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RIP "Macho Man" Randy Savage

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I know I'll be watching Raw tonight.

Hopefully the tribute they give to the Madness is much better than that weak assed PPV they had last night.

I was hoping the Miz and Riley would kick Cena's teeth in, and it almost happened...until...sheesh.

WWE is now a lot like the entertainment industry - attempting to re-hash crappy ideas and falling up waaaaay short.

My countdown to Wrestlemania started the day after this past Wrestlemania. I will rather enjoy watching The Great One electrify and layeth the smacketh downeth on John Cena's monkey ass!!!

IF YA SMELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL.......:biggrin:
 
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alexhortdog95;1926213; said:
I know I'll be watching Raw tonight.

Hopefully the tribute they give to the Madness is much better than that weak assed PPV they had last night.

I was hoping the Miz and Riley would kick Cena's teeth in, and it almost happened...until...sheesh.

WWE is now a lot like the entertainment industry - attempting to re-hash crappy ideas and falling up waaaaay short.

My countdown to Wrestlemania started the day after this past Wrestlemania. I will rather enjoy watching The Great One electrify and layeth the smacketh downeth on John Cena's monkey ass!!!

IF YA SMELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL.......:biggrin:
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Holy shit! This whole time, I thought you were a grown up.
 
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Randy (Macho Man) Savage's dream was to make it to the Majors

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Before he was a menacing professional wrestler, Randy Poffo was trying to make it with the Cardinals as a catcher.

He sat home for two straight days, waiting ... waiting ... waiting.
The boy had a dream, after all. From the time he was 7 or 8 years old, the one thing Randall Mario Poffo wanted to do was play baseball. He was the kid who carried his mitt and bat everywhere; who begged his little brother Lanny to get off the couch and come to the back yard for some extra BP; who pinched himself every time his father, Angelo, took the boys to Wrigley Field or Comiskey Park to catch Hank Aaron or Roger Maris or Willie Mays as they came through town.
Was Randy Poffo the greatest athlete Downers Grove (Ill.) North High had ever produced? Probably not. But when it came to determination and drive, well, he was in his own league.
Once, while he was matriculating at Herrick Junior High, a physical education teacher questioned whether any of the students could do 100 sit-ups without stopping. Randy exceeded 1,000. Another time, John Guarnaccia, a longtime childhood friend, spotted the right-handed Randy throwing balls with his left hand. "Uh, what are you doing?" he asked.
"Well, a coach might want me to pitch," Randy replied. "But I don't wanna burn out my arm. So I'll learn to do it lefty, and I'll save my right for the important things."
Guarnaccia laughed and walked away.
"No exaggeration," he says now. "Randy became fully ambidextrous."
As a junior at Downers Grove North, Poffo batted .500 for the Trojans, leading them to a West Suburban Conference title. The next year, he improved to .525 and Downers Grove North repeated. With the local reputation as a winner, a player with power to all fields and a cannon of an arm from behind the plate, a future in pro ball seemed all but inevitable. A handful of scouts had come to suburban Illinois to watch him play, and while he didn't perform particularly well in their presence (a 102-degree fever rendered him useless), the interest was undeniable.
"We all assumed Randy would be welcomed into professional baseball," says his brother Lanny. "It was more than his dream. It was his destiny."
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Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/the_bonus/05/23/macho.man/index.html#ixzz1NCjaODyB

More photos: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mu.../1105/randy.savage.rare.photos/content.1.html

 
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ScriptOhio;1926263; said:
randy.savage.jpg

Before he was a menacing professional wrestler, Randy Poffo was trying to make it with the Cardinals as a catcher.

He sat home for two straight days, waiting ... waiting ... waiting.
The boy had a dream, after all. From the time he was 7 or 8 years old, the one thing Randall Mario Poffo wanted to do was play baseball. He was the kid who carried his mitt and bat everywhere; who begged his little brother Lanny to get off the couch and come to the back yard for some extra BP; who pinched himself every time his father, Angelo, took the boys to Wrigley Field or Comiskey Park to catch Hank Aaron or Roger Maris or Willie Mays as they came through town.
Was Randy Poffo the greatest athlete Downers Grove (Ill.) North High had ever produced? Probably not. But when it came to determination and drive, well, he was in his own league.
Once, while he was matriculating at Herrick Junior High, a physical education teacher questioned whether any of the students could do 100 sit-ups without stopping. Randy exceeded 1,000. Another time, John Guarnaccia, a longtime childhood friend, spotted the right-handed Randy throwing balls with his left hand. "Uh, what are you doing?" he asked.
"Well, a coach might want me to pitch," Randy replied. "But I don't wanna burn out my arm. So I'll learn to do it lefty, and I'll save my right for the important things."
Guarnaccia laughed and walked away.
"No exaggeration," he says now. "Randy became fully ambidextrous."
As a junior at Downers Grove North, Poffo batted .500 for the Trojans, leading them to a West Suburban Conference title. The next year, he improved to .525 and Downers Grove North repeated. With the local reputation as a winner, a player with power to all fields and a cannon of an arm from behind the plate, a future in pro ball seemed all but inevitable. A handful of scouts had come to suburban Illinois to watch him play, and while he didn't perform particularly well in their presence (a 102-degree fever rendered him useless), the interest was undeniable.
"We all assumed Randy would be welcomed into professional baseball," says his brother Lanny. "It was more than his dream. It was his destiny."
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continued

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/the_bonus/05/23/macho.man/index.html#ixzz1NCjaODyB

More photos: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mu.../1105/randy.savage.rare.photos/content.1.html

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what a great article. R.I.P. Randy
 
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Dryden said:
I can remember Wrestlemania III like it was yesterday. Randy Savage v. Ricky The Dragon Steamboat.

Hogan and Andre the Giant made wrestling big time, but it was those undercard fights for the Intercontinental Title that took the events to '11' in wrestlings late 80s heyday. Savage & Steamboat (along with Jake The Snake and Honky Tonk Man) never disappointed.

Miss Elizabeth is up there waitin' for ya, big guy.
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:nod:
 
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