Tired
Legend
- Joined
- Feb 7, 2011
- Messages
- 4,768
- Reaction score
- 0
This is purely speculation right now, but Macho Man Randy Savage may finally be going into the Hall Of Fame.
After Savage left the WWE for WCW, there was an immediate rift between himself and Vince McMahon. McMahon has always denied having any issues with Savage, although he did not like hearing his name come up in conversation. McMahon's attitude changed after Savage passed away. The WWE has petitioned for Savage to be inducted into the Hall Of Fame since, but Savage's brother 'The Genius' Lanny Poffo had always refused it. Poffo claims that Savage decreed that he would never accept the HOF induction unless Lanny and their father Angelo were inducted too.
Lanny recently gave an interview which implied that he did not want to battle the WWE over this anymore. He also tried to explain the bad feelings from the Poffo family towards McMahon.
<blockquote class='quote\\_blockquote'><dl><dt>Lanny Poffo</dt><dd> </dd></dl><div>
I decided, what a minute, I'm not going to be put in the middle of all this. It's true that Randy wanted the Poffo's to go in as a family but you can't make [WWE] do that. So I figured, rather than put myself in the middle for the rest of my life, I said hey, if you want to 'honor' him, go ahead and do whatever you want.
This is the same company that didn't send its condolences to my mother who is going to be 87 in January.
Now I know they made a nice video tribute, but don't you understand that that's just PR. Just like when they fire you, they wish you luck on your future endeavors? That's PR - they have a public relations department.
The thing is, the WWE did not ask my permission to run the parody of the Huckster and the Nacho Man, and I don't have a battery of lawyers on retainer, so my belief is, do what you want. Remember the Nacho Man? Everyone says, 'What's the matter? Can't you take a joke?'
Well, some of those jokes were a little bit [too personal]… like, they accused Hulk Hogan of doing Elizabeth. Remember that one, when they did the Larry King one? They said, 'How was Elizabeth?' 'Not too good.' The guy imitating Hulk Hogan and Randy looked at each other. And they made fun of his balding, and that was a little bit of lack of respect.
[In 1994] Randy wanted to work with Shawn Michaels. He wanted to have a two-year program with him. They said they were having a youth movement, and that's why he quit. He said, 'I think I'll get a second opinion on that.' He would've lost the match to Shawn Michaels, at WrestleMania, but his goal, and one of the things that bothered him the most, was that he was never able to have a match as good as the one he had with Ricky Steamboat. He felt, even in his advanced years - I guess he was 41 - that he could have a Ricky Steamboat-calibre match with Shawn Michaels.
I don't know if he could or if he couldn't, if he was already too old or whatever, but wouldn't you love to see him try? He would've put him over, in the middle of the ring, and retired to the announce booth… but instead he went to the WCW and guess what he brought with him? 'Snap into a Slim Jim.'
And Vince doesn't like to lose even one round...
But you know the difference between WWF and Slim Jim? Slim Jim sent to me and my mom and Randy's widow a beautiful bouquet of flowers, and best wishes, and condolences. And we didn't get anything from the WWE.
The only condolences I got are from two guys. They are Howard Finkel, and last month I got a call from Steve Lombardi.
You want to honor him? Go ahead. I only have two requests. Leave me out of it - don't invite me - and please don't pay me, because I don't need the thirty pieces of silver. That was the amount Judas Iscariot took to betray Jesus..."
[/quote]
Savage died in 2011 either before or after a car accident. Savage suffered a heart attack while driving and veered his vehicle off the road into a tree. Doctors are not sure if the heart attack or the crash ultimately killed Savage. However, medics agree that if the vehicle had not have hit the tree, it would have created a more serious crash which could have killed others too, especially his wife who was in the car with him at the time. The Poffo family chose to believe that Savage crashed the car intentionally to save as many lives as possible before he died.
Savage has won the WWE Championship at WrestleMania twice, and headlined WM V with Hulk Hogan. He helped popularise the high-flying style, despite having a bodybuilder's physique. He is also a former WCW World Heavyweight Champion too. Many smaller wrestlers over the years have emulated him and adopted his Diving Elbow Drop finisher to honour him. The most notable fans are CM Punk and Jay Lethal. Punk occasionally wears trunks identical to Savage's, while Lethal spent a few years parodying his gimmick tastefully as "Black Machismo".
After Savage left the WWE for WCW, there was an immediate rift between himself and Vince McMahon. McMahon has always denied having any issues with Savage, although he did not like hearing his name come up in conversation. McMahon's attitude changed after Savage passed away. The WWE has petitioned for Savage to be inducted into the Hall Of Fame since, but Savage's brother 'The Genius' Lanny Poffo had always refused it. Poffo claims that Savage decreed that he would never accept the HOF induction unless Lanny and their father Angelo were inducted too.
Lanny recently gave an interview which implied that he did not want to battle the WWE over this anymore. He also tried to explain the bad feelings from the Poffo family towards McMahon.
<blockquote class='quote\\_blockquote'><dl><dt>Lanny Poffo</dt><dd> </dd></dl><div>
I decided, what a minute, I'm not going to be put in the middle of all this. It's true that Randy wanted the Poffo's to go in as a family but you can't make [WWE] do that. So I figured, rather than put myself in the middle for the rest of my life, I said hey, if you want to 'honor' him, go ahead and do whatever you want.
This is the same company that didn't send its condolences to my mother who is going to be 87 in January.
Now I know they made a nice video tribute, but don't you understand that that's just PR. Just like when they fire you, they wish you luck on your future endeavors? That's PR - they have a public relations department.
The thing is, the WWE did not ask my permission to run the parody of the Huckster and the Nacho Man, and I don't have a battery of lawyers on retainer, so my belief is, do what you want. Remember the Nacho Man? Everyone says, 'What's the matter? Can't you take a joke?'
Well, some of those jokes were a little bit [too personal]… like, they accused Hulk Hogan of doing Elizabeth. Remember that one, when they did the Larry King one? They said, 'How was Elizabeth?' 'Not too good.' The guy imitating Hulk Hogan and Randy looked at each other. And they made fun of his balding, and that was a little bit of lack of respect.
[In 1994] Randy wanted to work with Shawn Michaels. He wanted to have a two-year program with him. They said they were having a youth movement, and that's why he quit. He said, 'I think I'll get a second opinion on that.' He would've lost the match to Shawn Michaels, at WrestleMania, but his goal, and one of the things that bothered him the most, was that he was never able to have a match as good as the one he had with Ricky Steamboat. He felt, even in his advanced years - I guess he was 41 - that he could have a Ricky Steamboat-calibre match with Shawn Michaels.
I don't know if he could or if he couldn't, if he was already too old or whatever, but wouldn't you love to see him try? He would've put him over, in the middle of the ring, and retired to the announce booth… but instead he went to the WCW and guess what he brought with him? 'Snap into a Slim Jim.'
And Vince doesn't like to lose even one round...
But you know the difference between WWF and Slim Jim? Slim Jim sent to me and my mom and Randy's widow a beautiful bouquet of flowers, and best wishes, and condolences. And we didn't get anything from the WWE.
The only condolences I got are from two guys. They are Howard Finkel, and last month I got a call from Steve Lombardi.
You want to honor him? Go ahead. I only have two requests. Leave me out of it - don't invite me - and please don't pay me, because I don't need the thirty pieces of silver. That was the amount Judas Iscariot took to betray Jesus..."
[/quote]
Savage died in 2011 either before or after a car accident. Savage suffered a heart attack while driving and veered his vehicle off the road into a tree. Doctors are not sure if the heart attack or the crash ultimately killed Savage. However, medics agree that if the vehicle had not have hit the tree, it would have created a more serious crash which could have killed others too, especially his wife who was in the car with him at the time. The Poffo family chose to believe that Savage crashed the car intentionally to save as many lives as possible before he died.
Savage has won the WWE Championship at WrestleMania twice, and headlined WM V with Hulk Hogan. He helped popularise the high-flying style, despite having a bodybuilder's physique. He is also a former WCW World Heavyweight Champion too. Many smaller wrestlers over the years have emulated him and adopted his Diving Elbow Drop finisher to honour him. The most notable fans are CM Punk and Jay Lethal. Punk occasionally wears trunks identical to Savage's, while Lethal spent a few years parodying his gimmick tastefully as "Black Machismo".
