Studd would bring a stretcher to the ring, intimidating his opponents and sending them out of the arena on their backs. He initially took Classy Freddie Blassie as his manager and instituted the "Body SLam Challenge" where Studd vowed to pay anyone who could slam him $15,000 in cash, which he would carry around in a bag. Studd failed to defeat Andre the Giant throughout 1984, losing several steel cage matches and thousands in cash as Andre would repeatedly show up to slam Studd, who sometimes called himself the Giant John Studd. The two were magic in the ring, being of similar height and towering over just about everyone else. Studd would take on Bobby Heenan as his new manager, teaming with Ken Patera and King Kong Bundy to brutalize Andre the Giant and SD Jones n an edition of Saturday Night's Main Event before cutting Andre's long hair. 

    The feud was to be settled at the inaugural Wrestlemania in Madison Square Garden in a match where Andre put his career on the line against Studd's $15,000. Studd would lose that match when the Giant scooped him up and slammed him in the ring. Studd would continue feuding with Andre the Giant, but Andre brought his friend Hulk Hogan into the feud to help Studd against Studd and the rest of the Heenan Family, but mostly King Kong Bundy who became Studd's semi-regular tag team partner. Studd and Bundy would lose a big tag team bout on Saturday Night's Main Event to the Hulk and Andre and wrestled high profile WWF Title matches against Hogan throughout 1985 and early 1986. He would also feud with the Junkyard Dog, Hillbilly Jim, Lou Albano, Tony Atlas and a host of other fan favourites as an extension of the hated Bobby Heenan. Studd took part in the Football versus Wrestler Battle Royal at Wrestlemania 2 and was a chief representative of WRESTLERS versus the football players, verbally harassing them and crushing a football in a pre-match interview. Studd lost that match after William "Refridgerator" Perry pulled him out of the ring after being eliminated by Studd just seconds before. Studd teamed with King Kong Bundy against Hulk Hogan and Paul Orndorff in the match that saw Orndorff turn on Hogan in June of 1986. Later that year, Studd and the Heenan Family began feuding with the mysterious Machines, including the Giant Machine, Hulk Machine, and others that were well known WWF superstars like WWF Champion Hulk Hogan, Blackjack Lanza, Bill Eadie and Roddy Piper, as well as Andre the Giant at one point. Studd would leave the WWF at the end of 1986 and enter a state of semi-retirement. 

    Big John Studd made his return to the WWF in early 1989 to win the second Royal Rumble and the first Royal Rumble on pay per view. Studd served as a referee for the Andre-Roberts match at Wrestlemania V where he rekindled his feud with Andre the Giant and his former manager, Bobby Heenan. Studd would go on to team with Hacksaw Jim Duggan throughout 1989 and took part in Duggan's coronation ceremony when he became King Duggan before Summer Slam. A match against Andre was in the plans when Studd retired from the WWF finally in 1989. He did wrestle a few independent shows, including some in Japan, before training at least one star, who would enter WCW under the name Big Ron Studd in tribute to his trainer. Studd began his battle with Hodgkins Disease in the early 1990s and finally passed away in 1995 at the young age of 45. 

    Studd's legacy would continue with shades of the big man clear in the latest giant of wrestling, the Big Show. Studd was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame one night before Wrestlemania XX and his son, John Jr., accepted the honour on his behalf. Studd belongs in the WWE Hall of Fame and belongs here among his peers in the UWOW Hall of Fame for proving that a big man could be more than a lumbering giant. His headline battles against Andre, Hogan and Flair make stood the test of time and modern fans know his name well as a result. Big John, welcome to the UWOW Hall of Fame.