Lanny said, Angelo figured by holding his sons back a year while he wrestled in Hawaii, they would have less of a chance of getting drafted for the Vietnam War, and Randy would have a competitive advantage once his high school baseball career resumed. I told them I just might have to burn down the clubhouse and grandstands.”. “I just ran out there by instinct and attacked him, worked him over real good. The Florida State League had recently decided to employ the designated hitter rule and that was the break Randy needed, as manager Russ Nixon said he could use his bat. In 1970, Randy also played with the Chicago Orioles, a top amateur team comprised of local high school and college all stars.

Randy Poffo married Lynn Payne on the beach in Sarasota, Florida, in 2010 -- a little more than a year before he died. That’s the day Vince McMahon guaranteed me an opportunity, a shot that if I did well, he would give me my chance at wrestling in the main events, and he was true to his word. Randy was assigned to room with a young outfielder named Tito Landrum, who would play nine major league seasons. ‘Schott says if you ever want to go on the air for the Reds again, get him off the air.’. He was a mediocre catcher, but every now and then he’d show you a little bit with the bat. Fans took to his intensity and athleticism and Randy became a main eventer.. Sadly, by 1984, iCW had lost the war for the territory to Jerry Jarrett and Jerry Lawler‘s Memphis-based Continental Wrestling Association (CWA) and the company folded.

Frustrated at the lack of big-time opportunities for both his sons, the senior Poffo founded International Championship Wrestling (ICW) in Lexington, Kentucky in 1978, with Savage winning the ICW Heavyweight Championship on three occasions. After being released again, and realizing his throwing arm wasn’t considered strong or accurate enough to play in Major League Baseball, Randy took the idea of changing his throwing arm very seriously. Originally a masked wrestler called The Spider (based off of Spider-Man), before wrestling under his real name. While Randy was clinging to the final hopes of achieving his major league dreams, reality was setting in and the pull toward a career in professional wrestling grew stronger. I saw it was improving. He is an award-winning writer and filmmaker for Turnbuckle Magazine (@TurnbuckleMag on Twitter / @turnbucklemagazine on Facebook), curator of Old Wrestling Pics (@OldWrestlingPic), and has covered MLB and NHL for ESPN.com. Lanny Poffo, Actor: WWWF Championship Wrestling. It was in the latter that he won his first gold, teaming with his brother in The Poffos and winning the NWA Gulf Coast Tag Team titles in 1976. He had a funky throwing motion. He's also written for WrestleZone, The Windsor Star, Windsor Independent and other publications.

Later, when Lanny mentioned photography, Angelo purchased a high-end Nikon camera with multiple lenses and other accessories while setting him up with a dark room. On June 6, 1985, Randy Savage lost to Jerry Lawler in a “Loser Leaves Town” match, ending his career in Memphis. You have entered an incorrect email address!

Like Randy, Angelo had dreams of a baseball career but in 1947, he was knocked unconscious by a high, inside pitch, and try as he might, couldn’t overcome being “plate-shy.” Prior to the incident, Angelo received pro offers and had signed to report to a North Carolina state league team the next spring but instead turned to his second love – wrestling. “That was just loyalty to a friend. The club was an independent team but featured several players from the Cardinals organization. Angelo again put full support behind his boys by having a winterized batting cage with a pitching machine built in their yard, so the brothers could keep their skills sharp while escaping the nasty Midwest winters that annually hit this suburb 20 miles west of Chicago. Because of baseball, he had to keep his weight around 175 pounds and that’s pretty little for the ring. While Angelo encouraged his sons to not follow in his footsteps and deal with the constant travel and frequent injury that goes along with being a wrestler, Randy eventually realized he wanted to wrestle AND play baseball.

When Lanny voiced an interest in the violin, Angelo immediately bought his youngest son an imitation Stradivarius.

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