Randy savage - the love of confrontation

[PaulDB]

In the classic era of wrestling, there were a number of wrestlers who got into trouble because of their tempers, but few could compare to the Macho Man.

In 1978, after wrestling a 45 minute match in Nashville, Savage went to a waffle bar to grab a bite to eat before turning in for the night. It was midnight and he was hungry. The waitress came to take his order, when suddenly, a cowboy comes walking in and announces out loud that he'd just gotten married. The whole catering staff, including the waitress turned their attention to him and the order wasn't placed, angering the Macho Man. He kept a lid on his kettle until the newly wed mentioned that he was very much in love with his new wife, at which point it boiler over and Randy said at the top of his lungs,
"Who gives a f***!"
This expression of anger made the waffle bar fall silent and all eyes turned on Savage.
"What did you just say?" Asked the cowboy.
"Are you f****ing dead?" Savage retorted, then, word by word he slowly repeated himself.
The cowboy walked over to Savage's table.
"You got a problem?"
Considering himself the alpha male in the establishment, Randy stood up, staring down the cowboy,
"I don't know. DO we?"
A fight then broke out between the two...
The rest you can read on Dutch Mantel's website here... Randy Savage Meets a Police Dog…for Real!!! – The University of Dutch – Dirty Dutch Mantell – Official Website

He delves deeper into the incident and adds what you might think of as a dramatic and outrageous twist.

The purpose of this thread is to explore how you'd have responded if you'd been the cowboy. I'd never put anyone in this position, so I'd like to get your feedback on this matter.

 

[Vampire Quinn]

In the classic era of wrestling, there were a number of wrestlers who got into trouble because of their tempers, but few could compare to the Macho Man.

In 1978, after wrestling a 45 minute match in Nashville, Savage went to a waffle bar to grab a bite to eat before turning in for the night. It was midnight and he was hungry. The waitress came to take his order, when suddenly, a cowboy comes walking in and announces out loud that he'd just gotten married. The whole catering staff, including the waitress turned their attention to him and the order wasn't placed, angering the Macho Man. He kept a lid on his kettle until the newly wed mentioned that he was very much in love with his new wife, at which point it boiler over and Randy said at the top of his lungs,
"Who gives a f***!"
This expression of anger made the waffle bar fall silent and all eyes turned on Savage.
"What did you just say?" Asked the cowboy.
"Are you f****ing dead?" Savage retorted, then, word by word he slowly repeated himself.
The cowboy walked over to Savage's table.
"You got a problem?"
Considering himself the alpha male in the establishment, Randy stood up, staring down the cowboy,
"I don't know. DO we?"
A fight then broke out between the two...
The rest you can read on Dutch Mantel's website here... Randy Savage Meets a Police Dog…for Real!!! – The University of Dutch – Dirty Dutch Mantell – Official Website

He delves deeper into the incident and adds what you might think of as a dramatic and outrageous twist.

The purpose of this thread is to explore how you'd have responded if you'd been the cowboy. I'd never put anyone in this position, so I'd like to get your feedback on this matter.

He could've just had a bad day and Hearing how happy the Cowboy was probably brought back some sad memories that he didnt want to deal with.... Then again, when Your an actor, Actors hardly eat much Before they put on their acts. Once the show is done, they CAN be very irritable, Tempermentle, and most likely are starving. I'll go thru and read the link you shared, I might hv a dif opinion afterwords...

 

[Tyler2]

Best Macho story is him putting a sleeper on a weed dealer and taking the money back

 

[PaulDB]

Best Macho story is him putting a sleeper on a weed dealer and taking the money back

My goodness, he could've gotten into deep sh** for that. Where did you learn about this?

 

[Tyler2]

My goodness, he could've gotten into deep sh** for that. Where did you learn about this?

I have to look for it, but it was a Teddy Long shoot. It happened in Randy's younger days. Apparently Teddy when working as a ref in WCW, asked Macho Man about it. And he ended up laughing and telling the story to the locker room

 

[Tyler2]

Not to speak ill of the dead, but it made me laugh so hard

 

[Jacob Fox]

If I was the cowboy, I would have responded, "Look at all the people being happy and congratulating me. Obviously quite a few people give a fuck."

I give praise to the cowboy for not letting Randy intimidate him.

Oh, and I love listening to Dutch tell stories. He is GOOD at it.

If you haven't seen Dark Side of the Ring about the death of Bruiser Brody, watch it.

 

[Jacob Fox]

Thank you for sharing that blog too.

 

[PaulDB]

Thank you for sharing that blog too.

You're welcome. Here's another time when Savage got on someone's bad side and I believe he started it too... Randy Savage and Road Warrior Hawk - Their Real-Life Heat

Your response to the situation would've been a good one. It may have gotten the catering staff to back you up, (the cowboy was actually a cook on the first shift at that joint).

If I'd been the cowboy, I'd have asked Randy again if he had a problem because to me it was clear something was wrong with him. I'd have kept the pressure on him without throwing the first punch so he would've been the one to make the right or wrong move.

 

[Jacob Fox]

You're welcome. Here's another time when Savage got on someone's bad side and I believe he started it too... Randy Savage and Road Warrior Hawk - Their Real-Life Heat

Your response to the situation would've been a good one. It may have gotten the catering staff to back you up, (the cowboy was actually a cook on the first shift at that joint).

If I'd been the cowboy, I'd have asked Randy again if he had a problem because to me it was clear something was wrong with him. I'd have kept the pressure on him without throwing the first punch so he would've been the one to make the right or wrong move.

Yes, that would be a really good way to handle it, I agree. I will read the next one.

 

[PaulDB]

He could've just had a bad day and Hearing how happy the Cowboy was probably brought back some sad memories that he didnt want to deal with.... Then again, when Your an actor, Actors hardly eat much Before they put on their acts. Once the show is done, they CAN be very irritable, Tempermentle, and most likely are starving. I'll go thru and read the link you shared, I might hv a dif opinion afterwords...

Yeah, hunger can provoke anger in people, especially if you combine it with fatigue and the middle of the night.

Have you looked at the article yet?

 

[Vampire Quinn]

Yeah, hunger can provoke anger in people, especially if you combine it with fatigue and the middle of the night.

Have you looked at the article yet?

I'll get to it... I Promise. Just been busy at my new job then I come home feeling quite tired. Mostly since my Teeth are sore and sensitive from adding onto my braces fairly recently.

 

[PaulDB]

I'll get to it... I Promise. Just been busy at my new job then I come home feeling quite tired. Mostly since my Teeth are sore and sensitive from adding onto my braces fairly recently.

I understand. I let go of myself at one point in my life and had to have two of my back teeth removed. Might need to have another one extracted due to pain in the gums I get when I eat hard stuff. Teeth going feels funny feeling at first, but you can adjust. I hope your braces help to keep your teeth in good health.

 

[Vampire Quinn]

I understand. I let go of myself at one point in my life and had to have two of my back teeth removed. Might need to have another one extracted due to pain in the gums I get when I eat hard stuff. Teeth going feels funny feeling at first, but you can adjust. I hope your braces help to keep your teeth in good health.

Thank you

 

[The Fiend]

I was kind of shocked to find this is about macho man haha as this was probably a isolated incident.
However when it came to Haku and Harley Race
These events transpired on a weekly basis.
Harley Race stories are legendary
To him holding a gun to hogans head to being in the ring with a hells angel member who tried to repeatedly stab him
Harley had to manoeuvre himself behind the guy and choke him out
The hells angels in the crowd all thought Harley had just killed the guy