Macho Man's father Angelo Poffo passes away

[Nation]

We are very sad to report that Angelo Poffo passed away peacefully in
his sleep this morning in Sarasota, Florida. He was 84.

Angelo Poffo was the father of Lanny Poffo and Randy "Macho Man" Savage.

He had been in poor health for some time and was being cared for by his
sons right up until his death.

Poffo started wrestling in 1948 as The Masked Miser. During the 70's and
80's he wrestled as "The Carpet Bagger" for Emile Dupre's Atlantic Grand
Prix Wrestling in the Maritime Provinces of Canada. During his time in
the Maritimes, his two sons, Randy and Lanny, were also major stars for
Dupre's promotion. He also formed a heel tag team with Chris Markoff,
called "The Devil's Duo" and "The Graduates."

He made a few appearances in WCW in 1995 and was inducted into the WCW
Hall of Fame.


Damn I hope Randy well go through this okay. His father lived a long life and the guy had accomplishments of his own. He held the world set up record for 7 years with 6,033 in one sitting. Fucking nuts. His greatest accomplishment however will be giving us one of the greatest wrestlers of all time.

 

[He who knows more than Nation]

A very forgettable worker indeed he was. But siring one of the top workers ever is his greatest gift to the industry. He didn't deserve to be in any HoFs but Randy lobbied for WCW to put him in and it offended Gordon Solie to the point that he quit the promotion. But R.I.P and I hope Mach is getting through this peacefully.