Hell froze over again at the WWE Hall of Fame.
Tonight on Monday Night Raw, the WWE Hall of Fame will announce that the first member of this year’s induction class will be Randy “Macho Man” Savage, who in the eyes of many was the greatest omission from their Hall.
Savage left the WWE in 1994, as have many, but nearly all of the big names who departed World Wrestling Entertainment in 1994 was hopeful to continue more of an in ring career, jumped to rival World Championship Wrestling where he was used as more than a broadcaster. He would headline multiple WCW Pay Per Views and win their version of the Heavyweight Title four times. This was after a ten year stint in the WWE where he was arguably the number two name behind Hulk Hogan, and a two time World Champion there.
At the time, it did not seem like Savage left on horrible terms, but as Hulk Hogan came back and Bret Hart came back, the question (which remains completely unknown) was why did Randy Savage not return. Past writers and workers claimed that Vince would not consider doing business with Savage in any capacity and all we have are theories as to why.
When Savage died in 2011, WWE fans were not only sad that they lost one of their favorites, but that they never got to see him one more time in a WWE ring and furthermore did not enter the WWE Hall of Fame.
Savage’s younger brother, Lanny Poffo, had previously made claims that Randy only wanted to go in with the Hall of Fame with the entire Poffo family, which would include Lanny and their father Angelo, who was a former wrestler himself and owned the outlaw ICW promotion in Kentucky in the 70’s and 80’s.
There is little reason to dispute Lanny, as Angelo was curiously added to the WCW Hall of Fame, allegedly at the crowbarring of Savage, and with respect to Angelo Poffo, he did not belong. Lanny also claimed that when the Von Erichs got in, specifically, the diminutive Chris Von Erich that how could he be denied?
Either way, that has not been referenced by Lanny in recent months as he publically relaxed that stance as in interviews he stated that of the fans wanted Randy in, he wouldn’t stand in their way, leading to speculation that he would be the headliner for this year’s Hall, which as we know has proven true.
We only wish that Randy was alive to see himself return home.
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