Randy Savage-Dutch Mantell Feud, Part 1

[Junkay2]

WOW!!! That was some good stuff from the Macho Man! And he and his dad were prophetic in this video: The Macho Man will go down in history as the greatest wrestler of all time! Or at least in the Top 5!

[cactus9889]

2 of my all time favorite wrestlers right their, the macho man and dirty dutch

[blasto1979]

Wow, who was the hot blonde at 1:10 tossing the confetti?

[princesstamika]

@blasto1979 Bunny Love.

[blasto1979]

@princesstamika Oh, thanks for that!  Was she a wrestling manager? I'm trying to do a Google search on her and not getting anything.

[princesstamika]

@blasto1979 Yep. Search ICW Poffo History, there's a site chronicling the promotion, more info about her is there. 

[blasto1979]

@princesstamika Oh got it now; she's from Chicago- cool, just like me! Slam Wrestling has a good article on her and her husband Paul Christy.

[DeepSouthWrestling1]

Rest in Peace, Macho Man...

[eslubin]

the secret of the madness was angelo poffo. he was the brutal taskmaster lighting the fire in randy

[ReddFoxxPunxx]

I like the middle school art class project Mach & Big Poppa Poffo did with that guady belt.

[feckyoo2]

Savage looks like he's trying to have a shit lol

[Syntox]

Who is Savage's manager - is that his dad?

[jlowry71]

@Syntox Yes, that's Angelo Poffo - Randy and Lanny's dad.

[T74G]

AWA Mid-America title....which looked like metal welded to more metal...on top of metal!!

awful ugly....

MACHO MAN...ALL TIME GREAT!!

[bigpoppanard]

@T74G there was NEVER an "AWA Mid-America Title" look at the belt, it says N.W.A. (National Wrestling Alliance) Mid-America Heavyweight Champion.

[T74G]

@bigpoppanard

ughhhhh ok!!!!!

[CaptainNemoful]

Great video's all 3 of them, thumbs up!!!

[TheAndyMind]

0:45 "Its like an ant going up an elephant's back with rape on its mind"... wow

[drail37]

COMPLETE MENTAL INSANITY!

Legend pure legend.

[TankMurdock]

I want Dutch Mantels fucking hat, goddam that thing is badass

[princesstamika]

I believe that secret jealousy was the reason Savage stomped on it. That is a beast of a hat.

[misteremanpoffo]

Google ICW Poffo Universe

It will bring you to the ICW Poffo website I've compiled to chronicle The Poffo's independent wrestling promotion which ran in the mid south from 1979- 1985 .

Tons of ads for house shows ( over 700 on the site) . Pictures of the Macho Man from high school; match listings for early Lanny and Randy bouts from Phil Goldens All Star Wrestling from 1973.Pictures of Randy's great wardrobe

This is the most comprehensive site dedicated to the Poffo's ... so enjoy !!!

[Knightfall937]

i checked ur site man, cool!

[MrPerfect77]

Randy Savage is the best

[SandyKrebs]

Actually Dutch is a lot more lucid and clear in his promo than Macho Man.

[SwissCheeseInOurEyes]

but macho man is a much better actor- probably the best wrestler/actor in history

[eslubin]

@SwissCheeseInOurEyes he ain't actin :)

[imdagr8st]

who was the blonde?

[hydra555]

Dutch mantel is one of the bookers in TNA who is making it crap

[keijimuto]

Indeed, he is one of the biggest ass clowns in wrestling, up Jarretts A!!

And a snake of course.

[nochu2]

Does anybody remember the prophet witht he macho man, i done several indy shows with Dutch super nice guy especially if ya put him over and remember who he was.

[morbonzi]

Dutch rulez....Jazeker, de hypotheker!

[amd1974]

Randy Savage always was a NUT!

[PrimeTime21Goat]

i think i know where mankind got his early gimmick...from the macho man

[Eric781]

Great videos!! Any chance of getting a video of Lawler getting his head shaved by Austin Idol and Tommy Rich with Jimmy Hart as their manager. Man, that was the closest i've ever seen Mid-South coliseum come to a riot.

[jlowry71]

Paul E. Dangerously was the manager, and in fact we're coming up in April the 20th anniversary of that match. I've got it and I'll see about posting some or all of it up on YouTube.

[Eric781]

Yeah, I remember that now that you mention it..funny what time does to the mind!! Also, do you remember a promo where Savage was throwing things off of a bridge?

[Nuthinbuthate]

I don't even know if u remember posting this about Savage and the bridge. He was throwing off all his baseball trophies and saying how he was now devoted full time to wrestling. Could've been for Memphis but I think it was ICW

[Eric781]

Wow, thanks for that. You wouldn't happen to know if that was High Bridge, the railroad bridge, that he was throwing that off of would you?

[Nuthinbuthate]

That was long time ago, seems like it was a railroad bridge because I don't remember any cars I never associated it with high bridge but I bet it was. U from KY?

[Grunt6869]

This is Midsouth not N.W.A.

[jlowry71]

MidSouth was Bill Watts' territory. This is Memphis. Jerry Jarrett revived the title in 1981, making it a part of his CWA (Continental Wrestling Association) promotion.

[bigpoppanard]

@Grunt6869 This IS "N.W.A" wrestling from Memphis as promoted by Jerry Jarrett's Continental Wrestling Association. His promotion was a NWA Wrestling promotion until 1987 when they officially switched "affiliations" totally to the American Wrestling Association (A.W.A).

[ruinerfixxxer]

did he say "like an ant crawling up an elephants back with rape on it's mind?" roflmao!

[AndreSm95]

Macho Madness! Classic Pro Wrestling footage from the

1980's. This was Randy Savage Before he intered the WWF. He had the same intensity, personality, and Madness! Thanks for posting You Tube.

[BryGuy]

I BROKE THIS CHAIR BY SITTING DOWN!

[00UltimateSin00]

Hey why is Macho Man wearing the same outfit as me? Hmmmm....

[FleshofSwans]

Savage looks like a crazed Isrealite in this video

[Dannypuck]

Someone get this to the boys of Cheap Seats.

[Eric781]

That is a great idea!!!

[crispyal]

i miss these days. back then every wrestles didn't look like a body builder.

[arkansoul]

I am so glad someone else appreciates regular looking wrestlers instead blown up muscle freaks...The muscle freaks can't move better than the regulars...

[Eddros1]

Lance Russell really knew how to sell any angle. Memphis rocked!

[JimBarbasol]

This is not ICW. It's Memphis.

[jlowry71]

I do have some footage of this feud that comes from the ICW shows... it's interesting to see the ICW take on it. UNFORTUNATELY my computer got taken out by a power surge a couple weeks back and it will be a bit before I can add more footage.

[traquib515]

Gotta love Russell's little spiel after Mantell leaves. No commentator does this anymore!!!

[Learyfan]

Thanks!

[timjwhite]

Good promo by Randy Savage

[odf14]

proud papa angelo with his crazy macho man son...lol.

thanks for posting this classic ICW stuff.

[wvoutlaw2002]

That wasn't ICW. That was Jerry Jarrett;s Memphis promotion.

[kroiz]

'like the ant going up an elephant's back with rape on it's mind'. LOL. Beautiful. There will never be another like the Macho Man

[JonahHexx]

Savage and 3066...promo gold!