Hard to imagine Hogan using a mouthpiece like Blassie, when Hulk would soon be regarded as one of the best interviews in the business.
Thankfully, most wrestling fans have short memories, which allowed Vince to bill the Hogan/Andre match at Wrestle Mania III to be their first encounter, along with Hogan being "the first man to body slam Andre."
Stan Hansen and Bill Eadie both slammed Andre in other promotions years earlier; although to be fair, Andre was substantially lighter at the time.
Also funny, was that when Hogan mentioned his slam in promos, he made it sound like he picked up Andre, pressed him overhead, and slammed him to the mat. In reality, it was a partial scoop up slam with lots of assist from Andre. It was still impressive and difficult. Hogan tore a lat in the process.
