Andre the Giant Was Not Tested By Rusty Brooks

Andre the Giant vs. Rusty Brooks WWF 9/11/84 - FUN

ER: Rusty Brooks didn't even get to last a minute against Hogan, and when I saw his Andre match was over 3 minutes long I got excited. Maybe that's a bit irrational, to think that noted Fattest WWF Jobber Rusty Brooks would get to work some kind of competitive size vs. size match against the largest man on the planet, but we don't really get a ton of Andre vs. Big Fat Guys so who knows? The match was mostly angle, as Andre entirely ignored any of Rusty's offense while focusing his energy on Kamala's wild man presence at ringside. But also it kind of rules? Andre is a brick wall and there are two different excellent moments where Brooks flies into Andre and then flies off of Andre. Rusty's opening shoulderblock attempt was an A for effort, really running his big body into Andre and then recoiling hard when Andre plants his lead foot and leans in his shoulder to counter. Later in the match, Brooks came in with a fat guy version of Tito Santana's flying forearm (fat guy version because no feet leave the mat) and Andre just shuts down the attempt with a simple raised forearm. 

Brooks even gets to be a fat guy with a low center of gravity attempting to fireman's carry Andre, and I love that Rusty went for it. You get Andre to the mat, you increase your odds. Kamala comes out early in the match and yells at Andre the entire match, Kim Chee doing his best to hold back the godless savage, Andre laughing at Kamala while ignoring Brooks. Brooks had some great bumps, big back splashes with his legs up in the air, and I loved him running chin first into Andre's big boot. I thought it was funny when Andre backed Brooks into the corner and held him there with his big butt, Brooks desperately throwing strikes and axe handles to Andre's back, and every time Andre thrust his buttocks at Brooks, Kamala would angrily chop the ring apron. Andre's smile as he trolled Kamala was great, showing how Not Mad he was, while Kamala kept getting madder and madder at ringside. 

COMPLETE AND ACCURATE ANDRE THE GIANT