Lanny Poffo on Why Vince McMahon FIRED ME
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- Lanny Poffo discusses the day Vince McMahon fired him from the World Wrestling Federation and why he undertstood the decision.
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Lanny talks about how Vince McMahon informed him that he was being let go from the WWF after many great years in the promotion.
This interview was originally conducted by RF Video Inc in 2004. Licensed for exclusive distribution by Title Match Network.
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RIP to the great Genius🔥
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Getting Vince to reimburse you for the caps and gowns was a genius move.
I saw what you did there
Yeah, im a dumbass. Still waiting on your point here
Such a smart, optimistic dude. He left us far too soon!
Yeah, but considering the genetics in that family, he did quite well
Well he was a genius after all
I learned about Doctor Joel Furman from Lanny & admired that he had retired comfortably in Ecuador. I really enjoyed Lanny's ways of life & I was really saddened when he passed.
He lived a lot longer than a lot of other wrestlers
That smart he thought britain was in new Zealand lik
Is it just me or is lanny one of the most joyful and uplifting persons you could wish to meet. RIP
It's just you, he comes of as kinda slimy
He was weird
@@donjulio4025 From this interview or other things he did? His communication style is to break down a story into a long narrative, which some may see as being talked down to, but it's the best way to get the message across to anyone. But I do see how he can overexplain a bit much.
i love how lanny just takes life by the balls and gets on with it, and makes a negative into a positive. such an inspiration.
Is Capricorn always do well the December ones
That’s is very admirable, I try to be like that but it’s just so hard.
He had good parents.
Lanny was a kind person to everyone and loved reading to elementary school classrooms
Glad to hear how positive he is and not bitter as some others are. He is a good listen
Pat Paterson was make sure Lanny can still leap if you know what I mean lol😂😂😂😂😂.
Lanny. Is such a funny and smart and honest guy. Randy and Lanny are definally two different people for sure
You think Randy wasn't funny,smart and honest?
Some folks are all braun and minimal brain, this guy really was the whole package, super intelligent, very athletic and above all humble. Here I am only getting to know him after he died
I met Lanny a couple of times in the dressing room on some shows that we were on…. He was a fantastic human and his stories were the absolute best RIP Buddy.
Same here. Worked 2 shows with him, and he was such a gentleman in the back. Spoke to the indy workers as if they were territory workers. Great stories and knew his craft. He always was appreciative of everyone in the show, be it a ticket taker, worker, or sound guy.
It was the Bushwhackers' homecoming and not the Bulldogs. The Bushwhackers had toured New Zealand the previous year, and since both tours featured rather weak cards, the second time around attendance was disappointing. Interestingly not mentioned in this shoot, after this tour, The Genius went back to the WWF and became the manager of the Beverly Brothers.
He had a talent with words, that's for sure. RIP. :'(
RIP great one. Such a classy dude.
“I bought some caps and gowns, I have the receipts” Yeah that’s definitely the Miser’s kid 😂
"Make as much money as possible,and spend absolutely none of it"-Angelo Poffo
@russblack443 Angelo definitely picked his spots when he did spend.
Randy Savage was very protective of Lanny. If Lanny wasn’t Randy’s brother I’m not sure if Vince would have had that much integrity with him.
It's amazing that he is Macho Man's brother. Talk about separate images.
He just went way up in respect points. What a humble, grateful positive energy this guy has.
Lanny was a class act.
“Of course he was a class act. He was a genius! You can’t be a genius and not be in class.” - Something Bobby Heenan would probably say
I loved Lanny so much..He was such a unique,honorable man..Funny as fk with a very dry sense of humor..Time went by way too fast..
Lanny rode so hard for his brother, too. Never quit putting Randy over. rest in power, Lanny.
Finally! I heard this story told sometime in 2004-2006 but I couldn't remember WHO was telling it when Vince took care of the payoff of an independent show right after he cut a lot of the guys. I don't know if it was this specific shoot I heard or another telling he might have done for one of the early Internet radio shows (HTMs?), but I've been trying to find this for a long time. I was beginning to think I imagined the whole thing.
"Robbing the talent from Vince"🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I enjoy listening to this "Genius"
Even as little kids in the '80's, with the glittery tights, the poetry, and the moustache-- even the name, "Leaping Lanny". We thought this dude was a bit light in the wrestling boots.
The way he moved in that ring though…he’d be hell on earth to fight. He used absolutely no extra energy, so he never wore out
Ya when. He had the perm and porn stach 😂. Oddly enough he wasn't gay at all.
Only time he entertained was when he read troll poems at teams like Demolition and they reacted like Undertaker at a Kanyon reveal
@ You have to wonder if Lanny was going “Ummmm, why would I take my life in my hands like that”, haha
@@thepunditspundit1776 Nah it was obvious he wanted negative attention, Vince Mcmahon was booker
Thanks for posting, a great man from a great family
I feel like Lanny is aware he is part of wrestling royalty and has made a comfortable living as a result. Very humble guy.
Can you just release the whole interview?
Yes soon. We also have this full interview + 1000s more available here
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Lanny had a great attitude to all kinds of situations.
This poffo i like him ,very educated and honest
Go back to his old interviews with Macho man when they was poffomania and look at what's Randy doing to get the attention on him from Lanny poffo 😂 they both was fooling
I didnt know a lot about Lanny, seems classy
You may enjoy other videos in this series with him. I've seen several now, and have noticed that he never has an unkind word about anyone whom he talks about by name. He has on (rare) occasion talked about some groups of people in a generic way in less than complimentary ways (as he did of the booking people with WCW), but he has come across in all the videos as a genuinely nice guy.
Perhaps that's why he never rose (much) above being a Jobber...
I wish I had his positive out look on every situation that wasn’t good
2:24 that was Nice of Pat Patterson ❤
did he actually say the British Bulldogs are from New Zealand? i thought Lanny was a Genius 🤣 02:10
Lol he probably misspoke and meant The Bushwackers.
@@Makinxor possibly the bulldogs were going because it is a Commonwealth and they didn't need papers to work there? I think he probably misspoke though.
Crazy he knew scarcity mentality back then . Rippin’ pepperoni Lanny.
Lanny Poffo RIP 🙏 ☠️ 🪦 2-2-2023
Well that aged well in 2025 😅...rip Lanny.
Yeah not a lot of people jealous of sex trafficking rapists I hear, fortunately
So your a simp that believes the gold digger Janel grant?? Stop
Of course 😅😅
@@LusterThomas-if7nt simps and cucks rule in 2025
No, he's right. Everybody's jealous of somebody who is extremely successful
This is awesome.
This was a class guy and I enjoyed watching him perform. RIP
Its crazy how complete opposite Macho and Lanny are to one another, yet they are full brothers 😂. Its cool tho, like a yin yang.
Cool guy, cool family. RIP fellas! 💪
Not the Bulldogs the Bushwhackers were from New Zealand.😂😂😂
That’s why he is a Genius, in Lenny’s case it was not a gimmick. RIP Lenny and Macho Man
Seems a lovely guy this bloke. Hard to find that these days and everyone shoots so negatively compared to this guy. RIP
I suppose he meant the Bushwhackers.
Class act love Lanny
Oh come on Lanny. You're not fooling anyone. You knew exactly what those robes cost down to the penny. About? Lol 😂😂😂
I know right!? Something like $667.25...? Come on lol.
You'd think with what the wrestlers were making in the 80s and the fact his brother was a multi millionaire I'd image. He'd not really be too bothered about 600 dollars even in early 90s money.
@ Maybe it's a work to put Vince over.
LEAPING LANNY WAS A TRUE PROFESIONAL A VERY HONEST MAN AND WAS Definitely A TOP Tier Wrestler IN THE RING BOTH IN SOUTH AND IN THE WWF
It was an HONOR being fired by Vince...
The door was ALWAYS open for return....
Except for Lanny! 😉
RIP Lanny and say hello to your brother ( Macho Man ) for me.
Caps and gowns from Champaign, IL = Herff Jones
Wow. His perspective on McMahon is entirely different from what everyone else has said. I would actually see him in a different light now if I hadn't read those disgusting text messages.
Also, R.I.P. Genius. You are truly missed!
Disgusting messages that she was replying back just is disgusting. She was into it dude
Sounds like Lanny let Pat enjoy himself a time or two.
Looking back, I thought he was young enough & smart enough to act as "an on air" consigliere-type to the Mr. MacMahon character. (Short time)
Very intelligent man
He was a very underrated wrestler
Vince outliving everybody.
My life might seem pathetic to some but I don't get my rocks off 💩 on people to feel superior.
Ted got the butt sticking but he was doing the sticking for 83 weeks....Vince's cheeks was red as hell
I’m sure Vince did right by Lanny because of his brother. You wouldn’t wanna piss off the cream of the crop. Oh yeah!!!!
Out of all the crapoy gimmicks back then Vince let go of the Genius? He was great in the ring and his promos where hilarious and better then most. And he beat Hulk Hogan..in a funny and entertaining match.
Got rid of The Genius to make way for the likes of Mantaur, TL Hopper, Bastion Booger & The Goon
@@cutekanjii couple years off. Made room for Doink, Billy Gunn, Scott Steiner, Johnny polo/Raven, 123 kid, Mabel. Which only Doink and Xpac payed off with real longevity during that run. Maybe Poffo could have done Doink? hmm...
Lanny may not even know that Randy gave up some his salary so that he could get the money.
Didn’t Poffo get in a backstage fight with that Hannibal guy?
I wasnt prescribed enough adderall for my sons mothers family to involve me in his life.
He HAD to be privy to some of NDA stuff Vince was into. He's very charismatic but over complimenting Vince McMahon just comes off as too delusional for someone as intelligent as Poffo.
Ordering extra shirts. Smh.
All of this praise of McMahon did not age well. 😂 2:14
It remains exactly the same, now or then. Lanny's experiences with Vince are his own and can't be erased by the latest allegations or lawsuits from somebody else. You can say Vince wasn't fair to women or whatever and still acknowledge that some people found a lot to like about him.
Such ignorance, it hurts. The guy had a positive opinion of Vince based on how Vince treated HIM, just like a lot of people do, so what the F are you talking about? 🙄
Why can't both be true you clot?
Vince was never the same after his visits to Saudi Arabia.
As well as his praise of Grisly Smith saying he thinks Jake was lying about him. Well, it all came out Jake's sister told what happened to her and the other little girls
Vince should have bite him as a reporter or agent or Macho man got Vince to fire Lanny because Lanny was the better talker would have took up randy spot outside the ring
Lanny probably would have been a great agent! Certainly would have watched every penny when settling with the building. I also think he'd have been fair to new talent.
Bet if he wasn’t the macho man’s brother he’d not have got that check
I'm thinking Lanny didn't know about all the sexual assaults
Genius-beat-Hogan-on-a-SNMe-show-then-they-turned-him-jobber...Made-no-sense
Vince fired him because his poems were getting stale!
Stop making dumb posts.
@@CatsClaw44 i will do no such thing! Sorry, you have no sense of humor!'
I see you are relying on your incredible low IQ😂
Never
His poems weren't anywhere as good as he thought they were
guys been dead for a couple yrs fake site
Leaaaaapinnng Laaaaannnny? Youuuuurrrr Fiiiiiiirrrrreeeeed!!!!!!
Excellent financial advice at the end of this video. RIP, Leaping Lanny Poffo.
Well that aged well in 2025 😅...rip Lanny.
He's talking about his own personal experiences with Vince. And a lot of other guys have good things to say about him too, even fans fans who have met Vince McMahon have said that he's very approachable and friendly