I believe that there are many people who like to watch WWE events and perform wrestling performances in a dramatic way, which is naturally more entertaining than ordinary matches, so it attracts a lot of fans and has a lot of influence in the world.
HBO tv once produced a documentary about a famous wrestler from France in the 70s and 80s, André from France.
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The name of the documentary is "Andre the Giant", and from the name, it can be seen that this athlete must be born tall and strong, and it is true, but behind André's tall body, there is a tragic hidden feeling.
If you see his face, you will find an indescribable feeling, it is because he is a person with acromegaly. This is a disease of the endocrine system, the hypertrophy of the body and internal organs due to excessive secretion of growth hormone, the manifestation of which is gigantism in adolescence. At the age of 12, Andre was more than 2 meters tall and weighed 180 pounds.
Andre was obviously older than ordinary children from birth, and when he was a child, he was a famous local bully, because he was big and strong, and the children around him were not rivals when they fought, and they ate a lot since they were young, and they often stole the family's beer from a young age.
Because of his unusually tall stature, André has been subjected to strange eyes, with the increase of age, his acromegaly manifestations are becoming more and more obvious, such as increased head circumference, wider face, thick skin, etc., his height has grown to 2.3 meters, and his weight has reached 235 kg, such a huge body shape, making him look like a hill.
Wherever André goes, it has become the focus of attention, and his huge body has also brought many inconveniences to his life, such as it is difficult to buy suitable clothes, can only be customized, the furniture used also needs to be customized, coupled with the amazing amount of food, which has brought a lot of psychological pressure to André, and he does not know what work he can do.
But unexpectedly, just when he was about to lose confidence in the future, a brokerage company came to him and wanted to develop him as a wrestler.
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Andre had never thought of becoming a professional wrestler, and although he often fought as a child, he did not intend to make a living, he had always wanted to work in a toy store or return to his father's farm.
Under the persuasion of his agent, André finally made up his mind and began to undergo formal wrestling training. Discover that André's agent is also a famous wrestler, and while arranging training, he set out to build André's path to wrestling superstardom.
With their joint efforts, André became the most popular wrestler of the 70s and 80s while winning the title of the largest player ever with his height and weight.
He competed in a number of events, was a pillar wherever he went, and was one of the most beloved superstars of the entire WWE in the 70s and 80s. André dominated the wrestling world for nearly 15 years, maintaining a record of total victories, and later stepped into film and television, making friendly cameos in many movies. Although he has developed in many habitats, his achievements in the wrestling world have not been affected.
However, behind these glorious honors, André has been trapped in the torment of disease, because of the influence of acromegaly, he often has back pain, and the joints are always abnormally painful, in order to alleviate the pain, he loves to drink, hoping to numb his nerves through alcohol, in the long run, his alcohol is also getting bigger and bigger.
Maybe because he is tall, so the stomach capacity is also larger than ordinary people, his amount of alcohol is not comparable to ordinary people, he once drank 156 cans of beer in one go, such a amount of wine had to be impressive.
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One day in January 1993, he received news of his father's death, so he hurried back to France to attend his father's funeral, after which he drank beer in a tavern to vent his pain, causing a heart attack and sudden death at the age of 46.
After André's death, his family cremated him, and he did not expect that this giant, who had been making records all his life, still shocked the world after his death, and his ashes were actually 15.4 pounds.
André's life is a legend, the end of life may also mean relief for him, as the doctor said, the older he gets, the more obvious the disease of acromegaly, and there is no better way to alleviate the pain except alcohol, this pain is unimaginable to outsiders, maybe this is the price he paid for fame.