Sam Raimi movies and Bruce Campbell go together like peanut butter and jelly and have since the beginning when they made Evil Dead. So it was only natural for the cult icon to turn up in 2002’s Spider-Man and its sequels.
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However, Raimi raised the stakes when he put Campbell in the same scene with Tobey Maguire, and the late pro wrestler “The Macho Man” Randy Savage. It was a meeting of legends that may never be topped.
Savage appropriately played wrestler Bonesaw McGraw, the stand-in for the comics’ Crusher Hogan, and Campbell was the ring announcer who coined the name “The Amazing Spider-Man” for Peter.
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As it turns out, the Macho King had fond memories of working on the film and of Campbell, especially, which resurfaced in a clip on X. Savage, who compared the actor to one of his noteworthy colleagues, “Mean” Gene Okerlund, gave him a new nickname – “Beautiful” Bruce.
Said Savage, “Bruce Campbell was doing his ‘Mean’ Gene Okerlund ring announcing impression, and he did a very, very, very good job, so we’re gonna have to give him a nickname. Beautiful Bruce Campbell!”
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The clip passed through the Groovy One’s timeline and he responded to the kind words that emanated from beyond the grave. “You were beautiful too, Randy,” Campbell tweeted.
Randy Savage made almost no in-ring appearances after Spider-Man wrapped, except for a brief, forgotten run in TNA Wrestling. The extent of his film and TV roles hence was voice work for video games and series including King of the Hill.
Savage laid low in retirement for years until his tragic death in 2011. WWE inducted him into their Hall of Fame in 2015 on WrestleMania weekend. One of their big stars in the 1980s, he is considered an all-time great who belongs on wrestling’s Mount Rushmore.