Product Details

• Actors: Andre the Giant, Jimmy Snuka, Sgt. Slaughter, Tito Santana
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: World Wrestling
• DVD Release Date: January 25, 2005
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00079I0BU
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #85,896 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Studio: Genius Products Inc Release Date: 01/25/2005 Run time: 90 minutes

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34 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Eighth Wonder Of The World, January 17, 2005

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M. Brown (Ireland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: WWE - Andre the Giant (DVD)

Andre the Giant was a man larger than life, so large his nickname was "The Eighth Wonder of the World." Lord Alfred Hayes hosts the matches that built the legend of this Hall of Famer.

Match listing includes:

vs. Moondog Rex (01/08/81)

18-Man Battle Royal including Sgt. Slaughter, Big John Studd, Jimmy Snuka, Pat Patterson, "Hollywood" Hogan, Paul Orndorff, The Iron Sheik & Tito Santana.

vs. Black Gordman & Great Goliath (12/01/76)

vs. Jack Evans, Johnny Rodz, & Joe Butcher Nova

vs. Gorilla Monsoon with the Grand Wizard

Andre the Giant & Jimmy Snuka vs. the Wild Samoans (18/02/83)

vs. the Masked Superstar (20/02/84)

Andre the Giant & S.D. Jones vs. Big John Studd & Ken Patera with Bobby Heenan (15/12/84)
This is the legendary haircut match

vs. Ken Patera (21/01/85)
Revenge of the Giant

vs. Big John Studd (31/03/85) WrestleMania
Commentary by Michael Cole & Tazz.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars This should have been so much more, February 25, 2005

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Stephen (Fort Walton Beach, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: WWE - Andre the Giant (DVD)

I really wish WWE had done a better tribute to one of the all-time great wrestlers. As others have stated, this is simply a direct port of an old Coliseum Home Video, with the addition of the bodyslam challenge with new commentary. A short biography (or A&E's "Larger Than Life") would've been nice. At the VERY least, WWE should have added in some later matches, like the 20 man battle royal from WM2, Andre's only legit title win (with Haku over Demolition), or maybe even the twin-Hebner match with Hogan leading to WM4. What about some short comments from current superstars and staff (like the McMahons) about Andre? Is there any footage of his announcement/induction into the Hall of Fame? If you can learn to tune out Lord Alfred Hayes, then the video is good for what it is. I just wish WWE had put a little more effort into a DVD about one of their biggest (literally and figuratively) stars ever.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A Giant Disappoinment!, February 18, 2005

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S. R. (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: WWE - Andre the Giant (DVD)

Like many who watched the WWF in the pre-Stone Cold era, we knew that wrestlers did not come any bigger than Andre, both figuratively and literally. That is why I was hoping that this release would be in the same vein as the previous WWE superstar DVD sets. I assumed that it would have a documentary about his life (preferably the Andre- Larger Than Life A&E documentary that WWE authorized and sold on VHS), followed by supplements that included many of his most famous matches. Instead, this release is nothing more than a 90 minute DVD transfer of an old VHS video that has wrestling promoter Lord Alfred Hayes talking over several of Andre's matches. He never has anything more to say than, "Look how massive Andre is!" There are absolutely no insights into Andre, his upbringing, or any of the rumors that have long shrouded his mystique. In my opinion, WWE missed a supreme opportunity to give the older and younger wrestling fans a fresh look at this legendary Hall of Famer that was long overdue.