battle royal featuring Andre vs Bobo Brazil

big time wrestling battle royal.
Match took place around 1975/76 and not 1980 as the video states.

Note too that Andre isn't much taller than Bobo. Bobo was around 6' 4"...making Andre around 6' 10" at best.

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[NewsMan580]

why is everybody still debating Andre's height? Wrestling stats have always been inflated a bit. He was big - isnt that enough?

[Jdub14000]

This was at Cobo Hall!

[KittColby]

Andre the Giant versus Bobo Brazil. What an epic encounter. Thanks for posting this.

[shawnpatrick9111]

This might be the stupidest idea of all time. Why didn't the Brute have to fight Andre when Andre elected to eliminiate himself from the 1st ring? And talk about someone who couldn't wrestle, it was the Brute.

[NewsMan580]

@ledballone yeah, thanks for that....

[ledballone]

@NewsMan580 aandre was 6 10

[melbz1266]

this lead to the main event of sheik vs lewin loser leave town and the shiek threw fire to the face of lewin while he had a sleeper hold on creachman and lewin was counted out.andlost the belt and left town. great match.have it on dvd.which is still being sold today.

[Osbournefan123]

@mhlafors no his height was claimed to be 7'4 although some matches it was 7'5 even 7'6 so he was around 6'10-7'...

[baycityroller74]

This was from October 1976 from Detroit's Cobo Arena

[mhlafors]

apparently they inflated his height by 6 inches, that would make me 6'4"!

[tonyny77]

Well, Tim, that video was beyond precious. Thanks for posting this. Of course, it vividly reminds us of the days when wrestling was less ridiculous than it is today. Also, notice how much looser the "ropes" are. Remember when wrestlers would get hung up in the ropes? But there was one really strange thing: Neither of the two rings in this video had any bounce in the mat that I could detect.

Thanks for posting this, Tim. I appreciate it.

[otoxkage]

Also, Andre truly was about 6'10'' at this point. His acromelagy caused him to keep growing right up until his death; At the time of his death, he was so big that his frame could no longer support himself and was measured at a height / length of 7'4'' even, right around 515 pounds. RIP