I sent Lanny a message back in 2012 because something he said in an interview really resonated with me. I thought it was really cool that he took the time to message me back and share a few kind words. May he Rest In Peace.
Lanny's victory over Hulk Hogan was actually via countout and not disqualification. Lanny was my best friend and we talked about that match often as it was one of his proudest moments of his career. We analyzed the match and he was so proud that it was a countout as a countout meant that Hulk couldn't make it back into the ring (although Mr. Perfect ensured that). If it had been a DQ, it wouldn't have been so much a win as it would have just been Hulk doing something to cause his own loss. Maybe a small inaccuracy but one that was very important to Lanny. There were several inaccuracies in this podcast but, all in all, I was very happy that Bruce & Conrad dedicated a show to Lanny's career as Lanny certainly deserved it.
"His name was known all too well, A wrestler with poems, his stories to tell, With moves so quick, his foes were stunned, And rhymes that were profound, he would leave the fans booing as one. In the WWF, he was known as The Genius, Having a sharp wit, ballads were a convenience From Hulk Hogan to Jay Lethal, he had a memorable career For the audience knew they were in for a show, year after year. A smile that lit up the darkest night, His spirit could never be tamed, It was fun being with Curt Hennig, The Beverly Brothers were a royal pain. Living life to the fullest, he was never one to conform Stepping into the ring, he loved to perform Lanny Poffo was always the man with a plan, Rest in peace to the brother of The Macho Man."
Your poem is great. I like how you copied the Genius' schtick. But your poem left out Lanny's infamous date. You know, the one where he sucked his own dick.
I remember the Genius' 1990 Royal Rumble match with Beefcake when Jesse Ventura said on commentary "The Genius may be a little light in the loafers but what the heck!" Always made me wonder about Lanny a bit . 🤣🤣🤣
Love the scammy health powder tips in the middle. "get your greens in a pouch - it'll fix yall up right good and then you can move on to your blew chew". Or you can just go to the store and buy stuff like cabbage and greens that are on sale and eat them, know what they are, and probably actually absorb what's in them.
As a kid, I always suspected that Randy and Lanny were related because of their smiles. They just looked so similar to each other in the face that I figured they might be brothers.
They just had similar bodies and even wrestling attire to me by 1989. I didn't see them before the WWF so I wouldn't have known, but I definitely noticed as a kid.
What a great performer and overall talent. He was given limited primetime, and he took full advantage of that. Did big things out of little opportunity. Greatly underutilized. RIP Lanny.
Im glad Bruce is back because although I'm a Memphis guy y'all's is my fave podcast.Very glad that i saw Macho,Lanny and Mr. Poffo all together at a spot show in senatobia,MS at Northwest MS. Junior College.They had a great match against the Fabs summer 84. I had a silent pop but not cheap because Mr.Poffo had the 6033 4:10 shirt on.
...and the powerful play goes...and boy did Lanny and Mario contribute some verses...the rhymes were off the top rope, bruh!...CHEERS!...SALUD!!...TO THE POFFOS!!!...TO BROTHERHOOD!!!...TO FAMILY!!!...que Dios los bendiga y los guarde, hermanos...
Lanny said Randy used to beat himself up for years after the legends Battle Royal thing because he "didn't fight hard enough for his father" that he did ask for him to be in but Patterson said no or we will consider it. Then Randy told his Dad don't worry he would get him in then they didn't bother with him and Randy had to tell his dad who was all looking forward to seeing all his old friends, the bad news he felt like a weak, failure as a son & was so angry afterwards at himself but he blamed Pat Patterson for not going with him & didn't like him ever since. But still was angry at himself for not pushing for him more.
I never heard the name Angelo Poffo until he was brought into WCW for an angle with Randy. I know the HoF is sort of a joke considering some who have been inducted, but getting in for being related to someone actually deserving makes it even more of a mockery.
@@palaceofwisdom9448 i never heard of it until i seen that interview with Lanny. One of the rare occasions i agree with the WWE or McMahon over the wrestler. Why should he be in just because it was Randy Savages father? The fans wouldn't care, they wanted to see Randy Savage in because he was a former champion and huge name in the WWF. Just because ot meant something to him doesn't mean it means the same to everybody else. Having "The Poffos" in rather than The Macho Man would have been ridiculous. So Bret "The Hitman" Hart shouldn't go in alone but should have been as "The Hart's" with his father amd owen & their brothers all together or Dusty Rhodes shouldn't have went in alone but as "The Rhodes" with Goldust & Cody. It was a silly idea
My mom went to high school with Lanny. I think Randy was gone by the time she went but Lanny was there. In fact, he mentions Downers Grove, I’m still living there
Once in Downers Grove Illinois was born 2 brothers from a mother who always wanted a daughter but instead got 2 sons, one was macho the other not so. But while one was filled with madness & meanness the other my friends was a truly confirmed genius!
Bruce please keep the genius as part of your repertoire....2 of my favorite gimmicks brother were him and Dean Douglas...I know that's an unpopular take...
He was very popular with his peers and should be in the Hall of fame for contributing to wrestling for all those years and wwe have worse guys in the hall of fame ,he was very entertaining.
Oh if y'all get a chance type Lanny Poffo vs Tracy smothers into youtube how he shows he's a ring general when the ring has a rope failure. By the way, good of Lanny to represent for the wedding of Neighbor and Miss Joyce
The rumor at the end was probably that Lanny Poffo was not lacking in the private area. He was rumored to be able to give himself his blow(you know what) I wouldn't know that for a fact but that's probably what Conrad was talking about
I caught one of his frisbees at a house show in Syracuse, NY. I was 11 yrs old. Unfortunately, this black dude who was sitting behind me and was much bigger and older than than I was decided he wanted the frisbee more. He threatened me for it. When I wouldn't give in, he started punching me in the back of the head and then ripped it out of my hands and ran off. He never returned to his seat. Just another great memory of my childhood years. 😂
>Whys she still working Being a greeter at walmart is not working, its something to do instead of sitting around home dying. She paid off her house 50 years ago when she paid $5000 for it.
@@BeeBumper What kind of a response is this? There was a question asked about the rumor, the first reply speculated on the rumor and you immediately say arrogant crap like this “nope he liked girls broooo. sorry not your type” Oh so edgy you are. Grow up dude. There have been plenty of people, who thought that rumor was true. The reply didn’t say “it’s a definite that he’s gay”. He said “maybe”. But that is a rumor that followed Lanny. Even if it was true, so what. It’s a non issue.
@@jzwawa Rumour is Lanny loved himself more than Shawn Michaels. Lanny performed felatio on himself but he was not gay. Like Shawn who performed it on Vince right before each ppv.
Pritchard tells this story about Macho wanting to be behind a commentary desk and nothing else. I don't buy it. I'm sure Randy said it in 1991 when he and Liz wanted to slow down. I'm sure he said it again when Liz left him because Liz couldn't handle the 200 show 300 day year schedule. When Macho lost the title after another exhausting year at 39 off the juice I'm certain he asked for the commentator gig thinking it would be a part time wrestler gig where he could still have feuds like he had with Crush in 94. Savage still had gas in the tank and deserved to have a lighter Hogan-like schedule after all the years Savage busted his ass for the company. I'm certain Savage asked to be in a program with Shawn, similar to the one the much older Lawler and Backlund worked off and on for two years with The Hitman. Vince has done a million stupid things over the years. But honestly sitting Savage out as a commentator at age 40 has got to be up there with the stupidest ideas McMahon has ever come up with. Major mistake. Savage took slim jim with him and gave DDP the cred Shawn could have used when he was drawing nothing in 95 and 96. Vince worked those 80s guys way too hard with way too many dates and sadly many of them are gone now because of it.
Lanny is the first wrestler I actually had conversations with in the early 2000s online. Such a nice guy. Huge loss for the wrestling industry!
I sent Lanny a message back in 2012 because something he said in an interview really resonated with me.
I thought it was really cool that he took the time to message me back and share a few kind words.
May he Rest In Peace.
Lanny's victory over Hulk Hogan was actually via countout and not disqualification. Lanny was my best friend and we talked about that match often as it was one of his proudest moments of his career. We analyzed the match and he was so proud that it was a countout as a countout meant that Hulk couldn't make it back into the ring (although Mr. Perfect ensured that). If it had been a DQ, it wouldn't have been so much a win as it would have just been Hulk doing something to cause his own loss. Maybe a small inaccuracy but one that was very important to Lanny.
There were several inaccuracies in this podcast but, all in all, I was very happy that Bruce & Conrad dedicated a show to Lanny's career as Lanny certainly deserved it.
Listening to it they said count out when describing it then Conrad mistakenly said DQ.
"His name was known all too well,
A wrestler with poems, his stories to tell,
With moves so quick, his foes were stunned,
And rhymes that were profound, he would leave the fans booing as one.
In the WWF, he was known as The Genius,
Having a sharp wit, ballads were a convenience
From Hulk Hogan to Jay Lethal, he had a memorable career
For the audience knew they were in for a show, year after year.
A smile that lit up the darkest night,
His spirit could never be tamed,
It was fun being with Curt Hennig,
The Beverly Brothers were a royal pain.
Living life to the fullest, he was never one to conform
Stepping into the ring, he loved to perform
Lanny Poffo was always the man with a plan,
Rest in peace to the brother of The Macho Man."
ChatGPT much?
The cadence is way off but I’m sure he’d mostly forgive you.
@@timmarsh7257 It would have probably been technically better with a lot less soul. ;-)
Your poem is great. I like how you copied the Genius' schtick. But your poem left out Lanny's infamous date. You know, the one where he sucked his own dick.
Lanny should have been the royal Jester. The royal entertainer to the Macho King. "Dance for me Lanny, uh huh."
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I remember the Genius' 1990 Royal Rumble match with Beefcake when Jesse Ventura said on commentary "The Genius may be a little light in the loafers but what the heck!" Always made me wonder about Lanny a bit . 🤣🤣🤣
Havnt heard a stw for ages, those 9 hour ads I haven’t missed.
This was one really good episode to listen too. Thank you guys for putting up a great tribute.
Rest In Peace Genius ❤🙏😇
RIP Lanny
My mom still has the leaping Lanny book pretty cool it's a collectible now
This was a great episode. Loved hearing Bruce do the poems, and loved getting to know more about Lanny as a person. RIP Lanny.
Lanny was one of the few wrestlers of his era who was able to retire on his own terms.
Thanks to his brother
59:00 - "It would look like a busted can of biscuits" - I just fell out of my chair when I heard that one!
Love the scammy health powder tips in the middle. "get your greens in a pouch - it'll fix yall up right good and then you can move on to your blew chew".
Or you can just go to the store and buy stuff like cabbage and greens that are on sale and eat them, know what they are, and probably actually absorb what's in them.
that wont give you a boner
Long live the king, and RIP to the genius.
I get having ads, but this is insane.
As a kid, I always suspected that Randy and Lanny were related because of their smiles. They just looked so similar to each other in the face that I figured they might be brothers.
I’m sure you did
They just had similar bodies and even wrestling attire to me by 1989. I didn't see them before the WWF so I wouldn't have known, but I definitely noticed as a kid.
Oh jeez! I didnt know Lanny Poffo died! My God!
🥺🥺🥺😥
Another one to join the royal rumble in the sky
At the very least the brothers are together. R.i.p
Were they both Christians?
I'm going to admit I made it all the way to the end until that last poem.
Fair winds Lenny you are not forgotten.
RIP Lanny Poffo
What a great performer and overall talent. He was given limited primetime, and he took full advantage of that. Did big things out of little opportunity. Greatly underutilized. RIP Lanny.
Great episode guys. RIP Lanny
Im glad Bruce is back because although I'm a Memphis guy y'all's is my fave podcast.Very glad that i saw Macho,Lanny and Mr. Poffo all together at a spot show in senatobia,MS at Northwest MS. Junior College.They had a great match against the Fabs summer 84. I had a silent pop but not cheap because Mr.Poffo had the 6033 4:10 shirt on.
...and the powerful play goes...and boy did Lanny and Mario contribute some verses...the rhymes were off the top rope, bruh!...CHEERS!...SALUD!!...TO THE POFFOS!!!...TO BROTHERHOOD!!!...TO FAMILY!!!...que Dios los bendiga y los guarde, hermanos...
Awesome show, Guys, tear in the eye there at the end. X
RIP Genius!!!
Bruce is a great talent in this genre. It's apparent.
Lanny said Randy used to beat himself up for years after the legends Battle Royal thing because he "didn't fight hard enough for his father" that he did ask for him to be in but Patterson said no or we will consider it. Then Randy told his Dad don't worry he would get him in then they didn't bother with him and Randy had to tell his dad who was all looking forward to seeing all his old friends, the bad news he felt like a weak, failure as a son & was so angry afterwards at himself but he blamed Pat Patterson for not going with him & didn't like him ever since. But still was angry at himself for not pushing for him more.
I never heard the name Angelo Poffo until he was brought into WCW for an angle with Randy. I know the HoF is sort of a joke considering some who have been inducted, but getting in for being related to someone actually deserving makes it even more of a mockery.
@@palaceofwisdom9448 i never heard of it until i seen that interview with Lanny. One of the rare occasions i agree with the WWE or McMahon over the wrestler. Why should he be in just because it was Randy Savages father? The fans wouldn't care, they wanted to see Randy Savage in because he was a former champion and huge name in the WWF. Just because ot meant something to him doesn't mean it means the same to everybody else. Having "The Poffos" in rather than The Macho Man would have been ridiculous. So Bret "The Hitman" Hart shouldn't go in alone but should have been as "The Hart's" with his father amd owen & their brothers all together or Dusty Rhodes shouldn't have went in alone but as "The Rhodes" with Goldust & Cody. It was a silly idea
As someone on the Autism (or as I like to say--"Artism") spectrum, I found Lanny to be instantly likeable and relatable
This would be a 45 min episode is Conrad quit constantly plugging himself and his mortgage shit
Way to lie and exaggerate. Shame on him for promoting his business right?!
Aww poor little baby 😢
Bruce's Lanny Poffo sounds more like Howard Finkel announcing the card for the next house show.
My mom went to high school with Lanny. I think Randy was gone by the time she went but Lanny was there. In fact, he mentions Downers Grove, I’m still living there
Once in Downers Grove Illinois was born 2 brothers from a mother who always wanted a daughter but instead got 2 sons, one was macho the other not so. But while one was filled with madness & meanness the other my friends was a truly confirmed genius!
Mid-South did promos in the show about Randy coming in but it didn't happen.
Bruce please keep the genius as part of your repertoire....2 of my favorite gimmicks brother were him and Dean Douglas...I know that's an unpopular take...
Emo Phillips Use to Bully , Randy Poffo when they we're growing up in Downers Grove .
Sad to hear about Mr. Poffo. He lasted almost until his 70s
"Outlaw mud show m-fer"
-Jim Cornette
That last poem was some good shit, pal
Sooooooo many ads
Randy was the spitting image of his mom and Lanny was the twin of his father (from that wedding photo)
Soda with no ice good idea if the can is cold enough
RIP Lanny Poffo.
I'm glad Jerry kicked out at 2
Long live the King 👑
2 and 3/4 he's a pro
Second near fall Jerry has had
Watch Lanny in Detroit & ICW
Best line from this show ever: 1:55:46
"I'll go over here and do Dusty in the corner" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
16:17 His manager in St Louis farm system was Jimmy Piersall. Who was crazy in his own right
See the movie "Fear Strikes Out"
@@nomikes4392 seen it
RIP Genius. I remember jumping up and down being so happy as a 9 year old watching Saturday Nights Main Event when he beat Hogan
He was very popular with his peers and should be in the Hall of fame for contributing to wrestling for all those years and wwe have worse guys in the hall of fame ,he was very entertaining.
Lanny admitted his “rumor” was true. He was open about being able to do it too
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Oh if y'all get a chance type Lanny Poffo vs Tracy smothers into youtube how he shows he's a ring general when the ring has a rope failure. By the way, good of Lanny to represent for the wedding of Neighbor and Miss Joyce
The rumor at the end was probably that Lanny Poffo was not lacking in the private area. He was rumored to be able to give himself his blow(you know what) I wouldn't know that for a fact but that's probably what Conrad was talking about
They think Marty Jannetty would have been good for Lanny to work with as a team. Marty most likely would have been the "Marty Jannetty" of the team.
I caught one of his frisbees at a house show in Syracuse, NY. I was 11 yrs old. Unfortunately, this black dude who was sitting behind me and was much bigger and older than than I was decided he wanted the frisbee more. He threatened me for it. When I wouldn't give in, he started punching me in the back of the head and then ripped it out of my hands and ran off. He never returned to his seat. Just another great memory of my childhood years. 😂
>Whys she still working
Being a greeter at walmart is not working, its something to do instead of sitting around home dying. She paid off her house 50 years ago when she paid $5000 for it.
Actually lany come up with the genius to save his career because Vince was going to let him go
Guess the great guys who get paid to do research missed this
Thats one hot walmart greeter
Bronko managed Angelo,and Angelo's next manager was Playboy Gary Hart.
Skip to 15 minutes on this mug...
I mean..
&& Now, hate to say that.. because it ended up being a real good one.. one that I will undoubtedly come back to to re-listen and enjoy.
Will he ever go into the Hall of Fame? It's 2024 now
Actual start is 8:50 or so.
Can I get Brother Love to do my funeral?
What was the rumor on the genius?
I'm guessing that he was gay maybe
@@bobshrubb3067 nope he liked girls bro. Sorry not your type
@@BeeBumper I'm not saying he was gay and neither am I but I had heard rumours, this all speculation and no need to be offensive is there?
@@BeeBumper What kind of a response is this? There was a question asked about the rumor, the first reply speculated on the rumor and you immediately say arrogant crap like this “nope he liked girls broooo. sorry not your type” Oh so edgy you are. Grow up dude. There have been plenty of people, who thought that rumor was true. The reply didn’t say “it’s a definite that he’s gay”. He said “maybe”. But that is a rumor that followed Lanny. Even if it was true, so what. It’s a non issue.
@@jzwawa Rumour is Lanny loved himself more than Shawn Michaels. Lanny performed felatio on himself but he was not gay. Like Shawn who performed it on Vince right before each ppv.
Pritchard tells this story about Macho wanting to be behind a commentary desk and nothing else. I don't buy it. I'm sure Randy said it in 1991 when he and Liz wanted to slow down. I'm sure he said it again when Liz left him because Liz couldn't handle the 200 show 300 day year schedule. When Macho lost the title after another exhausting year at 39 off the juice I'm certain he asked for the commentator gig thinking it would be a part time wrestler gig where he could still have feuds like he had with Crush in 94. Savage still had gas in the tank and deserved to have a lighter Hogan-like schedule after all the years Savage busted his ass for the company. I'm certain Savage asked to be in a program with Shawn, similar to the one the much older Lawler and Backlund worked off and on for two years with The Hitman. Vince has done a million stupid things over the years. But honestly sitting Savage out as a commentator at age 40 has got to be up there with the stupidest ideas McMahon has ever come up with. Major mistake. Savage took slim jim with him and gave DDP the cred Shawn could have used when he was drawing nothing in 95 and 96. Vince worked those 80s guys way too hard with way too many dates and sadly many of them are gone now because of it.
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Heard Ole Anderson didn't like Lanny ?
Who does he like.
@@angelbaaldepeor3688
Heard he never had anything bad to say about Bill and Randy Mulkey ?
Advertising a healthy product from a fat big cow is not very smart... No offense
No offense, don't offend someone and say no offense. I'd rather be overweight than an ignorant fool.
Their LDL is out of control!
do you think you will ever discuss the fact that charlotte flair is a man? or is family business too much?
Underrated comment
any one know what he died from
RIP LANNY