I saw Macho Man wrestle his brother Leaping Lanny Poffo in 1978 or 79 when they were part of the Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling circuit here in the Maritimes. He only went by Randy Savage at that time. They swapped belts two or three times over those years. A lot of the wrestlers in the WWF when Hulkamania was running wild in the 80s came through the territory here. I was not even a teen, but a friend's older brother got us ringside seats for the season and there was a card every Thursday night.
Savage was great in the WWF. It was weird seeing him and the others that were now superstars, when 5 years before they were wrestling in front of maybe 1000 or so at the Halifax Forum. I think McMahon grabbed the operation in mid 80s.