https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQxyD0Q7GtU Where: The Arsenio Hall Show Date: March 1989 One word frequently used to describe 'Macho Man' Randy Savage is colorful. Colorful in his dress, colorful in his ring work, and definitely colorful in his promos. This made Savage the ideal guest for talk shows as he would come out decked in his outlandish in-ring garb, amped up and ready to fight (or at least talk a good fight). Savage didn't take himself too seriously; he knew how ridiculous he appeared to the general public, and he knew how to get the crowd laughing. And out of all the talk show hosts on late night, Arsenio Hall was probably the best to wrestling guests. Thats because he always played along and he never talked down to them, or acted like he was better than they were. Macho Man was a regular on Arsenios show, but this appearance, to promote Wrestlemania V, stands out as being particularly good.
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