Paid Members GlennCullen Posted May 20, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted May 20, 2011 What else needs to be said, Randy Savage was the man. The complete package in terms of what you look for in a wrestler and a big part of a golden age for WWE and later WCW. Â RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scouseman Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Today is a very sad day to be a wrestling fan. We have lost a true legend of wrestling and one of my childhood favs. I loved his matches with Jake the Snake when the Snake bite him and the fact that it was not meant to happen etc. His matches with Flair were great one of my best moments was when he had a tag match with Flair and Razor vs Mr perfect and savage at ss. I just loved that buildup to the match and it is a match that I really loved. Who could forget Wembley stadium with Worrior and Savage wow. Â RIP Matcho man how you are not in the Hall of Fame is a outrage. Thanks for the memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted May 20, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted May 20, 2011 I have just returned from two days on a training course where my battery died early on Thursday morning and I didn't pay for any internet in the hotel, and I turn my phone and tinternet back on simultaneously... to THIS news. Â When I first started watching wrestling, Macho Man was one of the biggest heroes. In the beginning I only knew of his days as a bad guy from approximately WrestleMania VI to the emotional roller coaster of WMVII - even watching back retrospectively - but even then, he was a firery, never say die good guy who invariably took a shit kicking before eventually coming back. My earliest memories of Mach are some of the sell jobs which made me convinced he was in danger of losing a leg. Â As I discovered more about his feuds with Jake and later Flair in the WWF, I was exposed to that "wild unpredictable" side which was only a foreshadowing of what was to come, before his apparent winding down which lead to him walking out on the WWF at the end of his contract. When he turned to WcW, it merely added weight to my childish (well, I was one) view that WcW was a rest home for WWF has beens. I doubted Savage could still go. How wrong I was. Â His renewed on/off friendship/feud with Hulkster and love/betrayal with Liz were an obvious source of enjoyment, but the real spark was with Flair. Savage became over the course of 1996 one of the most believable nutcases I had ever seen, and his breakdown under the pressure of trying to get back the belt, Liz trying to get him back and the nWo taking WcW over was a great storyline arc, as was his return as part of the very same nWo. With other babyfaces in the same position, joining a faction that had beaten the shit out of him and humiliated him just months early, it wouldn't have made any sense. Personally, I was so utterly convinced that he had lost his Macho mind, that it made perfect sense that he would stick it to WcW for allowing everything to happen to him. He got Liz back, he didn't have to worry about Hogan beating him up anymore, and he probably looked forward to beating Flair up again. Savage was a superb heel, different to the previous overbearing smugness of the Macho King but with just as much zest. Â I would write a touch about his feud with DDP, but then I may very well be here all night... and the point of me even starting this post was to point out precisely why I can't. I haven't shed tears as I did when I lost favourites during their active years, but this has still shaken me. I was really looking forward to catching up on the forum, but hearing this has temporarily killed my enthusiasm for talking about wrestling. Probably be up for it again come morning, but for now, I can't. Â Rest In Peace Macho, I hope Liz was waiting to hold the ropes open for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maytrix Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 RIP Â We can no longer send for the man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Lawrence Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 someones put a great comment on here...........this is how the macho man debuts in heaven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbk4life Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Terrible news. I always loved Macho Man. His match with Warrior at Wrestlemania 7 is one of my favourite matches of all time, the reunion with Elizabeth at the end is also one of my favourite moments ever in wrestling. So many great memories from his matches and fueds. Â RIP Macho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosler28 Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 looking back at some of his matches. i believe he possibly brought out the best of the ultimate warrior in their match at wrestlemania 7 then summerslam 92. and thats no easy taskt to have good matches with the warrior based on stories told about him. so that shows just how talented randy savage was. Â i liked him in wcw too with the feud with ddp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dash X Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 So gutted to hear the news today, always one of my favourites and it is a shame that we will never hear a Macho Man hall of fame speech but I guess if there is anyone who could put into words the life and career of randy Savage it would be his brother 'The Genius' Lanny Poffo I hope it happens next year. One of the greatest superstars ever. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Ronnie Posted May 20, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted May 20, 2011 I'm happy he at least got to marry his first love and so enjoy happiness in what were to prove his twilight years. A sad end to an exemplary life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Sytch Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Oh crap, get in tonight and find this out. Don't know what to say, gutted. RIP Macho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 This video summed up Randy Savage to me  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uERyEZwq_DE  My favorite match of his was the one with Flair at Wrestlemania 8, still my favorite match of mine that either one of them had. I really enjoyed his feud with DDP in WCW as well, their matches were good as well. The match with Warrior at Wrestlemania is gold as well.  Honestly I can only think of Austin and Rock who I think are better all rounders than him and I cant think of anyone on the current scene who I could say was better than him. Savage could draw in his day, that is somthing not many could do, I hate how some say his promos are incoherant his insanity made it all the more fun for me.  When I look back I think I will always have him down as my favorite from that era, as I started watching wrestling in around 1992 when I was 5 I can credit him with the British Bulldog as the reasons I got into to wrestling. I can remember them two the most.  Nice to hear him and Hogan patched things up, Savage I imigine got rid of a lot of bitterness towards the end of his life.  EDIT: How could I forget I used him all the time on Super WrestleMania for the mega drive as his finisher was the easiest to use, bless that man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members WWFChilli Posted May 20, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted May 20, 2011 got a text about this in work, had to send a few texts to make sure it wasn't bollocks. Â Without an ounce of bullshit, One of the GREATEST, a true one of a kind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen Quagmire Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Madness. I wonder how Stephanie McMahon feels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIDDUM_N_STYLE Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 absolutely gutted at this news, one of my heros when i first got into wrestling 20+ years ago. the worst thing is i didnt even have to go on a news site to find it out, it flashed up on my news bar linked to e! online . think i will watch the dvd wwe put out last year over the weekend as a tribute and try my hardest not to shed a tear (although i feel that the ending of the savage/warrior match at mania 7 may just do that) Â one thing that angers me though is the amount of people showing no class on news sites by taking pot shots at wwe whilst paying tribute to savage, all because he hasnt been put into the hall of fame yet. Â R.I.P Macho Man, one of the greats without a doubt who will be missed not only by his fans but by the wrestling world as a whole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trout Stain Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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