Savage wrestled his first match in November of 1973 as "The Spider" and quickly went full time, wrestling in Georgia and Florida among others. He would win his first title with partner Ole Anderson, taking the Southeastern Tag Team Championship before taming with his brother Lanny to win the Southern Tag Team Titles under the name Randy Poffo. Randy wouldn't keep the Poffo name for long, though, after Ole Anderson called Randy a SAVAGE in the ring and, of course, the rest was history for Randy Savage. His father founded International Championship Wrestling in the late 1970s and wore the ICW World title in 1979 after defeating his brother Lanny. Savage joined the competition in Jerry Lawler's AWA territory in Memphis and won the AWA International title from Austin Idol in 1984. Once ICW folded, Angelo and Lanny Poffo joined Randy in the AWA and the brothers would go on to feud with the Rock-n-Roll Express and the AWA Southern Heavyweight Champion Jerry Lawler, turning heel in the process. Savage and Lawler went on to have a gory feud with several steel cage matches, culminating in a Loser Leaves Town match that sent Savage packing for New York. 

    Randy Savage joined the World Wrestling Federation and took on the name "Macho Man" as all the managers of the WWF sought to sign him to a contract. On an edition of WWF Superstars, the ring filled with managers Mr. Fugi, Jimmy Hart, Bobby Heenan, Luscious Johnny Valiant and others as the Macho Man prepared to make his announcement. Savage shocked the world, bringing down an unknown beauty named Elizabeth to serve as his manager. In reality, Savage had married Elizabeth in 1984 but this marriage was never acknowledged, though it was booked in such a way to suggest the two were dating. Savage took part in the Wrestling Classic supercard, losing in the finals to Junkyard Dog, but established himself as a top draw for the WWF in the process. He went on to defeat Tito Santana in February of 1986 to win the WWF Intercontinental Title and became a perennial challenger to Hulk Hogan's WWF World Title. 

    Savage would move on to a feud with George "The Animal" Steele who, by then, was a long standing WWF heel turned fan favourite in light of his deep affection for Elizabeth. Steele even kidnapped Elizabeth during an edition of WWF Superstars, though the Macho Man rescued her. The feud raged on with Savage defending successfully against Steele at Wrestlemania 2. Savage moved on to the legendary feud with Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat where Savage jumped off the top rope to the arena floor, crushing Steamboat's larynx over the steel barricade. Steamboat finally returned with George Steele's help and encouragement and defeated Savage in front of 93,173 fans at the Pontiac Silverdome at Wrestlemania III in a match that stole the show and inspired generations of talent, including Chris Jericho who says that match made him want to be a wrestler. 

    The popularity of the Macho Man exploded as a result of the classic encounter and it wasn't long before Savage challenged the NEW Intercontinental Champion, the heel Honkey Tonk Man. On an edition of Saturday Night's Main Event, Savage defeated Honkey by disqualification when Jimmy Hart interfered. It wasn't what happened during the match that made history, but what happened after as the Honkey Tonk Man, Jimmy Hart and the Hart Foundation beat Savage down in the ring and Honkey prepared to hit Savage with his guitar. Elizabeth, showing great courage, stood in harm's way to try and protect Savage but in a moment that fortified Honkey's heel status, he threw Elizabeth to the ground, breaking her dress. Elizabeth ran to the back and Savage took the guitar shot, but it wasn't long before the WWF Champion Hulk Hogan hit the ring to clean house and engage Savage in the handshake felt all around the world, forming the Mega Powers! The two were great friends, even as Hulk Hogan lost the WWF Title controversially to Andre the Giant, setting up the vacation of the title and the huge 14-man, single elimination tournament at Wrestlemania IV. 

    Hulk Hogan was expected to regain his title but, in a big surprise, Hogan was eliminated in the first round by virtue of a double disqualification with Andre. It seemed that Savage would get his big break, defeating Butch Reed, Greg Valentine and the One Man Gang before meeting Ted DiBiase in the finals. With Andre in DiBiase's corner, and interfering constantly, Elizabeth ran to the back just like before and brought out Hogan to lend a helping hand. With Savage in the Million Dollar Dream, Hogan hit the ring to smash DiBiase with a chair, allowing Savage to scale the ropes and hit the flying elbow smash to become the new WWF World Heavyweight Champion. The Mega Powers were on a roll and began wrestling tag team bouts against Andre the Giant and Ted DiBiase, while Savage defended the title in classic matches against DiBiase, One Man Gang, Greg Valentine and even Virgil on WWF Superstars. The Mega Powers would go on to headline the first Summer Slam in 1988, defeating Ted DiBiase and Andre the Giant with Jesse Ventura as the special guest referee. The Mega Powers then went on to be the sole survivors at the 1988 Survivor Series, co-captaining a team of Hillbilly Jim, Koko B. Ware and Hercules against Ted DiBiase, the Red Rooster, Haku and the new #1 enemies of the Mega Powers, the Twin Towers combination of Big Bossman and Akeem. The Bossman and Akeem wrestled several tag bouts against the Mega Powers and the feud spilled over into the second WWF Royal Rumble in 1989 when Savage was accidentally eliminated by Hogan. It was after this that the Mega Powers nearly came to blows and probably would have if not for Elizabeth, who got between them. The writing was on the wall, though, as Hogan and Elizabeth became closer and Savage got more jealous. The Mega Powers teamed for the last time on an edition of the Main Event, defeating the Twin Towers but during the match Savage was thrown out of the ring onto Elizabeth. Hogan took Elizabeth back to get medical attention, leaving Savage for dead. Savage would later attack Hogan in the first aid room, bashing him with the WWF Title belt and setting the stage for Wrestlemania V, where the Mega Powers Explode! Hogan went on to win the WWF Title at Wrestlemania and it wasn't long before Elizabeth was solidly in Hogan's corner as he feuded with Savage. 

    Randy Savage brought in a new manager to combat Elizabeth: the Sensational Sherri Martel! The Macho Man and Sensational Sherri would also get the services of the Human Wrecking Machine Zeus, who had originally appeared in the movie No Holds Barred as Hulk Hogan's enemy. Savage and Zeus would be defeated by Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake at the 1989 Summer Slam as the Hogan-Savage feud continued to rage on. In the fall of 1989, Savage became the KING of the World Wrestling Federation, defeating Hacksaw Jim Duggan on Superstars of Wrestling, allowing himself to become Macho King and Sherri to become the Sensational Queen Sherri. The gimmick was perfect for them, and they remained the top heel draw for the WWF despite not competing for the WWF Title. The two would feud with Duggan and then the American Dream Dusty Rhodes, who brought in Sweet Sapphire as his manager to combat Sherri. The four would set the standard for mixed gender feuds and wrestled the first Mixed Tag Team matches in WWF history. Brother Love soon became a part of the feud, joining Sherri to berate Sapphire on an edition of the Brother Love Show at the 1990 Royal Rumble. Dusty Rhodes would go on to eliminate Savage later on in the Royal Rumble match, leading in to Wrestlemania. Dusty Rhodes and Sweet Sapphire brought a secret weapon to Wrestlemania VI, none other than Miss Elizabeth as their manager as they defeated the Macho King and Sensational Queen in the first televised Mixed Tag Team match in WWF history. The two teams would have rematches, and single bouts, throughout the summer leading in to Summer Slam where Savage defeated Dusty Rhodes and Sherri defeated Sapphire by forfeit when she "sold out" to Ted DiBiase. 

    The royal couple went on to challenge the Ultimate Warrior for the WWF World Heavyweight Title and the Warrior defeated Savage in several matches. To get revenge, Savage and Sherri cost the Warrior his WWF Title at the 1991 Royal Rumble when the Warrior was defeated by Iraqi sympathizer, Sgt. Slaughter. The stage was set for the Wrestlemania VII Retirement Match between Savage and the Warrior which was won by the Warrior. Sherri was furious with Savage and screamed at him, even going so far as to strike him, after the match. In one of the most emotional moments in WWF history, Miss Elizabeth jumped out of the crowd, ran to the ring, threw Sherri off of Savage and went on to reunite with Savage in a moment that had the capacity crowd in tears of joy. Savage kept wrestling, despite losing the retirement match. He defeated Rick Martel on the WWF International tour after Wrestlemania and wrestled under a mask as "Mr. Madness", teasing a legitimate return to the ring. While doing this, though, he served as a colour commentator for WWF Superstars of Wrestling. During one such broadcast, Savage came to the ring during an interview Mean Gene OKerlund was conducting with Miss Elizabeth and asked her to marry him in yet another moment that had the crowd in tears. With tears in her eyes, Elizabeth said "oooh yeeah" and the Match Made in Heaven was set for Summer Slam 1991. The two were married in the ring, but afterwards... things got nasty as Elizabeth opened up a present to find a King Cobra just seconds before Jake Roberts and the Undertaker crashed the wedding, attacking Savage and terrorizing Elizabeth. 

    Savage and Roberts would engage in a very nasty feud as the WWF fans demanded Savage be reinstated. On WWF Superstars, Savage was tied up in the ropes by Roberts who produced the same King Cobra, which bit Savage on the arm in a moment that felt too real to be scripted. Tunney agreed to let Savage wrestle at the 1991 Survivor Series, teaming with Sid and the Legion of Doom against Roberts, IRS and the Natural Disasters but the snake incident was used to explain Savage not appearing. He would be replaced by Sid, but Sid also got injured leaving the match 3 on 3. The WWF produced a special pay per view called "This Tuesday in Texas" within a week of the Survivor Series where Savage defeated Roberts. After the match, though, Roberts struck Elizabeth in the face to knock her down in a heinous act that only intensified the feud. Savage defeated Roberts on Saturday Night's Main Event just after the Royal Rumble in 1992, breaking his nose and effectively ending the feud. 

    Savage was then named the #1 contender to Ric Flair's WWF Title for Wrestlemania VIII as Hogan was heading into retirement. Ric Flair began claiming that he had been the original love in Elizabeth's life, releasing doctored photographs of himself with Elizabeth. Savage, motivated by jealousy, defeated Ric Flair in a classic blood bath at Wrestlemania VIII to win his second WWF World Heavyweight Title in the Indianapolis Hoosierdome in 1992. In real life, Savage and Elizabeth weren't doing well and it wasn't long before Savage announced his divorce in WWF Magazine. Savage defended the WWF Title against the Ultimate Warrior at Summer Slam 1992 in a match where Mr. Perfect, Flair's manager of sorts, vowed to be in the corner of one of the participants. Flair and Perfect staged everything, though, and ended up attacking both men throughout the match. The Warrior and Savage put their differences aside and hugged after the match, setting up a tag team feud between them and the team of Ric Flair and newcomer Razor Ramon. Ramon actually cost Savage the WWF Title in the fall of 1992 when Ric Flair defeated Savage for his second WWF title. The feud was set to climax at the 1992 Survivor Series in a tag team bout, but the Warrior left the WWF, leaving Savage to take... surprisingly... Mr. Perfect as his new tag team partner. Together, they defeated Flair and Ramon in a classic bout. He became a full time commentator for WWF Monday Night Raw alongside Vince McMahon and Bobby Heenan, wrestling sporadically. Savage returned to the ring when Crush attacked him on Monday Night RAW, alleging that Savage could have saved him from an attack by the WWF Champion Yokozuna. The feud would climax at Wrestlemania X in Madison Square Garden when Savage beat Crush in a Falls Count Anywhere Match. Savage would do colour commentary until he left the WWF in the fall of 1994. 

    The Macho Man popped up in WCW in the fall of 1994, vowing to pick a side in the feud between Hulk Hogan and the Three Faces of Fear combination of Kevin Sullivan, Brutus Beefcake and Avalanche. Savage shocked the world in choosing Hogan, and the two defeated Sullivan and Beefcake at the Clash of the Champions in early 1995. It wasn't long before Ric Flair began managing Vader against Hogan, and the Mega Powers demanded Flair return to the ring. Ric Flair made a big comeback in a vicious feud with Savage. Savage and Flair were both eliminated from the WCW United States Title Tournament in 1995 when they brawled throughout the arena. Savage defeated Ric Flair at Bash at the Beach and Ric Flair went on to turn face in an unrelated storyline. Savage became the new WCW World Heavyweight Champion in November of 1995, winning the three ring World War 3 Battle Royal over 59 other competitors when Hulk Hogan pulled the Giant underneath the bottom rope, allowing the referee to think Savage had won. Savage lost the belt to Flair at the 1995 Starrcade pay per view, before regaining it again on Nitro. 

    In January of 1996, Randy Savage and Hulk Hogan brought in a secret weapon... MISS ELIZABETH! Despite the fact that Randy and Elizabeth divorced, they remained great friends. Randy Savage went on to defend the WCW World Title against Flair at WCW Superbrawl in February of 1996 in a Steel Cage Match and, in something virtually nobody saw coming, Elizabeth turned against Savage to help Flair win the Title! Ric Flair and Elizabeth made great use of the divorce in the storyline, claiming that he and Elizabeth were really enjoying the money she got in the divorce settlement. Flair and Savage kept on feuding until the NWO era of WCW began. 

    Randy Savage teamed with Lex Luger and Sting to cahllenge Scott Hall, Kevin Nash and a third man who was to be named. Many superstars were put forward including Shawn Michaels, Jeff Jarrett, the 123 Kid, Ted DiBiase, a member of the WCW team or even Vince McMahon. In a huge surprise, the third man turned out to be Hulk Hogan, who turned heel and quickly captured the WCW World Title. Savage would be Hogan's first major challenge at Halloween Havoc 1996, but Hogan won the match and took Elizabeth as a member of the New World Order to boot. At Fall Brawl 1996, Savage was set to team up with Lex Luger, Arn Anderson and Sting against Hogan, Hall, Nash and a fourth man but on Nitro, an NWO version of Sting joined with Hogan and company. The real Sting was offended that the WCW team thought he would defect to the NWO and no showed Fall Brawl, except for a few moments where he cleaned house to prove a point. In any case, Savage was one who was especially brutalized. The love story bubbled up, though, as Elizabeth ran into the ring to shield Savage from the onslaught of the NWO, leading to Hogan spray painting her with the NWO letters even though she was still an NWO member. 

    If you can't beat em, join em! Savage joined the NWO to help Hogan defeat Roddy Piper at Superbrawl VII in one of those hard to explain, WCW booking decisions. In doing so, he reunited with Miss Elizabeth as a heel combination feuding with Diamond Dallas Page and his wife Kimberly. With Sting as the new WCW World Champion, Randy Savage got his shot at Spring Stampede 1998 and won the title, opening him up to more attacks from Hogan. Unfortunately, Savage tore his ACL during the title victory and Hogan was able to defeat him the next night with help from WCW newcomer Bret Hart. When Savage returned, he joined with Kevin Nash and others to form the Wolf Pac, in contrast to Hogan's NWO Hollywood. Savage had to take time off, though, to rest his knee and was gone for almost a year. 

    When Savage returned, he came with a new look and replaced Elizabeth with his real-life girlfriend, Gorgeous George who was only 22 years of age. He became obsessed with Diamond Dallas Page, refereeing the match where Page won the Title at Spring Stampede 1999 and helping Page keep the title in subsequent rematches. Savage finally went after the WCW World Title after Kevin Nash took the gold at Slamboree 1999. Around this time, Savage added Madusa and Miss Madness to his ringside set of ladies and the group was known as Team Madness. 

    Randy Savage brought in Sid Vicious at the Great American Bash in 1999 to attack Kevin Nash, leading to a tag team bout with Savage and Sid against Sting and Kevin Nash at Bash at the Beach with the stipulation that whoever pinned Nash would become WCW World Champion. Savage was able to pin Nash and regain the gold for the fourth time in WCW, but lost it one night later to Hollywood Hogan when Nash powerbombed Savage to reform the New World Order. Once Madusa and Miss Madness began feuding with each other, Savage fired both of them and began feuding with NBA star Dennis Rodman, who he defeated at Road Wild 1999. Savage would join the Millionaire's Club, a group consisting of various legends like Flair, Page, Hogan, and others. When Vince Russo took charge of WCW, though, Savage quit the company along with Gorgeous George. 

    Savage stayed busy in his retirement from wrestling, appearing in Spiderman alongside Kirsten Dunst and Toby McGuire as wrestler Bonesaw McGraw, a wrestler who Spiderman wrestled to attempt to earn money for a car. Savage then went on to release a rap album which was extremely critical of his former friend Hulk Hogan, and was criticized heavily as being subpar. Savage returned to the ring in November of 2004 after a near 4 year hiatus for NWA-TNA at Victory Road. Reports say that Hogan, who was backstage, had a near altercation at the event. Savage quit TNA citing unsafe working conditions, but was things were smoothed over and Savage returned to confront Jeff Jarrett, Kevin Nash and Scott Hall on TNA Impact in November of 2004. This set up a six man tag with Jarrett, Nash and Hall taking on Savage, Jeff Hardy and AJ Styles at Turning Point in December of 2004 and it was expected that Savage would become the TNA Champion over Jeff Jarrett at the December supercard. Apparently, the plans changed and Savage, upset with this, quit TNA for the second time. He began working for Harley Race, appearing in WLW shows, but was injured after a training accident which appears to be a career ending injury. 

    What a career, though! The Macho Man has held six World Heavyweight Titles, had classic feuds with Lawler, Hogan, Flair, and a host of others, headlined the WWF during its boom in the 1980s AND the WCW during its boom in the mid to late 1990s, and broke the mold. Savage was a rare breed in his day, mixing high athleticism, aerial attacks and brawling to break the mold of what a WWF Champion should be. Savage inspired an entire era of young fans including Chris Jericho, Edge and Christian Cage through his Wrestlemania III classic with Rick Steamboat and his influence can be seen all around the business. Without question, the Macho Man belongs here in the UWOW Hall of Fame.