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[[File:andrejake3_6427.jpg|frame|Andre taking out [[Jake Roberts|Jake "The Snake" Roberts]]]]
 
[[Andre'''André the Giant]]''', real name André Rene Roussimoff (Bulgarian: Андрей Рене Русимов; Polish: Andrzej Renat Russimow; 1946-93) was a [[Professional Wrestling|professional wrestler]] well-known for his impressive size<ref>Billed at 7'4" (224 cm) and around 500 pounds (226 kg), to be precise</ref>. You may also remember him as Fezzik from the [[The Movie|motion picture adaptation]] of ''[[The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]''.
 
During his tenure in the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWF]] (or the WWE as it is called now), he was dubbed "The Eighth Wonder of the World" due to his frame, and held a fifteen-year undefeated streak in the company (with the exception of disqualification and count-out losses). One of the most famous matches of his career was against [[Hulk Hogan]] for Hogan's WWF World Heavyweight Championship at ''[[Wrestlemania]] III''.