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Message: [QUOTE="Bigboote, post: 3892384, member: 7631"] I'm sorry, I tried to let this one go, but I can't. Sorry if this turns into a rant. Great story about Custy's; I can't imagine the reaction of the management when Andre walked in, quite likely with some other large members in his entourage. It was real-life the many times that Andre broke bones in the ring. And when Rick McGraw broke his neck in the ring. And when Owen Hart died in the ring. (Yes, I know the latter wasn't during a match, but he's just as dead.) And when Ken Patera lifted a 400+ pound Andre the Giant onto his shoulder (see my previous post). Just because the outcome in pro wrestling is predetermined, which is the case [I]most[/I] of the time, doesn't mean the stakes aren't high, and it's certainly not make believe. Hulk Hogan said he feared for his life when he stepped in the ring against Andre in Wrestlemania III (when he was supposed to slam Andre, resulting in his retirement). That's how real-life Andre the Giant was. Hogan said Andre could have killed him in the ring, and there was nothing Hogan could have done about it, that's how much more powerful Andre was than any other wrestler. For almost all grand tour riders, the outcome is predetermined because they're support riders, but those 2200 miles that they ride aren't make believe. From my own point of view, I've never entered a marathon with the delusion that I could win, but those 26 miles were not make believe. [/QUOTE]