R.I.P. Macho Man
I don’t think I’ve enjoyed anything in my life as much as I enjoyed watching wrestling as a kid. Every Saturday morning I was there in front my TV mesmerized. It was my religion. I had my Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka poster on my door for years. I wish I still had it. I believe this was the poster. My Dad and I drove to this high school gym to watch WrestleMania 1 on closed circuit. They didn’t have pay per view back then. The next year pay per view was available. We ordered it but something happened with our cable company and all that came up on the WrestleMania 2 channel was fuzz. I went to bed devastated I’d missed it. But I no way was I going to miss next years. WrestleMania 3 was epic. Andre the Giant vs Hulk Hogan in front of 90,000 plus at the Pontiac Silver Dome. And the greatest match of all time, Randy “Macho Man” Savage against Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat.
There’s a lot I could say about the Macho Man but I couldn’t say it any better than ESPN’s Bill Simmons already did. This article sums it all up for me.
Thank you Randy Savage. You were a legend.