WWE 2K16: 15 Legends Who Could Be The Flagship Star

11. André The Giant

Next year would have seen the seventieth birthday of the most famous big man in professional wrestling history: a genuine colossus of the industry, André €˜The Giant€™ Roussimoff. Roussimoff died in 1993 of congestive heart failure: maybe something to do with that legendary appetite of his, maybe just the consequences of the acromegaly that made him the size he grew to be. As he pointed out to his Princess Bride co-star Billy Crystal, €œwe do not live long, the big and the small.€ Regardless: over two decades later, his name alone carries a huge weight, as WWE have proven by naming Wrestlemania€™s annual battle royal after him in 2014. Like other performers who died young, André never disappointed his fans by overstaying his welcome, and so retains the aura of a true wrestling legend to this day. There€™s certainly an argument that André deserves the recognition that representing the company as the flagship legend would provide: he was the first ever inductee into the fledgling WWF Hall Of Fame in 1993, two months after his death, and like Hulk Hogan, is one of the few superstars of professional wrestling to transcend niche celebrity to become a household name.