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Macho Man Randy Savage Remembered: Vince McMahon SPEAKS

By Sean Farrell

The June 6, 2011 issue of Time magazine features an article on the late Randy Savage written by none other than WWE CEO Vince McMahon. McMahon always had a strained relationship with Savage, but apparently it was just petty BS.

Here is the Time article in its entirety:

“It’s important in sports and it’s important in entertainment to stand out. Randy knew that. Right away, he wanted to leave his mark, and to do that he was aware he had to make himself different from everyone else. One way he did this was concentrating on his outfits, those brightly colored costumes with foot-long fringe that became his trademark. He brought to wrestling a unique look and style.

“Randy, who died in a car crash May 20 at age 58, was one of the building blocks of what is now WWE (previously known as the World Wrestling Federation). He had a very unusual voice –remember his “Snap into a Slim Jim. Oh, yeah!” commercials?–and was extremely charismatic. Perception is very important in this business, and he also had a very high opinion of himself, something he needed in a locker room full of performers who had been around for a while and had big personalities and followings–like Hulk Hogan, Today, Randy is remembered as one of wrestling’s all time greats. No question about it–he certainly was.”

McMahon actually mentioned the word wrestling in this article which is against his new company policy so these remarks are sincere. Will Vince opt to put Savage in the WWE Hall of Fame? That is an entirely different situation now that he’s gone but should’ve happened while he was still with us.

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