Randy Savage
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Randall Mario Poffo (born November 15, 1952) better known by his ring name "Macho Man" Randy Savage, is a former American professional wrestler. Savage achieved prominence in the World Wrestling Federation and later World Championship Wrestling. For much of his tenure in the WWF, he was managed by his real life wife, "Miss Elizabeth" Hulette. Savage became instantly recognizable by wrestling fans for his distinctively deep, husky voice, colorful attire (often comprised of sunglasses and a bandanna, gaudy robes and/or a cowboy hat), intensity exhibited in and out of the ring, and his catch phrase "Oooh, yeah!"
Poffo was a six-time world champion: a four-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion and a two-time WWF Champion. In WWF, he was also the 1987 King of the Ring and, in WCW, the 1995 World War 3 winner.
Randy first broke into the business in the early 1970s during the fall and winter of the baseball off season. His first wrestling character, "The Spider Friend", was similar to Spider-Man. It is interesting to note that he would appear as a wrestler in the first Spider-Man film in 2002. His name change from Randy Poffo came at the suggestion of Georgia Championship Wrestling booker Ole Anderson, who said that the name Poffo didn't fit someone who "wrestled like a savage". During this transition from Poffo to Savage, he also toyed with the idea of wrestling as a blue clad medicine man named "The Big Geno"
Savage beat out rival former wrestler Goldberg as the casting choice to appear in Spider-Man (2002) as the underground wrestler "Bonesaw McGraw." The original character from the comics is named Crusher Hogan.