My dad knew Randy personally. He said the Randy on camera was not a work. He was equally intense in real life as well. But he was also very generous and was a big time contributor to children’s charities. Like Stevie said, the voice is not a work
Yea & wrestling is definitely 👌 real!!!! Lol smh jabroni there's a video with him & sting & you clearly hear a difference from the job voice to normal voice
@@jackmehoff916 and we’re gonna listen to a fake tough guy with a kissy face. Multiple people have said Randy was equally intense in real life. Even Kevin Nash confirmed it.
Randy is - still to this day - the quintessential pro wrestler. The eccentricity, the charisma, the look, the promo, the attire, the in-ring work. All top notch. I've had a poster of him in my room for over 20 years now.
You nailed it. I’ve always said the Macho Man was the true prototype of what a professional wrestler should be. 1.) Great Gimmick/Presence 2.) Promo Ability/ Art Selling of Oneself 3.) In-Ring Work 4.) Believability 5.) Natural Charisma Any wrestling school worth its weight should have a class all on Randy Savage to be studied by anyone who wants to be a success in the business.
Him talking about being a bucket list to work with him reminds of Bret Hart talking about his match with Andre the Giant and being shocked he got a comeback on him.
@YoureNotReet Savage would be willing to put Goldberg over in return. I am certain that if Goldberg objects, he could be persuaded. Savage was almost always willing to do what's good business.
Stevie you are a class act. /salute Been a wrestling fan since Wrestlemania II. I loved your work, and I wish you got a bigger push in the major promotions. I'm a disabled US Army veteran, the visits you made overseas was a huge moral boost.
My favourite wrestler of all time , back when kayfabe meant something . I urge anyone who hasn't seen it to watch Savage against Steamboat at Wrestlemania , absolute textbook match imo 👍
As someone who was real low level pro wrestler. To be in the ring and learn the craft with someone who has been so successful is such an honour. I've lost to someone who's been on TV and to have them say "Thank you" when they pin me is the highest honour.
I don’t follow as much as I used to these days, I like nostalgia. I used to work for a hotel that had a wrestling convention twice a year, Stevie Richard’s was there one time… I can say that for just a brief moment that we spoke, he was a true gentleman. He always made time with everyone, including our staff. What you see is what you get. I don’t know if you read these comments, but thank you for being nice.
Fantastic story Stevie. The way you tell is it really provides insight to someone who is only a fan into not only working a match in general, but everything going into it (the day of, meeting with the agent, etc.). Glad for you to be able to wear this moment as a feather in your cap of your professional career.
In wrestling it's weird in a way how fans kind of talk down lower card guys or jobbers. These guys actually made it to the dance, and got to perform with the likes of Hogan or Stone Cold or The Rock. Would anyone make fun of Robert Patrick for having to play second fiddle to Arnold Schwarzeneger, or Sam Neill to a T. Rex?
What's more, they got to be proficient enough in their craft for a white-hot product to trust the health and careers of their top money-drawing stars into their hands. Everything in pro wrestling can change in a half a heartbeat. Absolutely respectable career to make it to the dance even if it was for a single song :p
@devildoctim also if you factor in they made it to the top 1% of the craft and are getting to do it for a living, if a WWE roster has 100 talents and there are probably say 10,000 indie wrestlers in the States who do it on the weekends and have day jobs.
Sam Neill was almost James Bond before they settled on Timothy Dalton. Dude was the modern day Dana Andrews, or the Hollywood equivalent of someone like Richards, Maven or Lance Storm. A consummate professional who never hit the A tier but knew how to do the work.
@@jaysleeper264 as far as I'm concerned, getting to do what you love for a living, and a good one at that, is the biggest prize vocation-wise in life, hands down. Prestige, fame, and ridiculous money and untold material goods come some way after.
How Macho Man is not on more peoples Mount Rushmore is Beyond Me. When you think of Wrestler he is the 1st person to pop in my head and he is still in every gas station. My 7 year old knows he's the best wrestler of all time
Randy was totally justified on that heel turn. I never understood why Hogan was considered the babyface in this, he was obviously making a move on Elizabeth. He had lust in his eyes fo Elizabeth.
Has anyone AI'd how Liz would look at her age then with today's "sensibilities" 🤔? She was mid 20s in that Era. Her peak sex appeal was in late 90s WCW tho. Leather and Mace Liz.
@@BigBadJerryRogers What do you mean, Hogan was awesome back then and awesome now. He's more jacked than 90% of today's wrestlers at 71 and he supports the Trumpster, Hogan rules.
Randy is the reason people like AJ styles, bryan Danielson and bret hart were even able to rise to champions as mid size or smaller guys. Randy is the template to show it can be done.
Because of this video, I went back to watch the match. They were billing it as the night of upsets. I totally get for how Richard’s was describing what this opportunity meant to him. Looking back at it, I do think it would have been better for Stevie to do something, not necessarily have a come back spot, but have something to show off to make the match better and to make Randy look better. I think making him look strong doesn’t mean doing nothing, even if it’s just avoidance or quick pin attempts. But I do get where you were coming from and I kinda get why it was “whatever you want”.
Whenever Stevie talks about something that has a match/video on UA-cam, could you also put that in the description? I am always looking up the content Stevie is talking about so I can get a better understanding during his shows. Thanks!
Stevie comes off as very charmingly genuine here, just how he lights up talking about working with Randy Savage years ago. It really does a wonderful job of expressing what pro wrestling means to the wrestlers themselves.
The Macho Man transcended wrestling while being a wrestler, he didn't reinvent himself as an actor or something else, not to knock the guys that did, but Macho Man did it like no other. Some wrestlers are icons in wrestling, "Macho Man" Randy Savage is an icon in human culture as a wrestler.
I would've thought Stevie Richards worked EVERYONE. He was just that guy that was always able to be in the spot of almost every crucial moment in modern wrestling history. Much like Jeff Jarrett.
I've watched Randy Macho Man Savage wrestle since the late 70s in his Dad's Wrestling company ICW in Lexington Ky. And watched him in Memphis in the early 80s for Jerry Lawler and Jerry Jarrett. He and Jerry Lawler have always been my top 2 favorite Wrestlers.
I grew up on Memphis and used to go on Wednesday nights to the Evansville Coliseum and watched ICW as well, saw them at a local high school once in Fairfield, Illinois. Good times.
As a young fan I really feel like lawler is so underrated as a wrestler. he’s only remembered as a commentator who also used to wrestle nowadays, but he was a pioneer as a wrestler in a way
@@mema2764 Jerry Lawler is a legend that still put on good and matches in his 50's with his piledriver always being a great finisher, he will always be a legend in Tennessee.
@@orangesilver4568 yea I can definitely see that. I’m just not old enough to have watched him in his prime and I’m not from Tennessee either so I never got to experience it lol. Watching a match or two and a hand full of promos I can definitely understand why he’s a legend tho
Randy is easily in my Top 5 favs of all time he was a great entertainer and i feel a huge part in the reason im still a fan to this day as a 34 year old man Randy really changed alot of kids lives through a VHS casette i wish i could have seen him perform live a couple of times OHHHHHH YEAAAHHHH
I've always remembered that match Stevie. Not only taking that Elbow Drop but the DDT from Raven too. Both looked awesome! You were a great seller! Your job was to put those two guys over and you did it to perfection. Thanks brother.
My grandparents took me to my first event in 73.I loved it instantly and from then on,i watched all the time.That night i saw pat patterson,pepper gomez,ray stevens,the moondogs and midgets.Once i was grown,married and had kids who got into it,i got to meet quite a bit of top stars and got signed photos.Most of them are really nice.My favorite by far is RVD the whole fkn show.He was very cool guy.My all time favorite i wish i met was the best ever,Ric Flair.Nobody could touch him
Macho Man was not a human. He was some kind of elemental spirit brought to the world 80,000 years too late. Or too early. He wasn’t a devil, nor a god. He simply was, Macho Man.
A shame that the Raven/Savage stare down that happened in the ring after Stevie's match never amounted to anything, in the end. If you watch the segment you can see the crowd get super excited over the idea of Raven & Savage throwing down, yet the two would literally never interact on screen ever again. Why even tease that if it was never going to happen?
Back in the day I was in Wrestling School (before Transitioning to being a Manager due to injury) Randy came by and talked to us and I was just Awestruck. The Presence, the intensity, I hung on every word. 💜
Savage was so good that to this day he is still on slim Jim wrappers. I’ve heard many many stories about him it’s very rare I hear a bad one and the bad ones I hear tend to come from interesting sources. Even hogan of all people admit to this day that he should of possibly got his spot which is essentially his way of saying he made a mistake of burying him
I'm imagining Stevie camouflaged as everything everywhere just watching 👀 Randy. Asking "You ready?" Like the The Kid from Dick Tracy "When do we eat?".
Who was the bigger star in wrestling, Savage or Rock? Someone in the comments was telling me The Rock was. Maybe in film Dwayne is, but Randy is iconic worldwide. Way more influential in the ring as well.
Interesting question. Strictly wrestling as a star....Rock by a hair, and that's only bc the Attitude era peak like it did. Randy suffered from being held down (to an extent) by Hogan.
Stevie: “the voice is the voice” Dutch: so he’s waiting for the waitress, and this guy comes in talking about his wedding and blah blah, and Randy goes “HOOOO GIIIIVZ A SHIIIIIIII” and he grabs a butter knife to fight off a dog” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤌🤌🤌
I just watched the match, even Miss Elizabeth choking you and then Raven giving you a DDT. Good job of no offense and selling it. Fun to watch the match after you describe the match.
Part of me actually wishes Stevie could've came out in today's wrestling world. Damn near feels too wholesome for the atmosphere that he did come up through.
Dude, Mach was an awesome person in real life... Went decades without seeing him, but as a little kid, I got to see him whenever the WWF rolled into Louisville, or he was at his Horse farm in Lexington, KY... He and his dad knew mine, and used to have pics of Angelo Poffo and my dad when mine came home from Vietnam... So when I say he was one of the realest people in person, and having that personal experience with him, and talking with him for a short period before his death, I'll stand on business with Danny, on being the biggest Macho Mark, yo! 😂
@@BigBadJerryRogers Yep, near Keenland... He had it for years back when he got it for him and Elizabeth so they could visit her family (She was from Frankfort, KY)
I vaguely remember seeing photos of his horse farm in either the late 80s or early 90s but can’t remember where. I wanna say maybe the old WWF Magazine might have done a photo shoot there once.
This story made me happy love Randy Savage Macho Man and that's so cool love hearing history like this. Also glad your health is doing great you look awesome Stevie you look like Shawn Michaels younger brother to me lol God bless you all thank you thank you thank you
I was never an ECW fan so I didn't watch it. My first exposure to dancing Stevie Richards in WCW as Ravens top flunky. I never gave him two thoughts. Didnt like any angle he was involved in. Boy was I wrong. Stevie is a vast source of knowledge on the sport and really like his analysis and take on pro wrestling. His analysis of spots is second to none He is in that George South category. He is a true professional.
Randy Savage was probably the most intense wrestler of the 80s and 90s, maybe only surpassed in in-ring intensity by Terry Gordy of the original Freebirds and maybe Matt Bourne (aka the original Doink).
I go back to about 1981, ICW, with Randy Savage. His speaking voice changed over time, from doing the intense promos. It got more and more gravelly, probably due to the stress on the vocal chords. In his younger days, he sounded more like Angelo, with a sharper edge to the voice.
I don't remember one thing about the night of upsets, but I remember that match. Because I thought we were about to get a Macho Man/Raven feud and I was super excited about that. Unfortunately it never happened.
Its pretty cool seeing Stevie tell stories. I remember seeing him once on like Heat or one of the smaller shows and thinking he was rad because he did the Super Kick as a finisher and I had only seen Sean do that until then. (That should show how dated this was haaa) I remember creating him on my games because he wasn't on any at that time. When he hit RTC it blew my mind that I was a fan of his because I hated them so much haha. Damn, the memories.
I wish Stevie would have spoke up when they asked what would he like to do. I think Stevie grabbing the mic before the match and telling the crowd Dad the boys in the back know it's his time now. They've thrown Savage to him and it's time to show the world what he can... And in Savage interrupts you with an elbow to the back of the head and a beat down for the ages. I mean that would have been cool. But I'm glad you got to live a dream.
Shit I remember waiting outside the sudbury arena in canada when i was like 8 or 9 for like an hour in the cold after the show me and my buddy and his mom. Lol They were all pricks wouldn't even acknowledge us when asking for a Pic or autograph warrior taker fair Lod the only one that stopped gave us an autograph and a picture was Randy Savage! Even when he was in his last days in wcw my buddies would get so mad when I rooted for him lol long live the madness!
so according to Stevie's wiki he was in WCW just in the year of 97 according to wiki Warrior was only in WCW in 98, and I think I heard Warrior didn't wrestle much after 98, it seems Warrior only wrestled one more time in 08 (I've watched some of it, it's on youtube)
They say that Randy really Laid In his Flying Elbow Drops. Especially later in his career when he was getting more heavier. I wonder how Stevie would say that it Felt Like to Take Randy’s Flying Elbow Drop.
I know how you feel. For me it would be the Undertaker and I actually got to meet him once due to working check in at one of our hotels. Cool dude and I was nervous as heck. But not just to meet them, but actually work with them? Man that has to be a different kind of high.
My dad knew Randy personally. He said the Randy on camera was not a work. He was equally intense in real life as well. But he was also very generous and was a big time contributor to children’s charities. Like Stevie said, the voice is not a work
Yea & wrestling is definitely 👌 real!!!! Lol smh jabroni there's a video with him & sting & you clearly hear a difference from the job voice to normal voice
@@jackmehoff916 and we’re gonna listen to a fake tough guy with a kissy face. Multiple people have said Randy was equally intense in real life. Even Kevin Nash confirmed it.
@Derek70388 hey junkie quit lying & admit youse a meth & or hop head junkie... tranny lover smd
the voice is real you're a liar
Well, when you're coked out of your mind, I would imagine you tend to talk a bit differently compared to normal
Randy is - still to this day - the quintessential pro wrestler. The eccentricity, the charisma, the look, the promo, the attire, the in-ring work. All top notch. I've had a poster of him in my room for over 20 years now.
Cream of the Crop
You nailed it. I’ve always said the Macho Man was the true prototype of what a professional wrestler should be.
1.) Great Gimmick/Presence
2.) Promo Ability/ Art Selling of Oneself
3.) In-Ring Work
4.) Believability
5.) Natural Charisma
Any wrestling school worth its weight should have a class all on Randy Savage to be studied by anyone who wants to be a success in the business.
The top rope elbow drop will always be an iconic finisher.
@orangesilver4568 whenever I play wwe games I always give myself the Macho Elbow Drop as a Homage to the Man
Prime Savage would’ve had Romans spot in modern day wrestling
I love Hart and Michaels. But for me Savage was the greatest of all time.
Stevie’s joy when he shared that Randy said that he’d watched Stevie work, was very sweet. So good.
Him talking about being a bucket list to work with him reminds of Bret Hart talking about his match with Andre the Giant and being shocked he got a comeback on him.
Shut up.
"Do you mind putting him over, Stevie?
Stevie: "That does work for me, brother."
There's probably a single person to ever be part of the wrestling business who would object to putting over Macho Man Randy Savage in a match 😂.
Honky tonk man says hold my guitar@@MyPisceanNature
@@MyPisceanNatureWhen you say your prayers and eat your vitamins, i don't believe that this is true brother.
@@MyPisceanNaturei could see goldberg making a stink
@YoureNotReet Savage would be willing to put Goldberg over in return. I am certain that if Goldberg objects, he could be persuaded. Savage was almost always willing to do what's good business.
Stevie is the first wrestler or wrestling fan that hasn’t attempted to do Randy Savage’s voice.
Its taxing on the throat fs
Guilty
Might be because of his throat issues and surgeries. Or he just doesnt think he can do it justice xD
With his voice now, maybe he could actually do it
But if this was a dusty story he would be legally required to do a dusty impression
Hulkamania was a grain of sand but Macho Madness was the whole desert
And Tito Santa is nothing but garbage
Hogan's the biggest draw in the history of the business and the entire planet.
Cope.
@darknessandlife777 it's a line from a famous machoman promo chill out there brother
@@darknessandlife777 nah, Stone Cold is buddy, sorry. Support that egotistical, racist, pathological liar
@@darknessandlife777 Hogan on his best day was half the performer Savage was, top draw or not.
Stevie you are a class act. /salute Been a wrestling fan since Wrestlemania II. I loved your work, and I wish you got a bigger push in the major promotions. I'm a disabled US Army veteran, the visits you made overseas was a huge moral boost.
Stevie is such an all around awesome guy man
My favourite wrestler of all time , back when kayfabe meant something . I urge anyone who hasn't seen it to watch Savage against Steamboat at Wrestlemania , absolute textbook match imo 👍
As someone who was real low level pro wrestler. To be in the ring and learn the craft with someone who has been so successful is such an honour. I've lost to someone who's been on TV and to have them say "Thank you" when they pin me is the highest honour.
Was Gilberg nice?
I don’t follow as much as I used to these days, I like nostalgia.
I used to work for a hotel that had a wrestling convention twice a year, Stevie Richard’s was there one time… I can say that for just a brief moment that we spoke, he was a true gentleman. He always made time with everyone, including our staff. What you see is what you get.
I don’t know if you read these comments, but thank you for being nice.
That's a really nice story. Your faith should be rewarded
Good call on the topic stevie. Savage is dearly missed.
Fantastic story Stevie. The way you tell is it really provides insight to someone who is only a fan into not only working a match in general, but everything going into it (the day of, meeting with the agent, etc.). Glad for you to be able to wear this moment as a feather in your cap of your professional career.
In wrestling it's weird in a way how fans kind of talk down lower card guys or jobbers. These guys actually made it to the dance, and got to perform with the likes of Hogan or Stone Cold or The Rock. Would anyone make fun of Robert Patrick for having to play second fiddle to Arnold Schwarzeneger, or Sam Neill to a T. Rex?
What's more, they got to be proficient enough in their craft for a white-hot product to trust the health and careers of their top money-drawing stars into their hands. Everything in pro wrestling can change in a half a heartbeat. Absolutely respectable career to make it to the dance even if it was for a single song :p
@devildoctim also if you factor in they made it to the top 1% of the craft and are getting to do it for a living, if a WWE roster has 100 talents and there are probably say 10,000 indie wrestlers in the States who do it on the weekends and have day jobs.
Sam Neill was almost James Bond before they settled on Timothy Dalton. Dude was the modern day Dana Andrews, or the Hollywood equivalent of someone like Richards, Maven or Lance Storm. A consummate professional who never hit the A tier but knew how to do the work.
It's like when a 2nd string nfl player gets called a bum by a fan. That dude is still roughly 30-60th best in the world at what they do.
@@jaysleeper264 as far as I'm concerned, getting to do what you love for a living, and a good one at that, is the biggest prize vocation-wise in life, hands down. Prestige, fame, and ridiculous money and untold material goods come some way after.
Randy: Can I run you over with a monster truck
Stevie: Ok whatever you need
Randy: Oh yeaaaaaaaah,
that's the attitude I like to hear
Always love hearing these stories, keep it up, Stevie!
How Macho Man is not on more peoples Mount Rushmore is Beyond Me. When you think of Wrestler he is the 1st person to pop in my head and he is still in every gas station. My 7 year old knows he's the best wrestler of all time
MachoMan is better than the best!!!
I'm so tired of everybody's "Mount Rushmore." It's so overdone now.
Your 7 year old is going places!!
Between this and RVD's few stories, Randy Savage sounded like a pretty cool and amenable guy.
Macho Man 89 heel turn was justified! Hogan he had lust in his eyes for Elizabeth 😂 even as a little kid & Hogan fan i knew he was wrong 😂
Hey, can you blame the Hulkster? Elizabeth was a dime piece!
@@DeathAdder9000Savage was always right he knew it was a mistake to let her be alone with the Hogans now that we know what kind of a person he is
Randy was totally justified on that heel turn. I never understood why Hogan was considered the babyface in this, he was obviously making a move on Elizabeth. He had lust in his eyes fo Elizabeth.
Has anyone AI'd how Liz would look at her age then with today's "sensibilities" 🤔? She was mid 20s in that Era. Her peak sex appeal was in late 90s WCW tho. Leather and Mace Liz.
@@BigBadJerryRogers What do you mean, Hogan was awesome back then and awesome now. He's more jacked than 90% of today's wrestlers at 71 and he supports the Trumpster, Hogan rules.
Savage is my favourite Wrestler of all time. Great to hear your stories, keep up the good work. 👍🏻
Randy is the reason people like AJ styles, bryan Danielson and bret hart were even able to rise to champions as mid size or smaller guys. Randy is the template to show it can be done.
Because of this video, I went back to watch the match. They were billing it as the night of upsets. I totally get for how Richard’s was describing what this opportunity meant to him. Looking back at it, I do think it would have been better for Stevie to do something, not necessarily have a come back spot, but have something to show off to make the match better and to make Randy look better. I think making him look strong doesn’t mean doing nothing, even if it’s just avoidance or quick pin attempts. But I do get where you were coming from and I kinda get why it was “whatever you want”.
Stevie is such a good guy who could work his ass off. Love his honesty.
Yessss I've been asking for this for years lol
Whenever Stevie talks about something that has a match/video on UA-cam, could you also put that in the description? I am always looking up the content Stevie is talking about so I can get a better understanding during his shows. Thanks!
Stevie comes off as very charmingly genuine here, just how he lights up talking about working with Randy Savage years ago. It really does a wonderful job of expressing what pro wrestling means to the wrestlers themselves.
Love you Stevie!! Glad to see that your thriving!!!
The Macho Man transcended wrestling while being a wrestler, he didn't reinvent himself as an actor or something else, not to knock the guys that did, but Macho Man did it like no other. Some wrestlers are icons in wrestling, "Macho Man" Randy Savage is an icon in human culture as a wrestler.
I would've thought Stevie Richards worked EVERYONE. He was just that guy that was always able to be in the spot of almost every crucial moment in modern wrestling history. Much like Jeff Jarrett.
I've watched Randy Macho Man Savage wrestle since the late 70s in his Dad's Wrestling company ICW in Lexington Ky. And watched him in Memphis in the early 80s for Jerry Lawler and Jerry Jarrett. He and Jerry Lawler have always been my top 2 favorite Wrestlers.
I grew up on Memphis and used to go on Wednesday nights to the Evansville Coliseum and watched ICW as well, saw them at a local high school once in Fairfield, Illinois. Good times.
As a young fan I really feel like lawler is so underrated as a wrestler. he’s only remembered as a commentator who also used to wrestle nowadays, but he was a pioneer as a wrestler in a way
@@mema2764 To me Jerry Lawler will always be the real World Champion. He was the first Unified World Champion. Winning the AWA and WCCW Titles.
@@mema2764 Jerry Lawler is a legend that still put on good and matches in his 50's with his piledriver always being a great finisher, he will always be a legend in Tennessee.
@@orangesilver4568 yea I can definitely see that. I’m just not old enough to have watched him in his prime and I’m not from Tennessee either so I never got to experience it lol. Watching a match or two and a hand full of promos I can definitely understand why he’s a legend tho
Randy Savage is the cream of the crop.
Ooooohhhhhh yyeeeeeeeeeaaaaahhhh!!
CUP A COFFEE
Randy is easily in my Top 5 favs of all time he was a great entertainer and i feel a huge part in the reason im still a fan to this day as a 34 year old man
Randy really changed alot of kids lives through a VHS casette i wish i could have seen him perform live a couple of times
OHHHHHH YEAAAHHHH
Check out the footage of Randy talking to 50 Cent and G Unit
I've always remembered that match Stevie. Not only taking that Elbow Drop but the DDT from Raven too. Both looked awesome! You were a great seller! Your job was to put those two guys over and you did it to perfection. Thanks brother.
My grandparents took me to my first event in 73.I loved it instantly and from then on,i watched all the time.That night i saw pat patterson,pepper gomez,ray stevens,the moondogs and midgets.Once i was grown,married and had kids who got into it,i got to meet quite a bit of top stars and got signed photos.Most of them are really nice.My favorite by far is RVD the whole fkn show.He was very cool guy.My all time favorite i wish i met was the best ever,Ric Flair.Nobody could touch him
the wrestling industry sounds like high school lmfao
It is, because the winners and champions are basically chosen due to their popularity.
@@Iscariot18 yea, just the stage is bigger, when you can have 90,000 people in a stadium, and television contracts
Macho Man was not a human. He was some kind of elemental spirit brought to the world 80,000 years too late. Or too early. He wasn’t a devil, nor a god. He simply was, Macho Man.
This is a great story. Thanks for sharing
This was great man....stevie you seem like a good dude god bless
A shame that the Raven/Savage stare down that happened in the ring after Stevie's match never amounted to anything, in the end. If you watch the segment you can see the crowd get super excited over the idea of Raven & Savage throwing down, yet the two would literally never interact on screen ever again. Why even tease that if it was never going to happen?
WCW man!!
@@BoereViking laaaaazzzy booking
Back in the day I was in Wrestling School (before Transitioning to being a Manager due to injury) Randy came by and talked to us and I was just Awestruck. The Presence, the intensity, I hung on every word. 💜
Savage was so good that to this day he is still on slim Jim wrappers.
I’ve heard many many stories about him it’s very rare I hear a bad one and the bad ones I hear tend to come from interesting sources.
Even hogan of all people admit to this day that he should of possibly got his spot which is essentially his way of saying he made a mistake of burying him
I'm imagining Stevie camouflaged as everything everywhere just watching 👀 Randy. Asking "You ready?" Like the The Kid from Dick Tracy "When do we eat?".
Stevie is very relaxing to listen to. You can tell he's a really good guy.
Who was the bigger star in wrestling, Savage or Rock? Someone in the comments was telling me The Rock was. Maybe in film Dwayne is, but Randy is iconic worldwide. Way more influential in the ring as well.
I prefer Randy to the Rock, but the Rock is quite possibly the best wrestler when it comes to cutting promos.
Speaking purely out of a wrestling perspective it has to be Randy!
Interesting question. Strictly wrestling as a star....Rock by a hair, and that's only bc the Attitude era peak like it did. Randy suffered from being held down (to an extent) by Hogan.
I would have loved every minute of it! Well done!! I'm going to go watch it.
Stevie: “the voice is the voice”
Dutch: so he’s waiting for the waitress, and this guy comes in talking about his wedding and blah blah, and Randy goes “HOOOO GIIIIVZ A SHIIIIIIII” and he grabs a butter knife to fight off a dog”
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤌🤌🤌
I can literally picture Macho saying "you didnt answer the question" while pulling his sunglasses down 😂I appreciated that mental image!
Someone else that doesn’t take compliments well! Thank you Stevie. Thought I was the only one haha
The #RandySavage match has to be a major highlight of #StevieRichards wrestling career ! Great story from all @TheStevieRichardsShow
WCW was such a vibe! That sort of excitement is long gone.
Man love the videos Stevie you maven and cafe de Rene make my days with your stories keep it up
I just watched the match, even Miss Elizabeth choking you and then Raven giving you a DDT. Good job of no offense and selling it. Fun to watch the match after you describe the match.
Part of me actually wishes Stevie could've came out in today's wrestling world. Damn near feels too wholesome for the atmosphere that he did come up through.
I was in the live crowd for that match (Stevie VS. Savage) in SLC! I was also shocked to see the Faces of Fear go over the Steiners that night.
Stevie Richards vs Paul Orndorff would’ve ruled
Savage was always my favorite, loved this story
Thank you Stevie
Yeah wrestling randy savage.... can definitely brag on that. Love your content stevie
Dude, Mach was an awesome person in real life... Went decades without seeing him, but as a little kid, I got to see him whenever the WWF rolled into Louisville, or he was at his Horse farm in Lexington, KY... He and his dad knew mine, and used to have pics of Angelo Poffo and my dad when mine came home from Vietnam... So when I say he was one of the realest people in person, and having that personal experience with him, and talking with him for a short period before his death, I'll stand on business with Danny, on being the biggest Macho Mark, yo! 😂
Savage had a horse farm?
@@BigBadJerryRogers Yep, near Keenland... He had it for years back when he got it for him and Elizabeth so they could visit her family (She was from Frankfort, KY)
I vaguely remember seeing photos of his horse farm in either the late 80s or early 90s but can’t remember where. I wanna say maybe the old WWF Magazine might have done a photo shoot there once.
This story made me happy love Randy Savage Macho Man and that's so cool love hearing history like this. Also glad your health is doing great you look awesome Stevie you look like Shawn Michaels younger brother to me lol God bless you all thank you thank you thank you
I was never an ECW fan so I didn't watch it. My first exposure to dancing Stevie Richards in WCW as Ravens top flunky. I never gave him two thoughts. Didnt like any angle he was involved in. Boy was I wrong. Stevie is a vast source of knowledge on the sport and really like his analysis and take on pro wrestling. His analysis of spots is second to none He is in that George South category. He is a true professional.
You handled the situation perfectly.
0:34 Stevie must be the only guy who doesn’t have a Savage impression. He does Terry Funk, but not Randy Savage. . .
Lets not forget Savage did the job for Chris Adams when THUNDER first kicked off....so underrated
"What do you got against children, Hogan?"
Ya it would definitely be surreal to wrestle Randy as a younger talent. Great story 👍
If testosterone had a voice it would've sounded like Randy Savage!!
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How come The video keeps getting pause on my phone everytime it goes out of full screen it wasn't like that before?
A guy named "Macho Man" wouldn't have been able to allow himself get beat up by a guy in a half shirt and daisy dukes.
Yeah, they'd call that a "hate crime" today
More wholesome stories please :)
Randy Savage was probably the most intense wrestler of the 80s and 90s, maybe only surpassed in in-ring intensity by Terry Gordy of the original Freebirds and maybe Matt Bourne (aka the original Doink).
Neither come close
I go back to about 1981, ICW, with Randy Savage. His speaking voice changed over time, from doing the intense promos. It got more and more gravelly, probably due to the stress on the vocal chords. In his younger days, he sounded more like Angelo, with a sharper edge to the voice.
This enthusiasm is why I like Stevie.
Stevie. Much respect to you bro
Every time Stevie does the Jeff Jarrett thing, I cackle. Please find a way to work it in every episode. 😄
“I know I know that I know I know what I know”
Yeah, meeting Macho Man could be like that, I imagine. 😂
HHH is my fave wrestler all time. Randy Savage is the GOAT
Stephanie, is that you?
Great story. I am a (marginally) old guy, and Randy was always one of my favorites.
I don't remember one thing about the night of upsets, but I remember that match. Because I thought we were about to get a Macho Man/Raven feud and I was super excited about that. Unfortunately it never happened.
The mega power handshake 😂
Its pretty cool seeing Stevie tell stories. I remember seeing him once on like Heat or one of the smaller shows and thinking he was rad because he did the Super Kick as a finisher and I had only seen Sean do that until then. (That should show how dated this was haaa) I remember creating him on my games because he wasn't on any at that time.
When he hit RTC it blew my mind that I was a fan of his because I hated them so much haha. Damn, the memories.
Oooo yeah! This is The Voice, brother!
Any chance a wrestler gets to work with a guy like Savage that's a win for them, regardless of the finish. It's a learning experience.
The first thing that came to mind with this story, was how Randy Savage insisted on putting Johnny K-9 over in SMW
I wish Stevie would have spoke up when they asked what would he like to do. I think Stevie grabbing the mic before the match and telling the crowd Dad the boys in the back know it's his time now. They've thrown Savage to him and it's time to show the world what he can... And in Savage interrupts you with an elbow to the back of the head and a beat down for the ages. I mean that would have been cool. But I'm glad you got to live a dream.
Can you imagine Randy today surrounded by marks in the locker room with him.
No doubt working with the Madness would be an intimidating experience.
"do you mind if Miss Elizabeth chokes you" err let me think about that for half a nanoseco-NO I DON'T MIND
Awesome subject 👌
Shit I remember waiting outside the sudbury arena in canada when i was like 8 or 9 for like an hour in the cold after the show me and my buddy and his mom. Lol They were all pricks wouldn't even acknowledge us when asking for a Pic or autograph warrior taker fair Lod the only one that stopped gave us an autograph and a picture was Randy Savage! Even when he was in his last days in wcw my buddies would get so mad when I rooted for him lol long live the madness!
Stevie dude you Can still lace um up ,just don't wait to long ¡!!! Make it happen brothaal lmmmmmwmmmm
Never saw the point of a squash match as opposed to an actual competitive match
I know what i prefer to watch
What's crazy is i 100% do not remember him in WCW. I remember most members of the flock but for Richards, all i remember is ECW and RTC
did he ever get to wrestle the Ultimate Warrior? or have an interaction with him?
so according to Stevie's wiki he was in WCW just in the year of 97
according to wiki Warrior was only in WCW in 98, and I think I heard Warrior didn't wrestle much
after 98, it seems Warrior only wrestled one more time in 08 (I've watched some of it, it's on youtube)
The thing that is wrong with wrestling is there isn't enough squash matches
They say that Randy really Laid In his Flying Elbow Drops. Especially later in his career when he was getting more heavier.
I wonder how Stevie would say that it Felt Like to Take Randy’s Flying Elbow Drop.
I know how you feel. For me it would be the Undertaker and I actually got to meet him once due to working check in at one of our hotels. Cool dude and I was nervous as heck. But not just to meet them, but actually work with them? Man that has to be a different kind of high.
Great story.