SPORTS : Randy "Macho Man" Savage (1952-2011)

Randall Mario Poffo was born on November 15, 1952 in Tampa,Florida. He is the son of wrestler Angelo Poffo and the brother of "Leaping" Lanny Poffo. Randy was a baseball player and was in the farm systems of the Cardinals, Reds and White Sox. He became a wrestler in 1975.

Randy Savage gained national attention in 1985 when he joined the WWE. In a surprise, he named the lovely Miss Elizabeth to be his manager. In real life he was married to the late Elizabeth Heulette. Within months, he had beaten Hulk Hogan twice at Madison Square Garden before winning the Intercontinental Championship from Tito Santana.











1985

11/2 Saturday Night's Main Event # 3 - beat Intercontinental Champion Tito Santana by count out

11/7 Wrestling Classic - 1st round: beat Ivan Putski

11/7 Wrestling Classic - Quarterfinals: beat Rick Steamboat

11/7 Wrestling Classic - Semifinals: beat Dynamite Kid

11/7 Wrestling Classic - Finals: lost to Junkyard Dog via count out





1986

1/4 SNME # 4 - beat George "The Animal" Steele

2/8 - beat Tito Sntana to win the Intercontinental Championship

4/7 Wrestlemania 2 - beat George "The Animal" Steele

11/29 SNME # 8 - fought Jake "The Snake" Roberts to a double-DQ







1987

1/3 SNME # 9 - beat George Steele

2/21 SNME # 10 - beat George Steele

3/29 Wrestlemania III - lost the Intercontinental Championship to Ricky Steamboat

5/2 SNME # 11 - beat George Steel in a Lumberjack Match

9/4 King of the Ring - beat Nikolai Volkoff, Jim Brunzell, Danny Davis, and then King Kong Bundy to win the tournament

10/3 SNME # 12 - beat Intercontinental Champion Honky Tonk Man by DQ

11/26 Survivor Series - Jim Duggan, Brutus Beefcake, Randy Savage, Ricky Steamboat & Jake Roberts beat Honky Tonk Man, Harley Race, Hercules Hernandez, Danny Davis, & Ron Bass

11/28 SNME # 13 - beat Bret Hart











1988

2/5 The Main Event - beat Intercontinental Champion The Honky Tonk Man by DQ

3/12 SNME # 15 - lost to Ted DiBiase by count out

3/27 Wrestlemania IV - WWF Title Tournament Round 1: beat Butch Reed

3/27 Wrestlemania IV - Quarterfinals: beat Greg Valentine

3/27 Wrestlemania IV - Semifinal: beat One Man Gang

3/27 Wrestlemania IV - Final: beat Ted DiBiase to win the vacant WWE Championship

4/30 SNME # 16 - beat One Man Gang

8/29 SummerSlam - Hulk Hogan & Randy Savage beat Andre the Giant & Ted DiBiase with Jesse Ventura as referee

11/24 Survivor Series - Randy Savage, Hulk Hogan, Koko B. Ware, Hillbilly Jim & Hercules Hernandez beat Haku, Ted DiBiase, Akeem, Terry Taylor, & Big Bossman

11/26 SNME # 18 - beat Andre the Giant by DQ







1989

2/3 The Main Event 2 - Randy Savage & Hulk Hogan beat The Big Bossman & Akeem

4/2 Wrestlemania V - lost the WWE Championship to Hulk Hogan

5/27 SNME # 21 - beat Jim Neidhart

7/29 SNME # 22 - lost to Brutus Beefcake by DQ

8/2 SummerSlam - Hulk Hogan & Brutus Beefcake beat Randy Savage & Zeus

9/9 Superstars - beat "King" Jim Duggan to become the Macho King

10/14 SNME # 23 - beat Jimmy Snuka

11/23 Survivor Series - Randy Savage, Dino Bravo, Earthquake, & Greg Valentine beat Jim Duggan, Bret Hart, Ronnie Garvin, & Hercules

12/27 No Holds Barred The Match - Hulk Hogan & Brutus Beefcake beat Randy Savage & Zeus in a Steel Cage Match









1990

1/27 SNME # 25 - beat Jim Duggan

2/23 The Main Event 3 - lost to WWE Champion Hulk Hogan in a match refereed by Buster Douglas. Mike Tyson was originally scheduled to be the referee but lost to Douglas a few days earlier.

4/1 WrestleMania VI - Dusty Rhodes & Sapphire beat "The Macho King" Randy Savage & "Queen" Sherri

8/27 SummerSlam - beat Dusty Rhodes

10/13 SNME # 28 - beat Dusty Rhodes by count out







1991

3/24 WrestleMania VII - lost to The Ultimate Warrior in a Retirement Match

8/26 SummerSlam - married Miss Elizabeth

12/3 Tuesday in Texas - beat Jake Roberts





1992

1/27 SNME # 30 - beat Jake Roberts

4/5 WrestleMania VIII - beat Ric Flair to win the WWE Championship

8/29 SummerSlam - lost to The Ultimate Warrior via count out

9/1 Primetime Wrestling - Ric Flair regained the WWE Championship from Randy Savage

11/14 SNME # 31 - Randy Savage & The Ultimate Warrior beat World Tag Team Champions Money Inc. by count out

11/25 Survivor Series - Randy Savage & Curt Hennig beat Ric Flair & Razor Ramon by DQ



1993

1/24 Royal Rumble - Yokozuna won the Royal Rumble match by last eliminating Randy Savage

11/24 Survivor Series - The Kid, Marty Jannetty, Razor Ramon & Randy Savage beat IRS, Diesel, Rick Martel & Adam Bomb