RIP Lanny Poffo

[Clark Rogers]

RIP to The Genius, and brother of one of the GOATS



More info here
www.f4wonline.com/.amp/news/wwe/former-wwe-star-lanny-poffo-passes-away-at-68-years-old

 

[BoogerDawson]

RIP, Genius.

 

[HHJ]

Behold this humble entourage
Their heads are bowed in reverence
At the very slightest whisper of one name
Exalting in his splendor
Which is altogether fitting
Of the people and the land from wence he came

False modesties are common place
As kingdoms rise and fall
But I the Genius full of glory and renown
Say the Macho Man is everything
That everybody, everywhere
Would ever, ever want to wear a crown

I say this King deserves a Queen
Beside him on the throne
And Sherri is the fairest in the land
Nobody else is worthy
Of this monumental honor
And the regal splendor of his royal hand

We witness the dethroning
Of one Jim "The Hacksaw" Duggan
Whose crown and robe are in a state of ravage
I now remove my mortarboard
And place it near my heart
And thus proclaim you "Macho King" Randy Savage

 

[HHJ]

Macho man in heaven:

UH HUH SO THERE HE IS
ASCENDED UP THE GOLDEN STAIRCASE MMMHMM
CREAM RISES TO THE TOP YEA
THE GENIUS AND THE MACHO KING
RANDY SAVAGE AND LEAPIN LANNY
TOGETHER AGAIN YEA

 

[VulcanNervPinch]

Jim Duggan, a longtime personal friend of the Poffo family, revealed that Poffo had died at the age of 68. Dave Meltzer revealed the cause of death to be heart failure

Bummer.
I'm surprised. He claimed to be about healthy living and said he only geared briefly, then decided it was a bad idea.
Might be a genetic thing - Randy's heart went, too, although Angelo made it into his 80s.

 

[VulcanNervPinch]

Just dawned on me that Lanny and Randy both didn't have any kids, so that's the end of that line.
Also kinda sad.

 

[sleepwalk]

Lanny was one of my favorite low card guys when I was a kid. Loved the acrobatics and the poetry burns. Still remember him coming to the "one weapon allowed" match wearing a suit of armor.

 

[Wariowokecancel]

I forgot the Genius was the handsome Poffo. Also with his naturally wider chest he could have outmassed his brother.

 

[Wariowokecancel]

Macho man in heaven:

UH HUH SO THERE HE IS
ASCENDED UP THE GOLDEN STAIRCASE MMMHMM
CREAM RISES TO THE TOP YEA
THE GENIUS AND THE MACHO KING
RANDY SAVAGE AND LEAPIN LANNY
TOGETHER AGAIN YEA

If you asked somebody who didn’t know, they’d point to Lanny as the bigger star with his “not prison rapist” look.

 

[HHJ]

Lanny was one of my favorite low card guys when I was a kid. Loved the acrobatics and the poetry burns. Still remember him coming to the "one weapon allowed" match wearing a suit of armor.

Just a fuckin instant heat magnet with that gimmick, All respect

 

[VulcanNervPinch]

This was fun.
I would have liked to see them stay as a team.
Never actually saw them together until now.