The late “Macho Man’ Randy Savage’s storied history with WWE lasted nearly a decade, despite a sometimes contentious relationship with Vince McMahon. Savage ultimately began to work within the ring less and fewer before jumping ship to WCW in 1994, where he wrapped up his profession before a transient return stint in TNA back in 2004.
Looking back at Savage’s final tenure with WWE, specifically the dearth of wrestling he did before leaving the promotion, Bruce Prichard revealed exactly what happened on “Something to Wrestle.” “That may be a narrative that is been on the market for a very long time: oh, Randy desired to work, we didn’t want him to work,” Prichard recalled of Savage’s in-ring slowdown. “I’m telling you from 100% personal experience with Randy Savage, from Randy’s own mouth: ‘I don’t desire to take anymore bumps, I need to work behind the scenes, I need to be over here doing this.”
In keeping with Prichard, Savage had emphasized to WWE officials that he’d reasonably begin wrestling less and dealing behind the scenes more often. Nevertheless, plainly Savage had a unique story for WCW officials after he made the jump, and he upped his wrestling schedule once more while telling them that WWE wanted to make use of him less often.
“He desired to work behind the scenes, he liked his gig – or least he told us that he liked his gig as a commentator,” Prichard added. “He’d moved to Stamford in order that he may very well be within the office, in order that he could be there day-after-day. That does not sound like a man that desires to exit on the road and work on a regular basis.”
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