On a recent edition of his “Everybody’s Got A Pod” podcast, WWE Hall of Famer Ted DiBiase Sr. recalled Andre The Giant not liking Big John Studd while working together in WWE, Studd not being a good worker, and more.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On Andre The Giant not liking Big John Studd: “No, he didn’t like him at all. And again, obviously, here’s a guy who is not that good and is big. And when you’re Andre the Giant, it’s kind of like, Andre’s like, ‘There’s only one giant. Ain’t you, John’… A lot of people have the same thought about John Studd as Jake, me, probably — I don’t know if you asked Hacksaw. What a bad guy, big strong guy and again, obviously willing to lie to get back in. [laughs]”
On Studd not being a good worker: “To me, there were a lot of big guys, and there were a lot of big guys that — you know, there were some that were, you know, decent workers. To me, nobody topped Andre. Andre mastered the skill of being able to get in the ring with somebody that’s half his size and find a way to make the people believe that he just might lose. That’s hard to do. But Andre could do it. I mean, how many people who got in the ring with Andre were as big as Andre? Nobody… I didn’t have anything against [Studd]. It wasn’t that. But it’s just that — he was very big and impressive but that’s about where it ended. To your point, couldn’t work, right? You know, whoever’s in the ring with it has to lead him. Andre could get the match and tell whoever he’s working with what to do and how to do it. ‘Here’s what we’re gonna we’re gonna do.’ I’m saying Andre had that ability. Johnston did not.”
On not wrestling Andre: “You know what, I never did. I’ve never had a match against him. I was always his tag team partner. And that is — that’s smart. You don’t want to miss out on the big man’s bad side. And I don’t think — he didn’t like Jake for some reason.”
