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RIP "Macho Man" Randy Savage

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Macho Man brought pomp, circumstance

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When Randy Savage strutted and spun to the ring with Miss Elizabeth in tow, the song ?Pomp and Circumstance? played over the public-address system.
And as any 1980s grappling fan will tell you, the ?Macho Man? provided exactly that.
Savage ? an icon from the days when WWE, MTV and Cyndi Lauper were hip ? died Friday after a car crash near his home in Seminole, Fla. He was 58.
Savage, whose real name was Randy Poffo, had wrestled just one match in the past decade. But his charisma, technical skill and pairing with the late Elizabeth Hulette helped Savage create a lifetime of memories during his WWE heyday.
As pro wrestling became a mainstream phenomenon under WWE owner Vince McMahon in 1985, Savage received the career break he was sorely seeking while struggling in the minor-league wrestling circuits. The key was Hulette, his real-life wife who was instead introduced only as his ?manager.?
Savage?s bullying of the stunning and demure Hulette made him the subject of fan hatred. But that same abusive relationship paid box-office dividends. The same was true six years later when Savage?s personality softened as a babyface and he asked for Elizabeth?s hand for an in-ring marriage.
In between, Savage alternated with ease between babyface (good guy) and heel (villain) roles while helping WWE fill its coffers and run competing companies out of business. Savage?s 1987 loss to Ricky Steamboat is still regarded as arguably the greatest match in the history of WWE?s ?Wrestlemania? series.
But it was Savage?s work with Hulette that will be remembered most (besides the over-the-top Slim Jim commercials that helped cement the raspy-voiced Macho Man into a household name).
He teamed with fellow WWE headliner Hulk Hogan as the ?Mega Powers,? a tag team that dissolved because of Savage?s trademark jealousy. Savage had a long-running feud with George ?The Animal? Steele, whose advances toward Elizabeth also infuriated the Macho Man.
Only insiders knew that the Savage-Hulette relationship was just as rocky in real life. Savage was so overly protective of his wife that he refused to let her socialize with other performers backstage and even kept track of the miles Hulette put on her car to control her whereabouts while he was touring. Hulette shared this and similar abusive stories with me in 1994 after she had left Savage and took a sales job at a local mall in South Florida.
Hulette eventually returned to the wrestling business with rival World Championship Wrestling and sufficiently buried the hatchet with Savage, who had landed there after leaving WWE. But the temptations that killed so many of their contemporaries eventually felled her as well. Hulette died of a drug overdose in 2003 while at the home she shared with then-boyfriend Lex Luger, who also has suffered serious medical issues as a result of his excesses.
Savage, who also played minor league baseball, is believed to have also had personal issues with McMahon, which has resulted in WWE refusing to induct the ?Macho Man? into its Hall of Fame. That surely now will change.
As a performer, Savage is worthy of the honor. I just hope that Savage later became a Hall of Fame husband to his new wife, Barbara, who survived Friday?s car crash.

Entire article: http://msn.foxsports.com/other/stor...true-pomp-and-circumstance-to-WWE-fans-052011

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I'll never forget my introduction to wrestling. After my mother left us she hooked up with this truck driver from Oregon. One summer we spent a few weeks with them. This guy was a true redneck through and through. Besides being a truck driver he had an arsenal of weapons in a safe at home. He once had a gopher problem in his backyard and he'd sit in a chair with his .44 waiting for one to stick it's head out of a hole (they sell traps you know). The only music allowed to be listened to in his house was country, everything else was considered "niggar" music whether it true R&B or regular pop-rock. Truck stops were considered fine dinning although I have to say it was better than what my father was feeding us. He also had the typical redneck build, skinny all over, no ass but a huge pot belly. He even more the "Cat" ball cap. As far as watching TV went it was either baseball, wrestling or old movies like Sgt York or anything with John Wayne, Clint Eastwood or Charles Bronson. He used to change the oil in his rig himself and the way he'd dispose of it was dig a hole in his backyard. But yes, he was my introduction to pro-wrestling. I remember Macho Man Savage, Miss Elizabeth and some brothers or twins, I can't remember their names. I remember thinking how fake and cheesy it was but I never dared say anything.
 
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ScriptOhio;1925128; said:
Savage, who also played minor league baseball, is believed to have also had personal issues with McMahon, which has resulted in WWE refusing to induct the ?Macho Man? into its Hall of Fame. That surely now will change.
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I don't know if they'll ever induct him. You look at various wrestlers that have had bad beef with McMahon and still made it into the Hall like Bret Hart, Hogan, and others. Theres plenty of other wrestlers that have had heat with Vince and buried the hatchet later to make appearances, Macho Man isn't one of them.

Rumor has always been that Macho Man took advantage of a young Stephanie McMahon years ago, and that's why he's been blacklisted by Vince. Word was that if his name was brought up in board meetings, Vince would flip out.

Wow, just found this, it seems this isn't a rumor and Macho Man may have confirmed it in an interview only a few weeks before his death. I guess theres some wrestling radio show with Bret Hart and Josh Groberman that Macho Man appeared on and mentioned Stephanie:

Source: The Hitman and Groberman Show
"Macho Man" Randy Savage recently appeared on The Hitman and Groberman Show. Savage talked about his heat with Vince McMahon, and said that he didn't know that McMahon's problem with him was.
He then said that the one person he would like to wrestle is Vince. Savage said McMahon could have Triple H and Stephanie McMahon in his corner, and that he would give Stephanie a kiss "for old time's sake."
He then went on to address the rumors about him and Stephanie McMahon, saying that he doesn't remember what happened in December of 1993. He said that if Triple H has a problem with it, he doesn't remember anything, but that doesn't mean that the wrestling world doesn't remember "The Macho Man." He then said that if Triple H has a problem with it, that he should call him out and they can deal with it "man to man."You can listen to Savage's interview by clicking here, he appears at the 81-minute mark. Also, for those of you unaware of the Savage - Stephanie rumors, you can find out more by clicking here.
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TMZ.com is reporting that Lanny Poffo, brother of Macho Man Randy Savage, real name Randy Poffo, will have his remains cremated, and there will not be a public memorial service. Lanny noted that Savage's ashes will be spread around his favorite tree, the same place Randy's dog Hercules had his ashes spread.
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