Savage held that belt for over a year. He gave it a status it didn’t have before. When I think of that title, I think of him with it. That’s being an icon.

@beyonder1768

Жыл бұрын

This is absolutely true....Savage is to the IC title as Hogan is to the world title. Ultimate Warrior is a close second as an IC champ icon.

@3Rayfire

Жыл бұрын

Macho Man, started a slew of legendary IC Champs, Perfect, Hart, Michaels, Rude, Honky Tonk Man, Ultimate Warrior, the gateway to the World Title, it all started with Randy Savage.

@ronaldleebrogren1244

3 ай бұрын

Yep! 💯 correct

Nobody has elevated that title to near world championship status quite like savage.

@damonrichardson3607

3 жыл бұрын

No B.S. When he had the IC belt it felt like the Heavyweight belt. Macho Man is really the man...

@theprodigy2044

3 жыл бұрын

Don't forget The Miz

@SkellyDrAgOn

3 жыл бұрын

Mr. Perfect

@rubenarriaga3029

2 жыл бұрын

🎯

@rubenarriaga3029

2 жыл бұрын

@@theprodigy2044 not like Savage did

Find someone who holds you like Randy Savage holds the Intercontinental Championship belt.

@hilarypalm-bradich3468

2 жыл бұрын

There was no one like him. The one and only.

@BIGDADDYSINISTER

Жыл бұрын

Almost disliked this comment because I'll NEVER find someone like that. 😰

@gregbors8364

Жыл бұрын

@@BIGDADDYSINISTER Don’t give up hope. There’s a belt-holder out there for everyone

@iamnotanuggetblackhart5103

Ай бұрын

Ric Flair would always hold the NWA Heavyweight title like that before and after he switched to the Big Gold belt.

I love his "I'm the Champ" t-shirt.

Why do I have the feeling that every time these two did something on camera they were so close to cracking up. Beautiful to watch, feels so genuine.

@ohh1065

Жыл бұрын

I don’t know how they did it 😂

@DanKuhn

10 ай бұрын

To keep a straight face Mean Gene should have 75 thousand Emmys.

1:55 The comedic timing by Mean Gene was impeccable, he was the perfect straight man in these interviews

@jasondorsey7110

Жыл бұрын

It really is timeless comedic gold, as far back as I could remember of the 80s(born in 82) Macho Man and Hulk Hogan were larger than life...and always will be

@georgeriley4818

Жыл бұрын

Macho Man and Mean Gene are the greatest comedy duo in pro wrestling history

I miss it when the Intercontinental Championship was the launching pad towards bigger things.

@PsychomachineryEBM

7 жыл бұрын

Sadly it didn't launch Muraco to the world title run he deserved

@Brandon-rq3ys

5 жыл бұрын

I miss when there were only 2 belts (plus tag team) and they actually meant something. Quite a bit in fact. Now no one cares.

@travismcdonald6576

5 жыл бұрын

Psycho Machinery What? He won the world belt twice.

@robmiller7347

4 жыл бұрын

Aaron S. Unfortunately that’s what happens when you devalue any title. A title hast mean something in order for people to be invested into care otherwise what’s the sense of watching two people battle of rebel no one cares about and that’s the thing we’ve done past belts around like candy and traded them back and forth left and right And now no one really cares about the intercontinental title

@Boygonebad

3 жыл бұрын

It wasn’t a launching pad it was just as big a deal as being WWF Champion because the WWF only had TWO singles title.

I so miss this era of wrestling...

@justafanofnerdculture7602

2 жыл бұрын

Same here! ☹️

@toyman81

Жыл бұрын

We all do Brother, We all do!!

Two men who understood comedy. Perfect timing.

Every kid in 1986 when kayfabe was strong: "What's ribbin'?"

The best wrestler ever... OHHHH YEAAAAAA

@HEYBERT1984

3 жыл бұрын

DIG IT !!!!

Why am I watching Savage promos ? Oh I know why? Because it’s awesome.

@robertofortuni6886

Жыл бұрын

notin' means notin' ohhhh yeaaaahhh

@yurhomi4478

Жыл бұрын

Yea…

Mean Gene cuts off the Macho Man to talk to Miss Elizabeth. PURE GOLD.

@Rockin_Ross

Жыл бұрын

Gene always pinned after her. You could see it in his face how he felt.

@michaelball4595

Жыл бұрын

Yes.. & Macho just kept talking.. lol

@MafiaKingfishNOLA

Жыл бұрын

The most important man in the world is standing there holding a gold belt, and Mean Gene is trying to talk to Elizabeth.

@thalion3410

Жыл бұрын

thats the joke. its funny.

@Eddie-oc2se

Ай бұрын

That was always funny😂!

The Golden Age of pro wrestling.

Mean Gene was the Intercontinental Champion of comedic timing for sure

literally the first heel I cheered for next to the Road Warriors.

Hilarious . Not many could beat macho in wrestling and promos

Nobody displayed the Belt the way Randy Macho Man Savage held his. Folded and at chest height. Nobody.

Randy was a great wrestler and a great promo at sounding paranoid and crazy, mostly because he was legitimately paranoid and crazy. Great wrestler though.

I'm the champion I do anything I want!

Whhhyyyy did Mean Gene freeze when Macho Man kissed the belt ? 😄😄😄 Macho Man will always be the G. O. A. T. ! 🥇 RIP

@kevincollett4616

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly. He can do what he wants he is the champ

@miketerzo4736

Жыл бұрын

Nobody Better° tonight's the Night!!

LOVE MACHO MAN!

The wobbly recording of this makes it even funnier! 😂

I completely lost it when the wobbly music kicked in at the end! 😂🤣😂😂

I wasn’t surprised 😂

Are you trying to tarnish the Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion of the WOOOORLD?!

@BrotherDerrick3X

4 жыл бұрын

No. You can't tarnish a rusted knife.

@corywilson8704

4 жыл бұрын

You got to be ribbing

@MafiaKingfishNOLA

2 жыл бұрын

Gorilla Monsoon got a new job as Tito Santana's psychiatrist.

you gotta be ribbin

@MJBYouTubeNetwork

4 жыл бұрын

Whaddya mean I'm ribbin? I'm not ribbin, I'm bringing it up.

Mean gene has got a great poker face I d be peeing myself laughing......

"Ooh yeah!" "Dig it!" "Yeah!" Macho man randy savage.

I remember exactly where I was when the Macho Man became the champ.

The Macho Man Randy Savage and Mr. Perfect Curt Hennig are Two of The Greatest Intercontinental Heavyweight Champions of All Time. No question about it man.

i so want that shirt!!!!!

I loved that belt!

I love the weird audio distortion in the background. Makes it hilarious.

I loved the way Macho Man said Tito Santana.

Freak out freak out!!! Yyyayyy

Love the watery 80s footage❤

The World Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion

They are like Abbott and Costello.....Mean Gene is the serious straight man,.. .and Savage is the Entertainer!!

One of my favorite all time wrestlers

Great t shirt 👍

Interesting hearing SAVAGE say "ribbing", a knows shoot term the boys would use to pull practical jokes on each other.

The GOAT!!

the GOAT

He was "THE BEST THERE EVER WAS"...Sorry Bret....

I want that shirt..

I want that shirt!

Macho has to be the greatest champs then, WM 2 IC champ and then a year later loses it, WM 4 won the World title then a year later loses it, year long reigns

@rubenarriaga3029

2 жыл бұрын

Along with Pedro Morales the only 2 Wrestlers to have an Intercontinental and World Title Reign go a year apiece

At 1:10 when he stares at Gene like " here we go again " lol

Intercontinental championship of the world? 😂

@rubenarriaga3029

2 жыл бұрын

That was normal for Savage to say that

@ademali8199

2 жыл бұрын

🤣😂 he was loved world 🌍 wide miss him now there all funny

@Eddie-oc2se

Ай бұрын

Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship!

Sounds like they're all drowning under water, lol.

@bigdrew565

6 жыл бұрын

Hey man, it's a 30 year old tape. What do you expect?

This aired two weeks after Savage won the Intercontinental title. Until the switch was shown on TV Santana would continue to defend the title.

They are all gone......

@cryptozoomauler5505

3 жыл бұрын

but not forgotten.

Lucky Tito 😎

Last great ic champ was shawn or razor..rock n austin really didnt seem to care about it or did anyone in attitude era ..i bet ten yrs from now miz still ic champ and it still wont matter.

@jamaalmoses8821

5 жыл бұрын

HHH vs Rock in 98 was a great IC feud.

@Boygonebad

3 жыл бұрын

Jeff Jarrett was a damn good IC champion. Shamrock was only IC champion in attitude era to hold it longer than a month. I thought Randy Orton had a terrific IC title run and Miz’s most recent run was solid too.

"Gorilla Monsoon is a very responsible journalist and reporter." LMAO. I don't know who Gorilla Monsoon is, but how could you doubt the journalistic integrity of someone with a name like that?

@cryptozoomauler5505

3 жыл бұрын

It's a bit sad that you don't know who Gorilla Monsoon is. You should look him up.

@rubenarriaga3029

2 жыл бұрын

@@cryptozoomauler5505 I agree man smh

Interesting. One of the few times as a heel Macho didn't completely treat Miss Elizabeth like dirt.

Imagine going back in time... 3 years earlier Savage takes the belt from Backlund instead, and eventually is transitioned into a babyface. What do the next 5 years of the WWE look like?

You gotta be ribbin .... Lol before anybody knew what it meant

SLP's finest!

Used a rolling pin to knock out Tito Santana

I was only a not old and some days

Ahhhh, a classic of the WWF, Macho Man, Gene Okerlund, a copious amount of cocaine.

1:10 1:13 😊 😂

The only wrestler that thought real life was fake and wrestling life was real

Savage must have used that terrible polish right after winning the championship. You can see that a lot of the blue is gone already. While Macho elevated the title to unprecedented levels, he ruined the actual belt.

Gorilla monsoon has tito Santana all 🔥 and bothered

Cocaine is 1hella drug

Cocaine is a hell of a drug 😬🤣

Macho man was proof of how steroids got better with time,...look how small he was then.

1:15 "Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion of the World" 😂 The man sounded like Gunther for a minute Legend🤙🏻

Ha ha talk about a loose tongue..

I was too young during this era but I’ve been watching promos and matches and man! Wrestling now is not even close to those days . They don’t know how to cut a good promo , they are bad on the mic , their wrestling is not that good and they push people because of their family and how popular they are in social media. Boring

Hulk Hogan sucks. MACHO MAN MADE THE WWF

@Eddie-oc2se

Ай бұрын

Oooh Yeah he did!

Savage should never have turned face. Anti hero....yes. Face.....no.

Chico Santana got beat fair and square by the Macho Man, and the only "foreign Object" used was the Macho Madness.

This was wrestling...ahh memories

Find someone who holds you like Randy Savage holds the Intercontinental Championship belt.