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June 2, 1987 - At an event in Buffalo, New York, The Honky Tonk Man defeated Ricky ‘The Dragon’ Steamboat to win the Intercontinental Championship to begin the longest reign with that title in WWE history. He went on to hold the belt for 454 days.

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GUNTHER should beat Honky Tonk Man’s record reign as Intercontinental Champion which is 454 days. That record has stood far too long and needs to be broken.

And Gunther is the perfect person to do that!

[wrestlinghistorywithkay]

Remembering A Macho Man: The Life And Times Of Randy Savage

13 years ago, the professional wrestling world lost the ‘ Macho Man ’ Randy Savage . This article is to remember his life and his career.

(TW: Death , Car Accidents)

Randy Mario Poffo was born to Angelo and Judy Poffo on November 15,1952 in Colombia , Ohio. He was the eldest child of his parents. His brother, Lanny , was born on December 28,1954. Angelo was a professional wrestler in the 1950s and the 1960s. Poffo was raised in Zanesville , Ohio. He is a graduate of Downers Grove High School. The school is located in Downers Grove, Illinois , a suburb of Chicago. However, wrestling wasn’t his first sport of choice. It was baseball.

Poffo was a catcher on his high school baseball team. Thus, he was drafted by the St.Louis Cardinals out of high school in 1971. He was 18 years old. Poffo was placed in the minor leagues to train before he could play professionally in the MLB ( Major League Baseball). He was mainly an outfielder for the Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds systems. His baseball career ended after being injured in 1974.

Randy broke into the wrestling business in 1973 during the baseball offseason. His first gimmick was called , The Spider. This gimmick is based off of the comic book character, Spider-Man. Nevertheless, his second and most well known gimmick , Randy Savage , was suggested by his trainer and close friend , Terry Stephens and the head booker of Georgia Championship Wrestling ( GCW ) , Ole Anderson. Anderson felt like his real name didn’t fit him and came up with the name Savage because he felt like Randy wrestled ‘ like a savage ’. Poffo retired from baseball and joined his father in the wrestling business. His first match was against a wrestler named Paul Christy in the Midwest Territory. Savage along with his father and brother in the Carolinas, Michigan , the Maritime region , and in Tennessee.

Angelo thought that his family wasn’t getting the proper pushes they deserved as wrestlers, soon, he started his own promotion , International Championship Wrestling ( ICW) , in the Midwest. Soon, the company disbanded and the Poffo brothers went back to Tennessee, joining the Continental Wrestling Association ( CWA) , owned by Jerry ‘ The King ’ Lawler. Randy’s well known matches in this promotion, were against Lawler and teaming with his brother against the Rock N Roll Express.

Randy Savage was soon signed to Vince McMahon’s World Wrestling Federation in June of 1985. He made his TV debut for the company on July 6, 1985 on the show, Championship Wrestling against a local competitor named Aldo Marino. He was “ The Top Free Agent In Professional Wrestling ” . His first appearances on WWF TV were on the talk show ‘ Tuesday Night Titans ’ with managers such as Mr.Fuji , Jimmy Hart , Johnny Valiant ,Bobby Heenan , and Freddie Blassie asking him if they could be his manager. Savage turned them down and chose Miss Elizabeth , who was his actual partner , to be his manager. He made his Pay Per View debut for a 16 man tournament at The Wrestling Classic. He lost in the finals of the tournament to The Junkyard Dog via count out. Later that year, he was involved in a storyline with the Intercontinental Champion , Tito Santana. He challenged Santana for the championship on Saturday Night’s Main Event III , however , Savage won the match via count out . Tito Santana still kept the championship after being counted out. Savage finally won the Intercontinental Championship on February 8 , 1986 by using a steel object he hid in this tights to knock Santana out. He also engaged in storylines with future tag team partner , Hulk Hogan , George ‘ The Animal ’ Steele , Ricky Steamboat , and Bruno Sammartino, the longest reigning WWE World Champion in history.

Randy Savage won the King of The Ring tournament in 1987 . Being a Heel, Savage’s popularity rose to the point of being cheered on by the fans. He soon started a feud with The Honky Tonk Man for the Intercontinental Championship. He soon got his title match with the champion at Saturday Night’s Main Event. He lost out on the championship when The Hart Foundation interrupted the match by attacking Savage in order to help The Honky Tonk Man keep the title due to disqualification. Miss Elizabeth had a plan in mind to help her man. She ran back to the locker room to get some help and found Hulk Hogan. She brought him out and Hogan saved him. The tag team known as The Mega Powers was formed.

The Mega Powers first feud was against The Mega Bucks , the team consisting of Andre The Giant and Ted DiBiase , also known as The Million Dollar Man. Their second feud was against The Twin Towers , the team consisting of The Big Boss Man and Akeem. The Mega Powers starting having problems in 1989 when Hogan decided to take on Miss Elizabeth as his manager. Hogan eliminated Savage during the Royal Rumble by accident. Savage thought that Hogan wanted to steal Elizabeth from him, thus, attacking Hogan’s friend , Brutus The Barber Beefcake, as an act of revenge towards his former partner. This was the first time Savage turned Heel since 1987.

Savage became The Macho King in 1989 after defeating Hacksaw Jim Duggan in the tournament in September of that year. He soon faced Hogan for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship in 1990 at The Main Event III. Savage took on Sensational Sherri as his manager. She became known as Queen Sherri. He had feuds with Dusty Rhodes and The Ultimate Warrior during his time as King of The Ring. His career ending match was against Warrior in 1991. With Savage losing , Sherri attacked him , leaving Miss Elizabeth, who was in the crowd as a fan, jumping the barricade and coming to the aide of Savage. This led to their reunion.

Savage moved his attention from the ring to the commentary desk. He also had a feud with Jake The Snake Roberts as well as Ric Flair. Flair claimed that he had an affair with Miss Elizabeth in 1992. Savage and Elizabeth were separated in real life , this , the storyline continued. Savage and Elizabeth soon divorced the same year. Savage left the WWF in 1994 and signed with World Championship Wrestling the same year , reuniting with Hulk Hogan.

Savage became WCW champion in 1995 by winning the first three ring battle royal. He lost it to Ric Flair at Starrcade of the same year. Savage left WCW and claimed he was blackballed by the company before returning as a member of the nWo , ( New World Order ). He soon took more time off from the company before returning in April of 1999.

Savage returned to WCW in 1999 with a new manager , Gorgeous George. He was also joined by Marisa and Miss Madness, forming Team Madness. In 2004 , Savage signed with TNA Wrestling at the Victory Road Pay Per View.

Randy Savage also made some acting appearances on TV shows like Baywatch , Mad About You , and Walker, Texas Ranger. He also starred in the movie , Ready To Rumble and had a cameo in Spider-Man. He also released a debut rap album with a diss track about Hulk Hogan.

Randy Savage passed away in a car accident on May 20, 2011 at the age of 58. He was inducted into the WWE Hall Of Fame in 2015.

My Final Thoughts:

Macho Man Randy Savage is a true wrestling icon. He will always be remembered as that wrestler that you loved , hated, or loved to hate. I actually love him. He’s on my list of all time favorite wrestlers. I actually know a wrestling legend who got to work with him on the indie circuit. He said that Randy was one of the most hard working guys he’s ever seen. Randy, thank you for everything! I wish I could go back and watch you live. But , I watch you on Peacock.

Love You All ,

- Kay

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WWE star GUNTHER 'taking a break' after major championship win GUNTHER is stepping away for ... #movie quote #movies #movie line #movie line #movie scenes #cinema #movie stills #film quotes #film edit #vintage #movie scenes #love quotes #life quotes #positive quotes #vintage #retro #quote #quotes #sayings #cinematography

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GUNTHER (it feels weird to type that - I stopped watching WWE back when he was still WALTER) is officially the longest-reigning WWE Intercontinental Champion, breaking the Honky Tonk Man's streak of 454 days as champion!

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GUNTHER Says Breaking Honky Tonk��s Record Is Not Anything He Aimed For

Feedzy Read More Everyone has dreams, and GUNTHER is no different. He is about to break the Honky Tonk Man’s record as Intercontinental Champion, and that is quite a feat. Now, he is … 

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WWF Intercontinental Champion The Honky Tonk Man

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Happy Birthday to the greatest Intercontinental champion of all time, THE HONKY TONK MAN!

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Happy Birthday to the greatest Intercontinental Champion of all time holding the strap for a record 454 days, the man who brought the shake, rattle and roll to his opponents and WWE Hall of Famer: The One and Only Honky Tonk Man @honkytonkmanofficial

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June 2nd 1987 WWF Superstars of Wrestling

The Honky Tonk Man defeated Ricky Steamboat to Become The Longest Reigning Intercontinental Champion In History

#WWF #WorldWrestlingFederation #OldSchool #ClassicWWF #SuperstarsOfWrestling #History #RickySteamboat #HonkyTonkMan #WWE 

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New Intercontinental Champion The Honky Tonk Man.

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GUNTHER Says On-Screen Interaction With WWE HOFer Honky Tonk Man Wouldn't Benefit Him

Feedzy Read More  By /Aug. 6, 2023 4:51 pm EST As of this writing, WWE Intercontinental Champion GUNTHER is three days away from surpassing Pedro Morales’ 424-day reign as champion. Assuming “The Ring General” can hold on to the title until then, he will officially secure the record for the second-longest Intercontinental Championship reign, behind only that of WWE Hall of Famer Honky Tonk Man,…

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30 Years in the making!

This year’s Survivor Series will not only be the Best of the Best, it will also be a time in which we put The Undertaker to rest. 30 years after making his debut as part of Ted DiBiase’s Survivor Series team, the Dead Man will give his final farewell to the WWE Universe.

Remember, it was The Undertaker replacing Bad News Brown as a member of The Million Dollar Team (The Honky Tonk Man, Greg Valentine, Ted DiBiase and The Undertaker with Brother Love, Jimmy Hart and Virgil) as they defeated The Dream Team (Bret Hart, Dusty Rhodes, Koko B. Ware and Jim Neidhart). It was The Undertaker eliminating Dusty Rhodes before getting counted out to end his debut.

Here’s hoping the WWE puts together an evening that’s deserving of the most decorated WWE Superstar of all-time. It has to be better than the 25 years of Triple H that they aired on SmackDown right? That one was funny but way too many inside jokes for a night honoring The Undertaker. 

Survivor Series – Updated Card:

WWE Champion Randy Orton vs. Universal Champion Roman Reigns

Raw Women’s Champion Asuka vs. SmackDown Women’s Champion Sasha Banks

Raw Tag Team Champions The New Day vs. SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Street Profits

United States Champion Bobby Lashley vs. Intercontinental Champion Sami Zayn

5-on-5 Women’s Survivor Series Elimination Match (RAW – Nia Jax, Shayna Baszler, Dana Brooke, Mandy Rose, Lana vs. Ruby Riott, Bianca Belair, TBD, TBD, TBD)

5-on-5 Men’s Survivor Series Elimination Match (Keith Lee, Sheamus, Braun Strowman, AJ Styles, TBD vs. Kevin Owens, Jey Uso, King Corbin, Seth Rollins, TBD)

Star of the Week:

They're back. @PeteDunneYxB @ONEYLORCAN & @strongstylebrit ATTACK @KillianDain & @WWEMaverick on #WWENXT!!! Also @PatMcAfeeShow is a camera operator now. pic.twitter.com/xQpU88LeWc

— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) November 5, 2020

Pat McAfee – The former Colts punter continues to make his mark on NXT. This week, McAfee and his newest faction of Pete Dunne, Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan took out Killian Dane & Drake Maverick while sending a burning message to The Undisputed Era. I’m looking forward to more from Mr. McAfee and friends!

RAW

RESULTS

Guitar on a Pole Match: Jeff Hardy defeated Elias

WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship Match: Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler defeated Mandy Rose & Dana Brooke to retain titles

Non-Title Match: Bobby Lashley defeated R-Truth

24/7 Match: Drew Gulak defeated R-Truth

Triple Threat Match for Survivor Series spot: Braun Strowman defeated Keith Lee & Sheamus to earn spot on Team RAW for Survivor Series

Nia Jax defeated Lana

Non-Title RAW Tag Team Championship Match: Cedric Alexander & Shelton Benjamin defeated The New Day

Ricochet defeated Tucker

2-on-1 Handicap Match: Drew McIntyre defeated The Miz & John Morrison

RKO OUTTA NOWHERE!!!#TheFiend is watching………..#WWERaw pic.twitter.com/xSZg8FWLXy

— WWE (@WWE) November 3, 2020

RAW is all about one storyline at this moment. It’s a trilogy as Randy Orton tries to take on a three-headed monster called Drew McIntyre, The Fiend and The Miz. Whether it’s the former WWE Champion, the diabolical Bray Wyatt with his whimsical sidekick Alexa Bliss or the Money In the Bank holder, The Miz, The Viper has to keep his head on a swivel these days. And we LOVE it. Give me chaos. Give me upheaval. Give me an uncertain rode each week with the strongest personalities on Monday night interwoven each Monday night. Plus, we get to throw Roman Reigns into the mix for Orton to for one night at Survivor Series. It’ll be interesting which way the WWE decides to go with this one.

What is disappointing though is the consistent use of The Miz as someone who is not strong at all. We just had the last month of The Miz talking how much better a contender to the WWE Championships than Otis was, yet here we go again with The Miz and John Morrison again proving folly for McIntyre, losing a 2-on-1 handicap match. The MITB contender should look strong is he’s going to be taken seriously to knock off Orton or Reigns.

7-TIMES, 7-TIMES, 7-TIMES, 7-TIMES, 7-TIMES, 7-TIMES, 7-TIMES!@NiaJaxWWE sends @LanaWWE crashing through the announce table on #WWERaw! pic.twitter.com/zuQrtxiEAJ

— WWE (@WWE) November 3, 2020

Lana. Tables. #7 and counting. Oh yeah, how clunky was the end of that Women’s Tag Team Title match? 

The pipes on @TrueKofi though…#TheNewDay squares off against The #HurtBusiness' @Sheltyb803 & @CedricAlexander NEXT on #WWERaw! pic.twitter.com/0Cu9KFamxp

— WWE (@WWE) November 3, 2020

Sure, I’ll take The New Day vs. The Hurt Business for a bit. These guys could bring it in and out of the ring. Strong promos are coming our way on Monday night! Speaking of The Hurt Business, I thought they missed an opportunity to groom R-Truth for a potential addition to the team. Lashley beat up R-Truth, quickly, and then threw Drew Gulak on top of him to take away his 24/7 Title. I thought Lashley was coming back in the ring to turn it around and have R-Truth regain the title, but it wasn’t meant to be. It would’ve been a good thing too, IMHO. R-Truth joining MVP and crew could be some comic relief and another edition to fight RETRIBUTION.

HERE COMES THE MACE. HERE COMES THE T-BAR. THE RETRIBUTION. TAKING OVER #WWERaw. pic.twitter.com/E1FRGl0RIi

— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) November 3, 2020

As for RETRIBUTION, what did Ricochet and Tucker ever do to them? Sure, bad ass RETRIBUTION, pick on RICOCHET, one of the smallest guys on the roster.

SWEARING in the #FireflyFunHouse?! Yowie wowie.#WWERaw @WWEBrayWyatt @AlexaBliss_WWE pic.twitter.com/SQmAqPmiDi

— WWE (@WWE) November 3, 2020

Finally, Alexa Bliss and the swear jar joining the Firefly Funhouse. YES! Bliss is on fire these days as a shining spotlight of Monday nights.

NXT

RESULTS

Dakota Kai defeated Ember Moon

KUSHIDA defeated Cameron Grimes

Drake Maverick & Killian Dain vs. Ever-Rise ended in no-contest

Toni Storm defeated Shotzi Blackheart

Tommaso Ciampa defeated The Velveteen Dream

First things first, NXT was another good show this week. As usual, it’s the best in-ring stuff on Wednesday nights and this week did not disappoint.

Every match, minus the tag team match delivered and you could argue that the Dain/Maverick vs. Ever-Rise match served its purpose as a no-contest giving Pat McAfee’s new faction the chance to beat up Dain & Maverick and give them a new foe in addition to The Undisputed Era. McAfee’s a beast on the mic already in his early NXT career. No matter the platform, he kills it!

The #WWENXT #WomensChampion 𝙞𝙨𝙣'𝙩 afraid of nightmares.@shirai_io wants @RheaRipley_WWE one-on-one! pic.twitter.com/xrZzCg1HTT

— WWE (@WWE) November 5, 2020

What I didn’t like though was the constant use of distraction to end matches. In the opening match of the night, Raquel Gonzalez distracts the ref to let Dakota Kai get the pin on Ember Moon. Then, to interrupt a very good Shotzi Blackheart vs. Toni Storm match, Candice LeRae runs over Blackheart’s beloved tank. Sure, I get the storyline of revenge for LeRae to get back at Shotzi for interfering in his championship match vs. Io Shirai last week on Halloween Havoc, but it took away from a really good match. I’m thinking Storm joins forces with Shotzi to take on LeRae and Miss Scream Indie Hartwell down the road too. That should be fun!

.@CandiceLeRae has DESTROYED @ShotziWWE's TANK!!

#WWENXT pic.twitter.com/gaHGNV1rj6

— WWE (@WWE) November 5, 2020

Poor tank!

.@JohnnyGargano, #WWENXT #NorthAmericanChampion & lover of wheels, will defend his championship NEXT WEEK!

Ghostface pic.twitter.com/XKjd9agF8c

— WWE (@WWE) November 5, 2020

KUSHIDA continues to impress, but I’ve got one gripe. Wasn’t he getting the edge as a heel? Suddenly, he’s clapping and getting cheered against Cameron Grimes? I’d rather see him keep the nastiness.

𝒜 𝐹𝒶𝒾𝓇𝓎𝓉𝒶𝓁𝑒 𝐸𝓃𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 for @NXTCiampa, and a 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐞 for @DreamWWE. Tommaso Ciampa picks up the victory in a BRUTAL one-on-one encounter on #WWENXT! pic.twitter.com/SmLvIOdZlP

— WWE (@WWE) November 5, 2020

Tommaso Ciampa is non-stop action. So, he feels like NXT isn’t quite the same these days? Well, what better way to start to get things back in sync than to take out The Velveteen Dream and his me-first persona.  It’s a fairy tale ending for TVD to end the night! Who’s next on Ciampa’s radar?

SMACKDOWN

RESULTS

SmackDown Women’s Championship Match: Sasha Banks defeated Bayley

Survivor Series Qualifying Match: King Corbin defeated Rey Mysterio

Survivor Series Qualifying Match: Ruby Riott defeated Natalya & Zelina Vega

Survivor Series Qualifying Match: Seth Rollins defeated Otis

Jey Uso defeated Kevin Owens

S T I L L #SmackDown Women's Champ: @SashaBanksWWE! pic.twitter.com/MheWeJK3uE

— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) November 7, 2020

Welcome back, @CarmellaWWE! #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/dnOq8heHS6

— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) November 7, 2020

If this was the end to the Banks vs. Bayley feud, and no I don’t think it is, it was one hell of a finale! Given nearly a half hour to start Friday night SmackDown, they tore the house down again! Banks retains her title but gets a face full of Carmella as The Untouchable One returns to the blue brand to stake her claim to the Women’s Title. I wonder what Bayley thinks of all this. Things could get even more interesting.

King @BaronCorbinWWE is headed to #SurvivorSeries *remembers what King Corbin did last year*

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— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) November 7, 2020

On the Survivor Series front, King Corbin and Seth Rollins have joined Team SmackDown. Rollins got a little surprising help from Murphy in distracting Otis to give the Messiah the win. But alas things are exactly how they appear says Murphy to his new love, Aalyah.

"I need you to trust me." #SmackDown @WWE_Murphy pic.twitter.com/nOseYmqVfw

— WWE (@WWE) November 7, 2020

For the women, Ruby Riott claims an unlikely spot on Team SmackDown, joining Bianca Belair on the blue team. Where’s Naomi? Where was Belair this week? And yes, I need more of Big E and The Street Profits than just a cameo with Billie Kay.

So, how many parts is this Lars Sullivan interview? Does he need a different interviewer each week too? Freakish indeed.

Jey @WWEUsos did what he had to do to pick up the win tonight on #SmackDown…@FightOwensFight @HeymanHustle pic.twitter.com/BHkXj7EZJZ

— WWE (@WWE) November 7, 2020

It wasn’t as dramatic as the past few weeks, but we get another chapter of the family drama as Roman Reigns joins Jey Uso in putting Kevin Owens in his place after Owens mocked Uso earlier in the night. A very heelish victory for Uso – distraction, low blow, big splash! It’s a step forward in uniting the Tribal Chief’s reign over all his relatives. It also further plants the seeds of dissention on Team SmackDown between Owens and Uso as well.

After a couple of months of being the standard show of the WWE week, SmackDown was still very good, not great. After all, we’ve come to expect greatness these days on Friday night.

Parting Shots:

Paul Heyman as the new co-host of Talking Smack? Interesting. If he keeps bringing the shoot style realism that he brought the past few weeks as a guest to his new co-hosting duties, well just sign me up!

Coming up this week:

RAW: A Moment of Bliss: Drew McIntyre guest Second Chance Survivor Series Qualifying Match: Riddle vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Elias

NXT: NXT North American Championship Match: Johnny Gargano vs. TBD NXT Tag Team Championship Match: Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch vs. Breezango

SMACKDOWN: Survivor Series Qualifying continues / Go Home Show

Thanks for letting us share our thoughts! Shoot me an email at jcrowe567@gmail.com. We’d love to hear your comments and suggestions! You can also check out my blog, The Crowe’s Nest as we delve into more pro wrestling, sports entertainment and the World of Sports. My apologies ahead of time – I AM a Patriots, Red Sox, Celtics and Bruins fan! If you’re not down with that, I’ve got TWO WORDS for you… NEW ENGLAND

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Randy Savage Unreleased: The Unseen Matches of the Macho Man

Freak out, freak out, oh yeahhhhh…..sorry I could not resist, but kicking off an entry with that iconic catchphrase means it is time to cover a Macho Man home video collection. In 2018 WWE gave Macho Man the ‘Unreleased’ DVD treatment, a line of several DVD match collections containing entirely never before released on home video matches. I already covered one on here several months ago dedicated to Hulk Hogan, so it would only seem appropriate to cover another one dedicated to his Mega Powers partner, Randy Savage. Like the Hogan DVD, it has a gratuitously long title in the form of Randy Savage Unreleased: The Unseen Matches of the Macho Man (trailer). If you are into these ‘Unreleased’ sets, then check back here later this year as there are two other semi-recent installments I plan on knocking out by the end of this year. Randy Savage Unreleased is jacked with content at three discs tallying up nine hours of material. There is a total of 41 (!!) matches and 9 promos spanning Macho’s career in WWF and WCW from 1985 through 1999. Also interspersed every several matches is one of 10 newly recorded panel discussion segments with Corey Graves, Bayley, Sean Mooney and Diamond Dallas Page. The panel discussions are not throwaway one-to-minute quick takes, but instead each are nearly several minutes each where all four panelists reminisce about each stage of Macho’s career with Mooney and Page both having pivotal on-hand accounts for how Savage was at that point backstage too. Page has detailed memories of his classic WCW rivalry with Randy and recounts a story I was all ears for about a voice mail he left for Macho on Thanksgiving. Hearing Bayley’s love for Randy was an interesting perspective to take in since she states she was not aware of him until his WCW years. Corey Graves’ passion for the 1993-as-hell Macho Man rap music video rubbed off on me as I never saw it before this collection and I will link to it here so you can have it forever imprinted into your mind as well.

Obviously I am not going to dissect each and every one of the 41 matches included here, but I will point out some highlights. In general, the quality of matches is fairly solid, and even though a fair amount of the first nine matches are in Macho’s early years with mostly quick, dominant encounters they were still a delight to watch his character evolve from coming out with a cape to adding in his vintage 80s bandana and ring robe and seeing his then-wife Miss Elizabeth join his side. Some early things that caught my eye were Macho’s first TV match in June of 1985 against Aldo Marino where the hype of Randy being the ‘hottest free agent’ attracted all of WWF’s managers to ringside to scout him in action. One of Jesse Ventura’s few WWF matches is here where he tags with Macho Man shortly before he succumbed to a career-ending injury not too long after signing with the WWF. I dug Savage’s first matches on here against formidable competition like former tag champ and Mark Henry manager, Tony Atlas and unearthing a high quality 1986 WWF match against the hidden gem of 80s WWF enhancement talent in one Scott McGhee. When it shifts into his Intercontinental title run, there is a good rematch included with Ricky Steamboat that had a red hot crowd and countless near falls and another good match against Steamboat where he teamed up with Honky Tonk Man against Steamboat and Hogan. His WWF Title run era features must-see WrestleMania-rematches against Ted Dibiase and Hulk Hogan.

Of all of Randy Savage’s flamboyant ring attires, the one I fondly remember the most was his over-the-top cowboy hat and full body attire complete with tassels. I had no idea until going through this collection that he started rocking that classic look midway through his two year run as the ‘Macho King’ with Queen Sherri by his side. The only notable match in this collection from that run is another WrestleMania-rematch with the mixed tag bout with Macho King and Sherri against Dusty Rhodes and Sapphire. There are nearly a dozen matches from Savage’s final few years in WWF after his reinstatement, but only three truly standout. One is a unique trios pairing that has Randy teaming with Piper and Jim Duggan against Ric Flair, Undertaker and Jake the Snake, while the other is another tag bout with Randy teaming with the Dead Man to take on Ric Flair and Berzerker. Seeing the chemistry between Savage and Undertaker was something special to say the least. Lastly, Savage has a heck of a bout with a post-Red Rooster, Terry Taylor in one of the better technical matches on the set. There are a few key WCW matches to point out in here from the eight included. One is where he is part of the teaming with the Hulkster against the Dungeon of Doom and hitting all the classic Mega Powers spots, including hitting an elbow on Hogan to wake him up after he succumbed to a sleeperhold. There is an awesome Nitro match on here against Ric Flair…which has a cruddy finish unfortunately, but everything else leading up to it is the best wrestling in this entire set. The most peculiar match on here is Savage wrestling on a C-tier weekend morning WCW show, {Pro} where he takes on Kurasawa and has Hulk Hogan by his side too in a strange twist. I am guessing Savage and Hogan must be tight with Kurasawa because these two were making huge money for limited dates in WCW and to have both of them appear in this weekend morning show match is a head scratcher…..it would be kind of like tuning in to Main Event now and seeing Brock Lesnar wrestling. The final match in the set was a surprisingly delightful schmoz of a mixed tag match with Savage and Madusa teaming up with Ric Flair and “Lil Naitch” himself, Charles Robinson! I expected the worst going in considering this was in 19990 when WCW was beginning its downward ratings spiral in its last couple years, but the four pull off a lot of entertaining spots and salvaged a heck of a performance.

Randy Savage Unreleased is a fairly strong compilation of matches and promos from Macho Man. I would say about a third of it is skippable, and there are a few teases of intriguing match-ups that wrapped up far too quick thanks to poor booking, like a WCW contest against Curt Hennig for example. I have no idea why there were two ho-hum matches against Mr. Hughes included either. That is almost to be expected of these ‘Unreleased’ collections, and seeing Savage’s character, moveset, attire and personality evolve from beginning to end is also fascinating in and of itself. I am glad we got a fair smattering of vintage Macho Man promos throughout his career, with his campaigning reinstatement speech and the aforementioned music video standing out the most of the bunch. Having a break from the 41 matches with the occasional promo and panel discussion segments are appreciated breathers from the action, and the panelists all bring a lot of classic Macho Man stories and memories to the table. This all adds up to Randy Savage Unreleased: The Unseen Matches of the Macho Man being a must-see for any Randy Savage aficionado.

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