Breaking news: Macho Man Randy Savage dies in a car accident

**DLVH84** · 05-20-2011, 10:36 PM

I respect Randy Savage more than Hulk Hogan for these reasons...

1. He was always willing to put over talent. (examples: Ricky Steamboat, Ultimate Warrior, Diamond Dallas Page)
2. He shows his age gracefully, instead of hiding it.
3. He knew when to retire.

Me and my father grew up on Randy Savage. My dad watched him starting out in the early 1970s, especially when he was in the Georgia Championship Wrestling territory. When I started watching in the late 1980s (1988, to be exact), he was already in the WWF. And I saw his career from 1988, until he retired in 2005. I also have a rare VHS of a couple of his matches from the CWA in Memphis, which included a cage match with Jerry Lawler and a tag match, where he teamed up with his brother against The Rock & Roll Express (and it's the one where he piledrives Ricky Morton thru a table).

**Gerard** · 05-22-2011, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by DLVH84

1. He was always willing to put over talent. (examples: Ricky Steamboat, Ultimate Warrior, Diamond Dallas Page)
2. He shows his age gracefully, instead of hiding it.
3. He knew when to retire.

While i agree with point 1 its hard to agree with the other 2, he techncially didn't retire at all and judging by the vids on which he talked about 2011 being his year it would seem he would possibly have made an appearence in WWE sometime this year (maybe in a type of match, who knows?). Also much like Hogan he was dying his hair and beard for a long time, its only since his wedding pics surfaced a year or so back he was grey.

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05-20-2011, 10:36 PM	#1
DLVH84 Samurai Rocker Posts: 2,876	I respect Randy Savage more than Hulk Hogan for these reasons... 1. He was always willing to put over talent. (examples: Ricky Steamboat, Ultimate Warrior, Diamond Dallas Page) 2. He shows his age gracefully, instead of hiding it. 3. He knew when to retire. Me and my father grew up on Randy Savage. My dad watched him starting out in the early 1970s, especially when he was in the Georgia Championship Wrestling territory. When I started watching in the late 1980s (1988, to be exact), he was already in the WWF. And I saw his career from 1988, until he retired in 2005. I also have a rare VHS of a couple of his matches from the CWA in Memphis, which included a cage match with Jerry Lawler and a tag match, where he teamed up with his brother against The Rock & Roll Express (and it's the one where he piledrives Ricky Morton thru a table).