Randy Macho Man Savage
Real Name: Randall Mario Poffo, (born:
November 15, 1953
)
Better known by his ring name "Macho Man" Randy Savage, is a former American professional wrestler and actor who is best known for his time with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and most notably World Wrestling Federation (WWF). For much of his tenure in the WWF, he was managed by his real life wife, "Miss Elizabeth" Hulette.
Where are they now?
He currently resides in Sarasota, Florida
Randy is said to be on the next season of VH1's The Surreal Life along with Playboy Playmate Tina Marie Jordan and rock musician Peter Steele. This has been verified by Savage himself in a press release, though VH1 has not released the official cast list yet.
On October 7, 2003, Savage released a hip hop album titled: Be a Man. The album features a tribute to wrestler and friend Curt Hennig and the title track which is a diss track toward Hulk Hogan.
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Birth name: Randall Mario Poffo
Born: November 15, 1953
Height: 6ft 2in
Other Name(s):
Randy Savage
Origin: Columbus, Ohio
Career years:
Biography
He is a second-generation professional wrestler; his father Angelo Poffo was a well-known wrestler in the 1950s and 1960s, who was featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! for his ability to do sit-ups for hours on end. Randy's brother Lanny had a moderately successful career as a wrestler, too, most notably under the names "Leaping Lanny Poffo" and "The Genius."
Savage first broke into the business in 1973 during the fall and winter of the baseball off season. His first wrestling character, "The Spider Friend", was similar to Spider-Man. It is interesting to note that he would appear as a wrestler in the first Spider-Man film in 2002. His name change from Randy Poffo came at the suggestion of Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW) booker Ole Anderson, who said that the name Poffo didn't fit someone who "wrestled like a savage". During this transition from Poffo to Savage, he also toyed with the idea of wrestling as a blue clad medicine man named "The Big Geno", rumors were spread of a drug problem during his first few matches, as was common with early independent wrestlers, and Savage quietly put to rest the short lived Geno. To this day Savage refuses to answer questions regarding The Big Geno and, eerily enough, he seems to become visibly shaken when this pseudonym is brought up. When he decided to abandon his baseball career, he became a full time wrestler working with his brother and father. Savage wrestled his first match against Midwest territory wrestler, the "Golden Boy" Paul Christy. Randy worked with his father and brother in Michigan, the Carolinas, Georgia, the Maritimes, and the eastern Tennessee territory run by Nick Gulas.
Reference/Source(s):
Randy Savage. (2008, December 7). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 02:08, December 10, 2008, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Randy_Savage&oldid=256336539
