Mick Foley recently talked about a wide range of topics on his Foley is Pod, available via AdFreeShows.
During it, the WWE Hall Of Famer paid tribute to the recent passing of Lanny Poffo, the brother of Randy “Macho Man” Savage. Here are the highlights:
The Poffos’ frugality:
“What I was really fascinated by was when I was in my World Class days and one of the guys said I was the most frugal wrestler they’d ever seen. And then Frank Dusek goes, brother, don’t me wrong Jack, you are cheap — but you are not even in the Poffos’ league. And so it was the Poffos and the Rip Rogers who I looked up as the great money savers.”
The Poffos’ philosophy in Angelo Poffo’s territory:
“I think when I first mentioned it to Lanny, he thought I was taking a knock at him, when I was really praising him. Because that was the category that I wanted to be in, you know? Angelo [Poffo] had that territory in Tennessee, Kentucky, parts of Arkansas. They didn’t have the TV behind like Lawler’s company did. They had to save money; they had to work harder. The legendary stuff that I heard about Lanny and Randy doing in these small venues were things that I really connected with. I wanted to be that type of guy.”
Wishing he could watch a young Lanny:
“We get to see a different type of Lanny Poffo in WWE, then in WCW, and it was enjoyable, but I wish I could go back and see the Lanny who was cutting his teeth in Angelo’s promotion.”
Quotes via 411 Mania