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>> THE FOLLOWING ATTRACTION IS A
SPECIAL HANDICAP MATCH SET FOR
ONE FALL WITH A 10-MINUTE TIME
LIMIT.
INTRODUCING IN THE CORNER TO MY
LEFT, FROM BROOKLYN, NEW YORK,
238 POUNDS, THE UNPREDICTABLE
JOHNNY RODZ.
AND HIS PARTNER, FROM THE ISLE
OF MALTA, WEIGHING 265 POUNDS,
BARON MIKEL SCICLUNA.
AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THEIR
OPPONENT FROM FRANCE,
453 POUNDS, ANDRE THE GIANT.
>> THIS CAPACITY CROWD LOOKING
FORWARD TO THIS EVENT.
THE HANDICAP MATCH.
RODZ, A FORMIDABLE WRESTLER,
SCICLUNA.
EVERYBODY AS GOOD AS RODZ,
TOGETHER THEY MAKE UP PERHAPS
WHAT IS THE GREATEST COMPETITION
ANDRE HAS EVER FACED FROM A
HANDICAP STANDPOINT.
ANDRE REGARDED AS THE MOST
PHENOMENAL ATHLETE, PERHAPS OF
ALL TIME.
SCICLUNA NOW CIRCLING FROM THE
SIDE.
PUTTING ON THE BRAKES QUITE
QUICKLY.
THE BELL HAS RUNG.
WE'RE SET FOR THE ACTION TO
COMMENCE.
>> VINCE MCMAHON HERE ALONG
WITH BRUNO SAMMARTINO,
WRESTLING'S LIVING LEGEND, AND
BRUNO IT'S TIME TO PICK 'EM.
>> WELL, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU,
BEFORE WE PICK 'EM.
>> OH, LOOK AT THAT.
>> OH!
GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF THE
IDEA OF HIS AWESOME POWER.
BUT I WAS ABOUT TO SAY, WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT RODZ AND SCICLUNA
NOW, TWO EXTREMELY AGGRESSIVE
WRESTLERS, TOUGH, TOUGH
WRESTLERS, OKAY.
SCICLUNA'S ALSO BEEN KNOWN TO
HAVE AN OBJECT SOMETIMES OR
OTHER.
NOW, I THINK THAT IF THEY ARE
REALLY AGGRESSIVE ENOUGH LIKE
THEY ALWAYS ARE, IF THEY SHOW
SOME COURAGE AND GO AFTER ANDRE,
CATCH HIM LOW, TRY TO GET HIM
DOWN ON THE MAT, AND IF
SCICLUNA'S ABLE TO CONTACT --
CONNECT WITH WHATEVER HE IS THAT
HE'S HIDING, I THINK THAT THEY
CAN GIVE ANDRE A HARD TIME.
NOW AS FAR PICK 'EM, I'M NEVER
GOING TO PICK ANYBODY OVER
ANDRE, NO WAY, BUT I DO BELIEVE
THAT HE MAY HAVE A HARD TIME
HERE.
>> ESPECIALLY NOW.
YOU SEE ONE FROM BEHIND, ONE
ATTACKING FROM THE FRONTAL AREA.
RODZ OFF THE ROPE.
KNOCKS SCICLUNA.
RODZ GOES WAY UP AND WAY DOWN.
>> SO FAR, VINCE, I MUST SAY I'M
A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED AS FAR AS
SCICLUNA AND RODZ.
I THOUGHT THEY'D BE A LITTLE
SMARTER THAN THEY'VE BEEN SO FAR
BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO MEET
ANDRE HEAD ON.
I HAVEN'T SEEN THEM GO DOWN LOW
IN THE ANKLE AREA, TRYING TO,
YOU KNOW, TRIP HIM UP, TAKE HIM
OFF BALANCE, GET HIM ON THE MAT
BECAUSE YOU GOT A GUY LIKE ANDRE
ON THE MAT WITH TWO PEOPLE AS
AGGRESSIVE AS SCICLUNA AND RODZ
AND THEY MAY BE PUT A DENT ON
HIM.
AS LONG AS HE'S ON HIS FEET,
THEY'RE JUST NOT GOING TO BE
THAT EFFECTIVE.
ALTHOUGH RIGHT NOW THEY'VE GOT
HIM IN A CORNER AND IT LOOKS
LIKE THEY MAY BE DOING A LITTLE
DAMAGE, BUT I WONDER.
>> UH-OH.
CRACK.
ANDRE MAINTAINING CONTROL.
SCICLUNA IS A HUGE MAN IN HIS
OWN RIGHT, BUT SMALL IN
COMPARISON TO ANDRE THE GIANT.
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, YOU
KNOW, WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT
SCICLUNA'S TREMENDOUS SIZE
BECAUSE HE IS 6'6", 275 POUNDS,
BUT IT'S UNBELIEVABLE HOW LITTLE
HE LOOKS IN THERE WITH ANDRE.
HE LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE, WEE,
THIN GUY.
>> ONCE AGAIN SCICLUNA AND
JOHNNY RODZ BEGIN TO WORK ON
ANDRE THERE, SLUMPING IN THE
CORNER.
NOW RODZ TRYING TO SCOOP ONE OF
THOSE ANKLES OUT FROM UNDER
ANDRE.
>> [LAUGHTER]
>> HE'S GOING TO TRY SOMETHING
ELSE.
FOREARM UPPER CUT.
>> ANDRE MOVING.
LOOK HOW HUGE ANDRE.
I MEAN THE BREADTH OF HIS
SHOULDERS AND CHEST, AND WELL,
EVERYTHING.
IT'S JUST UNBELIEVABLE.
OH, MY GOODNESS.
LOOK AT THAT.
ANDRE PICKS THEM BOTH UP IN A
DOUBLE BEAR HUG.
[LAUGHTER]
OH, REFEREE SAYS NO, WE'RE NOT
GOING TO GO THAT WAY.
ALTHOUGH, WE'RE HAVING A GOOD
LAUGH, I'M SURE SCICLUNA AND
RODZ ARE NOT LAUGHING AT ALL.
NOW THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE
HIM DOWN, THESE TWO BIG MEN.
>> TOO HIGH UP AROUND THE KNEE
AREA.
THEY SHOULD BE LOWER IN THE
ANKLES.
>> OH, MY.
>> ANDRE'S WEIGHT FLUCUATES,
ANDRE ON ANY GIVEN NIGHT CAN BE
CLOSE TO THE 500-POUND MARK.
HEAD BUTT.
OH, MY.
AND JOHNNY RODZ REELS INTO THE
ROPE.
RUNS RIGHT INTO THE HUGE FOOT OF
ANDRE'S.
ACROSS THE CHEST.
WELL, RODZ AND SCICLUNA GAVE HIM
A PRETTY GOOD RUN FOR HIS MONEY,
BUT NOT ANYTHING NEAR WHAT WE
THOUGHT WE'D SEE.
>> ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, VINCE.
HE HANDLED THEM BOTH WITH THE
GREATEST OF EASE.
>> SHOWS YOU THE CALIBER OF
ANDRE THE GIANT.
>> THE TIME OF THE MATCH, 5
MINUTES, 12 SECONDS, AND YOUR
WINNER, ANDRE THE GIANT.