11/23/2023 0 Comments Giant machines 2017 cracl![]() ![]() ![]() (Shown: April 26, 1986) Hillbilly Jim & Ted Arcidi (sub. (Shown: April 19, 1986) Big John Studd & King Kong Bundy as guests of the Piper's Pit in which they challenge André the Giant and a partner of his choice to face them the following week ^ The Machines: Andre the Giant puts on a hood and becomes the Giant Machine, and no one can figure out who he is.After the angle ended Eadie (Super Machine) was repackaged as Ax, one half of Demolition while Big Machine worked for the WWF as Blackjack Mulligan (Windham's best-known wrestling identity) in late 1986 and the first half of 1987 before leaving the promotion. In the following weeks the mystery of why André the Giant was reinstated built up until it was revealed that Bobby Heenan had arranged for the suspension to end so he could turn on Hulk Hogan in the buildup to WrestleMania III. Īfter the Machines last match was shown on November 23, the angle was ended and André was announced as being reinstated on November 29. This also marked the last appearance as a manager in the WWF for Lou Albano. On October 28, The Machines wrestled their last match under that gimmick, a loss to Bundy and Studd. Paul, Minnesota the Machines even got the help of Crusher Machine, pinning John Studd to gain the victory for his team. A few weeks later the Machines received help from the kilt-wearing Piper Machine. The Hulk Machine returned on September 22 and helped the Machines win in the main event at the Madison Square Garden. On September 16 the Machines were joined by Hulk Machine as the trio defeated the Heenan Family. On September 10, Big and Super Machine were joined by Animal Machine to defeat King Kong Bundy, Big John Studd and Bobby Heenan. Soon, other masked wrestlers (whose identities were generally obvious) appeared and temporarily teamed with The Machines. On the WWF show Tuesday Night Titans, Heenan claimed he knew of no Japanese wrestler who was 7'4' tall, weighed over 500 lbs and spoke with a French accent.īig Machine and Super Machine wrestled the majority of the matches against Bobby Heenan's cronies, occasionally with Lou Albano joining them to face Bundy, Studd and Heenan in six man tag-team action. In televised interviews with Studd and Bundy, Studd would question the two smaller Machines being Japanese as one had a West Texas accent (Big Machine/Mulligan) and the other had a 'New York accent' (Super Machine/Eadie). Though it was clear that Giant Machine was none other than André the Giant, commentators sold that Giant Machine might be Giant Baba, and not André, under the mask. His ring name was a play on his previous gimmick 'Masked Superstar'. Super Machine was portrayed by Bill Eadie. The team announced that they were coming to America soon with their manager Lou Albano and that their only mission was to prove that they were the number one tag team in the world. Less than two months after the suspension was announced, vignettes appeared on WWF Television hailing the debut of a masked tag team from the Orient, known as 'The Machines': Giant Machine and Super Machine. ![]()
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