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Lanny Poffo On The Decision To Let WWE Induct Randy Savage, Taking Care Of His Mother, Poetry In WWE
- Updated: September 7, 2016
Source: CYInterview.com
Chris Yandek recently spoke with WWE Hall of Famer Lanny Poffo. You can check out the full interview on Yandek’s website at this link. Below are highlights:
How poetry became part of his WWE gimmick on an episode of Tuesday Night Titans:
“When we went to black, which as you know is when you go to commercial, Vince McMahon said, ‘Lanny, that was great. From now on, you do a poem before every match.’ And I pretended to be cool about it. I just said ok. But inside I was going, ‘YES!’ And I had a gimmick. So that was it. And then when I became a villain, The Genius, oh man, that was easy. I just went to every city and insulted their sports teams. That was easy. Yeah. ‘Cause there’s no heat like cheap heat.”
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