Jim Cornette on Randy Savage's Early Interviews

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[@bigandyt-man3010]

"Generally speaking, Tito Santana you are like a grain of sand in the Sahara desert.. and I am the entire desert! Nothing means nothing man, oh yeah!"

[@kael2450]

Savage: "Your moustache is crooked!" Mean Gene: "Your beard is a little sideways, too, but I don't wanna get into that, I'm not gonna take personal potshots at you or anybody else, that's not my nature!"

[@tobiasfarragut292]

Yesss..exactly as it played out lol...that shit was hilarious

[@davethebarber62920]

Not only did he carry his own confetti, and throw his own confetti, what really put it over the top was that when he threw the confetti up in in the air, he would yell, "Confetti!!!", at the top of his lungs.

[@froggy556]

I don't remember him saying that. I remember his catch-phrase at the time was "Freak Out."

[@julesmcgrules3860]

I love Jim's macho man impression. 🤣🤣🤣

[@raymondragbar1935]

Too cold to hold too hot to handle, live on the edge of lighting bolt The lord and master of the ring. He was the best ever.

[@jimbrown5091]

The cream always rises to the top mmm hmm!

[@bradmurr5120]

dam Jim sounded like Randy

[@milegindahouse]

There’s a promo from 1980 that sounds like Savage could’ve been mistaken as Cactus Jack.

[@hezamachine]

"Situation’s developed man"

[@bigroy38]

The freak out.Very disturbing!

[@yourdagan]

Both phenomenal acts.

[@davethebarber62920]

The ICW despite the shoddy production, had a pretty good line up of talent. Randy Savage, Leaping Lanny, Hustler Rip Rogers, Bob Roop, Pistol Pez Whatley, George Weingroff, Cowboy Bob Orton Jr., and my favorite name for a heel manager, Izzy Slapowitz.

[@pniiice]

WAVE - EVERY DAMN saturday we used to watch memphis wrestling and then all the kids in the neighborhood used to run outside and wrestle

[@sticky3983]

We did the same thing in Florida. Sometimes there would almost be a fight over who was going to be Jack Brisco

[@Indomitable76]

Macho is the 🐐

[@billywilliams8753]

Most people just said he was wound too tight. Some people are that way. Watch out if they ever snap!

[@rory693]

Cuppa coffee in the bigtime!

[@savagei6130]

The best promos by far. Isn't this obvious? Ooooooooooh Yeah! Dig it!

[@JagerLange]

Jim's Savage impression sounds like it hurts to do.

[@DatMuslimGuy]

Need a hall and some herbal tea lol if you do a macho man impression be prepared to hurt your throat

[@SirVic42]

"Mairzy doats and dozy doats and the Golden Boy Danny Spivey. Oh yeah!" Weirdest promo ever.

[@franklinwilson3783]

I recall a very brief run of a young wrestler named Randy Poffo in about 75 or 76 in Detroit. It ended abruptly when Bulldog Don Kent draped his leg over the 2nd rope and sat down on it with all his weight.....It was a TV studio match....I NEED TO SEE THAT FOOTAGE JIM

[@KurisuKagato]

Man................ WOW! MAN! FREAK OUT!!

[@bigandyt-man3010]

CUPPA COFFEE IN THE BIG TIME!

[@TheeCoachg]

I honestly don’t believe it was cocaine,I think that’s just how good Randy Savage was. Drugs is a more sensationalized reason and while I’m sure many wrestlers did them I dont think these promos was as drug fueled as we may like to think. All ppl who knew him say he lived his gimmick,he was always the “Macho Man” and if you think about it...how exactly is that character supposed to act. Macho aka loud,aggressive,hyper masculine,obnoxious...thats the character. At that time wrestler’s goal was to get butts in seats,they’re selling a product.

[@skandalmkdaniel3029]

Amen to everything you said. Macho Man was purely a natural at his craft. No drugs drove his creativity.

[@pumpkinsdontcry]

Randy was too cheap for snowflake. He was loaded up on the free coffee in the back. Where you think he got the cresmers

[@thespaceram2879]

Steriods, street drugs, drinking is bad. Even cigarette smoking. That is why they mostly died sooner than later.

[@michaelallanrubin2376]

No gimmick he was nuts

[@trinityj1]

I hate how the replies to serious comments are always a stream of 'lol cocaine' as if doing cocaine turns anyone into the usual suspects of greatest/most intense promo guys who always get that shit. As if they could put on a professional live semi-improvised dangerous athletic show if they were all high as kites while they were working.

[@mh18744]

Imagine Randy and Lanny as teenagers.

[@steveaguiar1934]

Garvin is afraid of ox baker .... Freak out ! Freak out !

[@bigandyt-man3010]

I loved the Cuppa Coffee in the big time! Promo, I still watch it randomly when I need to smile. Miss that guy!

[@pumpkinsdontcry]

Cream always rises to the top

[@sheriffofrockridge9095]

And the beat goes on

[@Rando1975]

I think it was Emile Dupre that Randy & Lanny were working for at the time. It was for the Atlantic Grand Prix promotion I know for sure.

[@bigdickdudley9119]

Yes him and lanny were both there maybe 82 or 83 used to watch ztl grandvprix even flair was on therevfrom cznada couple times

[@stevejamieson8468]

Macho Man wasn't on cocaine...cocaine was on the Macho Man

[@MrSeandv1]

One if not the best RIP Randy Savage

[@FreneticZetetic]

OOOOH YEEEAH; DIG IT!!!

[@pumpkinsdontcry]

Snap into a slim Jim

[@13G78]

The cream of crop dig it!!!!

[@sirric5157]

Authentic personified!!

[@stephent3963]

Jim cornnette’s randy is better than Bruce prichards randy

[@chrispybacons9959]

"Things are just popping right now. Things are starting to cultivate, things are starting to grow, things are getting REAL COLORFUL!"

[@timburr4453]

Weird Macho and Lanny's voices Lanny had a legit commercial/movie trailer voice. Randy had that darker gravelly more sinister sounding voice

[@007ZBR]

Learning Macho worked in Halifax, is one of the few highlights for the city I grew up in. Definitely helps offset the negative review Jim gave the city from the 90's RAW experience haha. Cornette is a true legend and encyclopedia of the business.

[@pumpkinsdontcry]

Jim got in at the right time but never evolved and is now irrelevant in the current business

[@shaunryan8800]

@@pumpkinsdontcry But is still better then the current business. So what is the point of what you are saying?

[@alostlonewolf]

people were talking about that match here in halifax for decades after

[@davidvaughn9]

Slow town eh

[@herzkine]

As kid i never understood what was on with Macho, know i know its simply drugs.

[@phildicks4721]

I loved the promos where he tossed the confetti.

[@DixiePokerAce]

Look into the videoscope!!!

[@thecosmickid2562]

It was the........... slimjims! 😵

[@christopherr3676]

I don't give a fuck what number I am 😎

[@BOBBYSOX86]

Bob Orton looks like he's on safari

[@bigroy38]

His freak out promo is disturbing.

[@lebawsski]

The one after the first.

[@SAM-ru4vx]

number 100

[@bigroy38]

Watch him”freaking out”here on You Tube.Uber-disturbing.

[@PeterWhiteprowrestler]

Coke. For sure.

[@franksullivan7110]

Peter Burianek mushrooms

[@joebrown8503]

I wanna see Mark dice debate Jim Cornette he'd absolutely destroy Cornette

[@CRGtx325]

Joe Brown agreed!

[@julesmcgrules3860]

Corny lives rent free in his haters' little pea brains. 🤣🤣🤣

[@herzkine]

Who?

[@pumpkinsdontcry]

Randy was a buck 80 soaking wet. 'Til he started doing all the steroids that ended up killing him. His pops had to start a promotion cause nobody would book him or lanny

[@jrsmith3344]

Lots of dad's make sacrifices for the future of their children. If that's true, he's responsible for his son becoming one of the greatest, most recognizable pro wrestlers of all time? And what, maybe 90% of the wrestlers back then were taking the same steroids, not knowing how disastrous they would turn out to be years later. I'm not much of a MM fan, but you can't deny the guy had something special.

[@bigdickdudley9119]

Stare at candle for two hours!

[@dickmarx1298]

Anyone else notice how Jim gets spun out, talking about a bunch of crap totally unrelated to the Questions?