The Final Days of "Macho Man" Randy Savage

[ian1018]

bleacherreport.com/articles/1643969-the-final-days-of-randy-macho-man-savage

Written by former WWF writer Keith Elliot Greenberg. One of the better articles I've read for sure.

[The Masked Heel WAS WRONG]

Lanny could anticipate the next topic of conversation: the WWE Hall of Fame. He’d never go in by himself, Randy reiterated. It was the Poffo family, or nobody at all. Since Randy spoke about his mortality so often, Lanny took this to mean that it would be his responsibility to reject the overture, if he managed to outlive the Macho Man.

“You understand what I’m talking about?” Randy emphasized.

Lanny all but rolled his eyes. “Got it the first time.”

Two years later, Lanny admits the possibility of a Hall of Fame offer causes him stress: “On the one hand, I’m so appreciative of Vince McMahon for everything he did for me. I mean, when I was The Genius, managing Mr. Perfect, I was in main events and on the Regis show—me, a career jabroni. That’s because of Vince. And the fans deserve to see Randy in the Hall of Fame. But I have to support my brother. I just think it’s absolutely insane that I’m stuck in the middle. This is the quandary I’m in.”

“So here’s the way I feel about WWE. If you think the Von Erichs were better than the Poffos, that’s your prerogative. If you want Randy in against his wishes, you have my permission to do it without my permission. But don’t invite me because I won’t attend. I don’t need the 30 pieces of silver.”

That Lanny is such a bastard! He's just using his brother's death to get himself into the HOF!

[odor31]

Yeah, the only thing I got out of the potential great article about Savage's life was that Lanny wants in the HOF.

[Legion]

They should just do a deal. Macho goes in one year alone, then X amount of years later, they do the whole family.

It doesn't take a 'Genius' to work out that compromise.

[Deleted]

Oct 3, 2013 16:37:11 GMT -5 Legion said:

They should just do a deal. Macho goes in one year alone, then X amount of years later, they do the whole family.

It doesn't take a 'Genius' to work out that compromise.

They could do it the same year. Only the hardest of hardcores would want to see the Poffo family induction, a lot of people want to see Macho go in, just have Macho headline and have the Poffo's as the secondary induction.

[EyeofTyr]

To be fair to Lanny, Randy had said something to that effect while he was still alive too. He said he wanted his family, namely his dad, to get in if he was going to be put in and he wouldn't accept an induction any other way.

[lovingway]

Was Angelo Poffo that big of a name?

[Lancers]

Shut up Lanny

[Paco]

Great article.

Randy always put family first.
I didn't know he got Lanny his job in WWF as well (Lanny's awesome WCW gig is well known).

I don't know that inducting Angelo & Lanny Poffo would be that much different than inducting Rocky Johnson & Peter Maivia.
Sadly, unlike The Rock, Savage can't be there as the real reason the inductions are happening.

[GuyOfOwnage]

Still, Randy stayed with the company and, by 1994, was appearing less in the ring and more at the announcer’s table. “What frustrated Randy was he felt he never had a match as good as the Steamboat match,” Lanny says. “He was bored with announcing and thought Shawn Michaels could have that kind of match with him. Randy wanted to do a two-year program building up to a match with Shawn at WrestleMania. Randy would lose, retire and go back to the announcer’s table.”

Man, how awesome that would've been.

[willywonka666]

Didn't someone post that card on the boards once? Was it deemed legit?

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

Oct 3, 2013 18:05:07 GMT -5 lovingway said:

Was Angelo Poffo that big of a name?

Honestly, not really. He had a respectable career, but he was never a top guy anywhere that he worked.

[percymania]

Just induct the damn Poffo family. It will be a great moment. Why don't they deserve it exactly?

[cherry coloured funk]

Oct 3, 2013 21:09:03 GMT -5 Mighty Attack Tribble said:

Oct 3, 2013 18:05:07 GMT -5 lovingway said:

Was Angelo Poffo that big of a name?

Honestly, not really. He had a respectable career, but he was never a top guy anywhere that he worked.

He was in the WCW Hall of Fame, for what it's worth, though I think that may have been at Randy's request.

[mizerable]

Oct 3, 2013 21:09:03 GMT -5 Mighty Attack Tribble said:

Oct 3, 2013 18:05:07 GMT -5 lovingway said:

Was Angelo Poffo that big of a name?

Honestly, not really. He had a respectable career, but he was never a top guy anywhere that he worked.

Depends on what you're inducting him for. His booking in Lexington wasn't outright terrible even though it reaked of narcissism. He also 30+ year career that wasn't extremely memorable, especially since he was mostly a tag team guy, but lesser people have gone into the HOF despite achieving less, mostly a lot of earlier inductions such as Mikel Scicluna and Johnny Rodz.

Still, at this point...I don't even care. If WWE couldn't strike a deal while he was alive, I'd rather them not even bother now. Until there's a "real" HOF, then it's just something they can attach his name to, to sell tickets.

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

Oct 3, 2013 21:34:43 GMT -5 cherry coloured funk said:

Oct 3, 2013 21:09:03 GMT -5 Mighty Attack Tribble said:

Honestly, not really. He had a respectable career, but he was never a top guy anywhere that he worked.

He was in the WCW Hall of Fame, for what it's worth, though I think that may have been at Randy's request.

It was. Gordon Solie ultimately quit WCW over it (he was heavily involved in the running of their Hall of Fame) as he felt Angelo wasn't qualified to go into the HOF and was only inducted to keep Randy happy.

[Sparvid]

I'm curious to see how the WWE editors were to create a hype video putting over rest of the Poffos as big deals.

[CMWaters]

Oct 3, 2013 23:06:24 GMT -5 Sparvid said:

I'm curious to see how the WWE editors were to create a hype video putting over rest of the Poffos as big deals.

Well, for Lanny it's easy.

Just remind people he has a win over Hulk Hogan.

[Tiger Millionaire]

Oct 3, 2013 23:06:24 GMT -5 Sparvid said:

I'm curious to see how the WWE editors were to create a hype video putting over rest of the Poffos as big deals.

They did it for Koko, they could do it for Angelo.

[MolotovMocktail]

Oct 3, 2013 21:09:03 GMT -5 Mighty Attack Tribble said:

Oct 3, 2013 18:05:07 GMT -5 lovingway said:

Was Angelo Poffo that big of a name?

Honestly, not really. He had a respectable career, but he was never a top guy anywhere that he worked.

I don't know how big he was as a wrestler, but the fact that he was a promoter from the classic territory days should give some credibility. WWE has honored old-school promoters with inductions (Eddie Graham, Paul Boesch).

As for Lanny, induct him as a manager as The Genius. Maybe do all three in separate inductions, all in the same year.