10 WWE Superstars who are immensely popular among non-wrestling fans

#2 Andre the Giant

The eighth wonder of the world.

While Hulk Hogan has helped to cement many wrestlers' careers just by being in the ring with them, the superstar that arguably turned Hogan into one of the industry's top legends was Andre Rene Roussimoff, better known as Andre the Giant.

While Hogan leads the way for the company in the 80s, Andre was undoubtedly the star of professional wrestling in the 1970s. The official line from the WWE is that Andre embarked on a 15-year undefeated streak throughout the 70s and 80s, although this is disputed depending on which parts of his career you take into account. Whatever the numbers say, Andre was the ultimate Superstar for such a long time that it would take the might of Hulkamania to topple him.

Andre lends himself to several different forms of entertainment due to his size and his loveable personality. The archetypal 'big friendly giant' persona allowed him to make appearances in various movies throughout his lifetime. His most notable role came as Fezzik in The Princess Bride. This alone helps many non-wrestling fans identify him despite their having never seen his epic showdown with Hogan at Wrestlemania 3.

Another reasons fans will know Andre is through the OBEY T-shirt design. The iconic image of a stencil drawn Andre appears on various shirts across the world and has transcended the world of wrestling to point where anyone can be seen wearing one.

The design was born from a street art campaign started in 1989 entitled 'Andre the Giant has a posse'. Stickers with the same design of the OBEY t-shirts began appearing in cities across the world as part of a grassroots art project that flooded the imagination of many throughout the 90s and 00s.

If plans come to fruition, we will soon be seeing a biopic of Andre in cinemas later this or early next year, and you can guarantee it won't just be wrestling fans tuning in to watch it.