![]() ![]() After finishing school at 14, as he did not think higher education was necessary for a farm laborer, he joined the workforce contrary to popular legend, he did not drop out of school, as compulsory education in France at the time ended at 14. Roussimoff was an average student, though good at mathematics. By the time he was 12, Roussimoff stood 191 cm (6 ft 3 in). In a 1970s television interview, Roussimoff stated that his mother was 5 feet 2 inches (157 cm) tall and his father 6 feet 2 inches (188 cm) tall, and that according to his father his grandfather was 7 feet 8 inches (234 cm) tall. At birth, André weighed 13 pounds (6 kg) as a child, he displayed symptoms of gigantism, and was noted as "a good head taller than other kids", with abnormally long hands. His childhood nickname was Dédé ( / ˈ d eɪ d eɪ/, French: ). He had two older siblings and two younger. ![]() He was later a charter member of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame and the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame the latter describes him as being "one of the most recognizable figures in the world both as a professional wrestler and as a pop culture icon." Outside of wrestling, Roussimoff is best known for appearing as Fezzik, the giant in the 1987 film The Princess Bride.Īndré René Roussimoff was born on in Coulommiers, Seine-et-Marne, the son of immigrants Boris Roussimoff (1907–1993) and Mariann Roussimoff Stoeff (1910–1997) his father was Bulgarian and his mother was Polish. From 1973 to the mid-1980s, Roussimoff was booked by World Wide Wrestling Federation (During the 1980s wrestling boom, Roussimoff became a mainstay of the As his WWF career wound down after WrestleMania VI in 1990, Roussimoff wrestled primarily for All Japan Pro-Wrestling, usually alongside Giant Baba, until his sudden death.Īfter his death in 1993, Roussimoff became the inaugural inductee into the newly created WWF Hall of Fame. īeginning his career in 1966, Roussimoff relocated to North America in 1971. Known as "the Eighth Wonder of the World," Roussimoff was known for his great size, which was a result of gigantism caused by excess growth hormones. ![]() Hell, past Quelaag, there are 4 bosses, 2 of which are gimmick fights requiring minimal combat, one's the third re-use of the first boss you encounter, and the only notable aspects of Centipede Demon are that its skippable and the lava gimmick requires the used of the charred ring.André René Roussimoff ( French: – 28 January 1993), better known by his ring name André the Giant, was a French professional wrestler and actor. Quelaag's, Demon Ruins, and Lost Izalith are guilty of every complaint thrown at the sequel for cut-n-paste arbitrary enemy population and placement. Its funny to me how DS2's detractors seem to turn a blind-eye to how weak the entirety of the "fire" path is in DS1. After that of course we have Demon Ruins which is without debate the most unfinished and half-assed zone in the entire series. On the other hand Blighttown doesn't contain a boss either, it leads to Quelaag's domain which is basically a boss-room and very little else. Harvest Valley doesn't have a boss at all, Earthen peak is were you fight Covetous demon near the start, and Mytha at the end with a good stretch of gameplay in-between.
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