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RANDY SAVAGE INTERVIEW ONLINE |
 Quite literally one of the biggest
wrestling names ever to step into the squared circle was this week's guest
on The Interactive Interview.
Answering quite literally up to 10 questions that won't
be heard on any other interview he's done since the closure of WCW, including
the famed quote he made to 'somebody' on his last appearance in WCW - on
a Monday Nitro broadcast - this interview is definately one for the history
books!
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"MACHO MAN" RANDY
SAVAGE
-- The 'Macho Man'
name came from when he was playing pro baseball. He was involved in a fight
with a member of the other team, and since it went on for month's people
were all saying did he think he was some kind of Macho Man? People kept calling
him it as a rib, and it stuck.
-- Working in Memphis
under the Jerry's (Lawler and Jarrett) was a crazy experience for
him.
-- He feels his
infamous piledriver through the table on Ricky Morton possibly influenced
the current 'hardcore generation'.
-- He left to join
WWE because he wanted to be a big fish in a big pond, not a big fish in a
little pond.
-- Macho had 100%
creative control over his outfits, and owned every one of them.
-- Winning his first
Intercontinental title was crazy since he won it in Boston, taking it from
Tito Santana. Losing it to Ricky Steamboat was a real rush with so many people,
the world indoor record, at the Pontiac Silverdome.
-- Mach says he
never was much of a good babyface, so his run in the 80's was definitely
interesting. His character is a 'love him or hate him' style, so whether
fans hated him or liked him, they did it fully.
-- Losing the belt
to Hogan at WMania 5 wasn't a problem. It was just business, and McMahon's
decision in doing that was right. Anybody who gets too excited or upset about
winning/losing, doesn't know much about the business.
-- Vince had to
really talk Macho into the "Macho King" angle. One of his biggest feuds was
against Dusty Rhodes, who he thinks could've got a better shake of the action.
He's a legend, and putting poker dots all over him was a rib from
backstage.
-- Mach says that
he and The Ultimate Warrior get along really well. It's strange because Warrior
is nuts, and Macho is nuts, so they find that they both understand each other
most of the time. Never any problems between them.
-- 12 days after
Jake 'The Snake' Roberts' snake bit him, the snake died. Roberts came to
Savage and said "you killed my snake", to which Macho just said "I told him
to back off…".
-- Ric Flair is
a great wrestler, but you have to wrestle Ric's style.
-- He feels Pat
Patterson and Vince were going for the 'new generation' of wrestlers. That's
why he moved over to WCW.
-- Randy feels that
WCW was one of the worst run businesses ever - not just wrestling businesses,
any business. They stumbled over big things like the nWo. When the nWo came
to be, ratings went up, but the boys didn't like it. Savage personally enjoyed
joining the nWo though.
-- In 1998 Savage
had 3 operations on his knee, operations which meant that he'll never be
100% again.
-- Hogan plays 'little
kid games', and will always be involved in the backstage politics of a
federation.
-- Nash is a good
friend, and hysterical to work with. He has a tremendous mind and head for
the business, and really caught onto it.
-- The quote 'the
bullets are out of your gun' from Savage's last appearance on Nitro was directed
at Hulk Hogan, who he was trying to sucker into a match.
-- In 2000 Savage
made an appearance to aid the Millionaires Club. That was just a show of
good faith to WCW, and there was no plan for anything long
term.
-- If people didn't
see the demise of WCW coming, then they were 'blind and deaf'. They weren't
listening to the people and he feels that Hogan was very influential in
that.
-- MachoMan.com
is now up and running. It is going to have crazy interviews; crazy matches;
wrestling like never seen before. If you want to be a part of the website,
email them to machomanmail@aol.com.
-- Macho mentions
Curt Hennig, and how it is a tragic loss to the company. Bob Seiger the musician
drew a picture of Hennig, and Macho's upcoming World Wide Web wrestling
federation will have that hanging as the wrestlers come to the
ring.
-- Savage's challenge
to Hogan was then brought up. Randy gave Hogan 2 weeks to accept the challenge,
but Hogan avoided it, and the money that could've been raised was never to
be. Himself and Andrew McManus of WWA both then gave $10,000 to the children,
but Savage feels it could've been much more.
-- WWA promoted
Savage as being on a tour of theirs; everything from just saying his name
to including him on the commercials - but there never was a deal! They came
close, but nothing ever came of it.
-- Some of the talent
from his MachoMan.com promotion will definitely be big in the business, so
watch out for them.
-- Word associations
now come up, with names such as Angelo Poffo, Lanny Poffo (his father and
brother), Road Warrior Hawk, Elizabeth (his ex-wife) Hulk Hogan (a 'punk')
and Gorgeous George aka George Franekstein (his ex-girlfriend).
-- And finally,
don't forget to check out
MachoMan.com. Savage's message
to the fans is 'thanks for the run'.
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