Angelo Poffo
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Poffo in the 1950's
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| Birth name | Angelo John Poffo |
| Born |
April 10, 1925 Downers Grove, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | March 4, 2010 (aged 84) Sarasota, Florida, U.S. |
| Alma mater | DePaul University |
| Spouse(s) | Judy Poffo (m. 1949; his death 2010) |
| Children |
Randy Savage Lanny Poffo |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Angelo Poffo Masked Miser The Carpet Bagger |
| Billed height | 6'0" |
| Billed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
| Billed from | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Trained by | Karl Pojello |
| Debut | 1949 |
| Retired | 1991 |
Angelo John Poffo (April 10, 1925 – March 4, 2010) was an American professional wrestler and wrestling promoter. He ran International Championship Wrestling for a number of years, holding cards in Tennessee, Kentucky and Arkansas. He was the father of "The Genius" Lanny Poffo and "Macho Man" Randy Savage.
Poffo started wrestling in 1948 at Karl Pojello's gym in Illinois. His first match was in 1949 against Ruffy Silverstein. He sometimes wrestled as The Masked Miser and managed other wrestlers as The Miser. He became a villainous character for the first time in 1950. In the mid-1950s, Bronco Lubich acted as his manager. He won the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Chicago version) in 1958.
He formed a villainous tag team with Chris Markoff called "The Devil's Duo" in 1966, and they were managed by Bobby "The Brain" Heenan. Prior to that, in 1964 he briefly teamed with Nicoli Volkoff (often confused with Nikolai Volkoff, who did not begin wrestling in the US until 1970) and held the WWA tag team championship. In 1973, he formed the team "The Graduates" with Ken Dillinger.
Poffo wrestled in the 1970s and 1980s under a mask as The Carpet Bagger for Emile Dupree's Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling in the Maritime Provinces of Canada. He also bought into the promotion, when his sons were old enough to join. He wrestled under a yellow mask with a dollar sign on the forehead and a blue sequined ring jacket with a big dollar sign on the back. In addition, Poffo ran International Championship Wrestling from 1979 to 1983 in Kentucky.
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