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** Subverted by the fact that Andre was actually a moderately skilled Greco-Roman wrestler, and was [[Lightning Bruiser|frighteningly quick in his youth]], but said most famous match was from later in his life when chronic health problems had badly slowed him.
** [[Street Fighter|Hugo]] [[Final Fight|Andore]], being a near-[[Expy]] of Heel-era André, exhibits next to no finesse in his attacks compared to other grapplers. The same thing can be seen on [[Heel|Raiden]] from ''[[Fatal Fury]]'' and ''[[The King of Fighters]]''. Conversely, T. Hawk, who may actually be even larger than Hugo, is a very agile and technical fighter who prefers quick aerial maneuvers to grappling.
* [[Do Not Call Me "Paul"|Paul Wight]], billed as The Giant in [[WCW]] and [[The Big Show]] in WWE. Injuries and weight troubles kept him from reaching his fullest potential, and many fans began calling him "[[X-Pac Heat|The Big Slow]]" (a moniker either given to him or made canon by [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]]). However, his most recent return to WWE sees him a good fifty pounds lighter than when he left, and he's moving a little better; on top of that, at least in comparison with The Great Khali (see below), the fans love him. He also epitomizes the giant being pushed to the top, as ''his first ever match'' was in the main event of a [[WCW]] pay-per-view for the world championship. However, he has put his generally basic repertoire to good use; a ''chest slap'' has become one of his signature moves—he shushes the audience, and then smacks the guy, allowing the crack of a hand the size of a frying pan to echo throughout the arena.
** One could also argue that Paul Wight is a subversion of this trope, as he had a wide variety of moves in the WCW, including the kip-up and athletic slams. He was so unique, he is the only wrestler that won PWI's Rookie of the Year and Wrestler of the Year in his debut. There was even rumors that, during his days in WCW, he was even training to do a moonsault.
*** [[Crazy Versus Awesome|Those weren't rumours]]. [[Word of God|Paul Wight has confirmed it]], in fact he claims that he actually ''used'' it in several matches, though obviously whenever he did the opponent moved out of the way.
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