Roddy Piper - My Problems with Mr T at Wrestlemania

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  • Rowdy Roddy Piper reveals why he didn't get along with Mr T at Wrestlemania. Full shoot ➤ TitleMatchNetwork.com
    "Rowdy" Roddy Piper is one of the most legendary professional wrestlers of all time. Back in the 1980s, Piper was the top heel performer for Vince McMahon's WWF (World Wrestling Federation, now known as WWE).
    Building up to the first Wrestlemania there were plenty of issues backstage between Roddy Piper and Mr T. Find out about the meeting with Hulk Hogan right before the big show and why Piper feels McMahon "toned down" his popularity.
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  • @TitleMatchWrestling
    @TitleMatchWrestling  Před 3 lety +33

    Roddy Piper Shoot Interview (2003)
    Stream Now 📺TitleMatchNetwork.com

  • @elshem122
    @elshem122 Před 11 měsíci +108

    Piper lives wrestling but was actually an AMAZING actor. He killed it in “They Live” and thought we would see him in a bunch of things. He was built to act.

    • @fitzgivesfits1
      @fitzgivesfits1 Před 5 měsíci +4

      "Body Slam"!!!

    • @josephmelendez5696
      @josephmelendez5696 Před 4 měsíci +2

      He came out in an episode of Walker The Texas Ranger

    • @jpbart1390
      @jpbart1390 Před 3 měsíci +6

      It sucks that his acting career didn't take off! He aced They Live, which looked like a role written for Kurt Russel.

    • @chadedens6450
      @chadedens6450 Před 3 měsíci +5

      HELL COME TO FROGTOWN

    • @rg-pq1kb
      @rg-pq1kb Před 3 měsíci +6

      Legendary fight scene

  • @KinnereyB
    @KinnereyB Před 6 měsíci +45

    As a kid I got to “help the Piper up” as my dad would constantly tell me. Despite his all time GOAT heel status at the time, he instantly became my favorite wrestler. Dad always got us ringside seats whenever wrestling came to El Paso despite how lower middle class we were. Thanks for the memories dad and Hotrod. RIP dad and Roddy

    • @brenb70
      @brenb70 Před měsícem

      Middle class? So rich kid then?

    • @KinnereyB
      @KinnereyB Před měsícem

      @@brenb70 If you want to call my dad supporting a family of six on $45k per year then yeah - we were rolling in dough 🤡

    • @KD400_
      @KD400_ Před 20 dny +1

      ​@@KinnereyBthat's actually not bad however I can never understand ur situation. Was that the average at the time

    • @KinnereyB
      @KinnereyB Před 20 dny

      @@KD400_ Tickets were cheap where we lived. I grew up in El Paso, TX. I was just fortunate to grow up where I did when I did. My dad literally saved pocket change for Christmas presents and rare treats like that. I remember rolling pocket change with my parents and even enjoying that. I had to leave this comment bc it made me think how hard he worked to have next to nothing for himself so that we could live the childhood he never did. My grandfather was an abusive monster. I’m blessed that my dad stopped that cycle. He taught me how to be a dad 💯 “Any jerk can father a child, but it takes a man to be a dad.” - Author Unknown

    • @KD400_
      @KD400_ Před 20 dny +1

      @@KinnereyB my father was like ur grandfather I don't have kids however I will also stop the cycle too

  • @lowket
    @lowket Před 2 lety +55

    Rowdy Roddy Piper lived wrestling: as a spectator, as a professional wrestler, as a commentator. He lived it, and lived for it. Nothing but love and respect for the man.

    • @annna6553
      @annna6553 Před 5 měsíci +3

      Vastly superior actor and real life bad ass and former golden gloves boxer compared to the roids, I mean the rock

    • @terryosinga2155
      @terryosinga2155 Před 2 měsíci

      your comment would have been much better stand alone without the shot at another living legend the ROCK@@annna6553

  • @lrm215
    @lrm215 Před 3 lety +169

    Man I miss Hot Rod RIP greatest heel promos of them all!!!

  • @johnnyrottenpiss
    @johnnyrottenpiss Před 3 lety +254

    I hated Piper as a kid in the 80s. He did his job. Then I loved seeing him again during the Monday night wars. One of the greatest wrestling personalities of all time.

    • @ernestpassaro9663
      @ernestpassaro9663 Před 3 lety +4

      Loved it when he SMASHED Jimmy superfly snuka in the head with q COCONUT !

    • @ernestpassaro9663
      @ernestpassaro9663 Před 3 lety +1

      Or how about the time he beat up that stiff frankie Williams on PIPERS pit !

    • @ernestpassaro9663
      @ernestpassaro9663 Před 3 lety +1

      SMASHED Jimmy superfly snuka in the head with a COCONUT on PIPERS pit that was funny !

    • @giantsbane9706
      @giantsbane9706 Před 3 lety +7

      Dont forget, They Live

    • @toddsands6000
      @toddsands6000 Před 2 lety +2

      Rowdy Roddy Piper has always been one of my favorite wrestlers. I liked him when he was one of the premier bad guys. My friends and I always looked forward to his Piper's Pit skits. They were always insanely funny.

  • @TravelbyNick.
    @TravelbyNick. Před 3 lety +190

    I wish Roddy continued a career in movie acting. He was talented and fun to watch

  • @Krshna28
    @Krshna28 Před 2 měsíci +9

    Roddy Piper, Scott Hall and Mr. Perfect. All three should have been a heavyweight champion at either WWE or WCW.
    RIP to all three.

  • @GameTime-yj6qv
    @GameTime-yj6qv Před 11 měsíci +15

    Piper was old school and he protected the business. He wasn't going to let some big shot celebrity come in and expose the business.

  • @richardwilliams5387
    @richardwilliams5387 Před 3 lety +109

    Roddy had such a unique persona, I know it's said a lot but the "old timers" forgot more about the art than modern guys will ever know.

    • @Its303AcidBass
      @Its303AcidBass Před 3 lety +2

      They need to do a biopic on Roddy, Flair, The Grappler, and a few other guys.

    • @snellsman
      @snellsman Před 3 lety

      @@Its303AcidBass they did on A&E

    • @Mike-ky6jc
      @Mike-ky6jc Před 3 lety

      That's because sports entertainment and wrestling are two different things.
      Its best if you don't conflate them

    • @ernestpassaro9663
      @ernestpassaro9663 Před 3 lety +2

      PIPER WAS A ALL TIME HEEL !

    • @ernestpassaro9663
      @ernestpassaro9663 Před 3 lety +1

      But ENTERTAINING and funny as hell !

  • @dyates6380
    @dyates6380 Před 11 měsíci +25

    I actually met this guy YEARS ago when I was an assistant manager of a restaurant in a suburb of Buffalo - in the late eighties. It was late on a Sunday night (we were open until eleven back in those days) and it was very typical for a Sunday at that time, which wasn't too busy. We had a take out window and probably around ten or ten fifteen, there was someone at the window who was taking up the whole area (it was a very old restaurant and our TO window wasn't very big, basically the width of an average sized 36' window) and someone said Roddy Piper is at the take out window! LOL. It seems that he was coming from Niagara Falls where they had wrestled that night, and was on his way up to Canada but he was taking the Peace Bridge which is in Buffalo rather than the Rainbow Bridge which is in NF, for some reason, which is what took him by our place which was located on Niagara Falls Boulevard, but nowhere near the actual city of NF. Anyhow, he wanted to buy two beers to go, and unfortunately, NYS doesn't allow that, but he couldn't have been nicer. He was incredibly friendly and greeted everyone who came to say hello and see him like old friends, and took the time to shake hands and chat. THAT really impressed me most of all, how OVERLY kind and friendly he was - oh, that and I was very impressed with how BIG he was in person. I was saddened to hear of his passing.

  • @Gunners_Mate_Guns
    @Gunners_Mate_Guns Před 3 lety +79

    The story about Mr. T and the rubber chicken smacking him in the face...I'm dead.

    • @gtf2584
      @gtf2584 Před 2 lety +12

      so your typing beyond the grave?

  • @StarPlatinumV
    @StarPlatinumV Před 3 lety +103

    I stole a pair of glasses from this guy one time... I put them on and the girl I was dating looked like some weird creature. I threw them it the trash. Wish I kept them. This guy is a legend.

  • @TraJonR3D
    @TraJonR3D Před 2 měsíci +4

    Even as a kid and I didn't know what wrestling was, I knew the name Rowdy Roddy Piper. A legend to some.

  • @greatesttoysevermade3693
    @greatesttoysevermade3693 Před 3 lety +53

    Roddy Piper was the guy that made me want to watch professional wrestling back in the 80’s. Piper was the real deal.

    • @usdjpy8929
      @usdjpy8929 Před 3 lety

      He didn't want to do jobs and he is in wrestling?

    • @byronherrera628
      @byronherrera628 Před 2 lety

      @@usdjpy8929 what u mean?

    • @usdjpy8929
      @usdjpy8929 Před 2 lety +1

      @@byronherrera628 its not real hate to break it to you Byron

  • @missumenimsatanass
    @missumenimsatanass Před 3 lety +27

    Miss you Roddy. RIP My friend.

  • @darrylskylar8757
    @darrylskylar8757 Před rokem +21

    McMahon not being upfront and honest with Roddy is what led to the conflict with Mr T.
    Rest In Peace
    🙏🤍🕊

    • @JohnEastmanExAttyAtLaw
      @JohnEastmanExAttyAtLaw Před 3 měsíci +1

      this dude was not as famous as Mr. T. he has to be crazy. nobody even knew who he was but wrestling fans.

    • @dr.floridamanphd
      @dr.floridamanphd Před 2 měsíci

      @@JohnEastmanExAttyAtLaw​​⁠Roddy Piper was a household name back then too. His territory was in Oregon but he made the rounds. By the time he got to the WWF his name was as widely known as Dusty Rhodes. And everybody knew who Dusty was.
      Pro wrestling existed long before WrestleMania was ever a fever dream in McMahon’s head.

    • @JohnEastmanExAttyAtLaw
      @JohnEastmanExAttyAtLaw Před 2 měsíci +3

      again...he was nowhere near as famous as Mr. T.@@dr.floridamanphd

    • @dr.floridamanphd
      @dr.floridamanphd Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@JohnEastmanExAttyAtLaw keep telling yourself that, kid.

    • @JohnEastmanExAttyAtLaw
      @JohnEastmanExAttyAtLaw Před 2 měsíci

      dude....ask anyone under 45 years old who in the hell is damn Roddy Piper and not one person would know. You can go ask any 10 year old kid who Mr. T is and they will know and he has not been active in almost 20 years. dont be a Cletus.@@dr.floridamanphd

  • @jujubees5855
    @jujubees5855 Před 3 lety +26

    He was a devoted husband. Refused to remove his wedding ring, even in movies,

  • @blueskymars4189
    @blueskymars4189 Před 3 lety +26

    Roddy was the best villian in wrestling of all time.

    • @TheSportsfan35
      @TheSportsfan35 Před 3 lety

      @Blue sky Mars, Piper was 1 of the best, remember along with Piper back then in the business, there was Rick Rude, Ole Anderson, Harley Race & Nick Bockwinkel who working in the same time period that Piper was

    • @gary6754
      @gary6754 Před 3 lety

      he waSNt really a villain most of his career..... in the nwa he would shift between heel and babyface. there's only a limited number of guys who can easily most those shifts and piper is one of them.
      a villain to me is someone like tully blanchard.. someone who just exudes Heel

    • @jimmyolsen5897
      @jimmyolsen5897 Před 2 lety

      @@TheSportsfan35 none of them come close to the hot rod

    • @TheSportsfan35
      @TheSportsfan35 Před 2 lety

      @@jimmyolsen5897 Really?None of the legends I mentioned "come close to hot rod"?Nick & Harley were 2 of the best world champs the business ever had, & they were both a part of Legendary tag teams before they became world champs. Ole & Tully were both BELIEVABLE as heels & both had runs as a tag champ as well as had U.S. title runs. How does Roddy top a world champ?I mean the dude was NEVER even considered by any promoter he worked for, for a world title run.

    • @jimmyolsen5897
      @jimmyolsen5897 Před 2 lety

      @@TheSportsfan35 he was a legend in Portland Georgia Florida The Carolinas piper’s pit headlined the 1st Wrestlemania I could go on and on and on Mingle with some of the biggest celebrities on the planet Cindy Lauper Mr. T and he smash Jimmy’s not go with the coconut Your boys would just be in the territories that’s it

  • @BangBang-hk4rg
    @BangBang-hk4rg Před 3 lety +10

    I always looked forward to the Piper Pit segments watching wrestling as a kid. It was always hilarious! 🤣

  • @WatchingTrainsGoBy-PassingTime

    One of the greatest entertainers ever. You could love and hate him all at the same time. But you were sure to do at least one of those.

  • @ryankeefe6222
    @ryankeefe6222 Před 3 lety +72

    It’s actually nice to know that at wrestlemania 30 Piper and Mr T patched up their issues

    • @TheSportsfan35
      @TheSportsfan35 Před 3 lety +2

      @Ryan Keefe, actually if you watch the last interview that Piper did before he died, he still had heat with T & I can understand why.

  • @Youre_Right
    @Youre_Right Před 2 měsíci +4

    The best and truest line Hot Rod ever said was in WCW when he told Hogan. You only got to be the most famous wrestler in the world, because I carried you to the top.

  • @anthonysmith3442
    @anthonysmith3442 Před rokem +7

    This man knew his job and did it very well. I wont see another like him in my lifetime.

  • @stevenramirezmistersmokes6379

    RIP HOTROD ROWDY RODDY PIPER#1
    LEGEND OF WRESTLING!

  • @truth5439
    @truth5439 Před 3 lety +33

    Pipers answers aren't all over the place, you just have to follow the story. He's a story teller, he's never going to give you a straight answer, you have to know back story and all events that lead up to his answer. I enjoy listening to people who answer questions like this, you learn so much.

    • @LuvBallad61
      @LuvBallad61 Před 3 lety +3

      Wasn’t hard to follow- he wasn’t taking a dive and he didn’t like Mr. T...

    • @utbllc4057
      @utbllc4057 Před 3 lety +2

      @Robert A. Lofgren Jr. You must not know much about wrestling. Piper was easily the best interview ever. No One even today has pipers Mic skills.

    • @biggumstevens1784
      @biggumstevens1784 Před 3 lety +9

      @@utbllc4057 this interview is not back then, its now. What he is saying now is absolute jibberish. if i didn't know the story of him and MR T before hand I would assume it was jibberish of a lunatic ranting about a tv star.

    • @schlomoshekelstein908
      @schlomoshekelstein908 Před 3 lety +5

      @@biggumstevens1784 don't know the backstory but i like roddy piper cause of they live.. i didn't really get much out of this except what luvballad61 said, " he wasn’t taking a dive and he didn’t like Mr. T"

    • @PrinceRawD
      @PrinceRawD Před 3 lety +13

      @@LuvBallad61 Okay, he didn't like Mr. T why? Because Mr. T poured some orange juice and alcohol in a cup? Because there were pictures of Mr. T somewhere (something Mr. T more than likely had nothing to do with and was done by the WWF). Piper is just ranting on and on and gave no real reason as to why he did not like Mr. T or why they did not get along. Look, I'm a fan of the guy, but these interviews he does, makes absolutely no sense and people like you giving him a pass by calling him a storyteller doesn't help.

  • @THECLARENCES
    @THECLARENCES Před 3 lety +9

    Long live the memory of the late, great Roddy Piper. xoxo The Clarences

  • @robiulahmed
    @robiulahmed Před 10 měsíci +4

    WWF needed Mr.T and the rest of the non-wrestling stars at the time. Somehow Roddy didn't get the memo.

    • @twomorningsbackfromyesterd1240
      @twomorningsbackfromyesterd1240 Před 7 měsíci +2

      He, Schultz,and Orndorff knew what was up from the beginning. None of them liked idea that all of this was on the celebrity of Mr.T. Had it been someone else, it have been that big of a deal. But the idea that Mr. T was the reason for the payday and publicity was what they just couldn't swallow.

  • @trescurvas
    @trescurvas Před 3 lety +52

    I miss this guy, he was so freaking cool, and how he rocked the kilt !!! the hot rod !!! wrestling does not have these greatest characters anymore.

    • @darrylrevok9936
      @darrylrevok9936 Před 3 lety +1

      I loved him. He had such a huge personality and he was a maniac. I loved him in the sci-fi horror movie, "They Live" (1988) I wish he would've been in more movies. He definitely wasn't the best actor, but he played his role well and I believe there were many other roles he could've done well in.

    • @rockk9753
      @rockk9753 Před 2 lety

      he put on a good show but I was never a fan of the skirt

    • @alienlife7754
      @alienlife7754 Před 2 lety

      Everyone wants to be a Roman Reigns. So boring.

    • @alienlife7754
      @alienlife7754 Před 2 lety

      @@rockk9753 the kilt you mean. Not a skirt. Tell a Scotsman that he’s wearing a skirt and you’ll see how quickly you can get your ass kicked.

    • @rockk9753
      @rockk9753 Před 2 lety

      @@alienlife7754 call it what you want its still a skirt, hahahaha get my ass kicked sure... Im not scared of any skirt wearing weirdos

  • @KETO.n.WRESTLING
    @KETO.n.WRESTLING Před 3 lety +41

    Great Interview 👍 Roddy Piper is a legend who never won the World Title. It goes to show that the titles don't make the legend, the wrestler makes the legend.

    • @kenterminateddq5311
      @kenterminateddq5311 Před 3 lety +5

      Some performers don't need a belt and are considered legends.
      The wrestling business is odd because Jake didn't win a lot of matches and never won a belt but yet, he's one of the biggest stars of the late 80s.

    • @charlesmoore3654
      @charlesmoore3654 Před 3 lety +2

      He was one of few who were so over that they didn't need the world title to solidify their legacy.

    • @kenterminateddq5311
      @kenterminateddq5311 Před 3 lety

      @@charlesmoore3654 Superfly didn't need a belt to create his legendary career.
      Unfortunately, Jimmy ruined his legacy by....welll....I think everyone has seen Dark Side of the Ring series.

    • @derekazyan9942
      @derekazyan9942 Před 3 lety +1

      @@kenterminateddq5311 he and rude were the best heels of the late 80s

    • @kenterminateddq5311
      @kenterminateddq5311 Před 3 lety +2

      @@derekazyan9942 It's tough to say, there were a lot of great heels in the 80s from Orndorff to Dibiase.

  • @hotlanta35
    @hotlanta35 Před 3 lety +87

    Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorf were the real stars of Wrestle Mania 1.

    • @chuckfinley6747
      @chuckfinley6747 Před 3 lety +4

      They were the whole reason people tuned in. They wanted to see them get their asses beat.

    • @teller1290
      @teller1290 Před 2 lety +3

      Orndorf was The Man. No bullshit stud horse, sold the part in multiple ways. I saw him come down the aisle just past me in '79 in pre-robe days: not someone you'd want to mess with. Stossel better be glad he crossed Schultz and not Mr. Wonderful! Orndorf might've forgotten to open his hand before belting the SCHIIT out of him.

    • @hermonymusofsparta
      @hermonymusofsparta Před rokem +3

      @@chuckfinley6747 Revisionist history

    • @happygilmore2157
      @happygilmore2157 Před 10 měsíci

      What a stupid comment this is, cant believe 70 other plums liked it also, Hogan & T were the clear stars, get a grip 👊

  • @goojoo2357
    @goojoo2357 Před 3 lety +65

    how can u not like The Hot Rod?

    • @armygrunt13
      @armygrunt13 Před 3 lety +1

      Seriously. Even as a kid growing up in the 80s, I always loved Piper, despite him being a "villain".

    • @ernestpassaro9663
      @ernestpassaro9663 Před 3 lety

      HE WAS ENTERTAINING LOL

  • @kdizz6155
    @kdizz6155 Před 3 lety +21

    Every interview with Piper seemed like a shoot. That’s how good he was on the mic.

  • @davidtice4972
    @davidtice4972 Před 3 lety +43

    Rody Piper was a real wrestler too having learned Catch Wrestling from Gene LeBell.

    • @ricperry8743
      @ricperry8743 Před 3 lety +3

      I didn't know that! Cheers.

    • @urielcalderon9639
      @urielcalderon9639 Před 3 lety +4

      He has a judo back ground and was trained by Gene Labelle who was a jUdo black belt who also trained Ronda Roussey which is why Both have honoured Labelle by doning the Rody moniker which is what Gene Labelle had as a wrestling name.

    • @davidtice4972
      @davidtice4972 Před 3 lety +2

      @@urielcalderon9639
      Also Piper had a Catch Wrestling background he learned from Gene LeBell who is considered the best Catch Wrestler ever.

    • @urielcalderon9639
      @urielcalderon9639 Před 3 lety

      @@davidtice4972 forget the small circuit of catch wrestling judo is the more impressive credential as it was a international discipline.

    • @39Hundred
      @39Hundred Před 3 lety +1

      Catch Wrestling is the arch enemy of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Japanese Catch Wrestler Kazushi Sakuraba defeated 4 members of the famous Gracie Family. Sakuraba defeated Royler Gracie, Royce Gracie, Renzo Gracie and Ryan Gracie. American Catch Wrestler Josh Barnett defeated Ryron Gracie.

  • @robintaylor7355
    @robintaylor7355 Před 3 lety +21

    What a story teller holy shit super cool dude

  • @battlestarmarc
    @battlestarmarc Před 3 lety +31

    Piper was a great heel.
    Piper was so great in 1985.
    Piper was perhaps the best heel ever .

    • @Deepizzaguy
      @Deepizzaguy Před 3 lety +2

      Ernie Ladd (RIP) was pretty good as a heel as well.

    • @teller1290
      @teller1290 Před 2 lety +1

      Last main event I ever saw was a cage match main event between heel Ernie Ladd and then face Orndorff in the Superdome, around New Year's '79. Orndorff such a beast back then. Looked like you'd cut your hand off if you punched his jaw. Really physical match.

  • @francis4835
    @francis4835 Před 11 měsíci +3

    Met Piper at an event in Mass. he was gracious and a fantastic guy to talk to.

  • @thomaspavelko9412
    @thomaspavelko9412 Před rokem +5

    One of the few people on the planet I really miss seeing.
    Really made the world a bit dimmer when he passed away.

  • @007connecticut
    @007connecticut Před 3 lety +52

    RIP piper. Top 3 best wrestlers ever.

  • @scottwhite2757
    @scottwhite2757 Před 3 lety +2

    Hot Rod Portland Or. will never forget you Thx for all the Great memories Portland Wrestling.all the Star wrestlers came through here.

  • @rebelwithoutaclue9387
    @rebelwithoutaclue9387 Před 2 lety +8

    Can you imagine what Roddy must have been like with a few lines and drinks in him 🤣? It’d be like talking to a 200lbs. hummingbird!

  • @vinnievenus3570
    @vinnievenus3570 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Interviewer asks, “”Is wrestling all fake?””
    Piper says , “” listen, your driving us wrestlers crazy.
    Please,stop?””
    Very astounding dialogue

  • @3DRundown
    @3DRundown Před 2 měsíci +2

    Wow, not only was I the IT guy for Lou Duva. My 1st day in pro wrestling, I learned to bump in his BOXING RING, at ECPW. Brutal.

  • @georgemarino434
    @georgemarino434 Před 3 lety +21

    Is it just me or does anyone know what the hell Piper is trying to say. He is going in all sorts of directions and just rambling on. He's a bit incomprehensible. The poor guy! He appears to have some kind of brain damage. And I say that not to be disrespectful, but it's my honest opinion. Pro wrestling ruined his life. At least the second half of his wrestling career. I remember him in the 80's. Back then he was a completely different person. He was the most unique wrestler at that time. That's why Hollywood pick him up for acting. But unfortunately Hollywood used him the wrong way and he didn't make it. When he return to wrestling it was the beginning of the end. He just wasn't the same. And over time it got worse for him. But it was like he didn't have any other options.

    • @wcm5636
      @wcm5636 Před 3 lety

      Watch his last interview on the Rich Eisen show. He’s 100 times worse. It’s beyond sad.

    • @hellboundrubber4448
      @hellboundrubber4448 Před 3 lety

      Ya, well your Literary prowess ain't that swift either. Your English teacher could say the same about you. At least Roddy has an excuse.

    • @teller1290
      @teller1290 Před 2 lety

      What year was that vs the year of this interview?

    • @robertrodriguez787
      @robertrodriguez787 Před rokem

      Understood everything he said Maybe it's You with The Problem .. He was Talking about Wrestlemania and His Problem with Mr. T And How they Wanted Him To Take a Dive For Mr. T and He Refused . I mean what Part Of That Did You or anyone Here have a Problem Understanding . I mean if he was all over The Place it's Because The Guy interviewing him was asking him Different Questions

  • @Peanutgames2013
    @Peanutgames2013 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Piper is my favorite all time wrestler, ever. Even as I was a kid in the 80s and he was Hogans nemesis he was my favorite. Hated he never beat Hogan for that belt.

  • @UpChuckTheBoogie
    @UpChuckTheBoogie Před měsícem +2

    I miss this guy

  • @zombiewarrior88
    @zombiewarrior88 Před rokem +5

    Mr. T is 2 wins 0 losses at wrestlemania

  • @RAINMAN309
    @RAINMAN309 Před 3 lety +5

    Roddy Piper was a legend

  • @nickmattio3397
    @nickmattio3397 Před 3 lety +14

    “If It’s Good Nuff For Da Pope It’s Good Nuff For Me!”-Mr. T

  • @davidmreyes77
    @davidmreyes77 Před 3 lety +16

    I love Piper but damn his answers were hard to follow in later years. He was all over the place.

  • @cfhcowboy9292
    @cfhcowboy9292 Před 3 lety +72

    I came here to do two things ....... chew bubble gum and kickass and im all outta bubble gum lol

    • @mondocjenson-dy8zd
      @mondocjenson-dy8zd Před měsícem

      That line and Jesse's:"I aint got ⌚ time to bleed" 😂 Classic!

  • @Deepizzaguy
    @Deepizzaguy Před 3 lety +3

    When Roddy was on World Championship Wrestling in the early 1980s, I hated his guts. However when he talked about dealing with the media on pro wrestling being fake, he was good at putting down his critics. I miss him dearly since and the late Ernie Ladd knew how to raise hell.

  • @TheRickster.
    @TheRickster. Před 2 měsíci +3

    Piper was the type of wrestler that didn’t not seem like a heel or a baby face.

  • @jacobbemis5895
    @jacobbemis5895 Před 2 měsíci +3

    They Live is my favorite!!

  • @DireHammer
    @DireHammer Před 2 měsíci +1

    Man, he was already starting to fade in 2003. Still mostly there, but having trouble focusing. Watching him mentally fade away the last 10 years of his life was rough.

  • @clos6613
    @clos6613 Před 2 lety +1

    Piper was so cool that even as a kid you liked this heel. He and Orndoff were some of my favorite wrestlers growing up. Miss the old days of wrestling. Can't watch it anymore with today's crop. Piper would've made a great mob character in movies. RIP legend 🙏

  • @monsterprowrestling3451
    @monsterprowrestling3451 Před 3 lety +12

    Mr. T vs Piper was a joke. Bu that’s when wrestling became a big spectacle.

    • @RobwLPOC
      @RobwLPOC Před 3 lety +10

      Yeah he was a joke but his name recognition being one of the biggest TV stars in the world at the time along with Cyndi Lauper helped put WWF on the map for Wrestlemania 1. He wouldn't have got half of the mainstream coverage they did without those two.

    • @ninjacape
      @ninjacape Před 3 lety +4

      Wrestling wasn’t a big spectacle before that? Ali vs Inoki?

    • @davidtheracistprevost6042
      @davidtheracistprevost6042 Před 3 lety +2

      @@ninjacape Gene lebell vs. Milo Savage was before that

    • @teller1290
      @teller1290 Před 2 lety

      How did Lauper get involved, for crying out loud?

  • @JayA-pk7xy
    @JayA-pk7xy Před 3 lety +8

    They Live..love that movie he did!

  • @mrdouglasbaker
    @mrdouglasbaker Před 2 měsíci +2

    Too bad they ain’t friends because I respect both of them.

  • @Texastee73
    @Texastee73 Před 3 lety +22

    Piper was very entertaining and he tells a story in his wrestling matches.

    • @teller1290
      @teller1290 Před 2 lety

      He certainly had some first - material to pull on!

  • @tl2532
    @tl2532 Před měsícem +1

    This guy was awesome in "Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia".

  • @mattheweveleigh6351
    @mattheweveleigh6351 Před 2 měsíci +1

    I like it when piper had his face painted In 2 tones he did a awesome job on his role…

  • @440Nichole7.2
    @440Nichole7.2 Před 3 lety +13

    he was one of the best heels , so funny always made me laugh .

    • @ernestpassaro9663
      @ernestpassaro9663 Před 3 lety +1

      PIPER'S PIT WAS VERY ENTERTAINING LOL

    • @Deepizzaguy
      @Deepizzaguy Před 3 lety

      He and the late Ernie Ladd were great heels as well as talkers.

  • @MiketheratguyMultimedia
    @MiketheratguyMultimedia Před rokem +3

    I remember Piper talking about "The Wrestling Sickness". You live it so long - you walk it, you talk it, you drive it, you eat it, you sleep it, you live it - that it becomes a fundamental part of who you are and you can't drop it even if you want to. Even Jesse Ventura recalled Piper asking him how he'd managed to get away from the influence of wrestling and if he ever regretted doing so. Ventura laughed and gave an emphatic "no".

    • @TheRealAb216
      @TheRealAb216 Před rokem +2

      I read the "no" in his voice 😆

    • @MiketheratguyMultimedia
      @MiketheratguyMultimedia Před rokem

      @@TheRealAb216 LOL when you've heard enough Jesse it's almost impossible not to hear his voice when reading his quotes. :)

  • @jeffreyp1855
    @jeffreyp1855 Před 3 lety +6

    "I'm here to kick ass and chew bubblegum! And I'm all out of bubblegum!"

  • @speedbrain222
    @speedbrain222 Před 2 lety +3

    i have his matches on dvd. downsizing/moving - was about to put it up on ebay. watching it for skips/scratches...i cant part with it. i didnt know the anniversary of his death is in just a few days💔💔💔we miss you 👑

  • @chaseboden1787
    @chaseboden1787 Před 2 lety +2

    Rest in heaven rowdy❤️

  • @dw1985
    @dw1985 Před 2 lety +5

    I love Mr. T...but..F him...why should Roddy have ever done anything for him, let alone a dive?

    • @timburr4453
      @timburr4453 Před 2 lety +1

      Piper did what was best for his character and value as a performer. Why should he...he was the hottest heel in wrestling and T was just a celeb passing through...if Piper jobbed (which was a bigger deal then in the eyes of fans than now) the fans would see him as being neutralized, degraded. Gotten his comeuppance. He wouldnt be the same

  • @digipeeper
    @digipeeper Před 3 lety +1

    I still miss the Highlander. He was always my favorite WWE persona.
    He is one of the most unique performer as he was a villain but played the most memorable hero as John Nada.
    Loved his Mr. T bashes as he got the Little People Wrestler the Haiti Kid and gave him the Mohawk hair cut.
    Before Dwayne Johnson was the smart ass talker it was Piper!!!
    I cannot believe he is no longer with us in this world.

  • @souljahrick
    @souljahrick Před 3 lety +4

    I'm just glad they made peace before Piper passed away

  • @danielkinsman1964
    @danielkinsman1964 Před 3 lety +5

    Roddy was a golden glove boxing champion before wrestling

    • @TEMUJINARTS
      @TEMUJINARTS Před 2 měsíci

      That means very little.
      Learn about it

  • @chadwickerman
    @chadwickerman Před 9 měsíci +1

    It's nice to see a coherent Piper here. Many of his interviews closer to the of his life, he could barely keep a cogent thought going. It was pretty sad.

  • @jodyswallow1008
    @jodyswallow1008 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Rubber chicken, Mr T's kryptonite.

  • @trannongoble7722
    @trannongoble7722 Před 2 lety +3

    I wish Roddy would've stayed a heel longer, but I guess it was hard to do because so many people loved him.

  • @stevep4574
    @stevep4574 Před 3 lety +25

    Favorite wrestler of all time.

  • @sr-ty7gb
    @sr-ty7gb Před 2 měsíci +2

    Piper was all talk!
    I ran into him at an Airport. The guy wouldn't stop yakkin. "I did this, I did that, Im the greatest"
    I had enough, one thing led to the other and he swung his carry on bag at me.
    I threw him against the Delta gate counter. I then tossed him through the glass and he landed on the tarmac. I jumped out the window superfly snooka style.
    He ended up pulling out a cocunut from his trunks and busted me upside the head. Then I woke up and realized it was all a dream.

  • @Mythoughtsreviews
    @Mythoughtsreviews Před rokem +3

    Piper should have boxed Ali. Since piper thought he was so tough

  • @stevennutz1109
    @stevennutz1109 Před 3 lety +6

    loved him, can’t help but feel substances are at play here

    • @ajb5559
      @ajb5559 Před 3 lety

      Yeah, he's a little off for sure.

    • @giantsbane9706
      @giantsbane9706 Před 3 lety

      Take all them hits to the head over the years and come see me. However what you stated is definitely a possibility. Some these kids playing college ball are graduating colleges with not only desplomas, but the TBI nobody wants to talk about.

    • @j.t.cooper2963
      @j.t.cooper2963 Před 3 lety

      I was thinking the same thing. He's on something.

  • @rockerbob949
    @rockerbob949 Před 3 lety +3

    I was about 12 when Wrestle Mania 1 happened. It was the BIGGEST thing in the world!!!

    • @linejumper8204
      @linejumper8204 Před 3 lety +1

      That was the invention of Pay Per View.

    • @johnduckworth3866
      @johnduckworth3866 Před 3 lety

      I had just been born so how ever many wrestlemanias there are is how old i am.

    • @linejumper8204
      @linejumper8204 Před 3 lety +1

      @@johnduckworth3866 That would be cool to be able to say "I'm this many Wrestlemanias old!"

  • @timthegem
    @timthegem Před 2 měsíci +5

    Mr. T was a legit fighter, and he was a bodyguard for celebrities (including boxers like Ali and Frazier) before he got into acting. He's genuinely tough. I love Piper but it's a good thing he didn't have to find out the hard way.

    • @richle905
      @richle905 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Piper was a golden gloves boxer. Mr. T was a bouncer with no real fight training. Piper would have been fine.

    • @Kevin-tz2lv
      @Kevin-tz2lv Před 2 měsíci +3

      ​@richle905 he wasn't a golden gloves boxer. He claimed he was...but he wasn't.

    • @MajorLeap-ww6bf
      @MajorLeap-ww6bf Před měsícem

      ​@richle905 Piper never boxed at all, he just made that up as part of the story, Mr T could box though, it's how he got the part in Rocky.

  • @ProWrestlingReality
    @ProWrestlingReality Před měsícem +1

    Incredible never knew those two had heat

  • @warrenalexander4932
    @warrenalexander4932 Před 3 lety +26

    I never thought Piper ever understood the vision that Vince had Mr.T was a huge star at that point just adding him to the match made everyone involved stars and helped turn Wrestlemania into a household word

    • @shinigami146
      @shinigami146 Před 3 lety +2

      I was about to say the same thing. Thanks for beating me to it.
      Glad to know that others felt the same way about the vision to increase the scale of visibility to the business.

    • @TheSportsfan35
      @TheSportsfan35 Před 3 lety +3

      @@shinigami146 Yeah, it was so great that now a rapper like Bad Bunny or as Jim Cornette calls him Bugs Bunny is now from some fan's perception is on the same level as The Miz & the rest of the talent. Brilliant move Vince, it's shit like that is the reason why the business now is a joke.

    • @chuckfinley6747
      @chuckfinley6747 Před 3 lety +3

      If Vince knew how to actually run a promotion he wouldn’t have had to cheapen the business by bringing in stars that didn’t have any business in the ring.

    • @TheSportsfan35
      @TheSportsfan35 Před 3 lety +1

      @@chuckfinley6747 Exactly right. I mean, I'm sure the NFL,NBA,NHL & MLB players would hate it & have a problem with anybody in the wrestling business stepping onto their field, rink, or court when they have no business in that arena, so why the fuck should it be accepted & tolerated that actors & musicians step into our arena & expect either current talent or legends like Piper to not take exception to T or as in today's case, Bad Bunny & Snoop Dog among other celebrities stepping in the ring & be booked by idiots like $ mark Khan & Vince to go over current stars?

    • @chuckfinley6747
      @chuckfinley6747 Před 3 lety

      @Lamont Norwood back when Vince was doing this garbage with Mr. T most wrestlers did know how to legitimately fight. Go read arrest reports and listen to the road stories of the old territory guys. It was nothing for them to get into a brawl and clean the place out. I would love for you to bring this attitude to Haku or Dan Spivey.
      And as far as the modern guys, just because the ending of the match is predetermined doesn’t take away from the work they’ve put in or the athleticism that is required to put on a match.

  • @joshuas4695
    @joshuas4695 Před 2 měsíci +2

    He's such a big deal......One of those guy's you'd think would live forever! R.I.P Piper

  • @jasonbowser5754
    @jasonbowser5754 Před rokem +2

    People always talk about Hogan not putting people over clean…he took more dives than Piper did…lol

  • @Saphire_Throated_Carpenter_Ant

    I never knew Mr T was a wrestler, I only knew about the A-team.

    • @christopherharper9932
      @christopherharper9932 Před 3 lety

      WOW! Really? He wasn't a "wrestler" per se, but this was at the height of his popularity. I'm 48 and remember this vividly, lol

    • @courtneyross7879
      @courtneyross7879 Před 3 lety +3

      He was more of a brief 'guest' wrestler, linked up with Hogan for a storyline feud with Piper.

    • @jimmyolsen5897
      @jimmyolsen5897 Před 2 lety

      You been living in a cave

    • @robertrodriguez787
      @robertrodriguez787 Před rokem

      @@christopherharper9932 I believe they Said He was a amateur wrestler in High School

  • @emperortrevornorton3119
    @emperortrevornorton3119 Před měsícem +1

    Piper has the best voice in pro wrestling Dr. D David Schultz is the best slap

  • @bryannevers4679
    @bryannevers4679 Před 3 lety +4

    Classic Roddy Piper!!

  • @phillipdady303
    @phillipdady303 Před 3 lety +3

    I got this full shoot on DVD. Pretty good.

  • @deanaf
    @deanaf Před 3 lety +2

    I loved piper passing off the fans. The greatest.

  • @rollandcurtis874
    @rollandcurtis874 Před 3 lety +7

    RiP to the legend.

  • @darkskin84
    @darkskin84 Před 2 lety +2

    “I came here to chew bubble gum and kick ass….and I’m all out of bubble gum!” - Roddy Piper

  • @frankthetank1779
    @frankthetank1779 Před 3 lety

    Thank God for CZcams you can watch old fights.

  • @striker1938
    @striker1938 Před 3 lety +5

    Rip hot rod a true gentleman

  • @tombrady4217
    @tombrady4217 Před 2 měsíci +2

    THATS WHAT IM WORKING WITH HERE

  • @palaceofwisdom9448
    @palaceofwisdom9448 Před 2 měsíci +2

    "I wasn't going to take a dive for him."
    Nevermind the reporter, I don't think Roddy knew whether wrestling was real or not.

    • @Mr_Clean
      @Mr_Clean Před měsícem

      He was protecting the business. Outsiders aren't supposed to be able to come in and beat a pro wrestler. Just like the David Arquette thing

  • @MikeyBAAZ
    @MikeyBAAZ Před 3 lety +7

    Miss rowdy one

  • @Tim_the_Enchanter
    @Tim_the_Enchanter Před rokem +1

    Hot Rod knew what he was about. We loved to hate him ... and then we just loved him.
    He is missed.

  • @adamsangry
    @adamsangry Před 2 lety +3

    Cristal and OJ? At least Mr T keeps his mimosas classy 👌🏼

  • @my-king
    @my-king Před 3 lety +2

    I miss him so much

  • @185chargers
    @185chargers Před 3 lety +2

    R.I.P Great one!