Imvamisa ibizwa ngokuthi 'i-Eight Wonder of the World', u-Andre the Giant wayengomunye wezinkanyezi ezinkulu emlandweni we-wrestling yobungcweti. Lapho u-Andre efika okokuqala eNyakatho Melika, walwa eCanada. UJacques Rougeau 'waseMountie' wayemazi u-Andre kusukela esemncane futhi enobuhlobo obuseduze naye.
UJacques Rougeau uxoxa ngesipiliyoni sakhe sokudlala amakhadi no-Andre the Giant backstage
Ohlelweni lwakamuva lweSK Wrestling's Inside SKoop, olusingathwe nguDkt Chris Featherstone, ingwazi ye-Wrestian wrestling ethi 'The Mountie' uJacques Rougeau ivule isifuba ngo-Andre the Giant. URougeau uveze ukuthi yena no-Andre the Giant badlala kanjani amakhadi emuva ukubulala isikhathi:
Ngidlale amakhadi amaningi egumbini lokugqoka. Ngangingomunye walabo bafana ababekujabulela ukubulala isikhathi. Ngangidlala kakhulu isikhwanyana sokulala no-Andre, kwakuyi-Cribbage kodwa nathi sadlala ayisishiyagalolunye. Isishiyagalolunye bekuwumdlalo omuhle esiwudlale phezulu ezingxenyeni ezisenyakatho. Kepha umbhede omkhulu ... yilokho ayaziwa ngakho. Mina no-Andre sasidlala indlala njalo kusukela ngineminyaka engu-18.
UJacques Rougeau ubuye wakhuluma nangendlela, lapho esebenza ezindaweni ezincane, u-Andre kwesinye isikhathi wayebhukhwa kumakhadi amakhulu njengokuheha okukhethekile. URougeau ukhulume ngendlela u-Andre ambingelela ngayo ngemuva kwesiteji kwamangala abanye abafana ngemuva:
Kwakumangalisa ngoba ngenkathi ngenza zonke izindawo ezincane futhi, lokho kwakungenye into. Wayefana noRic Flair. Wayengumfana ababengandiza kanye enyangeni eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ekhadini elikhulu elikhulu. Kuyamangaza ngoba njalo lapho engena egumbini lokugqoka, noma iyiphi insimu engangikuyo, wayethi 'mphathi, ufuna ukudlala iChibbage?' futhi bekuhlekisa kakhulu ngoba bonke abafana, bebembuka ngathi 'wow' nami, bengingumngane wakhe.
U-Andre the Giant waba ngesinye sezinkanyezi ezinkulu emqhudelwaneni we-wrestling ngemuva kokusayina ne-WWE (ngaleso sikhathi eyayingu-WWF) ngo-1973. UHulk Hogan odonsa umzimba ngo-Andre the Giant eWrestleMania 3 kusengenye yezikhathi ezivelele emlandweni we-wrestling. Ngemuva kokuthi u-Andre adlule emhlabeni ngo-1993, iWWE yakha iHholo Lodumo futhi waba ngumuntu wokuqala owake wangeniswa.
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