We're confident that just about everybody had the same reaction when news broke a few months ago that Randy Savage would be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame:

Oh, yeeeaaahhhh!

Savage had the ultimate combination of ring skills, outsized personality and speaking ability to become a wrestling icon. His catchphrase was so simple yet so memorable just because of the way he delivered it.

The ceremony will take place Saturday at the Shark Tank in San Jose, just down the road Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, the site for Sunday's WrestleMania 31. It will be a posthumous induction. Savage was 58 when he died during a car accident in 2011. An autopsy later revealed that Savage was suffering from heart disease, and that was what killed him, not the crash itself. Here's a look at Savage throughout his career:

Randy Savage Enters WWE Hall Of Fame

 

Randy Savage Enters Hall Of Fame

Savage's dynamic persona helps him land an endorsement deal with Slim Jim, a jerky snack.

 

Randy Savage Enters Hall Of Fame

Savage played four seasons of minor league baseball as an outfielder for teams affiliated with the Cardinals, White Sox and Reds.

 

Randy Savage Enters Hall Of Fame

Savage and Miss Elizabeth (Elizabeth Hulette) are married in 1984, and she becomes a fixture in many of his story lines, even after their divorce in 1992.

 

Randy Savage Enters Hall Of Fame

Savage poses backstage at a WWF event in the mid-80s.

 

Randy Savage Enters Hall Of Fame

Savage takes down Sika of the Wild Samoans during a match at Madison Square Garden in the mid-80s.

 

Randy Savage Enters Hall Of Fame

At WrestleMania III inside the Silverdome in 1987, Savage loses the InterContinental championship to Ricky (The Dragon) Steamboat in a match that is considered of the greatest performances in wrestling history.

 

Randy Savage Enters Hall Of Fame

Savage gets decked out in full Macho Man gear in the early 90s.

 

Randy Savage Enters Hall Of Fame

Savages tangles with Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania V in 1989 in Atlantic City. Hogan prevails to take the WWF title from Savage.

 

Randy Savage Enters Hall Of Fame

In a 1996 episode titled "Bash At The Beach," which also happened to be name of an annual WCW pay-per-view event, Savage appeared along with Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Kevin Sullivan and Vader (former Los Angeles Rams lineman Leon White).

 

Randy Savage Enters Hall Of Fame

Savage checks out the pit area during a NASCAR race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in 1996.

 

Randy Savage Enters Hall Of Fame

Savage's WCW run included a stint within the nWo starting in 1997.

 

Randy Savage Enters Hall Of Fame

Former wife and manager Miss Elizabeth was also part of the nWo in 1998.

 

Randy Savage Enters Hall Of Fame

Savage matches up against Bret Hart in 1998.

 

Randy Savage Enters Hall Of Fame

Savage and Hulk Hogan gear up for a WCW event in 1998.

 

Randy Savage Enters Hall Of Fame

Savage has a valet known as Gorgeous George when he is WCW champion in 1999.

 

Randy Savage Enters Hall Of Fame

Savage and Gorgeous George gets slimed at Nickelodeon's Kids Choice Awards in Los Angeles.

 

Randy Savage Enters Hall Of Fame

Savage portrays wrestler Bonesaw McGraw in the 2002 Spider-Man movie, starring Tobey Maguire.

 

Randy Savage Enters Hall Of Fame

Savage and ring announcer Michael Buffer attend the grand opening of a Los Angeles tanning salon in 2003.

 

Randy Savage Enters Hall Of Fame

Savage promotes his music album, "Be A Man," at an event in New York in 2003.

 

Randy Savage Enters Hall Of Fame

Savage marries Barbara Lynn Payne in 2010.

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