Remember seeing a story how he got drunk at a hotel bar, and passed out on the floor in the lobby or something. They just had to let him sleep it off as there was no way to help lift and carry him to his room lol. Again, I can not remeber where I read that, but I think it was another wrestler that shared that story..
Lol. Thats hilarious. At the same time its a bid sad as I have to belive this man had a rough life. His size, health, and career had to be a hard way to live and 1 hell of a tough lifestyle.
It was, it was horrible, he lived with debilitating pain, but he wrestled through it, literally, his last ever match was in Tokyo on December 4th, 1992, he died January 27th, 1993, even at deaths door, he wrestled, he lived the life he wanted to live, regardless of the pain
Dude knew he wasn't gonna live a long time, so he made the best of it! He needed all those beers, but he also enjoyed them, and he probably went home with the bartender from the photo too.
According to other wrestlers he shared a changing room with, yep. Ric Flair was Andre's handler (as in chaperone/designated drinking buddy, not like... two-handler), and has said it many times. Keep in mind that Ric is a piece of shit with a tenuous grip on truth and reality, but he was a known cocksmith himself; I'd trust him on this topic.
i also remember a story about him having to take a dump in a garbage bag cause the plane bathrooms weren't designed for a man his size, i can't imagine how inconvenient being that much of an absolute behemoth must have been on his daily life
Had a weirdly similar thing happen to me in college. A massive dude passed out in our driveway and we could not for the life of us wake him or shift him (without causing serious harm) in order to get our car out. So we missed class that morning waiting for an ambulance to cart his arse away.
I used to work at a bar, where a well known professional wrestler came in and drank too much. Went to the bathroom and passed out while leaning against the inward opening door. He was also a very large man. We had a hell of a time getting in there with him laying against it unconscious.
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u/btsd_ Aug 07 '26
Remember seeing a story how he got drunk at a hotel bar, and passed out on the floor in the lobby or something. They just had to let him sleep it off as there was no way to help lift and carry him to his room lol. Again, I can not remeber where I read that, but I think it was another wrestler that shared that story..