At a time when kayfabe was alive and well, WWE legend Andre the Giant was in a match with higher stakes than he could have ...

You don’t have to be a professional wrestling fan to recognize the name Andre the Giant. The Hall of Fame Wrestler is still ...

One year around Christmas in the early 1980s, Andre the Giant realized he could not breathe when he laid down to sleep. He was safe in the privacy of his secluded country home in Ellerbe, North ...

Looking more monstrous than he ever would again despite needing new gear to hide a back brace and mask the pain that came ...

Because wrestling promoters are prone to exaggerating ... Because shopping could be a cumbersome experience, Andre grew fond of QVC, the home shopping channel that had launched in 1986.

André René Roussimoff, better known by most as Andre The Giant, may have died in his sleep on January 28, 1993, but his legacy in professional wrestling, as well as the wider world of mainstream ...

Not only was Andre the Giant outsized in body, but his personality, too, was larger than life. Looking back on the life of one of wrestling's most beloved big men, you'd be hard put not to smile ...

7 Andre the Giant and Mike Pappas in1974 / IMAGO / MediaPunch Adding to the legend, there is Tony St. Clair's story. The wrestler was present in 1969 when André's height was measured in England.