10 Forgotten Final Wrestling Matches Of WWE Hall Of Famers
Going out, but not the way you might recall...
2. Andre The Giant
Andre and his Colossal Connection partner Haku dropped the WWE World Tag Team titles to Demolition at WrestleMania 6 in 1990. During the post-match shenanigans, Andre brutalized Haku and manager Bobby Heenan, leaving alone on the forever-awesome ring cart, to a stirring ovation from the SkyDome crowd in a desired face turn. This marked the last time Andre wrestled a televised WWE match, but it was far from his final overall bout. In fact, he wrestled over 100 matches from then up into December of 1992.
The majority of Andre's subsequent bouts took place in All Japan Pro Wrestling, where he oftentimes teamed with fellow towering legend Giant Baba, including in the 1991 Tag League. Andre's last match came with the promotion on December 4, 1992, a six-man tag team match in which he, Baba, and Rusher Kimura defeated Haruka Eigen, Masanobu Fuchi and Motoshi Okuma, before over 16,000 fans in Tokyo.
Bonus fact: seven months prior to that last match, Andre wrestled in a spate of trios matches for Mexico's UWA promotion, where on two occasions, one of his opponents was The Great Kokina - the future Yokozuna.
Written by Justin Henry
In addition to writing lists and commentaries for Cultaholic, Justin is also a features writer and interviewer for Fighting Spirit Magazine, and is co-author of the WWE-related book Titan Screwed: Lost Smiles, Stunners, and Screwjobs.