If you are a professional wrestling fan, there is a VERY high chance that you have heard of the legendary Andre the Giant. He was billed at 7 foot 4 and over 500 pounds, a massive man. One of Andre’s feuds during his time with the World Wrestling Federation was with Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts during the late 1980’s.
On an episode of the Wrestling Reality podcast, Jake ‘the Snake’ Roberts told a funny story about wrestling Andre on his birthday, after the two had a number of drinks together.
Here is what he said:
“Back in the day I was wrestling Andre which was quite the experience on its own. One night we had few too many cocktails, and it was his birthday so I understood. I knew I was in trouble when the referee came over and said Andre was being a bit playful. He’s trying to scare people. He’s trying to scare people by hiding and going out and saying boo. Are you kidding? How do you hide a giant? I get to the ring and Andre is doing this coming down the aisle and I’m holy crap wondering what I’ve gotten myself into. He got in the ring and jumps up and tries to grab the rope, he misses and lands on me adjusting my back and everything. Then my shoulder starts to vibrate and he starts laughing. Earl Hebner is like Andre why are you laughing, you’re not supposed to do that in the ring. Andre screams I’m farting” (Source: Wrestling Reality podcast).
You can check out the full episode at the link above.
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Just imagining Andre the Giant acting like this is enough to make anyone giggle. I can only imagine what it would have been like to see this event live! Great story about an absolute legend!
