History YMMV / RandySavage

** By the end of his WWF run his character was a frustrated Lion In Winter who was unhappy about being stuck in the broadcasting booth and wanted to keep wrestling. By the end of 1994 a fed up Savage showed Vince McMahon that he wasn't acting and left for WCW.

** His stint as the "Macho King," complete with a crown and Sensational Queen Sherri by his side, is considered by many to be the low point in his WWE run. The promos were fun (they're both bonus characters in ''WWE 2K15''), but the matches were not.

** He reportedly joked that [[TooSpicyForYogShoggoth the snake got poisoned from biting him.]]

** He reportedly joked that the snake got poisoned from biting him.

* CriticalResearchFailure[=/=]TheyJustDidntCare: Not Savage himself, but Slim Jim's. One of the Slim Jim's commercials showed him in high school in 1974. Savage made his professional debut in 1973, and would have been, at the most, ''22'' years old in 1974.

** His stint as the "Macho King," complete with a crown and Sensational Queen Sherri by his side, is considered by many to be the low point in his WWE run. Not bad, per se (they're both bonus characters in ''WWE 2K15''), but definitely not his best work.
** The 1999 Team Madness Savage as mentioned above is his WCW Dork Age.
* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The ending of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFIa9lTrJng this video]], which was released months ago as a spoof.

* HamAndCheese: His time as a commentator saw him lean more toward "crazy" than "CrazyAwesome", but through all his rambling diatribes, he was as Macho Man as he'd ever been.

** His stint as the "Macho King," complete with a crown and Sensational Queen Sherri by his side, is considered by many to be the low point in his WWE run.

* DorkAge: His stint as the "Macho King," complete with a crown and Sensational Queen Sherri by his side, is considered by many to be the low point in his WWE run.
* The 1999 Team Madness Savage as mentioned above is his WCW Dork Age.

** The snake that bit Savage in his feud with Jake Roberts ended up dying shortly after biting Savage. Well, waay later, this phrase got hilarious because actually, Savage did this first: [[Website/ChuckNorrisFacts "Chuck Norris was once bitten by a poisonous snake. after three das of excrutiating pain, the cobra died."]]

* SoBadItsGood: His rap CD. [[VindicatedByHistory It's been looked upon more favorably]] [[DeadArtistsAreBetter now that he's passed on.]]
* TooCoolToLive

* DorkAge: His stint as the "Macho King," complete with a crown and Sensational Queen Sherri by his side, are considered by many to be the low point in his WWE run.

* [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Crowning Moment of Awesome]]: His show-stealing match with [[Wrestling/RickySteamboat Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat]] at ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}} 3'' for the WWF Intercontinental Championship. As in one-of-the-greatest-matches-of-all-time show-stealing.
** Beating Wrestling/RicFlair at ''[=WrestleMania=] VIII'' to win the WWF Championship for a 2nd time is up there, too.
** His [[CombatPragmatist incredibly savvy method]] of winning his stipulation match against Crush at WrestleMania X: he strung him up to a coat rack after pinning him in a modified Falls Count Anywhere match so he couldn't make it back to the ring before the count of 60. Crush's struggling when he came to resulted in this becoming a [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Crowning Moment of Funny]], to boot.
* [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]]: His marriage to Miss Elizabeth ({{Kayfabe}}, since they'd already been married for years) at ''[=SummerSlam=]''.
** Their reunion at ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}} VII''.
** Overlapping heavily with TearJerker, Wrestling/HulkHogan's tweets following Savage's death about how they'd just started talking again and how Hogan regretted a decade of animosity between the two.

* MemeticMolester: There was a wrestling urban legend which claimed that Savage was released from the WWF in 1994 because he raped a then-18-year-old [[Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon Stephanie [=McMahon=]]].

* [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments Crowning Moment of Awesome]]: His show-stealing match with [[Wrestling/RickySteamboat Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat]] at ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}} 3'' for the WWF Intercontinental Championship. As in one-of-the-greatest-matches-of-all-time show-stealing.

* TooCoolToLive
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Had Wrestling/HulkHogan not coincidentally chosen to visit the TNA set on the same day as him, Savage might have stuck around. Then Wrestling/JeffJarrett might have dropped the World title sooner, and the company might have gotten a much needed boost.

** Beating Wrestling/RicFlair at ''WrestleMania VIII'' to win the WWF Championship for a 2nd time is up there, too.

* [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments Crowning Moment of Awesome]]: His show-stealing match with [[Wrestling/RickySteamboat Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat]] at ''[=WrestleMania=] 3'' for the WWF Intercontinental Championship. As in one-of-the-greatest-matches-of-all-time show-stealing.

* [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments Crowning Moment of Awesome]]: His show-stealing match with Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat at ''[=WrestleMania=] 3'' for the WWF Intercontinental Championship. As in one-of-the-greatest-matches-of-all-time show-stealing.

** His [[CombatPragmatist incredibly savvy method]] of winning his stipulation match against Crush at WrestleMania X: he strung him up to a coat rack after pinning him in a modified Falls Count Anywhere match so he couldn't make it back to the ring before the count of 60. Crush's struggling when he came to resulted in this becoming a CrowningMomentOfFunny, to boot.
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: His marriage to Miss Elizabeth ({{Kayfabe}}, since they'd already been married for years) at ''[=SummerSlam=]''.

** Overlapping heavily with TearJerker, HulkHogan's tweets following Savage's death about how they'd just started talking again and how Hogan regretted a decade of animosity between the two.

* MemeticMutation: The ''[[http://wheresrandysavage.tumblr.com/ Where's Randy Savage?]]'' blog, which features images where the Macho Man's photoshopped into various scenes, such as ''BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure'', ''Film/{{Predator}}'' and ''StarWars'' - as well as various famous real life photographs.
** Became something of an AscendedMeme when RandySavage was actually spotted sitting in the crowd behind home base at a Mets game.

* MemeticMolester: There was a wrestling urban legend which claimed that Savage was released from the WWF in 1994 because he raped a then-18-year-old {{Stephanie McMahon}}.
-->'''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzFC0RcefS8 Randy Savage]]''': ...and, uh, TripleH, you already know that I'm gonna bitch-slap you, and take your girl, Stephanie [=McMahon=]!

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Had HulkHogan not coincidentally chosen to visit the TNA set on the same day as him, Savage might have stuck around. Then JeffJarrett might have dropped the World title sooner, and the company might have gotten a much needed boost.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: His show-stealing match with Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat at ''[=WrestleMania=] 3'' for the WWF Intercontinental Championship. As in one-of-the-greatest-matches-of-all-time show-stealing.
** Beating RicFlair at ''WrestleMania VIII'' to win the WWF Championship for a 2nd time is up there, too.

** Their reunion at ''{{WrestleMania}} VII''.

* MemeticMutation: The ''[[http://wheresrandysavage.tumblr.com/ Where's Randy Savage?]]'' blog, which features images where the Macho Man's photoshopped into various scenes, such as ''BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure'', ''{{Predator}}'' and ''StarWars'' - as well as various famous real life photographs.

*** "''[[SpiderMan BOOOONESAAAAW IS READYYYY!!]]''"

* CrazyAwesome: During his feud with Jake "The Snake" Roberts, Savage actually let himself get bit by a (devenomized) snake.