Angelo Poffo

Angelo Poffo
Angelo Poffo
Born	April 10, 1925 (age 99); Downers Grove, Illinois
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Angelo Poffo; Masked Miser; The Carpet Bagger
Debut	1948

John Angelo Poffo (April 10, 1925 - March 4th 2010) was a former professional wrestler and wrestling promoter, of Italian origin.^[1] He ran International Championship Wrestling for a number of years, holding cards in Tennessee, Kentucky and Arkansas. He is most noted for being the father of "Macho Man" Randy Savage and "Leaping" Lanny Poffo/The Genius. He also held the world sit up record for several years, his total being 6,033 in one sitting^[2].

Career

Poffo started wrestling in 1948. He sometimes wrestled as The Masked Miser.

Poffo wrestled in the 70's and 80's under a mask as "The Carpet Bagger" for Emile Dupre's legendary "Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling" in the Maritime Provinces of Canada. He wrestled under a yellow mask with a dollar sign on the forehead and a blue sequined ring jacket with a big dollar sign on the back. During his time in the Maritimes, his two sons, Randy "Macho Man" Savage and "Leaping" Lanny Poffo, were also major stars for Dupre's promotion^[3].

He formed a heel tag team with Chris Markoff, called "The Devil's Duo" and "The Graduates."

He made a few appearances in WCW in 1995 managing his son, Randy Savage. He was once attacked by "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, who put him in a figure four leglock.

In 1995, he was inducted into the WCW Hall of Fame. Though his wrestling promotion was successful for years, some speculate that he was inducted as a favor to his son, Randy Savage.