Angelo Poffo
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John Angelo Poffo (born April 10, 1925) is a former professional wrestler and wrestling promoter. He ran International Championship Wrestling for a number of years, holding cards in Tennessee, Kentucky and Arkansas. He is most noted for being the father of "Macho Man" Randy Savage and "Leaping" Lanny Poffo/The Genius. He also held the world sit up record for several years, his total being 6033 in one sitting.
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[edit] Career
Poffo started wrestling in 1948. He sometimes wrestled as The Masked Miser.
He formed a heel tag team with Chris Markoff, called "The Devil's Duo" and "The Graduates."
He made a few appearances in WCW in 1995 managing his son, Randy Savage, Arn Anderson, and Vader. He was once attacked by "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, who put him in a figure 4 leg lock, .
In 1995, he was inducted into the WCW Hall of Fame as a favor to his son, Randy Savage.
[edit] Personal life
Poffo's parents were Italian Catholic immigrants.[1] He married Judy on June 5, 1949.
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
- International Championship Wrestling
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- ICW Television Championship (1 time)
- National Wrestling Alliance
- National
- Regional
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- NWA Midwest Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- NWA Texas Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Bronco Lubich
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Detroit version) (1 time) - with Lanny Poffo
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- WWA World Tag Team Championship (3 times) - with Chris Markoff (2) and Nikolai Volkoff (1)
