Angelo Poffo

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Angelo Poffo
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Ring name(s)	Angelo Poffo Masked Miser
Born	April 10, 1925 (1925-04-10) (age 83)
Debut	1948

John Angelo Poffo (born April 10, 1925) is a former professional wrestler and wrestling promoter, of Italian origin. He ran International Championship Wrestling for a number of years, holding cards in Tennessee, Kentucky and Arkansas. He is most noted for being the father of "Macho Man" Randy Savage and "Leaping" Lanny Poffo/The Genius. He also held the world sit up record for several years, his total being 6,033 in one sitting.

1 Career
2 Personal life
3 Championships and accomplishments
4 Footnotes
5 External links

[edit] Career

Poffo started wrestling in 1948. He sometimes wrestled as The Masked Miser.

He formed a heel tag team with Chris Markoff, called "The Devil's Duo" and "The Graduates."

He made a few appearances in WCW in 1995 managing his son, Randy Savage, Arn Anderson, and Vader. He was once attacked by "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, who put him in a Figure 4 leg lock.

In 1995, he was inducted into the WCW Hall of Fame. Though his wrestling promotion was successful for years, some speculate that he was inducted as a favor to his son, Randy Savage.