The Macho Man Randy Savage Story

He was born Randall Mario Poffo in 1952 to the proud parents of Angelo and Judy Poffo. He came into the national wrestling spotlight in his run with the then WWF in 1985. He was one of the major star promotion which helped put wrestling in the modern age we are in now.

His father, Angelo Poffo was a well known wrestler in the 50's and 60's. His dad was actually featured on an episode of Ripley's Believe it or Not for his sit up endurance ability.

Randy began his wrestling career in 1973 during the off season of baseball. He was in the St. Louis Cardinals baseball organization but decided to follow his dad's footsteps into the squared circle. Ole Anderson, of the famous Minnesota Wrecking Crew tag team, suggested he change his name because Poffo didn't fit someone that wrestles like a savage. Thus Randy Savage became his wrestling name and the rest they say is history in the making.

As mentioned, Savage signed with the World Wrestling Federation in 1985. Several of the big name wrestling managers, such as Bobby Heenan, Jimmy Hart, and Freddie Blassie  thirsted for his services. He chose the lovely and beautiful Miss Elzabeth.

The Macho Man began a feud with Tito Santana over the Intercontinental Title but was unable to defeat him cleanly to claim the championship strap. Finally, he was the gold on the taped program: Prime Time Wrestling.

Savage also feuded with the likes of George "the Animal" Steele due to the animals "crush" on his manager Miss Elizabeth. Savage has also feuided with the likes of Jake "the Snake" Roberts as well.

Many consider the match against Ricky Steamboat at Wrestlemanie III to be one of the greatest matches in history. Steamboat was able to eek out a win with George Steele assistance thus ending one of the longest reigning IC title runs of almost fourteen months.

Poffo, along with Hulk Hogan formed a tag team called The Mega Powers in 1988. As predictable, this team of "Mega Egos" were doomed to fail. Savage turned on the Hulkster during a match due to his jealousy of Hogan and Elizabeth.

Savage lost the WWF championship after more than a year as champion to Hogan. Shortly thereafter, Miss Elizabeth was replaced as Savage's manager/valet with Sherri Martel. In real life, Savage and Elizabeth were married, but later divorced. That is probably why she was replaced as his valet. Between WWF and WCW Savage has held the world title a total of six times. An interesting piece of trivia for you: He only lost those six titles to two people: Hulk Hogan 3 times and Ric Flair 3 times.

Macho Man left the WWF and signed with competitor World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1994. In 1995 he won the WCW heavyweight championship by winning a 60 man three ring battle royal. He went on to win the WCW title two more times in a few months.

In 2004, Savage signed up with new wrestling promotion, Total Nonstop Action (TNA), but it was short livd due to disagreement with management on title exchanges.

The Macho Man has had several acting jobs. You may remember his as Toby McGire's opponent in the first Spiderman movie in 2002. Savage has appeared in episodes of Walker: Texas Ranger and The Weird Al Show. Other credits are King of the Hill, Family Guy and recently provided his voice for a Disney movie titled "Bolt."

Randy "Savage" Poffo graduated from Downes Grove North High School in Chicago and attended Souther Illinois University, graduating in 1971.

*The original Macho Man Randy Savage article