RIP Randy "Macho Man" Savage

[Moderator1]

I know nothing of wrestling but this is a big deal?

http://www.tmz.com/2011/05/20/randy-savage-car-accident-macho-man-dead-dies-died-killed-wwe-wrestler-florida/

 

[Dick Whitman]

I would have bet the house that he was already dead. Go figure.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

It's a really big deal.

Probably the second most famous wrestler from the 1980s (only behind Hogan).

 

[LarryCathey]

I guess heaven wanted to stock up on Slim Jims before Saturday's party.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

I haven't watched one second of wrestling since the late 1980s, but Savage was one of the most popular and most mainstream who was out there at the time.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

He's reunited with Miss Elizabeth.

 

[bumpy mcgee]

The rapture begins.

 

[CarltonBanks]

He wanted to get to the front of the line at the Pearly Gates before the big rush following the 21st. This is really sad...

 

[Huggy]

Hadn't seen him in years, but one of the all-time great heels, he was involved in some great feuds. His match with Steamboat at WM 3 was one of the best I have ever seen. Met Savage once at a Coliseum Video party years ago. He was awesome, one of the great moments of my life.

RIP

 

[bigpern23]

He's reunited with Miss Elizabeth.

Wait, Miss Elizabeth is dead, too?

 

[YGBFKM]

OOOOOOOH NOOOOOO!

 

[bigpern23]

 

[Mizzougrad96]

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

 

[bigpern23]

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

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Ilmago knew this a week ago.

 

[outofplace]

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

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.

 

[Stoney]

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

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

 

[Traveling]

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.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Neither Randy Savage nor Macho Man is trending on Twitter.

However, Slim Jim is.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

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

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