Macho Man Enters Surreal World; Beloved by Bill Simmons
Come on, did you think the Macho Man Randy Savage would just fade into obscurity? Ohhhh, no!
Savage will be included in the eighth season of The Surreal World, joining poker player, Phil Helmuth, among other pseudo celebrities.
Meanwhile, ESPN's Bill Simmons recently named the Macho Man his favorite wrestler of all-time. We'll let the Sports Guy explain why:
1. During his WWF days, his matches were always excellent - tons of moves, tons of bumps and a consistently high quality. His battle against Ricky Steamboat in Wrestlemania III was the first great modern wrestling match, the prototype for most of the matches today (it still holds up almost 20 years later). He was so good, he could even drag a decent match out of Hulk Hogan.
2. Nobody had a better nickname than "The Macho Man," with the possible exception of the "The Million Dollar Man," Ted DiBiase. Plus, he shrewdly avoided the obvious "Macho Man"/Village People link with his entrance song, which could have killed his career coming out of the gate.
3. Not only were his interviews phenomenally bizarre and entertaining, he was one of the first wrestlers to refer to himself almost entirely in the third person. The Macho Man was like the Rickey Henderson of wrestling, right down to the fact that you never knew what the hell he was talking about. And nobody was more fun to imitate. Ohhhhhhh ... yeah!!!!
