Randy Savage-Dutch Mantell Feud, Part 1

From the Memphis territory in 1984, Randy "Macho Man" Savage had recently defeated Terry Taylor for the NWA Mid-America title and was being hunted down by Dutch Mantell. Here's the first of four clips of their feud

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• Randy
• Savage
• Dutch
• Mantell
• Memphis
• Wrestling

[Syntox]

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

[jlowry71]

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

[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.

[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.

[TheAndyMind]

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

[SwissCheeseInOurEyes]

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

[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]

@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.

[princesstamika]

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

[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 Bunny Love.

[T74G]

@bigpoppanard

ughhhhh ok!!!!!

[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.

[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).

[blasto1979]

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