[1993-02-01-WWF-Raw] Andre the Giant 10-bell salute

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

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.

[benj]

New Japan set gave me a greater apprecaition for Andre's work. Legend.

[flyonthewall2983]

No doubt it still stands as the best RIP segment WWE has done.

[Kevin Ridge]

Nice 10 bell salute but I would have figured it would have been treated like a much bigger deal with it being Andre.

[PeteF3]

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.

[WingedEagle]

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.

[soup23]

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.

[...TG]

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?

[soup23]

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.

[garretta]

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.