Comments on: Randy “Macho Man” Savage dead at 58

By: derryX

derryX — Mon, 23 May 2011 19:18:17 +0000

Kev – in response to comment 14 – Maybe Macho Man came back at a house show to do the deed. Kidding…I am with you, and even implied the points you clarified by adding “internet/literary ridiculousness” to my orig comment.

By: Get Real ©

Get Real © — Sun, 22 May 2011 09:39:10 +0000

u2, seems as if you should be the person wearing the Summers Eve headwear.

I really don’t watch WWE much anymore. I watched it a bit when The Rock came back. And I watch it from time to time on those sleepless nights. But during highschool, WWF and WCW were the shows to watch on TV. I still get giddy just thinking about all those late nights switching back and forth between Monday Night Raw on USA and WCW Nitro on TNT.

By: Hal Jordan

Hal Jordan — Sat, 21 May 2011 14:16:37 +0000

deadspin has a regular feature on deceased wrestlers. Its really depressing to see how tough their lives are, especially once their abilities fade and they can no longer bring in the crowds. Watching Hulk Hogan and Macho Man turn from best friends into heated rivals was a cornerstone of my childhood.

By: u2

u2 — Sat, 21 May 2011 04:36:47 +0000

Perplexes me that this is such a big “sports” story. You’d think he was a Kardashian for gosh sake.

Relating to actual sport, I think the irony would be that all of Lance Armstrong’s former teammates are now calling him out. Hincapie has also recently come forward about Lance doping.

Sorry, WWF’ers all remind me of the juice.

P.S. If you’re a grown adult, and you’re wearing a WWF T-Shirt, you should have a hat on that states “I’m a douche”.

By: Kevin Marshall

Kevin Marshall — Sat, 21 May 2011 01:57:56 +0000

re: the Steph thing. That’s an urban legend that’s unfortunately been propagated by others in the industry. I don’t buy it for a second. It also doesn’t jive with his WWF timeline: he was with them until ’95 and only left because he got more money from Ted Turner to go to WCW.

By: derryX

derryX — Sat, 21 May 2011 01:42:57 +0000

Chuck/Kev – I hope Kevin’s right. Recent developments, mainly Savage’s involvement with the release of the WWE All Stars Video Game at least establish that a relationship is there between he and Vince. But (I’m sure Kevin has heard this) the reason he has been kept out of the Hall of Fame has become a tale of internet/literary ridiculousness. The story is that Savage took Stephanie’s virginity, and has been published in a couple of the wrestler autobiographies.

You ask me…that shouldn’t have kept him out of the hall of fame this long, but a posthumous induction would be appropriate ASAP.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 20 May 2011 20:46:58 +0000

WOW, no effin way what a sad day

By: Victoria

Victoria — Fri, 20 May 2011 19:13:04 +0000

The WWE often times treats their wrestlers like they can just be traded in and forgotten after a certain point. These men destroy their bodies and often die too young with little to no thanks from the industry. It’s sad because the fans really do get attached and to see them go the way they do often times breaks my heart.

By: Will Gilchryst

Will Gilchryst — Fri, 20 May 2011 18:24:16 +0000

One of my favorite entrance themes. I mean, it takes a special dude to make Pomp and Circumstance sound bad-ass. Ooohhhh Yeeeaaahhh!

By: Kevin Marshall

Kevin Marshall — Fri, 20 May 2011 18:22:05 +0000

Chuck - I heard rumblings last month that the idea was to induct him next year as the requisite “hometown” inductee, since Wrestlemania (and concordantly the HoF ceremony) would be in Florida. Either way it’ll definitely happen now.

You’re totally right, by the way. Both those feuds were freaking great. Savage was one of those rare performers that gave bookers very little work to do. He’d go out, give a couple interviews, and no matter what the circumstances the program would be red hot. He even made the goofy “King” gimmick, which had always been a bit of a mid-card joke, into a money program.