Showing posts with label Mean Gene Okerlund. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mean Gene Okerlund. Show all posts
Saturday, May 28, 2011
"Will You Marry Me?" ..."Ooooh Yeah!"
Let's forget the fact that Macho and Liz had been married for something like 8 years now in real life. No one knew that and for good reason; kayfabe was still alive for the most part. Following the events of WrestleMania VII, this was the next step in their storybook relationship, tumultuous as it was. Of course Mean Gene was involved, how could he not? I think what really makes this is the commentary between Vince McMahon and Roddy Piper though. Given what we know about the relationship between Macho and Vince at this point, it's not that hard to believe that the exuberance in Vince's voice is real and genuine, and Piper just unbelievably questioning whether Liz would say yes or not. If it were 1998 and Vince Russo were booking, then she'd say no and reveal she had a cadre of brother-husbands, including Hulk Hogan, Ricky Steamboat, Honky Tonk Man and Gillberg, but thankfully, this was still in a time when a feel-good payoff was better than a swerve.
Plus, Liz responding with "Oooh yeah!" and Macho's classic bewildered reaction are just the best things ever.
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Miss Elizabeth,
Randy Savage,
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Friday, May 27, 2011
Macho Man Is on a Roll, He Can't Be Stopped
He hit a fork in the road, and he took the road to the right and went straight to the top. Seriously, Savage and Mean Gene have had some of the greatest moments ever together.
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
Macho Uses Coffee as a Prop
Warrior claimed in his tribute that Randy Savage was never without a cup of coffee, which would explain his high-strung nature, or at least part of it (more on that later). Here he is actually working it into his career, describing his opinion on Ricky Steamboat's career in this pre-WrestleMania III promo. Again, the constant here is Mean Gene Okerlund. Y'know, Mean Gene and Macho are about as quintessential a duo as Macho and Liz if you think about it.
Just as an aside, it seems an inordinate amount of videos implying that Macho was on coke. That would explain the heart attack at 58 unless he had a high-cholesterol diet that we didn't know about or if he had a disposition towards heart disease. I could buy it, andI have my doubts at the same time, but was this ever confirmed? I mean, does anyone have an admission or a firsthand story of him doing coke? OR is this assumed because of his high-strung style and the fact that, as Bill Simmons noted in his tribute, Savage was '80s incarnate? I NEED TO KNOW THESE THINGS.
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
YOUR MUSTACHE IS CROOKED
"And your beard is a little sideways!"
Seriously, how could anyone not love the Macho Man?
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Randy Savage,
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