RIP Randy "Macho Man" Savage

Didn't Savage play for the Cardinals as Randy Poffo?

 

Not sure. I know he played Bonesaw, the wrestler in the cage match with Peter Parker in the first Spider Man.

 

Ilmago knew this a week ago.

 

Not sure if he played for the Cardinals, but if I remember correctly, Randy Poffo was his real name.

Definitely a big deal. One of the biggest stars from the '80s, though the last thing I remember seeing him in other than a commercial was the Spider-Man movie appearance bigpern mentioned.

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=poffo-001ran

 

Massive. I knew of two pro wrestlers with sizable endorsement deals in the 1980s-90s -- Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage. And any of today's "entertainers" (to use a little WWE-ese) who don't credit Savage with some kind of inspiration or aid in developing their own in-the-ring personas is either stupid, lying or ungrateful.

 

Neither Randy Savage nor Macho Man is trending on Twitter.

However, Slim Jim is.

 

Even Lanny Poffo's Wikipedia is updated with the death:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanny_Poffo

 

Lanny has probably already written a poem about it.

 

He's the Genius Lanny Poffo, the World's Smartest Man!

 

None of the clowns today are as remotely talented as he was on the mike and in the ring.

 

So, let's see...

King Kong Bundy - Alive
George The Animal Steele - Alive
Bobby Heenan - Alive
Iron Sheik - Alive

Andre the Giant - Dead
Adrian Adonis - Dead
JYD - Dead
One of the British Bulldogs - Dead
Gorilla Monsoon - Dead
Miss Elizabeth - Dead