10 Things We Learned From Bruce Prichard’s Randy Savage Podcast
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Despite his status as one of the most iconic WWE stars of all time, 'Macho Man' Randy Savage was shockingly only inducted into the Hall Of Fame once he passed. Posthumously honoured in 2015 (4 years after his death), Savage is still fondly remembered for his stunning matches, gravelly voice and frankly out-there promo style.
The latest episode of Bruce Prichard's 'Something To Wrestle With' podcast series spent 4 hours diving deep into Randy's life and career, and it made for quite the entertaining listen. Along the way, Bruce discussed some of his friend's biggest highs and crashing lows; Prichard worked extensively with Savage during his time as Brother Love, and he spent a lot of nights with him out on the road, so he's something of an authority on the Macho Man.
There was so much to be learned from the marathon podcast. An often emotionally fragile individual, Savage was also somebody who believed in helping others and was uncompromising when it came to giving his fans the very best, even when it burned a hole in his own pocket...
10. Randy Spent Thousands To Have Multiple Outfits At WrestleMania IV
Speaking of which, the Macho Man spent thousands to keep up appearances at WrestleMania IV. This was the biggest night of Randy's career at that point, and he wanted to look the part with 4 stunning outfits for matches against Butch Reed, Greg Valentine, One Man Gang and Ted DiBiase.
Miss. Elizabeth got in on the act too, sporting 4 different dresses as she stood by her man's side to watch him become WWF Heavyweight Champion for the first time ever. According to Bruce Prichard, each outfit cost a few thousand dollars, and Randy would often by around 10 at a time from his personal designer Michael. Savage stumped up for Liz's dresses too, and they can't have been cheap.
Back then, the onus was on talent to design and create their own wardrobe. The WWF didn't stump up any cash for Savage, and it was actually the wrestler's idea to do something different and come up with a new set of robes, trunks, kneepads and boots for each match.