"Macho Man" Randy Savage Remembered Two Years After His Death

Two years ago, former badass pro wrestler "Macho Man" Randy Savage died at the age of 58 in Tampa, Florida. According to Police, Savage had a heart attack while driving and crashed his 2009 Jeep Wrangler when he veered across a concrete median through oncoming traffic and "collided head-on with a tree. He was then transported to Largo Medical Center, where he died from his injuries. His wife was also in the car but survived with "minor injuries"

"Macho Man" became very popular in the 90's thanks to his charisma and outrageous behavior while being a wrestler on the WWF and the WCW circuits.

Here are some facts about "Macho Man" Randy Savage:

- His real name was Randall Mario Poffo.

- He was born on November 15, 1952 in Columbus, Ohio.

- Twenty championships during his professional wrestling career.

- Seven-time world champion.

- Two-time WWF Champion.

- Four-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion.

- One-time USWA Unified World Heavyweight Champion.

- One-time WWF Intercontinental Champion.

- WWE named Savage the greatest Intercontinental champion of all time and credited him for bringing "a higher level of credibility to the title through his amazing in-ring performances."

- He was also the 1987 WWF King of the Ring and the 1995 WCW World War 3 winner.

RIP "Macho Man" Randy Savage, you are missed by your family, friends, and fans! \m/





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"Macho Man" Randy Savage Remembered One Year After His Death

One year ago, former badass pro wrestler "Macho Man" Randy Savage died at the age of 58 in Tampa, Florida. According to Police, Savage had a heart attack while driving and crashed his 2009 Jeep Wrangler when he veered across a concrete median through oncoming traffic and "collided head-on with a tree. He was then transported to Largo Medical Center, where he died from his injuries. His wife was also in the car but survived with "minor injuries"

"Macho Man" became very popular in the 90's thanks to his charisma and outrageous behavior while being a wrestler on the WWF and the WCW circuits.

Here are some facts about "Macho Man" Randy Savage:

- His real name was Randall Mario Poffo.

- He was born on November 15, 1952 in Columbus, Ohio.

- Twenty championships during his professional wrestling career.

- Seven-time world champion.

- Two-time WWF Champion.

- Four-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion.

- One-time USWA Unified World Heavyweight Champion.

- One-time WWF Intercontinental Champion.

- WWE named Savage the greatest Intercontinental champion of all time and credited him for bringing "a higher level of credibility to the title through his amazing in-ring performances."

- He was also the 1987 WWF King of the Ring and the 1995 WCW World War 3 winner.

RIP "Macho Man" Randy Savage, you are missed by your family, friends, and fans! \m/





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The 2011 Heavy Music World Images Timeline (Part 1)!

As we wrap up a great year in Heavy Music, here is Part I of our images timeline (January - June 2011). Part II is coming soon, so stay tuned!

January:

- NAMM (January 14 - 16)

- Nergal Leaves Hospital After Completing Cancer Treatment (January 17th)



- The Big 4 - Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth & Anthrax - announce first-ever Big 4 concert in North America (January 25th)

- Motörhead on Conan! (January 26th)



February:

- Gary Moore passes away at the age of 58 (February 6th)

- Horns Up Rocks celebrates first anniversary (February 11th)

- Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman misses the Australian Soundwave Festival, after contriving an acute infection on his arm (February 13th)

- Pantera celebrates 19th anniversary of 'Vulgar Display Of Power' (February 25th)

- Motörhead New York City takeover (February 28th)



March:

- Metallica celebrates 25th anniversary of 'Master Of Puppets' (March 3rd)

- Former Alice In Chains bassist Mike Starr dead at 44 (March 8th)



- A Perfect Circle Announce US Tour (March 21st)

- Sick Of It All Celebrates Their 25th Anniversary Show in New York City (March 26th)



- Slayer, Rob Zombie and Exodus Announce Hell On Earth Tour (March 28th)

- Cavalera Conspiracy Return with a "Blunt Force Trauma" (March 29th)

- Slayer Recruits Cannibal Corpse Guitarist Pat O'Brien as Temporary Replacement for Jeff Hannemann (March 30th)

- Bassist Jon Miller Leaves DevilDriver (March 30th)

April:

- Manowar's Scott Columbus Dead at 54 (April 4th)

- Amon Amarth # 1 on Billboard (April 12th)

- Revolver Golden Gods Awards (April 20th)

- K.K. Downing Quits Judas Priest (April 20th)

- The Big 4 Concert in Indio, California (April 23rd)

- Down own New York City (April 28th)

- The Big 4 Announce New York City Concert (April 30th)

May:

- An Evening with Amon Amarth (May 5th)

- Down Announce 4th Studio Album (May 19th)

- "Macho Man" Randy Savage Dead at the age of 58 (May 20th)

- Black N Blue Bowl at Webster Hall in New York City (May 21st)

- First Death Anniversary of Slipknot's Paul Gray - Joey Jordison Pays Tribute (May 25th)

- Judas Priest Appears on the Series finale of American Idol (May 25th)



- TV Premiere of the Revolver Golden Gods Awards (May 27th)



June:

- Black Label Society Dominate New York City (June 4th)

- Evan Seinfeld Leaves Biohazard (June 9th)

- Slipknot's Corey Taylor Appears on NY Ink & Pays Tribute to Paul Gray (June 10th)



- Anal Cunt's Seth Putnam Dead at 43 (June 11th)

- Mario Comesanas Dead at the age of 30 (June 13th)

- Slipknot Performs for the First time since the Passing of Paul Gray #2 (June 17th)

- Hatebreed Destroy Everything at Hometown Show at Toad's Place (June 17th)

- Jackass Star Ryan Dunn dead at 34 (June 19th)

- Suffocation Performs Hometown Show At The Crazy Donkey in Long Island, New York (June 26th)



- Behemoth Start Rehearsing (June 28th)

- A Perfect Circle Kicks Off US Tour with a NEW Song called "By and Down" (June 29th)



- Philip Anselmo Turns 43 Years Old (June 30th)

Stay tuned for Part II of our images timeline (July - December 2011)!

RIP "Macho Man" Randy Savage

Today former badass pro wrestler "Macho Man" Randy Savage died at the age of 58 in Tampa, Florida. According to Police Savage had a heart attack while driving and crashed his 2009 Jeep Wrangler when he veered across a concrete median through oncoming traffic and "collided head-on with a tree. He was then transported to Largo Medical Center, where he died from his injuries. His wife was also in the car but survived with "minor injuries"

"Macho Man" became very popular in the 90's thanks to his charisma and outrageous behavior while being a wrestler on the WWF and the WCW circuits. Here is what his former colleague Hulk Hogan had to say about Savage's death:

"I'm completely devastated, after over 10 years of not talking with Randy, we've finally started to talk and communicate. He had so much life in his eyes & in his spirit, I just pray that he's happy and in a better place and we miss him. We miss him a lot. I feel horrible about the ten years of having no communication. This was a tough one. I just pray that Randy's happy and in a better place and we miss him."

Here are some facts about "Macho Man" Randy Savage:

- His real name was Randall Mario Poffo.
- He was born on November 15, 1952 in Columbus, Ohio.
- Twenty championships during his professional wrestling career.
- Seven-time world champion.
- Two-time WWF Champion.
- Four-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion.
- One-time USWA Unified World Heavyweight Champion.
- One-time WWF Intercontinental Champion.
- WWE named Savage the greatest Intercontinental champion of all time and credited him for bringing "a higher level of credibility to the title through his amazing in-ring performances."
- He was also the 1987 WWF King of the Ring and the 1995 WCW World War 3 winner.

RIP "Macho Man" Randy Savage, you will be missed by your family, friends, and fans! \m/





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