BEER DRINKING: WADE BOGGS V. ANDRE THE GIANT

 

WADE BOGGS – CASE OF BEER IN ONE HOUR

From a 2001 interview of Boggs’ teammate Brian Rose by sportswriter David Laurila and referenced by NBC sportswriter Craig Calcaterra on 1/26/15. “I was sitting next to him on a plane and a flight attendant came by and gave him a case of beer”, said Rose. “He slid it under the seat and I was like, ‘What’s up with that”. We only have an hour flight”. He said, “That’s mine’ The whole flight, we were just shooting the shit, and he went one beer after the other. I said to him, ‘I’m impressed with the way you hit, but I’m more impressed right now’. He goes, ‘Yeah, beer doesn’t affect me. I don’t get drunk unless I’ve had at least a case and a half’. I don’t think he even went to the bathroom”.”

ANDRE THE GIANT - 119 12 OZ. BEERS IN 6 HOURS

Davydov, Dmitri (May 20, 2008). “5 Coolest Beer Records”. MadConomist

WADE BOGGS – 107 BEERS ON A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT

Esquire web post on January 13, 2015 of ESPN’s Pardon the Interruption host Tony Kornheiser interviewing Boggs and asking him if it is true that he once consumed 64 beers on a cross country flight from Boston to L.A. Boggs denies that he drank 64 beers and refused to confirm that is was any specific number. He finally admits to “drinking a few Miller Lites”. From the same Esquire post - former relief pitcher Jeff Nelson said that Boggs absolutely would drink 50 or 60 beers on a cross-country flight, explaining that the tally would begin in the locker room before carrying over to the drive to the airport, the tarmac, layovers, and any other chance he got as the team was making their way from coast to coast. The Esquire post also references a guest appearance Boggs made on a TV. show called; It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. The apparent plot of the episode is that the regulars on the show decide they are going to try and match Boggs drinking of 64 beers on a cross country flight. (Boggs appears in the show as a hallucination when the characters in the show get drunk). The “Esquire” web post includes a clip of Charlie Day, the star of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia appearing on the “Jimmy Fallon Show” Day claims that the stories about Boggs drinking prowess are true, and that Boggs even told him the actual number of beers he drank on a cross-country flight, the number he so smugly refused to divulge to Kornheiser, was 107. (Day briefly mentions that the flight included a layover, so the duration of the flight is unknown).

ANDRE THE GIANT – 156 16 OZ BEERS IN ONE SITTING

Professional wrestler Mike Graham being interviewed on an episode of WWE’s Legends of Wrestling said that he saw Andre the Giant drink 156 16 ounce beers in one sitting. This was confirmed by professional wrestler Dusty Rhodes. (Wikipedia)

WADE BOGGS – OVER 100 BEERS IN A DAY

Esquire web post on June 24, 2015 contains a video from “TMZ Sports” of a reporter stopping Boggs on his way to an old-timers game and asking him about his beer drinking. The reporter says; “honestly, what’s the most beers you have drank in a day?” Boggs responds that it is over 100. The reporter goes on to ask how he can do that, and Boggs responds that he has a hollow leg.

  

ANDRE THE GIANT -127 BEERS IN A BAR IN READING, PA

The Fabulous Moolah (professional lady wrestler) wrote in her autobiography that Andre drank 127 beers in a bar in Reading, PA and later passed out in the lobby. The staff could not move him and had to leave him there until he awoke.(Wikipedia)

ANDRE THE GIANT – 14 BOTTLES OF WINE

Wikipedia reports that another story circulating about Andre is that he drank 14 bottles of wine just prior to his famous WrestleMania III match.