Randy "Macho Man" Savage was always "entertaining" but this interview is rather bizarre. Then it's followed up by Ox Baker. Welcome to professional wrestling. Watch Classic Wrestling OnDemand at vimeo.com/onde...
The flashing lights, the synth stabs, Irene Cara's "Fame" playing in the background...that promo by Macho Man was absolutely fucking BONKERS! And then Ox Baker shows up, screaming like a maniac! This is AMAZING!
People who watch Randy Savage's ICW and Memphis primos would be shocked to realize that the intense guy they saw on WWF/WWE television in the 80s was actually a toned down version of the Macho Man!
I disagree. Watch Savage in the late 70s and early 80s and he's the same old Macho Man you see 10 years later in WWF. He's just 'different' or 'primitive sounding' in this video..
@@shaolin1derpalm He did it early on. A lot on 1985 and it gradually fell off. By 1987 it was full on WWF Macho Man. Still great but Savage was more raw in ICW and Memphis. Almost reminds me of Austin in 1996 & 1997 verses 1998 onward.
@@ericjackson7632 agree. Actually when he said "Elizabeth! Do the thing!" I was happy. I grew up on wwf macho. I hated him lol. Not in the good way. I refused to watch his matches. But I eventually came around. But "Confetti! Don't tell me nothin' man!" Is just so epic. His best wwf promos to me were his Hot Dogg'n and Grandstand'n, and his late era interview "It's okay, not really".
WWE will never let anyone become another Macho Man or Hulk Hogan. They script em to death. I saw a few years back that there's some serious charismatic talent being dragged to hell by the way they do things. Even Mojo Rawley when you took him off the script showed some actual character and personality. Vince McMahon is the problem with wrestling and always has been since he kill the territories. Him and Kevin Dunn hate wrestling yet it's the only damn thing that made them money.
Mitchell Patterson man if I were only about 5-6 yrs older. i came into fandom around 87 at 5 and there was def some cool stuff going on. but i need to go back nd dig up the early 80s
this is back when he lived here in Lexington Kentucky when his dad had the awesome promotion ICW. I loved ICW wrestling back then. They got all the stars and had great story lines. Randy wasnt very well known here and lived next door to my uncle. I use to go over and watch them wrestle in the back yard all the time. I watched randy get in fights with Rick flair one time and JYD another time and a couple of indy wrestlers I didnt know. lol. It was def interesting living next door. always something going on there. lol. I didnt realize how lucky I was then. As I said though he wasnt that big yet. Plus I didnt really watch wrestling till I met him.
Randy was born in 1952. This looks like early 80’s video production…plus they used “fame” which was from 1980. So I’m guessing he was 28 or 29 here. No mention of “macho man” yet either. He hadn’t started dying his hair/beard black. No “oh yeah”…and no gravel voice yet. Just 3-4 years after this he would be packing arenas and stadiums. Miss you Randy! You are the greatest wrestler past present and future. Ohhhh Yeahhh!!
Wish wrestling went back to this style. It was over-the-top and had some crazy characters. Nowadays almost everyone feels the same just with a different wardrobe.
@@dono2926 I'd rather watch a career's worth of Brooklyn Brawler matches than 1 single minute of anything involving Kevin Owens the fat autistic Canadian.
Loved watching this. Part of ICW's territory was here in Southern Illinois and I got to watch Savage, Leaping Lanny, (and their dad, Angelo Poffo.) One Man Gang Ronnie Garvin, Pistol Pez Whatley, The Great Kabuki, Hustler Rip Rogers, Ox Baker and many others at live events as a kid.
My god, the commentator opening this vid is horrible. "uh, we have uh, macho man in the television studio, uh, it's been quite some weeks, uh, back to you macho man."
+ATHOMEDAD777 Who was he feuding with? One part sounds like he was trying to get Ox Baker off of him and the other sounds like he was trying to get Ox Baker to take out Ronnie Garvin.
This video looks like it's older then I am, when was this put out in the 1980's ? Look at the hair cuts, the dress of the announcer's, One man Gang ? Ronnie Garvin, I had to ask my dad about them, early 80's.
I use your go to the taping of ICW all the time as a kid. It was so great that it was here in Lexington KY. ICW was to me the best wrestling show on tv.
At least they explain the clip and set it up. Don't just cut to 2 guys arguing backstage while eating Doritos or whoever the sponsor happens to be that month.
OX Baker and the heart punch.!!!! I remember Jerry Lawler almost convincing me he was skeered of the heart punch... Telling he would do something never done in wrasslin to Baker if he tried it.... Some good acting for Savage.....
Uh no it wasn't. I lived in Lexington and witnessed this garbage. Memphis wrestling had better wrestlers, announcers, and were trailblazers for the industry. ICW had a few decent wrestlers but that's it. There's a reason this company went broke.
@@muffinman1967 No, not quite. The Mizer had spent enough of his own earnings by 1983. He was holding his soon to be legendary son back. So the reason they went 'broke' aka closed down is because the other territories wouldn't cooperate with an outlaw promotion (they were blacklisted) and there was no big money future in territorial promotions with Vince going national. But let's entertain the idea that Icw went under because the penny pinching Mizer really was broke. Then that wouldn't be because their shows weren't entertaining. It would be because they couldn't gain much traction because the established territories wouldn't participate with them. Which is true. And looking back that was a big mistake. Randy would never forget this when he was called up to Wwf. Rather than continue to draw the greatest territory gates ever for Jarrett in Memphis, Randy went where his talent would be showcased properly. Randy didn't go to Wwf for the fame or money though. But instead to help put those same aforementioned and uncooperative territories out of business. So he could then finally get to face, and beat up, territory giants Dusty, Lawler and Flair like jabronis in the big leagues after years of ducking him. What goes around comes around oooh yeaaah! This little known fact, and the fact Meltzer still wets his bed over it, makes Macho the G.O.A.T
@@thegoughandbordenfamily8234 The USWA didn't have its demise until 1997. Randy had nothing with putting them out of business. And no Randy didn't have the biggest draws in that territory. If I remember right when Lawler came back in 1979 from his broken leg the Mid-South Coliseum was sold out standing room only. The crowds were still packing the place in the early 80s but went downhill substantially by the time Savage was there in what, 84 or 85. Randy was a great talent but if I remember right all ICW had was Lanny, Pez Whatley, Rip Rogers, Bob Orton Jr. The wrestling just couldn't compare to Memphis style.
