Andre the Giant vs The Undertaker

[Sivo The Ram]

id much rather watch undertakers career than andres.

 

[Bubzeh]

Taker. The GOAT that I grew up watching and first watched as a 5 year old. His last few years have been depressing but at least he’s been making the money.

 

[Bluesbreaker]

Andre is the best big man, but Taker is the best pure striker.

 

[mkw]

Andre the Giant was/is a pop culture icon in a way Taker is not. However, that doesn't mean Andre was actually the more successful wrestler.

Andre was used as an attraction in an accessory capacity. He would travel to different territories to either team with the top babyface or face off with the top heel. If facing a heel champ, the heel would retain the belt through nefarious means, protecting Andre's aura. The Giant would then rotate out of the territory again. He was in and out. Even in the WWF, he started off teaming with Hogan, then faced him at Mania III, where he finally lost clean. That was basically a wrap on his career, other then his subsequent middling heel work. It was a relatively short run.

Andre could only be used in this carefully curated, accessory attraction capacity. He could not be the reigning champ of a territory. He would get stale and lose his mystique. He also wasn't a talker or a versatile worker. He was a spectacle, a special treat meant to be used sparingly. Undertaker was a true main eventer and franchise player. He could carry a company. Andre could not and should not have carried a company. Taker was also the better performer, though that goes without saying.

 

[Fadetoblack918]

Taker

 

[The Elemental O]

Andre sold out arenas by himself all over the world. Undertaker ain't doing that. Andre had people talking about him everywhere and he didn't need the internet to make that happen.

Though to be fair, Taker had a huge following in different parts of the world (though nowhere to being the worldwide attraction Andre was), the Deadman is held in higher regard by Egyptian wrestling fans here than Andre.

 

[BEAST]

Andre was the Braun Strowman of his era.
A spectacle, an attraction, but couldn't work or cut a promo worth shit.

Taker all day every day.

 

[Emang8]

The lack of exposure was a help to him.

I concur with this sentiment. If the internet was around in Andre's day then he would of sold a substantially fewer number of tickets since people could just see him on the interwebs.

 

[White Whale]

Andre was doing the tombstone piledriver before
Taker.

 

[evergreenrider]

Mean Mark

 

[StoneColdSteveAustin]

Andre was so popular he didn’t need a title to get him over. He was over every place he went. Andre wins this.

 

[The Diplomat]

Different eras. Back in the 70s, Andre would wrestle once a month, if that - and he wasn't always televised. It was a spectacle to see him. And he couldn't move for shit. Still a legend, and worthy of the status.

Mean Mark/Undertaker took a cartoony gimmick, and made it legendary. Ontop of that, he was an exceptional worker. Capable of wrestling anyone, and had wonderful matches with Shawn/Bret/etc. Putting Jeff Hardy "over" while still beating him was a great moment, even though Hardy is maybe a third the wrestler Taker is.

 

[Goatenstein]

Andre's lucha style is superior.

 

[moonwolf]

Mean Mark/Undertaker took a cartoony gimmick, and made it legendary. Ontop of that, he was an exceptional worker. Capable of wrestling anyone, and had wonderful matches with Shawn/Bret/etc. Putting Jeff Hardy "over" while still beating him was a great moment, even though Hardy is maybe a third the wrestler Taker is.

Taker's matches with brock and goldberg were the drizzling shits.

 

[BB in Crazy!!!!]

Taker's matches with brock and goldberg were the drizzling shits.

Did Goldberg ever have matches that weren’t?
And his matches with Brock pre UFC era Brock were great.

 

[StoneColdSteveAustin]

Did Goldberg ever have matches that weren’t?
And his matches with Brock pre UFC era Brock were great.

His matches with DDP were great

 

[Thrawn33]

Did Goldberg ever have matches that weren’t?
And his matches with Brock pre UFC era Brock were great.

Regal made him work.

 

[The Diplomat]

Taker's matches with brock and goldberg were the drizzling shits.

Weren't most of those when Taker should've retired?

I'm talking HBK/Taker WM and before. Anything after was unneeded, and detrimental to his legacy.

 

[heavy_hands]

Andre is in another league. legend

 

[Pittie Petey]

Even in the WWF, he started off teaming with Hogan, then faced him at Mania III, where he finally lost clean. That was basically a wrap on his career, other then his subsequent middling heel work. It was a relatively short run.

I dont know who told you all this bullshit but you couldnt be more wrong
He was in the WWF since 1973, a 20 year run
He didnt start off teaming with Hogan, they feuded in the early 80's including a big match at Shea Stadium
He was pinned clean multiple times in multiple territories by several different wrestlers, long before Hogan at Wrestlemania III
After Wrestllemania III, he main evented the very first Survivor Series and The Main Event, which was the most watched match in television history