Brother of Macho Man Randy Savage and veteran WWF wrestler Lanny Poffo passed away. Hacksaw Jim Duggan just shared this tragic news on social media:
With a very, very heavy heart, I've been asked to let everyone know about the passing of our friend and colleague Lanny Poffo, The Genius.
RIP Lanny pic.twitter.com/4ve4J2HSHT
— Hacksaw Jim Duggan (@RealHacksawJim) February 2, 2023
“Leaping” Lanny Poffo wrestled in WWF in the mid 1980’s as a babyface who would throw frisbees into the audience and read poems to poke fun at his opponents before the match. He later turned heel and became “The Genius,” using his gift of gab to mock the audience and his enemies for being beneath his level of intelligence.
Poffo was vocal about Macho Man’s exclusion from the WWE Hall of Fame following Randy Savage’s passing in 2011 and after Savage’s death. By 2015, when he wrote a poem to commemorate Macho Man’s induction into the WWE Hall of Fame, the issue had been rectified.
