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Angelo Poffo (born 1925) is a former professional wrestler and wrestling promoter. He ran the ICW, International Championship Wrestling for a number of years, holding cards in Tennessee, Kentucky and Arkansas. He is most noted for being the father of Randy "Macho Man" Savage and "Leaping" Lanny Poffo. He also held the world sit up record for several years, his total being 6033 in one sitting.

Career

Poffo started wrestling in 1948. He sometimes wrestled as The 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 and was attacked by Ric Flair, Arn Anderson and Vader.

Championships and accomplishments

1-time NWA United States Heavyweight Champion (Chicago version)
1-time NWA World Tag Team Champion (Detroit version) (with Lanny Poffo
)
2-time NWA Midwest Heavyweight Champion
1-time ICW Television Champion
1-time NWA Texas Tag Team Champion (with Bronco Lubich)
3-time WWA Tag Team Champion (with Chris Markoff twice and Nikolai Volkoff once)
Member of WCW Hall of Fame (inducted in 1995)

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