Jim Ross Recalls Randy Savage Wanting To Fight Him Backstage
"Macho Man" Randy Savage is undoubtedly one of the greatest American wrestlers to ever grace the sport. He was an icon of WWE's Golden Era in the 1980s. He's most known for his iconic fashion style, particularly his chunky sunglasses, and his notoriously raspy voice.
RELATED: Former WWE Legend, The Iron Sheik, Passes Away at 81, Leaving Behind an Iconic LegacyAny wrestling fan will know that the business is a source of a lot of drama for talent and staff, both for its onscreen and backstage dealings. Even wrestling's biggest stars, such as the Macho Man himself, got into their fair share of drama.
Commentator Jim Ross Nearly Got Into A Fight With The Macho Man
On the latest episode of Jim Ross' podcast, Grillin' JR, the longtime wrestling personality recalled how frustrating it was booking talent for WWF's house show promos. Randy Savage got particularly fed up with the complicated scheduling and nearly took out his frustrations on Ross. Wrestling News Co. has provided the following transcription:
Great pain in the ass. A magnificent pain in the ass. Randy Savage cornered me one day and almost wanted to fight because he thought I was taking advantage of his time when it was orders from headquarters that we wanted to use Savage. That’s Vince’s deal, but he didn’t tell Randy, so Randy found out he was doing some promos for markets that didn’t even have live events, but I was under the orders of the chairman. Savage had a screw loose anyway. Very talented. Very, very talented. Very unique, but he was very, I won’t say weak. He was insecure as hell.
Ross then spoke about commentating alongside Macho Man on Monday Night Raw. He noted that working with Savage "was not easy."
Working with Savage was not easy. It really wasn't. Again, he's paranoid all the time. He didn't trust anybody. 'Why did you say that? What did you say? What did you mean by that? Shut up. God damn it. It's pro wrestling. Hell, I don't know what I meant. Do you know what you meant.? That was not fun.
Jim Ross now works for AEW as a commentator.
