad in 1971,[29] and wrestled numerous times in 1971 for Verne Gagne's American Wrestling Association (AWA) as a special attraction.Touring special attraction (1973–1984)
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In 1973, Vincent J. McMahon, founder of the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF), suggested several changes to Roussimoff's booking.[30] He felt Roussimoff should be portrayed as a large, immovable monster, and to enhance the perception of his size, McMahon discouraged Roussimoff from performing maneuvers such as dropkicks (although he was capable of performing such agile maneuvers before his health deteriorated in later life). He also began billing Roussimoff as "André the Giant" and set up a travel-intensive schedule, lending him to wrestling associations around the world,[31][32] to keep him from becoming overexposed in any area.[23] Promoters had to guarantee Roussimoff a certain amount of money as well as pay McMahon's WWF booking fee.[33]Roussimoff wrestling a "local competitor" in June 1973
On 24 March 1973, Roussimoff debuted in the World Wide Wrestling Federation (later World Wrestling Federation) as a fan favorite, defeating Frank Valois and Bull Pometti in a handicap match in Philadelphia. Two days later he made his debut in New York's Madison Square Garden, defeating Buddy Wolfe.[34][31][35]
Roussimoff was one of professional wrestling's most beloved babyfaces throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. As such, Gorilla Monsoon often stated that Roussimoff had not been defeated in 15 years by pinfall or submission prior to WrestleMania III. He had lost matches outside of the WWF: pinfall losses to Don Leo Jonathan in Montreal in 1972,[36] two draws and a count out lost to The Sheik in Toronto in 1974[37] after a fireball was thrown in Andre's face, knockout to Jerry Lawler in Memphis in 1975,[38] draw with Bobo Brazil at a battle royal in Detroit in 1976,[39] Ronnie Garvin in Knoxville in 1978,[40] and Canek in Mexico in 1984 and submission losses in Japan to Strong Kobayashi in 1972[41] and Antonio Inoki in 1986.[42][43] He also had sixty-minute time-limit draws with the two major world champions of the day, Harley Race and Nick Bockwinkel.
Harley Race and Nick Bockwinkel.
In 1976, Roussimoff fought professional boxer Chuck Wepner in an unscripted boxer-versus-wrestler fight. The wild fight was shown via telecast as part of the undercard of the Muhammad Ali versus Antonio Inoki fight and ended when he threw Wepner over the top rope and outside the ring and won via count-out.
In 1980, he feuded with Hulk Hogan, when, unlike their more famous matches in the late 1980s, Hogan was the villain and Roussimoff was the hero, wrestling him at Shea Stadium's third Showdown at Shea event and in Pennsylvania, where after Roussimoff pinned Hogan to win the match, Hogan bodyslammed him much like their legendary WrestleMania III match in 1987. The feud continued in Japan in 1982 and 1983 with their roles reversed and with Antonio Inoki also involved.
Professional wrestling career
Edit
Early career (1964–1973)
Edit
André the Giant in the early 1970s
At the age of 18, Roussimoff moved to Paris and was taught professional wrestling by a local promoter, Robert Lageat, who recognized the earning potential of Roussimoff's size. He trained at night and worked as a mover during the day to pay living expenses.[23] Roussimoff was billed as "Géant Ferré", a name based on the Picardian folk hero Grand Ferré, and began wrestling in Paris and nearby areas. Canadian promoter and wrestler Frank Valois met Roussimoff in 1966, years later to become his business manager and adviser. Roussimoff began making a name for himself wrestling in the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, and Africa.[23]He made his Japanese debut for the International Wrestling Enterprise in 1970, billed as "Monster Roussimoff".[26] Wrestling as both a singles and tag-team competitor, he quickly was made the company's tag-team champion alongside Michael Nador.[26][27] During his time in Japan, doctors first informed Roussimoff that he suffered from acromegaly.[23]
Roussimoff next moved to Montreal, Canada in 1971, where he became an immediate success, regularly selling out the Montreal Forum.[28] Promoters eventually ran out of plausible opponents for him and, as the novelty of his size wore off, the gate receipts dwindled.[23] Roussimoff was defeated by Adnan Al-Kaissie in Baghdad in 1971,[29] and wrestled numerous times in 1971 for Verne Gagne's American Wrestling Association (AWA) as a special attraction.Touring special attraction (1973–1984)
Edit
In 1973, Vincent J. McMahon, founder of the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF), suggested several changes to Roussimoff's booking.[30] He felt Roussimoff should be portrayed as a large, immovable monster, and to enhance the perception of his size, McMahon discouraged Roussimoff from performing maneuvers such as dropkicks (although he was capable of performing such agile maneuvers before his health deteriorated in later life). He also began billing Roussimoff as "André the Giant" and set up a travel-intensive schedule, lending him to wrestling associations around the world,[31][32] to keep him from becoming overexposed in any area.[23] Promoters had to guarantee Roussimoff a certain amount of money as well as pay McMahon's WWF booking fee.[33]Roussimoff wrestling a "local competitor" in June 1973
On 24 March 1973, Roussimoff debuted in the World Wide Wrestling Federation (later World Wrestling Federation) as a fan favorite, defeating Frank Valois and Bull Pometti in a handicap match in Philadelphia. Two days later he made his debut in New York's Madison Square Garden, defeating Buddy Wolfe.[34][31][35]
Roussimoff was one of professional wrestling's most beloved babyfaces throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. As such, Gorilla Monsoon often stated that Roussimoff had not been defeated in 15 years by pinfall or submission prior to WrestleMania III. He had lost matches outside of the WWF: pinfall losses to Don Leo Jonathan in Montreal in 1972,[36] two draws and a count out lost to The Sheik in Toronto in 1974[37] after a fireball was thrown in Andre's face, knockout to Jerry Lawler in Memphis in 1975,[38] draw with Bobo Brazil at a battle royal in Detroit in 1976,[39] Ronnie Garvin in Knoxville in 1978,[40] and Canek in Mexico in 1984 and submission losses in Japan to Strong Kobayashi in 1972[41] and Antonio Inoki in 1986.[42][43] He also had sixty-minute time-limit draws with the two major world champions of the day, Harley Race and Nick Bockwinkel.
Harley Race and Nick Bockwinkel.
In 1976, Roussimoff fought professional boxer Chuck Wepner in an unscripted boxer-versus-wrestler fight. The wild fight was shown via telecast as part of the undercard of the Muhammad Ali versus Antonio Inoki fight and ended when he threw Wepner over the top rope and outside the ring and won via count-out.
In 1980, he feuded with Hulk Hogan, when, unlike their more famous matches in the late 1980s, Hogan was the villain and Roussimoff was the hero, wrestling him at Shea Stadium's third Showdown at Shea event and in Pennsylvania, where after Roussimoff pinned Hogan to win the match, Hogan bodyslammed him much like their legendary WrestleMania III match in 1987. The feud continued in Japan in 1982 and 1983 with their roles reversed and with Antonio Inoki also involved.
WWC PR WVR AJPW ABDULLAH THE BUTCHER ANDRE GIANT BABA STANHASEN 9/30/1990 FULLYREMASTERED 4K60FPS
WWC WVR PR
183,116 views
Data
Fixture:
Abdullah The Butcher & Giant Baba vs. Andre The Giant & Stan Hansen
Date:
30.09.1990
Promotion:
All Japan Pro Wrestling
Match type:
Tag Team
Event:
AJPW October Giant Series 1990 - Tag 2 (Card with guide)