Randy Savage
| Randy Savage | |
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Savage in 1986
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| Birth name | Randy Mario Poffo |
| Born |
November 15, 1952 Columbus, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | May 20, 2011 (aged 58) Seminole, Florida, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) |
Miss Elizabeth (m. 1984; div. 1992) Barbara Payne (m. 2010; his death 2011) |
| Family |
Angelo Poffo (father) Lanny Poffo (brother) |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Randy Poffo Randy Savage The Spider The Big Geno Mr. Madness Destroyer Executioner |
| Billed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Billed weight | 237 lb (108 kg) |
| Billed from | Sarasota, Florida |
| Trained by | Angelo Poffo |
| Debut | 1973 |
| Retired | 2005 |
Randy Mario Poffo (November 15, 1952 – May 20, 2011), better known by the ring name "Macho Man" Randy Savage, was an American professional wrestler and color commentator best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) and later World Championship Wrestling (WCW).
Savage is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers in history; a number of peers have ranked Savage among the industry's top performers of all time. He was recognizable by wrestling fans for his distinctively deep and raspy voice, his flamboyant ring attire, intensity exhibited in and out of the ring, using "Pomp and Circumstance" as his entrance music, and his signature catch phrase, "Oooh yeah!". For most of his tenures in the WWF and WCW, Savage was managed by his real-life wife "Miss Elizabeth" Hulette.
He has won 29 titles during a 32-year career, including the WWF World Heavyweight Championship twice and the WCW World Heavyweight Championship four times. A one-time WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion, Savage was named by WWE as the greatest Intercontinental Champion of all time and was credited for bringing "a higher level of credibility to the title through his amazing in-ring performances".
Aside from championships, he was the 1987 WWF King of the Ring and the 1995 WCW World War 3 winner. A major pay-per-view attraction in the 1980s and 1990s, Savage headlined WrestleManias IV, V and VIII (being part of a double main event at the last of those presentations), as well as four of the first five SummerSlam shows, the 1995 edition of WCW's Starrcade, and many other events. At the peak of his popularity, he held similar drawing power to that of Hulk Hogan. He was posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2015.
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