Andre the Giant
Real name: Andre Roussimoff
Home: Grenoble, French Alps
Membership: Superstars, Heenan Family, Mega Bucks, Colossal Connection
A.K.A.: Giant Machine, Jean Ferre, the Polish Giant, Monster Eiffel Tower
Finisher: Giant press
Background: The man, the myth, the legend. Andre was many things, hero and villain equally but he never did anything small.
Prior to the Superstars, Andre grew up in his native France. Too large for the army, he took to fighting to make money. He was good, unbeatable by most accounts, and that fact got him on Vince McMahon's Sr.'s radar. He as personally invited to join the Superstars, an offer he accepted.
Andre hit America and went right to the top. Indeed, it seemed only natural that he would take over the group but McMahon Sr. retired and soon Junior was running things. Oh, he saw Andre as amazing power, but more as a sidekick than a leader.
This annoyed the Frenchman, but he did the best to ignore it as Hulk Hogan earned more and more praise and respect. Things came to a boil around '87, when Andre fully joined the Heenan Family. He would spend the rest of the 80's as a villain before rejoining the Superstars briefly before retiring.
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