Randy Macho Man Savage 1953-2011

RIP Randy "Macho Man" Savage, dead at the age of 58 following a 1 car accident on Friday morning. I feel like a small part of my childhood went with him. The video above was the 1st time Savage won the WWF Heavyweight Title.



Here's where the Macho Man 1st introduced the lovely Miss Elizabeth as his manager. The two would later marry in real life. Elizabeth died of a drug overdose in 2002.




One of the great feuds in WWF history between Randy Savage and Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat. This culminated in their match at Wrestlemania III which some have called the greatest match of all time.






Randy Savage then began a friendship with Hulk Hogan that led to an infamous tag-team match against Andre The Giant and Ted Dibiase. The two friends would eventually feud leading into the main event of Wrestlemania V.


Savage would dump Elizabeth for Sensational Sherri as his new manager and continue a feud with both Hulk Hogan and eventually The Ultimate Warrior leading to this retirement match. Savage would lose the match, but be reunited with Miss Elizabeth.




Machoman's retirement (as was often the case in WWF) would be short lived and he would return. Savage's last great match with the WWF was a title shot at "The Nature Boy" Rick Flair at Wrestlemania 8.

I'll admit that I'm not as into wrestling as I once was. Randy Savage though was a hero. I can remember my friends and I taking turns jumping off the furniture to pummel each other with the flying elbow. Rest in Peace Macho Man, you will be sorely missed. Do you have a favorite Savage memory or is there another wrestler that reminds you most of your childhood?