Wrestlers Remember The Late Macho Man Randy Savage
May 23 2011, Published 7:02 a.m. ET
By Breaking Celebrity News Staff
Macho Man Randy Savage continues to be warmly remembered by his pro wrestling colleagues after his untimely death at 58 after a car accident in Tampa, Florida on Friday.
Wrestling legend Ric Flair, who headlined 1992's Wrestlemania VII at the Indiana Hoosier Dome in against Savage, said the news hit hard.
"It's pretty sad," Flair told Charlotte's The Fan 610 AM WFNZ over the weekend. "He just recently got married, it's been a little over a year, and was happy and, you know, really seemed to be at peace with himself. He just had a phenomenal career and to have this happen is just really, really sad.
"The thing I feel worst about, of all of the guys that are available and eligible to be in the WWE Hall of Fame -- there most be something that I'm unaware of that's gone on and they've never inducted him, because Randy certainly was a major player for the WWE in the Mecca days of the 80s and 90s."
Wrestler/politician Brian Blair said the late Macho Man had "a great heart," and used his fame as an ambassador of charity on many occasions.
"He was a wonderful guy," Blair, who wrestled in The Killer