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Topic	Scarlet Ranks 150 User-Nominated Wrestlers Part II
scarletspeed7 06/01/18 2:55:21 PM #76:	#54 - Randy Savage Nominated by: NFUN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgykvOS5Ndw" data-time=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klGRVTTntoI" data-time=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E0oiKjLzTc" data-time=" Despite a disappointing record in the Raimiverse, Randy Savage is fondly remembered for his run in a different New York-based promotion as well as one a little further south. Randy Savage's overall popularity was somewhat curtailed by the existence of Hulk Hogan, but there was no denying the fact that Savage was the "cream of the crop" as he liked to put it. Despite lacking the high-level size Vince McMahon sought in WWE stars, Savage's off-the-charts wrestling ability and promo skills made him too desirable to pass up. Savage quickly became on of the promotion's top heels and long-reigning WWE Intercontinental Champions. Charismatic, controversial, outstanding in the ring, entartaining and funny at the mic. Randy Savage was ten years in the future in his time. If we have people like The Rock and CM Punk, we have to thank him and his incredible abilities. So much of his career was inextricably intertwined with his wife-turned-ex Miss Elizabeth that I eventually found it hard to watch him in the later years. When WCW forced the two back together as a pair, I always felt sad and uncomfortable. There definitely was an uncomfortable tension between them on camera (although Elizabeth was the definition of terrible on TV). Still, Savage returned to his heel roots in WCW and created phenomenal heat with guys like Diamond Dallas Page in one of my all-time favorite feuds. Savage spent most of his career as the best in the world... aside from the man who cast the largest shadow in the world, brother. Hulk Hogan and Savage had a real rivalry, one that went from friend to foe as quickly as Savage's mercurial nature would allow. The complicated relationship went from competitive to sour to necessary over the years; Savage's placement as Hogan's successor was yanked from him eventually and he never really regained that top spot, since everywhere he went, Hogan was sure to be. Still, we have phenomenally unique promos and classic matches that for their time were utterly one-of-a-kind, and that's thanks to the Macho Man. --- "Reading would be your friend." ~Dave Meltzer <cite>scarletspeed7 posted [p:902378667] in Scarlet Ra... [t:76598098]...</cite> <quote>#54 - Randy Savage Nominated by: NFUN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgykvOS5Ndw" data-time=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klGRVTTntoI" data-time=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E0oiKjLzTc" data-time=" Despite a disappointing record in the Raimiverse, Randy Savage is fondly remembered for his run in a different New York-based promotion as well as one a little further south. Randy Savage's overall popularity was somewhat curtailed by the existence of Hulk Hogan, but there was no denying the fact that Savage was the "cream of the crop" as he liked to put it. Despite lacking the high-level size Vince McMahon sought in WWE stars, Savage's off-the-charts wrestling ability and promo skills made him too desirable to pass up. Savage quickly became on of the promotion's top heels and long-reigning WWE Intercontinental Champions. Charismatic, controversial, outstanding in the ring, entartaining and funny at the mic. Randy Savage was ten years in the future in his time. If we have people like The Rock and CM Punk, we have to thank him and his incredible abilities. So much of his career was inextricably intertwined with his wife-turned-ex Miss Elizabeth that I eventually found it hard to watch him in the later years. When WCW forced the two back together as a pair, I always felt sad and uncomfortable. There definitely was an uncomfortable tension between them on camera (although Elizabeth was the definition of terrible on TV). Still, Savage returned to his heel roots in WCW and created phenomenal heat with guys like Diamond Dallas Page in one of my all-time favorite feuds. Savage spent most of his career as the best in the world... aside from the man who cast the largest shadow in the world, brother. Hulk Hogan and Savage had a real rivalry, one that went from friend to foe as quickly as Savage's mercurial nature would allow. The complicated relationship went from competitive to sour to necessary over the years; Savage's placement as Hogan's successor was yanked from him eventually and he never really regained that top spot, since everywhere he went, Hogan was sure to be. Still, we have phenomenally unique promos and classic matches that for their time were utterly one-of-a-kind, and that's thanks to the Macho Man. --- "Reading would be your friend." ~Dave Meltzer</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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