Loss Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 Talk about it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted March 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 The WWF does a classy, understated 10-bell salute to Andre the Giant. Wrestling (and fans, including myself, for that matter) was much less cynical in 1993 than it would become. This is nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benj Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 New Japan set gave me a greater apprecaition for Andre's work. Legend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyonthewall2983 Posted June 20, 2012 Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 No doubt it still stands as the best RIP segment WWE has done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Ridge Posted June 30, 2013 Report Share Posted June 30, 2013 Nice 10 bell salute but I would have figured it would have been treated like a much bigger deal with it being Andre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteF3 Posted October 24, 2013 Report Share Posted October 24, 2013 This is more than the WWF usually did for the departed, at this time. Andre's death also came rather suddenly, in the days before they could whip up a video package at a moment's notice. Ten bells, some cool photos, and the birth-death dates--all you really needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WingedEagle Posted February 10, 2014 Report Share Posted February 10, 2014 Fink announces Andre's passing and they ring the bell 10 times while we're treated to a bunch of still photos from Andre's career. I could watch video packages like these for hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soup23 Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 Much like Dave's WON write up of Andre starting changing the shift for handling wrestler deaths, this seemed to change to the way WWF would handle them too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
...TG Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 Much like Dave's WON write up of Andre starting changing the shift for handling wrestler deaths, this seemed to change to the way WWF would handle them too. How was Dave's obituary of Andre a shift from what he was doing previously? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soup23 Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 I have always viewed it as more of a eulogy and recap of the performer than a brief overview in obituary form. For example, the Dick the Bruiser obit was pretty vague as well as the Buddy Rogers one and those are two huge figures. Andre stretched out the WON a bit and really signifies with obits became one of Dave's calling cards based on thoroughness he provides with each one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garretta Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 A classy tribute for a true legend. I was kind of glad there was no elaborate production I've seen a few of WWE's video packages and they tend to be as much about "Gee, look at the footage we can show!" as the guy they're honoring. Thank heaven Hogan was returning; most of the images shown here had something to do with Mania III, and who knows if they would have used those images if he had remained someone whom they preferred not to bring up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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