11-04-2005, 18:13
Parece impossível que ainda ninguém tenha mencionado a biografia do Hulk Hogan. Só pela parte onde fala do André the Giant aquilo merecia um carrinho de mão cheio de prémios. A propósito do André the Giant, deixo-vos aqui com o que dizem sobre ele no site Modern Drunkard Magazine Online:
"Theres one other guy I want to talk about, as he is without a doubt the all-time champion of drinking athletes. His name was Andre Rousimoff, but he was known to millions worldwide as the professional wrestler Andre the Giant. Standing at seven-foot-four and weighing in at 520 lbs, Andre was essentially a bipedal garbage truck. Many of his fellow wrestlers are and were serious drinkers (Scott Hall, Jake The Snake Roberts, etc.) but none could compare to Andre. His appetites were of mythic proportion.
Hulk Hogan has reported that Andre drank a case of tall boys each day on the tour bus. At the end of each can Andre would belch, crush the can in his dinner-platter-sized paw and bounce the empty off the back of Hogans head. It paid to be on Andres good side. While touring Japan (where Andre was a mega-celebrity and a household name) one of his Japanese sponsors rewarded the Giant with a case of expensive plum wine. Andre took his usual seat at the back of the bus, where seats had been removed to accommodate his bulk, and started in on the wine with his usual gusto for things fermented. Four hours later Andre had polished off the last bottle in the case. Sixteen bottles of wine in four hours. That feat alone earns him a place on Bacchus's right shoulder, but it gets even better. Still reeling from the effects of fermented plums, Andre proceeded straight to the ring where he wrestled three matches (including a battle royal) and no one had the slightest clue that they were in the presence of a walking wine vat."
É um bocadinho diferente do que vem no livro do Hulk Hogan, mas acho que dá para ter uma boa ideia. E o Hulkster conta mais coisas fascinantes sobre o André the Giant... é mesmo pena que ele nunca tenha chegado (penso eu) a escrever a sua biografia.
"Theres one other guy I want to talk about, as he is without a doubt the all-time champion of drinking athletes. His name was Andre Rousimoff, but he was known to millions worldwide as the professional wrestler Andre the Giant. Standing at seven-foot-four and weighing in at 520 lbs, Andre was essentially a bipedal garbage truck. Many of his fellow wrestlers are and were serious drinkers (Scott Hall, Jake The Snake Roberts, etc.) but none could compare to Andre. His appetites were of mythic proportion.
Hulk Hogan has reported that Andre drank a case of tall boys each day on the tour bus. At the end of each can Andre would belch, crush the can in his dinner-platter-sized paw and bounce the empty off the back of Hogans head. It paid to be on Andres good side. While touring Japan (where Andre was a mega-celebrity and a household name) one of his Japanese sponsors rewarded the Giant with a case of expensive plum wine. Andre took his usual seat at the back of the bus, where seats had been removed to accommodate his bulk, and started in on the wine with his usual gusto for things fermented. Four hours later Andre had polished off the last bottle in the case. Sixteen bottles of wine in four hours. That feat alone earns him a place on Bacchus's right shoulder, but it gets even better. Still reeling from the effects of fermented plums, Andre proceeded straight to the ring where he wrestled three matches (including a battle royal) and no one had the slightest clue that they were in the presence of a walking wine vat."
É um bocadinho diferente do que vem no livro do Hulk Hogan, mas acho que dá para ter uma boa ideia. E o Hulkster conta mais coisas fascinantes sobre o André the Giant... é mesmo pena que ele nunca tenha chegado (penso eu) a escrever a sua biografia.
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