10 Wild Wrestlers Who Oversold Throughout Their WWE Careers
3. Randy Savage
Like Hennig, Randy Savage found success in the land of the giants that was the WWF in the 80s and early 90s. Also like Mr. Perfect, it was Savage’s workrate that made him stand out as a cut above the rest despite being “only” 6’2” and 237 lbs.
Savage did not have the limitless energy that Perfect seemed to possess at the peak of his career, but what makes Savage a classic over-seller was his tendency to always appear to be hurting.
Specifically as a babyface and more so during his run from 1991 through 1994, Savage would sometimes sell so much that the crowd would often be looking to the curtain for someone to run-in and save him. Whether it was his knee, his arm, his leg, or his body, more often than not Savage would be on his backside, selling for the majority of his babyface matches.
Macho didn’t need to contort his body in order to be considered an over-seller, he just needed to portray a man that was often on the receiving end, sometimes too much, as a babyface.