Made for Viceland , airing on TV April 10th in the US.
Season 1. Episode 1.
The story : Randy "Macho Man" Savage and Miss Elizabeth were the first and best package that was created in the WWF model.
Theirs was a fictional love story surrounding a real life marriage that eventually turned tragic.
Randy Poffo AKA Randy Savage was a second generation wrestler who broke out onto the wrestling scene in 1979.
He played crazy really well because he lived crazy 24/7.
Some loved him. Some hated him. But everyone respected him.
At a gym one day Randy met new girl at the front desk Elizabeth.
Randy believed it was love at first sight and the two began a relationship.
Elizabeth , said to have been super nice , smart and quick to learn was working as a ICW announcer as well as an editor so she knew the wrestling business.
Soon the two were married in a small ceremony at Elizabeth's mothers home in Frankfort , Kentucky.
The two were inseparable and when Randy explained that he wanted his wife with him while on the road , his managers decided they would like to market the two of them as a team.
Wrestler and manager.
The public loved them as a team but didn't know they were actually husband and wife.
In their own reality , Randy was very controlling and protective of Elizabeth and she had very little friends unless he allowed it.
As time went on , Randys' paranoia escalated and Elizabeth grew weary of her lack of freedom.
She also wanted time away from the business and wanted him to quit , but he wasn't ready.
After separating from Randy and spending some time with friends in Florida , Elizabeth decided she would leave Randy for good.
The two parted ways and at first Randy couldn't handle it but with time they became friendly and worked together on the wrestling scene once again.
But Elizabeth was now living a secret life that not too many people knew about...and the end result for Elizabeth and Randy wouldn't be a pleasant one.
Stars (voice) Dutch Mantell , Bruce Prichard AKA Brother Love , Lanny Poffo , Linda Bollea , Scott Hall AKA Razor Ramon , Jimmy Hart , Jake "The Snake" Roberts , Eric Bischoff
Directed by Jason Eisener
Rated TV14
DOCUMENTARY/HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY/SERIES
"Sometimes art imitates life and things get fucked up."
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