This list is compiled of the tallest men so far to have ever entered a professionalwrestling ring. John William Minton (February 19, 1948 - March 20, 1995) was an American professional wrestler and actor who was born and raised in Butler, Pennsylvania, better known by his ring name, Big John Studd. While other lists of this nature have pointed to the girth of wrestlers, this one will be focusing strictly on their height. 2. View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro, Donna Conklin This enraged him and led to a rivalry with the Heenan family. During his time in the WWF in 1986, Arcidi wrestled veteran Big John Studd at the Boston Garden. Actor: Micki + Maude. John William Minton (February 19, 1948 March 20, 1995) was an American professional wrestler and actor, better known by his ring name, Big John Studd. He left the WWWF in February 1973. Studd however rejected the offer and ran Heenan off the Brother Love set, thus turning face. He went to the AWA but was generally unhappy there. Studd, who long had a reputation of not selling pain to wrestlers with little or no in-ring skills, wrestled a notable match with the "World's Strongest Man" Ted Arcidi at the Boston Garden in mid-1986. The Undertaker is also an eight-timeworld champion, having held the WWE Championship four times, the World Heavyweight Championship three timesand the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship one time as well. When no suitable bone marrow donor was found, and he was given around a month to live, Minton underwent an autotransplantation procedure with a 7% success rate. ~~~Blassie went on a mission to prove that John Studd was the 'biggest' man in wrestling. Winning the Royal Rumble was a major feather in Studds cap, particularly given that winning battle royals was such a central part of Andres legacy. He left Mid-Atlantic Wrestling to make a comeback in WWWF. Known mostly wrestling for the Von Erich's WCCW as Silo Sam, he also wrestled for a very short time in the WWF as Trapper John. Le dernier match de Studd, avant son premier dpart, eu lieu lors d'un pisode de WWF Superstars o lui et Bundy ont battu The Machiners. After leaving the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), Studd became known as Chuck O'Connor, Captain USA, and The Masked Superstar II at certain points in the Mid-Atlantic territory. LJN Titan. While Studd became a top challenger for the WWF World Championship, held by Bob Backlund, it was his feud with Andre the Giant that earned him main event status. Studd held a number of championships including the WWA World Tag Team Championship and WWWF World Tag Team Championship, and was the winner of the 1989 Royal Rumble. However, with Heenan now also managing his old adversary Andr the Giant, Studd rejected the offer and ran Heenan off the Brother Love set, thus turning face. Il mesurait 2,01 m et pesait au meilleur de sa forme prs de 165kg. However, back in 1989, WWE staged only its second official Royal Rumble. Still a complete giant of a man, Silo Sam didn't have much of a memorable career as a wrestler. He went on to win the Tag Team Championship with his partner and together, they came to be known as The Executioners. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Minton died from liver cancer and Hodgkin's disease on March 20, 1995. [5] Studd's last match with the WWF was June 4, 1989, with Hillbilly Jim wrestling in Studd's place later that month. Big John Studd was an actor too, and starred in a few movies. $19.99 + $11.45 shipping. Winning an incredible 18 championships during his WWE career, Kane has been one of the most successful wrestlers ever. Upon his return to WWE, Big John Studd was paired with "Classy" Freddie Blassie, who aided Studd in his feud with Andre the Giant, which lasted for years. Aprs cela, Studd a t envoy en Floride par JJ Dillon et il a rivalis avec Dusty Rhodes, Barry Windham (le fils de Blackjack Mulligan), et Sweet Brown Sugar. (1978 -. He later went to Texas and became the masked Captain America, feuding with Fritz Von Erich, Stan Hansen, and 'Andre the Giant'. John William Minton was born and raised in Butler, Pa. Minton was born to Helen Hayden and joined the United States Army and served as a military police officer. Other famous wrestlers like Hulk Hogan, Ted Arcidi and The Islanders were also considered Studds rivals. https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Big_John_Studd&oldid=201781526, Dcs dans le comt de Fairfax (Virginie), Catcheur de la World Wrestling Entertainment, Article utilisant l'infobox Catch (personnalit), Page pointant vers des bases relatives au sport, Page pointant vers des bases relatives l'audiovisuel, Page pointant vers des bases relatives la bande dessine, Article contenant un appel traduction en anglais, Portail:Biographie/Articles lis/Culture et arts, licence Creative Commons attribution, partage dans les mmes conditions, comment citer les auteurs et mentionner la licence. The World's Most Entertaining Car Website. With more height sometimescomes less skill, so some of the guys on this list might not be known for their quickness or any signature aerial assaults they broughtto their opponents. Otherwise, Vince McMahon himself carried little weight for relinquishing his WrestleMania title shot, but his Rumble victory was more of a plot point in his historic run as a heel authority figure. Heenan successfully campaigned to get Andre suspended, only for Andre to reappear shortly thereafter in a mask and billing himself as the Giant Machine. The Bundy-Studd team also feuded with other established WWF tag teams in 1986, including The Islanders (Haku and Tama), and contended for the WWF Tag Team Championship held by The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith and the Dynamite Kid). During the match, Studd was noticeably wrestling stiff and showing contempt for someone he saw as nothing more than a weightlifter with no wrestling skills who had no business being in a professional wrestling ring. He started training to be a professional wrestler under 'Walter 'Killer' Kowalski' at the age of 18. Sadly, however, John Minton passed away on March 20, 1995, due to complications from liver cancer and Hodgkin's disease. But at the same time, the whole purpose of professional wrestling was to give it all a larger than real life feel. The two attacked Andr at a WWF house show in the summer of 1985, injuring Andre's sternum. The Battle Royal was during the Chicago portion of the show, and Studd drew the crowd's ire when he eliminated Chicago Bears great (and future fellow Hall of Famer) William "The Refrigerator" Perry from the Battle Royal. Minton grew up with a love for professional wrestling. From 1975 to 1976, Studd performed for the American Wrestling Association. at the age of 18. Undertaker definitely uses his height to his advantage as he is widely considered one of the scariest wrestlers ever. At 7 feet tall, Kane isa monster of a man in the ring and has used his dominating height to his advantage in every match. Another great giant, Big Show, inducted Studd into the Hall, and son John Minton Jr. accepted the Hall of Fame plaque on behalf of his dad. Studd participated in the well-publicized 20 man over-the-top battle royal that took place at WrestleMania 2. Studd is best known for his appearances with the World Wide Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Federation in the 1970s and 1980s. Even though Big John Studd was a towering 6'10", he was usually just played second fiddle to the 7'4" Andre the Giant for the duration oftheir wrestling careers. Every generation of wrestlers will have a few giantsbecause there will always be a needfora monster of a man in the ring. When Big John Studd teamed up with King Kong Bundy, they really were a force to be reckoned with. He first worked for the WWF (then the WWWF) under the name Chuck O'Connor, then as one of the Masked Executioners in 1976, leading to. Heart Punch (un coup de poing pouvant arrter le cur de son adversaire). Watch every Premium Live Event and enjoy some of your favorite WWE content on Disney + HotStar. He appeared in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in the mid-1980s and mid-1990s and wrestled in the main event of . He started outhis career as an actor, playingseveral roles in movies that required a man of his stature. Sadly, with those measurements, Elmer was only able to wrestle for two years in the WWE before he was forced to retire due to his weakening physical condition. Big John Studd VS Bob Backlund WWF Championship 2/19/83 Philadelphia Spectrum #BobBacklund ~~~Blassie guided John Studd to WWF title shots at then-champion Bob Backlund, but Studd was unable to win the title. Big John Studd. Studd and Andr had several words with each other both before and during the match and eventually disqualified his nemesis after the giant attacked him from behind. La rivalit durera jusqu'en 1986. American professional wrestler and actor whose real name was John Milton. Their rivalry produced two of the most infamous moments in WWE history. According to wrestling stats database cagematch.net, Andre the Giant and Big John Studd were involved in 166 matches together between 1979 and 1989.A total of 11 singles matches took place on . Hewas known forsome pretty awful gimmicks early in his career, such as Oz, Vinnie Vegas, and Master Blaster, none of which thefans really enjoyed. Big John Studd fut entrain par le catcheur canadien Killer Kowalski. Wrestled for the World Wrestling Federation. Minton made his acting debut in 1984 when he appeared as himself in the movie Micki & Maude. He was a part of several other movies, such as The Protector (1985), Double Agent (1987), Hyper Space (1989), Caged In Paradiso (1990), Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991), Shock Em Dead (1991) and The Marrying Man (1991). He made his television debut in an episode of The A-Team in 1985. The Bundy-Studd team also feuded with other established WWF tag teams in 1986, including The Islanders, and contended for the WWF Tag Team Championship held by The British Bulldogs. Again, the tumor remitted and he went home. The match ended by disqualification after persistent rulebreaking by Studd and Patera, who attacked Andr afterwards and cut his hair with Vince McMahon and Bruno Sammartino claiming on commentary that they were robbing Andr of his dignity. The general opinion of his physicians was that the use of human growth hormone years before had led to the development of the cancer. Plus, get every WWE Premium Live Event and the worlds best TV and movies, 1989 Royal Rumble Match winner; 2004 WWE Hall of Fame Inductee. Big John Studds grave is located at Saxonburg Memorial Church Cemetery in Saxonburg, PA. In 1989, he won the Royal Rumble held at Houston. Determined to be one of the biggest wrestlers in the WWF, Big John Studd began taking human growth hormones back when he was actively facing off against Andre the Giant in the ring. Studd successfully eliminated Perry during the match, only to have Perry eliminate Studd while the two were shaking hands. Ils attaquent Andre the Giant lors d'un house show de la WWF durant l't 1985. He then faced wrestlers like Gorilla Monsoon and Chief Jay Strongbow during his association with WWWF. Inducted into the WCW Hall of Fame on May 21st, 1995. Studd participated in the well-publicized 20 man over-the-top battle royal that took place in the Chicago segment of WrestleMania 2 and featured in a memorable pre-match interview with "Mean" Gene Okerlund and then Atlanta Falcons player Bill Fralic, with Studd telling Fralic that he had no business in professional wrestling, and Fralic repeatedly calling Studd "Dudd". He has held theWorld Heavyweight Championship seven times and is the only person to have held the ECW, WWE (both) and WCW world heavyweight championships. He spent 20 weeks in the hospital in 1994 (during which time he admitted under oath that he used steriods in the 80s during the WWF's steroid trial), and died from liver cancer on March 20th, 1995. photo: wwe.com. photo: wwe.com. http://www.complex.com/sports/2013/04/the-complete-history-of-dead-wrestlemania-personalities/big-john-studd-john-minton-47, http://www.wwe.com/superstars/bigjohnstudd, https://www.celebheights.com/s/Big-John-Studd-49526.html. The only thing Khali brought to the WWE was his height, which he took back to India in 2014. Sadly, Big John Studd passed away in 1995 after a tough battle with Liver Cancer and Hodgkin's disease. Unfortunately, Big John Studds death occurred much too soon at the age of 47, leaving fans and the wrestling community deeply saddened. After several wrestlers were unsuccessful in answering Studd's challenge, Andre accepted and was about to slam Studd before Blassie attacked Andre from behind (as Studd grabbed the ring ropes to prevent himself from being slammed). He started training to be a professional wrestler under 'Walter 'Killer' Kowalski' at the age of 18. Sean Minton (October 8, 1990) is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Sean Studd. Big John Studd was born on the 19th of February, 1948. Although Andr the Giant was also in the match, Studd set his focus on eliminating Fralic and fellow football player William "The Refrigerator" Perry, who was fresh from a Super Bowl victory with the Chicago Bears earlier that year. Standing 6-foot-10 and weighing in at 364 pounds, John "Big John Studd" Minton was a mountain of a man who dominated his competition, and his legendary rivalries with Andre the Giant and Hulk Hogan . Around this time, he started bringing stretchers to his matches as he thought his opponents would need them at the end of the match. Even when he was admitted to the hospital for the final time, he told close friend, wrestler Billy Graham, that he would be out in a few days; however, he would never be released from the hospital. He retired again from pro wrestling, and got himself some acting gigs, including Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991). | Minton passed away on March 20, 1995 at the age of 47. As he grew older, he lost interest until some years later, attended a wrestling . When looking back at some of the greatest Goliaths in WWE history, the name Big John Studd ranks right up there with the best. Ils eurent une chance pour le titre, mais ne le gagnrent pas face aux anglais. Studd is referenced in the Limp Bizkit song "N 2Gether Now" featuring Method Man. He returned to WWF in 1988 and got into feud with many members of the Heenan family. Despite leaving the WWF, Studd's presence was still made known in a WWF Magazine article published shortly before WrestleMania III, where he supported Andre in his upcoming match against Hogan (contending that Hogan's friendship with Andre was a ruse, to duck him as a potential challenger to the title). He underwent emergency surgery and was told there was only a 7% chance that it would work. In the early 1980s, Studd spent time in Florida, the AWA and NWA before returning to WWE. They held the championship until October 26, 1976, when they were stripped of the titles after a third Executioner (Nikolai Volkoff) interfered in a title defence. Big John Studd Dead at 47 from liver cancer and Hodgkins disease. Bobby "The Brain" Heenan devient son manager et il se lance dans une rivalit contre Andr the Giant, ce qui amnera a un Body Slam contest (organis par Andre The Giant et o le vainqueur est celui qui arrive porter un bodyslam son adversaire) au premier Wrestlemania avec 15000$ en jeu. Three children: John Robert, Janelle, and Sean. Theres Steve Austin who is the only man to have won the match three times, or Hulk Hogan who won in back to back years to more firmly establish the signature match in the early 1990s. John Minton, or Big John Studd as he would eventually be known, was The Andre-Studd feud took on a new dimension in 1986, when, in the wake of Andre's increasing health problems related to gigantism and acromegaly, his role as Fezzik in the movie The Princess Bride, and his planned tour of Japan, a storyline was developed to have Andr compete in a tag team called The Machines. Studd and Bobby Heenan often attacked Andre at various WWF events. Studd learned he had the disease in 1993 right after collapsing after his last match, against the Honky Tonk Man (Wayne Farris). Official Sites. WWF Big John Studd Thumb Wrestler. &WWF1980 . Minton died on March 20, 1995 from liver cancer and Hodgkin's disease. His wins often became the talk of the town in the mid-80s. He was always near the top of the card, feuding with the likes of Hulk Hogan and teaming with Ken Patera to cut off Andre's hair. In 2004 hewasinducted in the WWE Hall of Fame. After leaving WWE, Minton moved to the Mid-Atlantic region, where he competed as Masked Superstar #2. Perfect and Randy Savage and Rick Martel and Ron Bass and Ronnie Garvin and Shawn Michaels . From the beginning, it looked asthough he was going to have one of the best careers ever. Studd claimed that he was the true giant in professional wrestling and actually angered Andre in real life as he adopted the practice of stepping over the top rope when entering the ring. By 1984, with his feud with Andre still raging, Studd was challenging then-new champion Hulk Hogan for the title; Hogan was also successful on several occasions in slamming Studd. He was one of the wrestlers featured in the cartoon series "Hulk Hogan's Rock N' Wrestling" (1985-198? One would be Luger, who lost his title match in the middle of WrestleMania 10 and never got to the main event level in WWE again, or Shinsuke Nakamura who seems on a similar track, but at least these two enjoyed greater longevity with the company. Standing a full 2 inches taller then his fellow Brother of Destruction, The Undertaker, Kane is one of the tallest wrestlers of all time. Studd ended up . Big John Studd was trained by wrestling legend Killer Kowalski. Studd wrestled sporadically on the independent circuit until 1993; his last match was against The Honky Tonk Man. Studd won the 1989 Royal Rumble, which many consider to be the crowning achievement in his WWF career. During a televised match in late 1986, Studd and Bundy began arguing after they lost a match to the Bulldogs, and although that seemed to foreshadow a feud between the two, nothing ever came of it. All these men are known for their shear strength and size, in the WWE that is always theshow stopper, the one thing that no one can take their eyes off of. Big John Studd was inducted in the WWE Hall of Fame in 2004. At 7'0", 475 pounds, Uncle Elmer was really something else. March 12, 1994. A lot of big wrestlers have been compared to Andre', but none have been able to fill his shoesliterally. If you would like to support the channel and my work, please consider becoming a channel member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIf44toFAHLORJ8dwEQkh9g/joi. As is often the case with Hodgkins disease, Big John Studds cancer returned and spread to his liver in 1994. Following the match, Andre took the bag containing the $15,000 and threw it in the air before being recovered by Studd and Heenan. 2. There were no stakes attached to his victory, and it wasnt all that well incorporated into any new or ongoing storyline. During a televised match in late 1986, Studd and Bundy began arguing after they lost a match to the Bulldogs, and although that seemed to foreshadow a feud between the two, nothing ever came of it. Fitton says that it was only after another client, the late John Minton (a.k.a. The Rumble would take on the prize of a WrestleMania title shot in 1993. He's the author of the wrestling book, The Long Way Home. [1] On September 12, 1972, Studd unsuccessfully challenged Pedro Morales for the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship. It remitted after chemotherapy, and he was told he might wrestle again in six months, but it returned in 1994. The match ended by disqualification after persistent rulebreaking by Studd and Patera, who attacked Andr afterwards and cut his hair. Un article de Wikipdia, l'encyclopdie libre. Andr set out for revenge and accepted Studd's challenge to a "$15,000 Bodyslam Challenge" match at the first WrestleMania, whereby if Andre failed to slam Studd before the time limit (or Studd managed to slam Andre), Andre would be forced to retire from wrestling. Andr was definitely dominant in the ring, but his long list ofaccomplishments don't scratch the surface of how much of an impact he had on the wrestling world. Todd Pettengill announces the death of Big John Studd on the March 26, 1995 episode of Action Zone, Big John Studd guest referees for Andre the Giant and Jake The Snakes match at WrestleMania V. It doesnt take long for Andre and Studd to come to blows. Retired. He had won various wrestling championships during the course of his wrestling career. However, neither Studd, nor Bundy or Heenan, were able to unmask The Machines, and their true identities remained a secret. 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