In Memory of Leaping Lanny Poffo. RARE Memphis Wrestling Video of Randy Savage & Lanny Debut. ICW

[@namelessjedi2242]

I never knew that about the first table spot. Thanks for the video, and R.I.P. Lanny.

[@johnnoone4323]

The Genius - was my favorite wrestler. So sorry to hear he passed away....

[@richardmorris7063]

I get up & go thru Google news, seen this & was shocked. One of the good guys who was an interesting interview. Rip Lanny..

[@70ksingh]

Will never forget his cheesy poems as a kid when we'd go see wrestling at Maple Leaf Gardens in the early 80s. RIP brother! Thanks for the great memories!

[@KA-te7xk]

Wow ! Met both Leaping Lanny & Randy Savage in 1986 at the Canton Ohio Civic Center. Also spoke with Elizabeth before the country knew her as his " Elizabeth his manager"

[@JTSam]

Nice tribute. Thanks for sharing things I would've never seen otherwise. RIP Lanny Poffo.

[@kingcast]

Trying to revive a little history! thank you for the comment

[@MRaadesign]

That video at the end. Man I haven't seen that in DECADES, Miss the Poffos.

[@Jennifear]

Thank you for sharing! This is great footage

[@JAYPAY-sv8rl]

Ditto

[@thedarkknight7287]

I saw him wrestle many times and met him backstage once. He talked to me and my friends for several minutes and he was just a very warm friendly person. It is a shame he passed away, but at least he is with his brother and father. RIP Lanny Poffo.

[@pj16238]

Rest In Peace Lanny Poffo 🙏

[@randquadrozzi5850]

RIP Lanny you brought a smile to a lot of people with your wit and wrestling skill.

[@ianmyers6643]

Wow, very surprised. I remember Leaping Lanny & Macho Man in Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling in the Maritimes in the late 70's. Thanks for the memories. RIP Lanny.

[@JAYPAY-sv8rl]

nice memories

[@davidlinville5676]

I watched ICW here in Kentucky and met Lanny at the matches. Real good man.

[@kingcast]

He was the most personable of the entire ICW roster.

[@davidlinville5676]

I watched the ICW and Memphis wrestling every Saturday back in the day. Watched Memphis in the morning then tuned in at night for the ICW. I even watched the invasion of ICW on Memphis.

[@kingcast]

I W had a pretty sizeable show in Evansville during that time

[@JAYPAY-sv8rl]

Randy and Lanny had great chemistry together. Worked well, good guy vs crazy bad guy at the tail end of ICW. They came up with wild angles too. Pez Whatley and keeping that dress on him for weeks.....hahah....look that one up

[@davidlinville5676]

I seen that part when Lanny and Ronnie Garvin dressed Pez up as Ms Macho.

[@MABMGuitar]

I love Angelo’s 6033 jacket! With two sons like Lanny and Randy I’m sure that Angelo was a character in his own right.

[@mikescott8903]

Oh he was huge part of my childhood. You know as years go by you try to keep memories but I'll never forget seeing Hogan lose on television to him....him reading from frisbees before throwing it to the crowd and getting his hair cut! The poffos just had that way of staying in your mind. R.i.p

[@kingcast]

That was a VERY big deal back then!

[@kingcast]

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[@brandonallen3808]

And Jesse Ventura absolutely hilarious on commentary that night.

[@brian7333]

Lanny beat Hogan? Count out, DQ, or cheat?

[@brandonallen3808]

@@brian7333 Mr. Perfect interfered and Hogan got counted out.

[@LeaderDesslok]

Very nice tribute. I only knew of Lanny Poffo in his WWF days, in both the Leaping and Genius personas. He was never a champion then but always entertaining. I remember his poems always put a smile on my face. Lanny's poetry is, in some respects, the precursor to today's wrestling rappers like Max Caster of The Acclaimed. Max's stuff is witty but it'll never beat the classic rhymes of The Genius. RIP Lanny Poffo, you will be missed. 🙏

[@kingcast]

Nicely put. Thanks for your words

[@OikPoinFive]

He beet hulk for the world's titie in 1989 via a dq or count out!

[@tanktank3874]

@@kingcast l

[@g-man2507]

Did Pat Paterson make the early promo video?

[@toddhawk9921]

He was a staple of my childhood wrestling days, during his run with the ICW. Great memories of Lanny, Randy, Ronnie, Ox, Thunderbolt, Pez, Rip, and so many more. The best days of wrestling.

[@kingcast]

People forget how Many legends passed through ICW

[@believer4445]

Lanny had the best upper cut ever, they started in lex ky...60 miles from where I grew up..miss moncho and lanny

[@JAYPAY-sv8rl]

Those were the days man....loved thos little house shows

[@kingcast]

So much history in that family

[@vernonnilesjr8752]

Rip Lenny poffo and your brother is waiting for you in heaven great entertainers sorely miss both of them I'm in tears 😭 😭😭😭😢😢😢😢

[@davidlilly9698]

He was great. Old school. Prime time wrestling.

[@davidlilly9698]

Thank you

[@bobbyector3891]

RIP Brothers

[@JediPhoenix1976]

I knew who Lanny Poffo was, but I had only seen him wrestle as The Genius. That character was never going to win a WWF title, but holy crap, did Lanny play the hell out of it. He was one of those obnoxious heels that you just loved to boo every time he came out, and was fun to watch. RIP.

[@STONESGAM]

This one caught me off guard because he looked to be in pretty good shape and on the ball in interviews. He was never that big so I never thought he was a steroids guy either. Thanks for all of the great memories. R.I.P.

[@kingcast]

He was making all the rounds at conventions and events. Very public on Facebook/KZbin as well.

[@andrewclayterman6230]

Another victim of the clot shot.. #diedsuddenly

[@cryptozoomauler5505]

He was very open about his very brief flirtation with steroids. He got jacked up but he didn't like them and quickly got off of the steroids.

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

He used roids for a bit but decided the " shrinkage " wasn't worth being in the midcard . Can't say I disagree . He got clean , shrunk but stayed in the midcard all the same .

[@anthonysmith3442]

Great wrestler and a fine person. The world is a little bit darker, but we are Privileged to have known him.

[@Handsome_Gary_Kamensack]

I recall seeing him in Detroit at Cobo Arena and Olympia Stadium in the late 70's when he was young and skinny. Often teamed with his Dad or Brother. Always a crowd pleaser. RIP.

[@MarkfromKy]

RIP Leaping Lanny

[@terryrampey617]

Rip Lanny, thanks for the memories & thanks for being a just a great person You were a stand up guy brother & I'm gona miss you! ..today's guys could learn sooo much from Lanny on how to be realivemt with out being crud or nasty or think that you have to cuss just to be heard..great dude man !!!

[@DeadKoby]

I was a BIG TIME fan of the Genius.......... a completely different kind of heel. May the "World's Smartest Man" rest in peace.

[@kingcast]

His poetry was great as well.

[@DeadKoby]

@@kingcast Indeed. He was a very good story-teller as well.

[@kingcast]

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[@thegoldentroll]

RIP Leaping Larry!

[@Bruce-Kent]

I am sadden by the passing of Lanny. There are many wrestling families and the story of Pro Wrestling can't be told without the Poffo family. RIP Angelo, Randy & Lanny.

[@kingcast]

They were definitely movers and shakers when it came to every aspect of wrestling.

[@wrobinson1702]

Thanks for posting. I grew up in Memphis and recall most of these scenes. Viewing this brought a few things to mind: Both Randy and Lanny had good, athletic physiques at that time, although Randy was more lean than Lanny; plus Lanny was an inch or two taller than Randy. Also, I was at the Coliseum for the match when Randy put Ricky Morton thru a table. Years later, when ECW and others started using tables I remember thinking, "So what? We saw this years ago in Memphis." I didn't understand what the excitement was over using a table. I thought it happened regularly.

[@kingcast]

You were fortunate enough to be a part of history my friend! “First ever” is always something special. You can make ratings, stars and a boatload of money…..but you can’t manufacture history!

[@jprice6419]

Pool + Armor = Rust Don't mess with the Poffo Brothers

[@ericfelder2282]

Thank you and your Brother for everything, rest now your struggle in this world 🌎 🙏 ❤ is Over.

[@iLikeMyOwnPosts]

Wrestle in Peace, The Genius.

[@McCucumber]

What a cool life he lived. The first PPV I saw was Royal Rumble 1990, I then saw Wrestlemania 6 after that. I was born in 1981 so I was only 8 years old when I first started watching WWF. Even being a kid I thought the Genius gimmick was cool. I liked the poems he would read and always wondered why he disappeared. Thought he was a guy they should have brought back during the Diesel/Mabel years when I was hoping they would do something to make it better like it was a few years before, a lifetime before to me at that time.

[@kingcast]

Love seeing the different generations of Lanny/Randy fans

[@696969640]

got to know him was working security for atlantic grand prix in maritmes canada was very kind

[@bryanelam7431]

Well, this sucks!! Macho has been dead for over a decade & now Lanny is gone too, damn time is flying by!! Another part of my childhood is gone!! This is a great piece on Lanny, you did him proud!!!

[@kingcast]

We aren’t getting any younger. Sad realityp

[@Votedjt2024]

Rest in peace of the poffo family

[@catyear75]

R.I.P. Leaping Lanny - great Talent , even better Human Being ...!

[@uttermanbo]

I wish we could have gotten a Savage, Genius program. Although they were a little before my time (started watching wrestling in the late 90's), it would have been cool to see more Lanny on the the big stage. The guy had a good look, could wrestle, and could get the crowd involved.

[@kingcast]

It did happen in the 1980's in ICW and almost in Memphis. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpPVgKSbf5aXrrs

[@JAYPAY-sv8rl]

Happened briefly. I remember it being built up to for the dying days of ICW. It was their last ditch to keep it alive but after it happened, the "dream match" was over. It was all triumphant for Macho and Lanny AFTER that! Memphis and then WWF. Can't believe he's gone

[@satan3959]

Legendary AWA journeyman Kenny "Sodbuster" Jay also recently passed away as well, he was 85 though. Found out that info from Cornette. RIP Lanny. The guy was so well spoken, and a criminally underrated in-ring talent. He also has the distinction of being the first American wrestler that did a moonsault on national TV

[@lanceparker4796]

Lived in AWA territory, I remember Kenny Jay.

[@PaulMoss-ev5hh]

👋 👋 I am so sorry 😞 😢 for you guys love ❤ 💘 ♥

[@lesterescoto3662]

My heart goes out also to those people he was so close to in Ecuador, that were his family.. they must be distraught.. Leaping Lanny, that's how I remember him as well.. he was a high flyer before the next generation.. he posted 2 days prior to his passing. He will be greatly missed yet highly regarded.

[@kingcast]

Truly sad. His KZbin videos and social media interviews were among some of the most insightful in years

[@keiraozzy]

so sad ❤

[@V1NL0]

Seemed like Lanny Poffo was living a quiet life and in relatively good health. He was a fun guy to root for, even as a heel he was a likable dude.

[@jimmccormick6091]

I'd like to think, Lanny is up top, talking to his brother, and Randy, in his oh so subtle way, reminding Lanny who had the bigger career, and Lanny, with the sh*t eating grin, replying "Yeah, but, I beat Hogan twice!" God Speed, Lanny, God Speed Genius!

[@kingcast]

Ohhhhhh yeah!

[@kingcast]

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[@thekenjirosangaarena]

Great tribute man🤟

[@abelaldrich7831]

RIP Lanny

[@truthbetold6496]

he was a great man inside and outside the ring RIP Lanny

[@kevincrozier8625]

I remember him mostly from the AWA days.

[@BayBye2011]

what a sad time...I remember Leaping Lanny and Macho both wrestling in Halifax Nova Scotia Canada. sadly he never got to the level of the Macho Man but was an excellent entertainer..RIP

[@stevemtc1]

He looked so healthy I saw his Facebook page

[@kingcast]

Yes he did. Terrible news. Still a very active wrestling personality on Facebook. Sad

[@stevemtc1]

@@kingcast he always put his picture up with beautiful people and women from various parts of the world I’d comment on those pics and the next thing I’d see Don Morocco and other names as well I’ll miss his posts

[@carlosnievas1220]

Paul Heyman (Paul E. Dangerously), worked Memphis, early in his career. You could say the Memphis territory is the daddy of ECW!

[@JAYPAY-sv8rl]

Paul worked closely with Eddie Gilbert....who was also part of "Eastern Championship Wrestling". All the "fun stuf" comes from memphis.

[@futureisyours3016]

Rest in peace. god bless your soul.

[@nazgul12000]

R.I.P Lanny Poffo

[@joeyravage4798]

Ric Flair recently said that he was the first to piledrive through a table in the late 80’s. Randy and Ricky did it in what? 84 in Memphis wrestling, if memory serves correctly, easily predating Flairs claim. We lost a tremendous source of knowledge, RIP, Lanny.

[@kingcast]

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[@JAYPAY-sv8rl]

100% NOT true on Flair's part. Poffo/RnR Express was first ever

[@nicklengyel6710]

Always liked him as leaping lenny

[@matthewoberton1830]

Great video montage!!

[@bushman9315]

Sad day. RIP Lanny

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

Lanny often spoke about how he respected his body and took nothing for granted ...ate right , did no drugs etc.... I thought he was gonna live to a very old man . I was really shocked he died so young . 68 is 8 years under average life expectancy . Who knows? Maybe he only made it this far because of that attitude ? Goes to show we can't take our lives for granted. Our time is not guaranteed

[@kingcast]

Thanks!

[@UnpluggedIndividualYT]

Bro no. Rip.

[@jonnymoney1071]

what did i just watch? 😳

[@Buckmurphy4201]

when I was younger I hated Him , he always lost couldn't stand the genius gimmick , now at 40 I had nothing but respect for the man and thinking back he was a kick ass wrestler ,its funny how ya see things as a kid and an adult ,RiP Lanny .

[@kingcast]

Happens a lot! The real stars of the territory’s were refs, announcers like Solie and Russell. Those are the guys who got everything over

[@donmorton7282]

Sad news indeed

[@elvisparker4691]

Godspeed Lanny. RIP

[@davesaulnier232]

Lanny , randy and Angelo also work in canada in Atlantic grand prix wrestling lanny Fueded with save while Angelo was a herl under a mask

[@dice_fumbler]

I remember this video like it was yesterday! I grew up as a big fan of the boys. I hope they can both Rest In Peace and break tables in eternity! I loved their feuds with Lawler and Dundee

[@kingcast]

It was a great era and Randy/Lanny dynamic was totally different but worked. It was their exposure in Memphis that got them to WWF

[@OikPoinFive]

Probably be/cause it was uploaded the other day.

[@greatscottsartstudio8042]

That pile driver proved , Ricky was indeed immortal LOL, RIP Lanny a true legend!!!

[@kingcast]

Ricky Morton…one of the best minds in the business

[@JAYPAY-sv8rl]

Randy Hales reaction is priceless

[@eldiablo3794]

Randy clearly had the bigger, more successful career but looks wise, I think Lanny was way better looking than Randy from his flexible physique to his handsome smile down to his hair and goatee beard. Back in the day if I saw them before they blew up, I wouldve thought Lanny would have been the one who would've reached superstardom out of the two brothers. Crazy how the wrestling zeitgeist chose Macho out of Paffo brothers. I remember when he was the genius, and he was literally doing cartwheels and backflips like a gymnast. He was talented in his own right. Macho couldn't even do stuff like that.

[@kingcast]

El Diablo...nice insight! thank you

[@Journey-of-1000-Miles]

Oh no!

[@christianhoneyman9001]

RIP

[@HepCatJack]

At 1:35 I could have seen Lanny in a Zorro gimmick with that moustache he liked the sword already. These magnetically recorded videos are degrading hopefully they can be digitized and upscaled with an A.I.

[@kingcast]

Oh, most definitely! He would have been perfect and could play the part verbally as wel.

[@ericseefeldt9183]

Rip

[@AngryRantsAndStuff]

Wait a minute. He died? I didn't hear about that!

[@jeffswanson4594]

Send me your address so I can send you a few batteries for your smoke detectors brother 😂

[@davidlilly9698]

WWF.

[@duckmangooo7376]

😪

[@censorshipsucks9493]

He was more jacked after leaving he got out of wrestling.

[@tomd3741]

That home video with both brothers was the weirdest gayest thing I ever seen although I still dig it !

[@flowersandcandyflowersandc9093]

Did lanny abuse drugs too, he seem so smart enough not to do that.

[@JAYPAY-sv8rl]

He wasn't big on drugs or alcohol. Admitted to using steroids in his stint with Hulk Hogan but nothing that would cause his death. That was decades ago.

[@kingcast]

No indication of any kind of chemical abuae

[@PaulMoss-ev5hh]

Hi 👋 👋 so sorry 😞

[@PaulMoss-ev5hh]

Hi 👋 morning to you guys love ❤ 💘

[@TheJoaniejoancansew]

The 🐕 was barking.

[@cactusjamey3194]

Very cool. BUT, ladders started in Calgary.

[@kingcast]

When was that

[@cactusjamey3194]

@@kingcast In September 1972, Stampede Wrestling held the first ever ladder match between Dan Kroffat and Tor Kamata. July 1983, Stampede Wrestling held a ladder match in which Bret Hart faced off against Bad News Allen. These are the earliest example I could find.

[@kingcast]

@@cactusjamey3194 Well, the first ever ladder/scaffold match was at the Louisville Gardens in 1971 between Jerry Jarrett and Al Greene.

[@cactusjamey3194]

@@kingcast that’s awesome. I didn’t see anything about that in my research. Is it documented online somewhere? And it’s funny because Stampede is often credited as being the ones to have the first ladder match. I couldn’t care either way as I’m simply a fan. But this is news to me.

[@kingcast]

Be sure to check this out too. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpPVgKSbf5aXrrs

[@datacipher]

Just for the record, NO, lol....ladders, chairs and tables didn't originate in Memphis. People were using chairs back in the 60's, and Calgary was using ladders all through the 70's. Bret hart brought the ladders matches into WWF. RIP Lanny.

[@jimcmf2]

Was it the vaccine and boosters?

[@kingcast]

I don’t think it is public yet but it was very sudden

[@jimcmf2]

@@kingcast Quebec government put an immediate halt to boosters for healthy people. They say that the risks far out weigh any benefits. Watch...they will try to unvaccinate people pretty soon as many people are just dropping dead. Not sure why they forced this on people in the most strictest way. 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@DirtyMikeTM]

rip to the Poffo family

[@alanlatimer1024]

Rip Lanny Pofo