RIP Macho Man

Wayena · May 20, 2011, 12:47:48 PM

I'm sure most of you probably could care less about pro wrestling, but the sport lost one of the greatest performers it has ever seen.

http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news?slug=ycn-8508663

If you've been a fan in the last two decades, you at least know who he is.

RIP Randy Savage

Alirrin · May 20, 2011, 02:30:37 PM

I was never a real fan of the Macho Man, but he sure made his mark on the sport. He'll be missed.

PinkRose · May 21, 2011, 09:23:27 AM

Oh YA!
He will be missed.
He's a part of my childhood that's for sure.
He entertained millions and that's pretty impressive to me.
R.I.P.

Corsair · May 22, 2011, 04:00:51 PM

Kind of makes me wanna have a Slim-Jim.

Jasyn · May 22, 2011, 07:43:54 PM

Quote from: Corsair on May 22, 2011, 04:00:51 PM
Kind of makes me wanna have a Slim-Jim.

I tried so, so hard not to post the exact same thing (since I've never been a big fan of "professional" wrestling, this is the significant pop culture mark he leaves me with outside of that realm).

Wayena · May 22, 2011, 08:14:17 PM

In the nerd realm, he starred as Bonesaw McGraw in Spider-Man and did the voice of Rasslor on Dexter's Laboratory and Leonard Ghostal (Space Ghost's grandfather) on Space Ghost, Coast to Coast.

And yes, he was the face of Slim-Jim for a long time and will probably be best known for that in the pop culture world.

Corsair · May 22, 2011, 08:32:38 PM

Yeah, I was never a big fan of wrestling in general, but the sheer goofy drama silly of it has a bizarre sort of charm in it's odd way. In fact, in today's more "advanced" Circus Maximus of MMA and such, I suspect looking back that Wrestlemania is to some "middle aged" folk of today not entirely different than looking back at Father Knows Best, or I Love Lucy, to the generation before mine.

Dang...now I want a Slim Jim, while I get lucky and tune in to find that an old Hogan's Heroes is on some classic TV cable channel.

tanare · May 28, 2011, 11:19:28 AM

well you have to say he was one of the biggest names in the "sport"(quotes used because the results were pre-planned not because i don't consider them athletes) considering that ESPN actually had a story on him the day he died. of course about half of it was about the slim jim spokesman days but did cover his wrestling as well.

i suppose he'll get inducted into the WWE hall of fame next year now- him and vince mcmahon never got along well enough to agree to it beforehand but now i guess vince can do what he wants- maybe him and Miss Elizabeth together which would be appropriate

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RIP Macho Man