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Pro wrestling legend Randy Poffo, aka Randy “Macho Man” Savage died Friday morning in Florida after reportedly suffering a heart attack while driving. He was 58.
Immediately after TMZ broke the news Friday afternoon, #ripmachoman became a trending topic on Twitter, and many MMA fighters used the social media tool to express their feelings on the passing of one of pro wrestling’s best. A collection of their tweets can be found below.
bjpenndotcom BJ Penn
Rest in Peace to Macho Man Randy Savage. One of my biggest inspirations. God Bless
bjpenndotcom BJ Penn
You will be missed very much… OOOOOOOOH!! YEAHHHH!!! REST IN PEACE BROTHER!!!!!
bjpenndotcom BJ Penn
THE MEGA POWERS BABY!!! FOREVER!!!!
aaronsimpson Aaron Simpson
Just saw that The Macho man Randy Savage just died in a car accident. Used to love that guy.
AndreWinner André Winner
“@Fighterstrength: S–t. Macho man randy savage is dead !!”Noooooo,only until I got older did I really appreciate how good macho man was
bjpenndotcom BJ Penn
Remembering all the great memories…. I was just a little boy when The Macho Man was doing his thing…. I miss you man.
DaMarques_UFC DaMarques Johnson
RIP Macho Man Randy Savage.
FollowACE Rich Franklin
RIP macho man!!!!
titoortiz Tito Ortiz
Rip. I’ve been a big fan! Oooooh yaaaaa! RT @Ericardoin: RT @bjpenndotcom: Rest in Peace to Macho Man Randy (cont) http://tl.gd/aj753p
Brian_Bowles Brian Bowles
Macho man died today that’s sucks he was one of my favorites
TJ_Grant TJ Grant
RIP MACHO MAN
mayhemmiller Jason Mayhem Miller
Damn. I knew this day would come. I have some giant shoes to fill, but I will do my best. RIP Macho Man. You will be missed.
ShaneCarwin Shane Carwin
We should all go get a slim jim in his honor. He never got the same credit as Hulk but he helped make that era what it was. RIP
ShaneCarwin Shane Carwin
RIP Randy Macho Man Savage! We are going to SOOOOOOOOOO MISSSSS YOUUUUUUUU…… He was a great Entertainer!
thejameshead James Head
OOOOOOOOHHHHHH YEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHH. RIP #MACHOMAN
Kingsbu Kyle Kingsbury
Im seriously pretty choked up my fav prowrestler of all time died today. RIP Macho Man Randy Savage. Many great memories. #youwillbemissed
SammyJstout sam stout
RIP macho man
mexicutioner760 joey beltran
RIP MACHO MAN RANDY SAVAGE
JoshLBarnett Josh Barnett
RIP peace “Macho Man” Randy Savage. You are a legend and I loved watching you wrestle. Oh yeah!
dc_mma Daniel Cormier
Rip to the greatest wrestler of all time. Macho man Randy savage. U will be missed.
BamBamHealy Patrick Healy
RIP macho man, ur high flying maneuvers greatly influenced my childhood.
JoeB135 Joseph Benavidez
RIP Macho Man Randy Savage ‘Ooooooo ya”