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Randall Mario Poffo (born November 15 1952)[1][2][3] better known by his ring name "Macho Man" Randy Savage, is a former American professional wrestler and actor who is best known for his time with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and most notably World Wrestling Federation (WWF). For much of his tenure in the WWF, he was managed by his real life wife, "Miss Elizabeth" Hulette.[3]

Savage became instantly recognizable by wrestling fans for his distinctively deep, husky voice, colorful attire (often comprised of sunglasses and a bandanna, gaudy robes and/or a cowboy hat), intensity exhibited in and out of the ring, and his signature catch phrase "Oooh, yeah!"[3]

Savage is a six-time world champion, with four WCW title reigns and two WWF title reigns. In WWF, he was a 2 time WWF Champion,[4][5] a 1 time Intercontinental Champion[6][5] and the winner of 1987 King of the Ring tournament.[7][5] In WCW, he was a 4 time WCW World Heavyweight Champion[8][5] and the winner of 1995 World War 3 battle royal.[9][5]

Early life

Savage was born in Columbus, Ohio to Angelo Poffo, an Italian American, and Judy, a Jewish American.[10]

He is a graduate of Downers Grove North High School in a suburb near Chicago, Illinois. Randy Poffo attended Southern Illinois University and graduated in 1971. After college, Randy was a minor league baseball catcher in the St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, and Chicago White Sox farm systems.[2] He injured his natural (right) throwing shoulder at one point so he learned to throw with his left arm instead. When Poffo played for the St. Petersburg Cardinals minor-league baseball team in 1971, one of his teammates was Keith Hernandez. The team was managed by Jimmy Piersall.[11]

Career

Early career

He is a second-generation professional wrestler; his father Angelo Poffo was a well-known wrestler in the 1950s and 1960s, who was featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! for his ability to do sit-ups for hours on end.[10] Randy's brother Lanny had a moderately successful career as a wrestler, too, most notably under the names "Leaping Lanny Poffo" and "The Genius."[10]

Randy first broke into the business in 1973 during the fall and winter of the baseball off season.[3] His first wrestling character, "The Spider Friend", was similar to Spider-Man.[3] It is interesting to note that he would appear as a wrestler in the first Spider-Man film in 2002. His name change from Randy Poffo came at the suggestion of Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW) booker Ole Anderson, who said that the name Poffo didn't fit someone who "wrestled like a savage".[3] During this transition from Poffo to Savage, he also toyed with the idea of wrestling as a blue clad medicine man named "The Big Geno", rumors were spread of a drug problem during his first few matches, as was common with early independent wrestlers, and Savage quietly put to rest the short lived Geno.[3] To this day Savage refuses to answer questions regarding The Big Geno and, eerily enough, he seems to become visibly shaken when this pseudonym is brought up.[3] When he decided to abandon his baseball career, he became a full time wrestler working with his brother and father.[3] Savage wrestled his first match against Midwest territory wrestler, the "Golden Boy" Paul Christy. Randy worked with his father and brother in Michigan, the Carolinas, Georgia, the Maritimes, and the eastern Tennessee territory run by Nick Gulas.[1]

After a while, his father felt that his sons were not getting the pushes they deserved so he started the "outlaw" International Championship Wrestling (ICW) promotion in the mid-American states.[2] Eventually, ICW disbanded and Randy and Lanny entered the Memphis scene, joining Jerry Lawler's Continental Wrestling Association (their former competitors). While there, Savage feuded with Lawler over the AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship. He also teamed with Lanny to battle The Rock 'n' Roll Express; this feud included one infamous match on June 25, 1984 in Memphis, where Savage (kayfabe) injured Ricky Morton by piledriving him through the timekeeper's table, leading to the Express winning by disqualification. Later in 1984, Savage turned babyface and allied with Lawler against Jimmy Hart's First Family stable, only to turn heel on Lawler again in early-1985 and resume the feud over the title.[3] This ended when Lawler beat Savage in a Loser Leaves Town match on June 8 in Nashville, Tennessee.[3]

World Wrestling Federation (1985-1994)

Early heel push (1985)

In June 1985, Savage signed with Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Federation (WWF). One of Savage's first appearances was on Tuesday Night Titans, where the established WWF managers all made their cases to offer their services to Savage (including Bobby Heenan, Jimmy Hart, and "Classy" Freddie Blassie).[2] Savage eventually rejected all these offers in favor of his new manager, the debuting Miss Elizabeth.[1][2] He made his pay-per-view (PPV) debut at The Wrestling Classic on November 7, 1985, where he defeated Ivan Putski,[12][13] Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat,[12] and the Dynamite Kid[12][13] on his way to finishing runner-up to Junkyard Dog in a sixteen man tournament.[13] Junkyard Dog beat him by countout in the finals.[12]

Intercontinental Champion (1986-1987)

In late 1985, Savage started a feud with Intercontinental Champion Tito Santana over the title. On November 2, 1985 edition of Saturday Night's Main Event, he unsuccessfully challenged Santana for the title (Savage won the match by countout but not the title because a title does not change hands by countout)[14] before defeating Santana in a rematch on February 24, 1986 (taped February 8) edition of Prime Time Wrestling to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship at the Boston Garden by using an illegal steel object stashed in his tights.[15][16] Early on in his WWF career, Savage also won two countout victories in Madison Square Garden over his future tag-team partner WWF Champion Hulk Hogan (although the belt did not change due to the countout) and engaged in historic feuds with Bruno Sammartino and George "the Animal" Steele.[1]

Savage's feud with Steele began on January 4 edition of Saturday Night's Main Event, when Steele began a crush on Miss Elizabeth.[17] At WrestleMania 2, Savage defeated Steele in a match to retain his Intercontinental title.[18] His another major title challenger was Jake "The Snake" Roberts, with whom he battled to a double disqualification on November 29 edition of Saturday Night's Main Event.[19] He resumed his feud with George Steele in early 1987, culminating in two IC title matches, both won by Savage.[20][21]

Savage wrestled in what is widely considered to be one of the greatest matches in North American wrestling history when he faced Ricky Steamboat at WrestleMania III in the Pontiac Silverdome. The match was the culmination of a long and bitter feud (which saw Savage crush Steamboat's larynx in kayfabe), and featured tremendous athleticism and in-ring storytelling. After nineteen two-counts, Steamboat pinned Savage (with help from George Steele, who pushed Savage from the top rope seconds before he was pinned) to end his near 14 month reign as Intercontinental champion.[22][23] The match was extremely choreographed, as opposed to the "on the fly" nature of most wrestling matches at the time.[3] Savage was a stickler for detail, and he and Steamboat laid out and rehearsed every spot in the match prior to WrestleMania, at his home in Florida.[3] The highly influential match was considered an instant classic by both fans and critics and was named 1987's Match of the Year by both Pro Wrestling Illustrated and the Wrestling Observer. Steamboat and Randy Savage were even reported cheering and hugging with other wrestlers after the match.[1][3]

The Mega-Powers (1988)

Main article: The Mega Powers

Savage turned face later in 1987 and won the King of the Ring tournament.[24][7] After drawing increasingly positive reactions for his charisma, in-ring ability, and the estimable presence of Miss Elizabeth, he began to feud with The Honky Tonk Man after Honky began to refer to himself as the "greatest Intercontinental Champion of all time." On October 3 edition of Saturday Night's Main Event, he solidified his status as a face when Elizabeth got Hulk Hogan to save him from a beatdown by Jimmy Hart's cronies, The Honky Tonk Man and The Hart Foundation after an IC title match against Honky.[25] As a result, The Mega Powers were born.[26] Hogan and Savage together ruled the WWF for the next sixteen months. In later years in the WWF, he also became known for a very open and unscripted rivalry with Hogan after Savage accused Hogan of sleeping in Elizabeth's bed during a road trip. Savage and Elizabeth were divorced on September 18, 1992. Savage and Hogan have a strained relationship to this day. It has been speculated that Savage punched Hogan in the face just prior to WrestleMania IX, causing Hogan to have a swollen eye during the event. The story was found to be untrue. WWF said that Hogan's swollen eye was due to a jet-ski accident.

Savage reached the pinnacle of his career to date at WrestleMania IV when after defeating Butch Reed,[27] Greg Valentine,[27] and One Man Gang on the same day,[27] he defeated "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase in the finals of a 14 man tournament for the vacant WWF Championship.[27][28][29] With help from Hulk Hogan, Macho Man pinned DiBiase.[28] Despite the WWF's disappointment in the "somber" crowd in Atlantic City, nothing like the one witnessed a year earlier in WrestleMania III in Pontiac, it was seen as a rejuvenation of a sport getting tired of the same champion.[3] However, Hogan's popularity would never be successfully overcome by Savage. Savage would set a new trend however because, after turning face, he would retain many fans who adored him as a heel.

Mega Powers' main feud was with The Mega Bucks (Ted DiBiase and André the Giant), whom they defeated in the main event of first-ever SummerSlam pay-per-view event.[30][31] Savage was a successful champion and held the title for over a year and defended the WWF title against the likes of One Man Gang[32] and André the Giant.[33] Problems between Savage and Hogan began in early 1989 when Hogan also took Elizabeth as his manager.[26] At Royal Rumble 1989, Hogan accidentally eliminated Savage from the Royal Rumble match and they even came to beat each other until Elizabeth separated both of them from each other.[34] On February 3, 1989 edition of The Main Event, Savage turned heel on Hogan, getting jealous on him over Miss Elizabeth as his self-perceived third banana standing in the Mega Powers. He solidified his heel turn after abandoning Hogan during a tag team match against Twin Towers (Akeem and Big Bossman), though Hogan picked up the win in the end.[35]

At WrestleMania V, Savage dropped the WWF title to Hogan after a reign of 371 days, becoming sixth longest reigning WWF Champion in history (no champion after Savage would hold the title for more than a year until John Cena nineteen years later).[36][37] He eventually replaced Elizabeth as his valet with Sensational Sherri. Savage would co-main event SummerSlam 1989, where he teamed with Zeus, a character from Hulk Hogan's movie, No Holds Barred, against Hogan and Brutus Beefcake. In this match, Hogan "no-sold" Savage's flying elbow by standing straight up after Savage hit it in the center of the ring.[38][39] Savage and Zeus faced Hogan and Beefcake in a rematch contested in a steel cage at No Holds Barred, and lost again.[40]

Macho King and "retirement" (1989-1991)

He adopted the moniker "Macho King" after defeating Jim Duggan for the makeshift King's Crown Championship (a moniker originally given to Harley Race on his WWF arrival in 1986.)[41] On a later wrestling episode, he had a coronation as the new "King of the WWF" led by wrestler The Genius (actually Savage's brother, Lanny Poffo), with DiBiase giving him a sceptre as a gift. Savage would use that sceptre as a weapon numerous times during his duration as "The Macho King."

On February 23, 1990 edition of The Main Event, the "Macho King" got a shot at Hulk Hogan over the WWF Championship.[42] Savage feuded with the "commoner" Dusty Rhodes, losing a mixed-tag match (along with Sherri) to Rhodes & Sapphire at WrestleMania VI[43] but beating him in a singles match at SummerSlam 1990.[44]

In late 1990, Savage started a feud with then-WWF champion The Ultimate Warrior. The feud escalated at Royal Rumble 1991 when Warrior refused to grant Savage the No. 1 contendership after Sgt. Slaughter (Warrior's opponent for the event) had already promised to do should he beat Warrior. Savage had sent "Sensational Queen" Sherri out before the match to try and convince the Warrior in a face-to-face interview laced with sexual innuendos. This failed to get anywhere with the champion. Outraged, Savage promised revenge, which he got during the Slaughter-Warrior title match. Before the match began, Randy "Macho King" Savage attacked the champion to the point where the Ultimate Warrior had to crawl to the ring for the match. The final nail in Warrior's title reign came when Savage ran out from backstage, smashed the sceptre over Warrior's head, (knocking him unconscious for Slaughter to pin), and then immediately sprinted back to the locker room.

This led to a career-ending match at WrestleMania VII. Savage lost the match after delivering five consecutive elbow drops as the Warrior somehow managed to kick out and return to score the victory after several flying clotheslines and shoulder blocks.[45] After the match, Savage was attacked by Queen Sherri as he lay dejected in the ring.[3] This was too much for Miss Elizabeth who happened to be in the audience.[2] Elizabeth rushed to Savage's aid, fighting off Sherri and reuniting with her one-time love to huge crowd appreciation.[3] The match was far from a legitimate "retirement" match, especially since Savage stayed in WWF afterwards while the Ultimate Warrior himself eventually left at SummerSlam later that year.[3]

Later WWF career (1992-1994)

Savage returned to TV in a non-wrestling role as the "Macho Man" after WrestleMania VII as a broadcaster. Meanwhile the angle with Miss Elizabeth continued, culminating with Savage "proposing" to her in the ring leading to an on-air "wedding" at SummerSlam 1991 dubbed The Match Made in Heaven. It was at this time that Savage was targeted by Jake "The Snake" Roberts, who was by now a dastardly heel. On an edition of Prime Time Wrestling prior to SummerSlam, the announcers and several other babyface wrestlers threw a "bachelor party" for Savage, with Roberts' arrival deemed unwelcome by the rest of the contingent due to his recent heel turn.[15]

In response, Roberts ambushed Macho Man and Miss Elizabeth at the wedding reception by putting a snake in their pile of wedding presents. Later, while Savage began a public campaign to get himself reinstated, Roberts forced a cobra to bite Savage's arm as the Macho Man was tied up in the ropes (seen on WWF Superstars). Due to fan pressure brought on by Savage's lobbying, Savage was "re-instated" as a wrestler by WWF president Jack Tunney so that he could do battle with Roberts. During the Tuesday in Texas pay-per-view, Roberts — after losing to Savage[46] — beat him down with three DDTs and then forced Elizabeth to beg for mercy towards her husband; when Roberts was dissatisfied with her, he slapped Elizabeth hard across the face. The feud finally ended after a match on February 8, 1992 edition of Saturday Night's Main Event, which Savage won.[47]

Savage began a storyline feud with WWF Champion "Nature Boy" Ric Flair. According to the storyline, Flair claimed that he had slept and carried on relations with Savage's wife Miss Elizabeth, going as far as presenting pictures of Elizabeth in which Flair had himself superimposed. This culminated in a title match at WrestleMania VIII and Savage won the match and his second WWF Championship.[48][49][50] He had only one major title defense during his reign against Ultimate Warrior at SuummerSlam 1992. Savage lost the match by countout but retained the title because a title does not change hands by countout or disqualification.[51][52] On September 14 edition of Prime Time Wrestling, Savage lost the WWF title back to Flair after interference by Razor Ramon.[15] Savage and Flair later swapped the WCW World Heavyweight Championship during their 1995–96 feud making them the only duo to win and lose both the WWF/E and WCW versions of the world title to each other.

He formed a tag team with The Ultimate Warrior known as the Ultimate Maniacs after both men were attacked by Flair and Perfect at SummerSlam. Savage backed Warrior to be the man to dethrone Flair. On the November 8 edition of Saturday Night's Main Event, they took on Money Inc. (Ted DiBiase and Irwin R. Schyster for the WWF Tag Team Championship. Money. Inc. lost by countout and retained their titles because a title cannot change hands by countout.[53] Savage and Warrior were scheduled to face Flair and Ramon in a tag team match at Survivor Series 1992. However, Warrior was fired from the WWF weeks before the event, so Savage chose Mr. Perfect, executive consultant to Flair, as his partner to replace Warrior. Perfect turned face and teamed with Savage. The duo defeated Flair and Ramon via a disqualification.[54]

When Monday Night RAW began in January 1993, Savage served primarily as a color commentator, wrestling only occasionally against characters such as Doink, The Repo Man, and Crush. However, he was the runner up in the Royal Rumble match at Royal Rumble 1993, where he was eliminated by Yokozuna.[55][56] He returned to pay-per-view at Survivor Series 1993 as a substitute for Mr. Perfect, and competed in the 1994 Royal Rumble match. His last WWF pay-per-view appearance as a competitor was a victory over Crush in a Falls Count Anywhere Match at WrestleMania X.[57] This came after Crush punctuated his heel turn by attacking Savage on Monday Night RAW, dropping him face-first on the guardrail, lacerating Savage's tongue. Savage also made periodic appearances in Jim Cornette's Smoky Mountain Wrestling promotion in fall 1994. Meanwhile, Savage was also a color commentator for the 1994 King of the Ring and made his final WWF pay-per-view appearance at the 1994 SummerSlam, where he served as the master of ceremonies. At the end of September 1994 Savage's WWF contract expired and he left to sign with the competing WCW.

World Championship Wrestling (1994-2000)

Sporadic feuds (1994-1996)

Savage signed with WCW, and his first appearance was slated for Starrcade 1994, for which TV announcers speculated whether Savage would arrive to "shake [Hogan's] hand or slap his face". Savage eventually saved Hogan from an attack by the 3 Faces of Fear, shaking hands with his friend and rival. His first WCW feud was against Avalanche. At SuperBrawl V, he teamed up with Sting and took on Avalanche and Big Bubba Rogers in a tag team match, which Sting and Savage won.[58] However, his encounter with Avalanche continued and ended at Uncensored 1995, with Savage getting the win by disqualification after a fan attacked Savage.[59] It proved out to be Ric Flair and Savage resumed his WWF rivalry with Flair in WCW.[60]

He participated in the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship tournament (created when former champion Vader was stripped of the belt for attacking WCW on-air Commissioner Nick Bockwinkel) and went on to defeat The Butcher in the first round[61] and "Stunning" Steve Austin in the quarterfinals.[61] However, Savage interfered in Flair's match vs. Alex Wright. He attacked Flair and caused Wright to get disqualified, setting up a tournament semifinal match where the winner would face the winner of the Sting vs. Meng match for the United States Championship at The Great American Bash that June. Savage and Flair's match never took place, as Savage and Flair brawled in the backstage area prior to the bell ringing.[61] They were both eliminated from the tournament, and had their own match in the main event of The Great American Bash 1995, which Flair won with underhanded tactics.[62] However, Savage defeated Flair in a Lifeguard Lumberjack match at Bash at the Beach 1995.[63] Later that year, during part of the storyline where Arn Anderson and Ric Flair turned on each other, Flair (looking for a partner to take on Anderson and Brian Pillman in a tag match) tried to recruit Savage to be his partner. However, remembering the rivalry (and how Flair had attacked Savage's father, Angelo Poffo, which was the catalyst for their feud back in May), he refused, telling Flair point blank to "get the hell out of here!"

In 1995, Savage pushed for WCW to place his father, Angelo Poffo, in its Hall of Fame. Commentator and wrestling legend Gordon Solie opposed this decision, because he felt wrestlers (or in this case, family of wrestlers) should not be asking for spots in the Hall, in this case, especially, since Poffo did not have much of a career in WCW. Poffo's induction went on and Solie left the company shortly after. At World War 3 1995, Savage won his first WCW World Heavyweight Championship by winning the first-ever 60-man three-ring battle royal.[9][64] He lost the title to Flair a month later at Starrcade 1995: World Cup of Wrestling.[65] Savage won his second WCW World Heavyweight Championship back from Flair on January 22, 1996 edition of Nitro[66][67] but lost the title back to Flair the next month in a steel cage match at SuperBrawl VI.[68]

In January 1996, Savage brought Elizabeth with him into WCW as his valet once again. Elizabeth turned on Savage in his last title loss to Flair. Thereafter, Flair claimed that Elizabeth had given him a sizable amount of Savage's money, taken in their divorce settlement, and which Flair used to set up a "VIP section" at Monday Nitro events. Flair and Savage continued to feud until June 1996. At Bash at the Beach 1996, the nWo was formed when Hulk Hogan turned on Savage, Sting and Lex Luger and joined "The Outsiders", a tag team of former WWF wrestlers Kevin Nash and Scott Hall.[69] After their inception, one of their main enemies became Macho Man himself. At Halloween Havoc 1996, Savage faced Hogan for the WCW title but lost when the Giant interfered and chokeslammed him.[70]

After the loss at Halloween Havoc, Savage departed WCW as his two year deal had expired. Ultimately Savage re-signed with WCW and would return to television on January 20, 1997 edition of Nitro emanating from Chicago's United Center.

nWo member (1997-1998)

After months of abuse from the nWo, Savage joined them at SuperBrawl VII, when he helped Hogan defeat Roddy Piper in a rematch from their Starrcade match the previous year. He also reunited with Elizabeth, who had joined the nWo several months earlier. He began feuding with Diamond Dallas Page and DDP's wife Kimberly. Their feud lasted almost eight months which included tag team matches,[71][72][73] a no disqualification match at Spring Stampede 1997,[74] falls count anywhere match at The Great American Bash 1997: Savage/Page II[75] and a Las Vegas Death match at Halloween Havoc 1997.[76]

In early 1998, Savage started a feud with Lex Luger which culminated in a match at Souled Out 1998, which Luger won.[77] They faced in a rematch at SuperBrawl VIII, and Luger was again the winner.[78] When Hogan failed to recapture his "nWo" Title from Sting, it was Savage's turn, and he got his shot at Spring Stampede 1998. Hogan tried everything he could to make sure that Savage would not win the title because Hogan felt that he was the only nWo member who should be World Champion, since he was the leader of the stable. With the help of Nash, however, Savage beat Sting for his third WCW World Heavyweight Championship, despite tearing the ACL in his knee during the match.[79][80] The following night on Nitro, Hogan faced Savage for the championship. For a while it looked like Hogan had Savage beat,[81] but for the second consecutive night, Nash came to Savage's aid, powerbombing Hogan.[81] Savage tried to capitalize, but an interfering Bret Hart attacked Savage and preserved the victory for Hogan.[81] This resulted in Savage turning babyface. He joined with Nash and others to form the nWo Wolfpac, a split from Hogan's group, which became known as nWo Black and White or nWo Hollywood.[82] He went on to feud with both Bret Hart and Roddy Piper.[83][84]

Feuds for the World Title (1999-2000)

For nearly a year, Randy Savage took a hiatus from the company to recover from at least two major knee surgeries. He made only one more appearance in 1998, helping Ric Flair defeat Eric Bischoff for the Presidency of WCW on December 28, 1998 edition of Monday Nitro.[85] When Macho Man returned, he came back with a new look (Savage now sported a slicked back ponytail-type of hairstyle) and new heel attitude, and also brought with him his then 22-year-old girlfriend Gorgeous George as a valet.[3] His first action was as the guest referee in the WCW world title matchup at Spring Stampede 1999, which was won by Diamond Dallas Page.[3] For a short time after, Randy interfered in DDP's matches to make sure that Page kept his World Title (for reasons unknown and never explained by WCW; assumed that, given their past rivalry, he wanted DDP to keep the belt so that he could win it from him), but when Kevin Nash won it at Slamboree 1999, Savage went after the title himself.[2] It was around that time that Madusa and Miss Madness joined Macho Man as his other two valets; together they were known as Team Madness.[86]

At The Great American Bash 1999, Sid Vicious returned to WCW and helped Macho Man attack Kevin Nash.[3] This led to a tag team match between Kevin Nash and Sting against Randy Savage and Sid Vicious, in which whoever scored the winning fall would win the WCW World Title, at Bash at the Beach 1999. Savage won his fourth and final WCW World Heavyweight Championship when he pinned Nash.[87][88] However, he lost the title again to Hollywood Hogan the next night on Nitro, when Nash interfered and powerbombed Macho Man (in a reversal of the situation from the previous year, where Nash had attacked Hogan to help Savage keep his title, albeit unsuccessfully).[89] All of Savage's world title reigns (both WWF & WCW) ended with him losing the title to either Hulk Hogan or Ric Flair.[4][8]

After that, Team Madness slowly started to disband as Madusa and Miss Madness started fighting each other because they blamed the other for Savage's title loss.[2] Savage soon fired both of them and started a feud with Dennis Rodman, defeating him at Road Wild 1999.[90] In 2000, he eventually joined the Millionaires Club with Hogan, Jim Duggan, Flair, DDP, and other popular veteran wrestlers.[91] When Vince Russo came to WCW and Savage's WCW contract expired, Savage and George left WCW and never returned.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2004-Briefly)

Savage made his return to wrestling for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) at Victory Road 2004 by confronting Jeff Jarrett.[92] At Turning Point 2004, he teamed up with Jeff Hardy and A.J. Styles to defeat the Kings of Wrestling (Jeff Jarrett, Kevin Nash, and Scott Hall).[93][94] The main event of Final Resolution 2005 was going to be Jeff Jarrett and Randy Savage for the NWA Title.[3] Savage's plan was to win the belt and then drop it back to Jarrett at the next pay per view. When TNA management didn't like the idea, Savage left because neither party would budge. There were also stories of a confrontation between Savage and Hulk Hogan, who was backstage at the TNA tapings. Hogan only wished to shake Savage's hand and wish him luck yet Savage had harsh words for Hogan. He asked if Savage wanted to "step outside" to settle matters; Savage apparently declined. Savage then claimed TNA was an "unsafe working environment" and actually left one time prior to leaving TNA for good, for this reason; he returned after being promised his own private dressing room and allowed his own personal security, which consisted of one of the Harris Brothers and ex-wrestler Brian Adams. While this pacified tensions between Savage and TNA management for a while, his eventual departure was indeed due to the proposed outcome of the title match.[3]

In 2007, X-Division star Jay Lethal took on the new ring persona "Black Machismo," a parodic impersonation and tribute to Savage.[95]

Post-wrestling career

His former wife Elizabeth Hulette was found dead in the home of professional wrestler Lex Luger on May 1, 2003 from a drug overdose. According to a 2003 shoot interview with Lanny Poffo (Savage's brother), Savage has no animosity towards Luger, and feels that Elizabeth brought about her own death due to her drug use.

In 2005, Savage told a Missouri newspaper that he couldn't wrestle right at the moment because of "health concerns." He still holds a grudge against Vince McMahon.[citation needed]

Outside of the ring

In 1998, Savage accepted an award from Harvard University's humor society Harvard Lampoon as Man of the Year.

Acting career

Savage provided the voice for the character, Rasslor, on the Dial M For Monkey segment on an episode of Dexter's Laboratory. He has also lent his voice to the online cartoon College University in which he voiced himself. He also appeared in an episode of the television program Space Ghost Coast to Coast, entitled "Piledriver." In the episode, Savage supplied the voice of Space Ghost's grandfather, a former professional wrestler. Zorak commented, "That sounds like Randy Savage," and the character also referenced Elizabeth, his brother, "Leapin'" Lanny Poffo, "Wildfire" Tommy Rich, and Haystacks Calhoun.

Savage beat out rival former wrestler Goldberg as the casting choice to appear in Spider-Man (2002) as the underground wrestler "Bonesaw McGraw." The original character from the comics is named Crusher Hogan. It was his "Bonesaw McGraw" character that has inspired fans of Clarkson University Hockey to bring the Bonesaw to hockey games to use as an intimidating gesture to the other teams as well as support the Golden Knights team. An entire website has been devoted to this cause, www.bonesaw.org.[96] In 2005, he provided the voice of Sasquatch in the Nickelodeon show The X's. He appeared on The Jeff Foxworthy Show as himself and played pro wrestler James "Pretty Boy" Carter on the sitcom Nikki in "Fallback." His character's financial bankruptcy and physical injuries led Dwight (Nick Von Esmarch) his long-time fan, to rethink his own options between a college education and a passion for wrestling.

Savage played a prison inmate who was forced to fight other inmates in a cage in the episode "Fight or Die" of Walker, Texas Ranger. In 1999, Macho Man appeared as himself on Mad About You in "Separated Beds." In the episode Savage wrestles "Gorilla Boy" (Marvin), and wins only after Ira, Marvin's manager, tells him to bite Marvin on the back of the foot, his Achilles heel. Savage responds by asking, "Is he basically a clean guy?" before he bites Marvin. Marvin's mom then attacks Savage resulting in a brawl in the ring. He also acted in an episode of The Weird Al Show.

In 2007, Savage appeared in the King of the Hill episode, "Bill, Bulk and the Body Buddies". He was also briefly shown on Family Guy in the episode "The Cleveland–Loretta Quagmire".

Television

When Phil Hellmuth did an interview on Sirius Satellite Radio recently, he said that Savage will be on the next season of VH1's The Surreal Life along with Playboy Playmate Tina Marie Jordan and rock musician Peter Steele. This has been verified by Savage himself in a press release, though VH1 has not released the official cast list yet.

He was the celebrity spokesman for Slim Jim snack foods in the late 1990s and still is noted for this today. His catch phrase in the ads was "Snap into a Slim Jim, oh yeah!"

Music

On October 7, 2003, Savage released a hip hop album titled: Be a Man. The album features a tribute to wrestler and friend Curt Hennig and the title track which mocks former friend Hulk Hogan.

In wrestling

Finishing and signature moves
Managers
Theme music

Savage's ring entrance music in ICW and CWA (as well as some house shows early in his WWF run) was Irene Cara's Fame. In the WWF, Savage used Pomp and Circumstance, known best as the theme played at high school and college graduations. The song was originally used by legendary wrestler "Gorgeous George" (who is credited as being the first wrestler to use an entrance theme). Because the song was in the public domain and therefore could not be copyrighted by the WWF like most themes, Savage was able to bring it with him to WCW and used a rock version of the theme for much of his early to mid-WCW career. During his short TNA stint, Savage used a similar rock version as his theme.

Championships and accomplishments

  • Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling
  • AGPW International Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[97]

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  11. ^ "IGN: Randy Savage Interview". sports.ign.com. Retrieved 2007-08-25.
  12. ^ a b c d "The Wrestling Classic results". Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved 2008-05-01. Randy Savage pinned Ivan Putski (3:00). Randy Savage pinned Ricky Steamboat (4:00). Randy Savage pinned Dynamite Kid (5:00). Junkyard Dog beat Randy Savage (9:00) via countout to win the Wrestling Classic Tournament.
  13. ^ a b c "The Wrestling Classic tournament results". Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
  14. ^ "Saturday Night's Main Event results - November 2, 1985". WWE. November 2, 1985. Retrieved 2008-05-01. Intercontinental Championship Match: Randy Savage def. Tito Santana (champion) by countout
  15. ^ a b c "WWF Prime Time Wrestling Results (1985-1993)". Angelfire. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
  16. ^ "Randy Savage's first Intercontinental Championship reign". WWE. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
  17. ^ "Saturday Night's Main Event results - January 4, 1986". WWE. January 4, 1986. Retrieved 2008-05-01. Randy Savage def. George "The Animal" Steele
  18. ^ "WrestleMania II official results". WWE. Retrieved 2008-05-01. Intercontinental Championship: Randy "Macho Man" Savage def. George "The Animal" Steele to retain his title
  19. ^ "Saturday Night's Main Event results - November 29, 1986". WWE. Retrieved 2008-05-01. Intercontinental Championship Match: Randy "Macho Man" Savage vs. Jake "The Snake" Roberts - double DQ
  20. ^ "Saturday Night's Main Event results - January 3, 1987". WWE. Retrieved 2008-05-01. Intercontinental Championship Match: Randy "Macho Man" Savage def. George "The Animal" Steele
  21. ^ "Saturday Night's Main Event results - March 14, 1987". WWE. Retrieved 2008-05-01. Intercontinental Championship Match: Randy "Macho Man" Savage def. George "The Animal" Steele by countout
  22. ^ "WrestleMania III official results". WWE. Retrieved 2008-05-01. Intercontinental Championship: Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat w/ George "The Animal" Steele def. Randy "Macho Man" Savage w/ Elizabeth to become new champion
  23. ^ "WrestleMania III facts/stats". WWE. Retrieved 2008-05-01. Intercontinental Championship hands at a WrestleMania, as Ricky Steamboat defeated Randy Savage for the title in a classic battle.
  24. ^ a b "King of the Ring 1987 tournament brackets". Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
  25. ^ "Saturday Night's Main Event results - October 3, 1987". WWE. Retrieved 2008-05-01. Intercontinental Championship Match: Randy "Macho Man" Savage def. Honky Tonk Man (champion) by disqualification
  26. ^ a b "Mega Powers Profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
  27. ^ a b c d "WrestleMania IV official results". WWE. Retrieved 2008-05-01. Round One Match - Randy "Macho Man" Savage w/ Elizabeth def. "The Natural" Butch Reed w/ Slick. Round Two Match - Randy "Macho Man" Savage w/ Elizabeth def. Greg "The Hammer" Valentine w/ Jimmy Hart. Round Three Match - Randy "Macho Man" Savage w/ Elizabeth def. One Man Gang w/ Slick by DQ. Main Event - Finals of WWE Championship Tournament: Randy "Macho Man" Savage w/ Elizabeth and Hollywood Hogan def. "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase w/ Virgil and Andre the Giant to become new champion
  28. ^ a b "Randy "Macho Man" Savage vs. "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase - WWE Championship Tournament Finals". WWE. March 27, 1988. Retrieved 2008-05-01. Thanks to some help from Hogan, Savage recovered to drop his Flying Elbow and defeat DiBiase to capture his first WWE Championship.
  29. ^ "Randy Savage's first WWE Championship reign". WWE. Retrieved 2008-05-03.
  30. ^ "SummerSlam 1988 official results". WWE. Retrieved 2008-05-03. Hulk Hogan & "Macho Man" Randy Savage def. "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase & Andre the Giant
  31. ^ "Hulk Hogan & "Macho Man" Randy Savage w/ Elizabeth vs. "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase & Andre the Giant w/ Virgil & Bobby "The Brain" Heenan". WWE. August 29, 1988. Retrieved 2008-05-03. Savage nailed his top-rope elbow drop and Hogan hit the leg drop. Ventura had no choice but to count the 1-2-3
  32. ^ "Saturday Night's Main Event results - April 30, 1988". WWE. April 30, 1988. Retrieved 2008-05-03. WWE Championship Match: Randy "Macho Man" Savage (champion) def. One Man Gang
  33. ^ "Saturday Night's Main Event results - November 26, 1988". WWE. November 26, 1988. Retrieved 2008-05-03. WWE Championship Match: Randy Savage (champion) def. Andre the Giant by disqualification
  34. ^ "Big John Studd (spot No. 27) wins the Royal Rumble Match". WWE. January 15, 1989. Retrieved 2008-05-03. Tension grew in the MegaPowers when Hulk Hogan eliminated "Macho Man" Randy Savage.
  35. ^ "The Main Event results - February 3, 1989". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-05-03. TAG MATCH: Hulk Hogan & Randy Savage defeated The Twin Towers (Akeem & Big Bossman w/ Slick)
  36. ^ "WrestleMania V official results". WWE. Retrieved 2008-05-03. Main Event for WWE Championship: Hulk Hogan def. Randy "Macho Man" Savage w/ Elizabeth in a neutral corner to become new champion
  37. ^ "Hulk Hogan vs. Randy "Macho Man" Savage - WWE Championship". WWE. April 2, 1989. Retrieved 2008-05-03. Hogan recovered to defeat the Macho Man and capture his second WWE Championship.
  38. ^ "SummerSlam 1989 official results". WWE. Retrieved 2008-05-03. Hulk Hogan & Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake def. "Macho Man" Randy Savage & Zeus
  39. ^ "Hulk Hogan & Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake w/ Elizabeth vs. "Macho Man" Randy Savage & Zeus w/ Sensational Sherri". WWE. August 28, 1989. Retrieved 2008-05-03. Hogan grabbed Sherri's loaded purse and stunned Zeus. He followed it up with a big bodyslam and the leg drop for the victory.
  40. ^ "No Holds Barred: The Match/The Movie results". Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved 2008-05-03. Hulk Hogan & Brutus Beefcake beat Randy Savage & Zeus (9:32) in a "steel cage" match
  41. ^ "WWF Show Results 1989". Angelfire. Retrieved 2008-05-03.
  42. ^ "The Main Event results - February 23, 1990". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-05-03. WWF TITLE MATCH: Hulk Hogan defeated Randy "Macho King" Savage w/Sherri to retain
  43. ^ "WrestleMania VI official results". WWE. Retrieved 2008-05-03. Dusty Rhodes & Saphire w/ Elizabeth def. Randy "Macho King" Savage & Queen Sherri
  44. ^ "SummerSlam 1990 official results". WWE. Retrieved 2008-05-03. Randy "Macho King" Savage def. Dusty Rhodes
  45. ^ "WrestleMania VII official results". WWE. Retrieved 2008-05-03. Retirement Match: Ultimate Warrior def. Randy "Macho King" Savage w/ Queen Sherri
  46. ^ "Tuesday in Texas results". Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved 2008-05-03. Randy Savage pinned Jake Roberts (6:25)
  47. ^ "Saturday Night's Main Event results - February 8, 1992". WWE. Retrieved 2008-05-03. Randy "Macho Man" Savage def. Jake "The Snake" Roberts
  48. ^ "WrestleMania VIII official results". WWE. Retrieved 2008-05-03. First Main Event for WWE Championship: Randy "Macho Man" Savage w/ Elizabeth def. Ric Flair w/ Mr. Perfect to become new champion
  49. ^ "Randy "Macho Man" Savage vs. "Nature Boy" Ric Flair - WWE Championship". WWE. April 5, 1992. Retrieved 2008-05-03. Savage was able to withstand the dreaded Figure Four Leglock and bloodied the champion before being able to cradle him up in a small package for the win and his second WWE Championship.
  50. ^ "Randy Savage's second WWE Championship reign". WWE. Retrieved 2008-05-03.
  51. ^ "SummerSlam 1992 official results". WWE. Retrieved 2008-05-03. WWE Championship Match: Ultimate Warrior def. Randy "Macho Man" Savage via count-out
  52. ^ "Ultimate Warrior vs. "Macho Man" Randy Savage for the WWE Championship". WWE. August 31, 1992. Retrieved 2008-05-03. Savage went to the top rope for another elbow, but then realized that he hadn't been the one to level Ultimate Warrior and tried to hit Flair with a top rope maneuver instead. Flair was ready for it and took him out with the chair as well resulting in a count-out.
  53. ^ "Saturday Night's Main Event results - November 8, 1992". WWE. November 8, 1992. Retrieved 2008-05-03. Ultimate Warrior & Randy "Macho Man" Savage def. "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase & I.R.S. (champions) by count-out
  54. ^ "Survivor Series 1992 official results". WWE. Retrieved 2008-05-03. "Macho Man" Randy Savage & Mr. Perfect def. Ric Flair & Razor Ramon
  55. ^ "Royal Rumble 1993 official results". WWE. Retrieved 2008-05-03. Yokozuna last eliminates Randy Savage to win the Royal Rumble Match
  56. ^ "Yokozuna (spot No. 27) wins the Royal Rumble Match". WWE. January 24, 1993. Retrieved 2008-05-03. Yokozuna was a clear threat to do damage in the 1993 Royal Rumble Match. With his force, he eliminated the likes of fellow big man Earthquake and lastly "Macho Man" Randy Savage to claim victory.
  57. ^ "WrestleMania X official results". WWE. Retrieved 2008-05-03. Falls Count Anywhere Match: Randy "Macho Man" Savage def. Mr. Fuji w/ Crush
  58. ^ "SuperBrawl V results". Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved 2008-05-03. Sting & Randy Savage beat Avalanche & Big Bubba Rogers (10:18) when Sting pinned Avalanche.
  59. ^ "Uncensored 1995 results". Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved 2008-05-03. Randy Savage beat Avalanche (11:44) via DQ.
  60. ^ "Randy Savage vs. Avalanche 2/2". YouTube. Retrieved 2008-05-03.
  61. ^ a b c "WCW United States Heavyweight Championship tournament (April - July 18, 1995)". Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved 2008-05-03.
  62. ^ "The Great American Bash 1995 results". Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved 2008-05-03. Ric Flair pinned Randy Savage (14:42)
  63. ^ "Bash at the Beach 1995 results". Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved 2008-05-03. Randy Savage pinned Ric Flair (13:55) in a "lifeguard lumberjack" match
  64. ^ "World War 3 1995 results". Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved 2008-05-04. Randy Savage won a "three ring battle royal" (29:40) to win the vacant WCW World Title.
  65. ^ "Starrcade 1995: World Cup of Wrestling results". Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved 2008-05-04. Ric Flair pinned Randy Savage (8:41) to win the WCW World Title.
  66. ^ "WCW Monday Night Nitro - Monday, January 22nd, 1996". DDT Digest. Retrieved 2008-05-04. For the WCW World Title: (champion) Ric Flair w/ Jimmy Hart Vs Randy Savage. Arn Anderson comes out and hits Flair with brass knuckles by accident. Savage leaps off the top and connects with the Flying Elbow Drop. Savage covers 1-2-3. Your Winner: and NEW WCW World Champion Randy Savage via pinfall
  67. ^ "Randy Savage's second WCW Championship reign". WWE. Retrieved 2008-05-04.
  68. ^ "SuperBrawl VI results". Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved 2008-05-05. Ric Flair pinned Randy Savage (18:52) in a "steel cage" match to win the WCW World Title
  69. ^ "Bash at the Beach 1996 results". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-05-05. MAIN EVENT: Kevin Nash & Scott Hall & Mystery Partner vs Randy Savage & Lex Luger & Sting went to a NO CONTEST. Hulk Hogan made a shocking appearance and turned heel, joining the Outsiders, and forming the new World order.
  70. ^ "Halloween Havoc 1996 results". Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved 2008-05-05. WCW World Champ Hulk Hogan pinned Randy Savage (18:37)
  71. ^ "Bash at the Beach 1997 results". Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved 2008-05-05. Scott Hall & Randy Savage beat Diamond Dallas Page & Curt Hennig (9:35) when Savage pinned Page
  72. ^ "Clash of the Champions XXXV results". Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved 2008-05-05. WCW Tag Champs Scott Hall & Randy Savage (sub for Kevin Nash) beat Diamond Dallas Page & Lex Luger (9:55) when Hall pinned Luger
  73. ^ "Fall Brawl 1997: WarGames results". Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Lex Luger & Diamond Dallas Page beat Scott Hall & Randy Savage (10:19) in a "no DQ" match when Luger pinned Hall
  74. ^ "Spring Stampede 1997 results". Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved 2008-05-05. Diamond Dallas Page pinned Randy Savage (15:38) in a "no DQ" match
  75. ^ "The Great American Bash 1997 results". Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved 2008-05-05. Randy Savage pinned Diamond Dallas Page (16:56) in a "falls count anywhere" match
  76. ^ "Halloween Havoc 1997 results". Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved 2008-05-05. Randy Savage pinned Diamond Dallas Page (18:07) in a "sudden death" match
  77. ^ "Souled Out 1998 results". Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved 2008-05-05. Lex Luger pinned Randy Savage (7:07) via submission
  78. ^ "SuperBrawl VIII results". Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved 2008-05-05. Lex Luger beat Randy Savage (7:26) via submission
  79. ^ "Spring Stampede 1998 results". Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved 2008-05-05. Randy Savage pinned Sting (10:08) to win the WCW World Title
  80. ^ "Randy Savage's third WCW Championship reign". WWE. Retrieved 2008-05-06.
  81. ^ a b c "WCW Monday Nitro, Monday, 04/20/98". DDT Digest. Retrieved 2008-05-06. Hollywood Hogan w/The Disciple vs Randy Savage. The Disciple puts the belt on his shoulder and gives Savage the Apocalypse. Nash runs in for the save but Bischoff holds his leg. Hogan tries to hit Nash with the belt, but Nash ducks and Disciple is nailed. Nash powerbombs Hogan and puts Savage on top. Bret Hart puts Hogan on Savage to make Hogan the new champ!
  82. ^ "nWo Wolfpac Profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-05-06.
  83. ^ "Slamboree 1998 results". Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved 2008-05-07. Bret Hart beat Randy Savage (16:38) via submission. The decision was reversed the next night on Nitro by guest referee Roddy Piper
  84. ^ "The Great American Bash 1998 results". Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved 2008-05-07. Roddy Piper beat Randy Savage (1:37) via submission
  85. ^ "WCW Monday Nitro results, 1998". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-05-06.
  86. ^ "Team Madness' Profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-05-07.
  87. ^ "Bash at the Beach 1999 results". Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved 2008-05-07. Randy Savage & Sid Vicious beat Kevin Nash & Sting (13:21) when Savage pinned Nash. As a result Savage won the WCW World Title
  88. ^ "Randy Savage's fourth WCW Championship reign". WWE. Retrieved 2008-05-07.
  89. ^ "WCW Monday Nitro - Monday, 07/12/99". DDT Digest. Retrieved 2008-05-07. WCW World Heavyweight Champion Randy Savage (w/ho's) vs. Hollywood Hogan. It's Kevin Nash! He comes in the ring and powerdrops Savage. Hogan crawls on top of Savage as the ref gets back in the ring. One....two....three. New champion.
  90. ^ "Road Wild 1999 results". Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved 2008-05-07. Randy Savage pinned Dennis Rodman (11:30)
  91. ^ "Millionaires Club Profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-05-07.
  92. ^ Alan J. Wojcik. "Victory Road 2004 review". Gerweck.net. Retrieved 2008-05-07. MACHO MAN RANDY SAVAGE hit the ring!!! Savage said there's a new sheriff in town and dared Hall/Nash/Jarrett to head to the ring.
  93. ^ "Turning Point 2004 results". Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved 2008-05-07. Jeff Hardy, AJ Styles, & Randy Savage beat Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, & Jeff Jarrett (17:52) when Savage pinned Jarrett
  94. ^ Alan J. Wojcik. "Turning Point 2004 review". Gerweck.net. Retrieved 2008-05-07. Jeff Hardy, AJ Styles and "Macho Man" Randy Savage defeated "Kings of Wrestling's" (Kevin Nash, Scott Hall and NWA World Heavyweight champion Jeff Jarrett). All three men put the Kings in sleepers and somehow Savage pinned Jarrett.
  95. ^ "Jay Lethal Profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-05-07.
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