12 Crazy Meal Habits That Fueled Randy 'Macho Man' Savage Until His Heart Gave Out

Story of a DISCIPLINED MAN: Randy "Macho Man" Savage was the loudest man in wrestling and the most careful eater in it. Ten egg whites every morning. Canned chicken on the road. No butter, nothing fried, and red meat only once in a while, because he was worried about cholesterol. He sold America the Slim Jim and told a reporter he didn't touch junk food. This is a countdown of the twelve foods that built the Macho Man, from cabbage soup cooked for The Sheik to the egg white omelet he ordered at Perkins on his last morning, with what they cost and what they say about a son still trying to measure up to his father. It ends with the snack that made him famous, and a factory that closed its doors on the same day he died. He was 58. On sourcing: Much of the family story comes from his mother, Judy, and his brother, Lanny Poffo, as told to Bleacher Report. The Waffle House brawl comes from wrestlers retelling it decades later. Most prices are estimates for the era, and the narration marks them with "about" or "maybe." The medical facts, an enlarged heart and more than 90 percent blockage in his coronary arteries, and the date and cause of death, come from the Pinellas-Pasco Medical Examiner. Which one stayed with you? The police dog at Waffle House, the cobra he let bite him on purpose, or the Slim Jim factory that closed the day he died. Comments are open.