What was the deal with Andre the Giant donning a mask as Giant Machine? Solomonster recounts the story behind the angle, other Machines (like Hulk Machine and Piper Machine) and poses a question about what it was that got you into wrestling in the first place.
2018-12-27
Man of 1,000 Holds, The Iceman, Dean Malenko got me hooked on the art of wrestling.
Loved this angle this was back when wrestling was so good
There was a third machine, Big Machine (Blackjack Mulligan). I think Andre was filming The Princess Bride.
the machines masks were fucking awesome
ECW,XPW basically hardcore wrestling in general made me a wrestling fan
Andre character is from Super Strong Machine from Japan
The rock, mankind, stone cold undertaker, Kane, Chris Jericho and the whole AE roster got me into wrestling. That time had Cool, serious, goofy characters.
So, wrestlers peeing on stuff isn't funny?
For me it was 2005 when Batista and Cena ran WWE through smack down and Raw respectively they felt like guys who kick anyone’s ass
What got me into wrestling was really a little bit of both the goofy cartoony elements that WWE had and also the realism and skills of NWA wrestling. I could easily pick stars from both promotions I liked.