*RARE - 1994 "Macho Man" Randy Savage Interview w/ Vince*

Yeah that would've been ideal as well. Vince really dropped the ball here.Shame.

I’ve heard in a few shoots that Vince did blame Savage for the crappy Crush match at WMX. It’s crazy to blame Savage for that crappy booking as he could still put on amazing programs. I’ve heard that Savage was pitching to work with Shawn as well after WMX to put him over at SummerSlam 1994 and Vince shot that down as well (which is crazy considering Shawn didn’t even work a match that night).

While I agree it was kind of ridiculous for Crush to side with Yokozuna considering he was the one who put him on the shelf, I actually thought the execution of the Savage/Crush feud was solid and well-paced.

They stretched it out from September 1993 until March 1994. I wish WWE could give a feud six months to build these days. The initial beatdown on Savage was pretty brutal I remember him bleeding from the mouth which was very shocking in that era. "Macho Man" got kind of soft when he started doing the commentary regularly so it was great seeing him revert back to that unhinged persona who would stop at nothing to get his hands on Crush. Both interacted with each other at the PPVs leading up to WrestleMania X which helped fuel the rivalry. Sure, the actual match came up short, but the build-up wasn't an issue in my opinion.

I agree with the last few posts. The Crush/Macho feud was really a great story at the time. Once Crush turned I didn't care for much that he did but the feud was strong. As a kid I really did cringe and believe the Macho was being badly beaten during the summit on Raw. Also as a kid who thought everything I saw was much bigger than it really was, even I saw Madison Square Garden as this tiny arena so the two couldn't really get a great falls count anywhere match like other matches similar. The two did the best they could with what they had I think.
As for a feud with Michaels, I'm sure once Vince McMahon heard the cheers for Diesel at Royal Rumble he had plans to make Diesel the next big thing. His build for a year prior to winning the world title was just so perfect and goes to show how much better things were back then. He came from three horrible gimmicks in WCW to the bodyguard role where I bet nothing more was planned and not long after he sets the world on fire in WWF.

I agree. If this match is seriously what put Vince off from Savage as a main eventer again it's truly ridiculous. Especially seeing that he could DELIVER in any form. A shame not even WCW really pulled that trigger as the TOP guy there without Hogan being in the picture. And it's also crazy to think that something as simple as Vince believing and giving another chance to him as World Champion could've kept him from leaving.

Because if you are able to make Crush look good in a storyline, you deserve some type of reward for that.

Randy Savage was always in Hulk Hogan's spotlight. I think Crush fitted in well as a member of Demolition.

I also thought Crush and Yokozuna could've been a serious heel tag team. Crush was finished with the Savage rivalry and Yoko just lost the title to Bret. A better tag team run would have kept them in the mix when in reality both seemed to fizzle soon afterwards.

On the other hand, Shawn and Diesel were ascending to the top of the heel tag team scene around that time and there was no shot Shawn was gonna share that spotlight with anybody who wasn't his bud.

It's funny, Yokozuna was just coming off this huge 18-month push where he beat both Bret and Hogan for the title. He was literally THE MAN for a while there, but as soon as he lost the belt at WrestleMania he seemed to fall off the map completely. He did the tag team thing with Crush for a few months, however, I don't remember him doing much of anything for the rest of 1994 until they brought him back into the fold at Survivor Series just so Undertaker could get his revenge.