I feel like an idiot.All these shows and The Brain gets nothing......Great point and thinking.I watched him at the end of AWA then the move to.WWF and the I don't care WCW. He was a great commentator but his promos were great,I hated him,haha.
Bobby was a wrestling Genius. He could literally do anything. Very underated talent. He was probably Hogans greatest heel in his career. I miss the Brain. Rip Bobby
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper was one of the rare talents that did not need a world title reign or multiple reigns to become a household name and build a legacy, Piper became bigger than a world title reign. that being said, I still wish that Piper had a run with the World Title even for a day or a week
Would have loved to see Piper with the belt... but really, when would it be? Interrupting Hogan's dominant run leading up to (and past) WM3? That was Hogan's time, Hulkamania was running wild. He challenged Flair a couple of times after Flair won it in the Rumble, and that wasn't the right time either. Maybe in the early 90s when the title bounced around a bit with Slaughter, Taker, Hogan they could have fit him in there for a short run. In the later 90s nobody would have care if he got a "who gives a shit, let him have a turn too" with the WCW belt that everyone got to hold. You know what's crazy, according to fightdb he only ever had 141 matches across 32 years. His primary run from 84 to 94, he had 84 matches. Just 8.4 matches a year. He was always talking, always promoting, always hyping things up or getting set up at the announcers desk, but he didn't wrestle nearly as much as the top stars.
@@bobdonda the WCW belt didn't become the "who gives a shit, everybody gets a turn" belt until later 1999-2000, Roddy Piper had a long term feud with Hogan and the nWo in '98 when the belt was still pretty much a Hogan exclusive. He could have had a memorable run at this time.
@@bobdonda dont forget though that at mania 3 that was his "retirement match" and made movies and had a hip replacement over the next essentially 4 years. Was Virgils coach or whatever and then returned to the ring for a mini run. So that 10 year run mention he only wrestled about 4 of it lol.
Roddy Piper sounds like wrestling's Joker. You're supposed to hate him, and he tries to get you to hate him. But the more you watch him, the more you are drawn in by him, the more you learn about him, and, eventually, the more you start to sympathize with him. You start to see yourself in him. Not the biggest guy, not the strongest or the fastest, but the toughest, just because he wants it the most. Eventually, you start to hope he wins, just a little, until, you realize, that maybe he was just a guy who had a bad hand dealt to him, so he decided to flip the table and do things his way.
Supposedly, Roddy once told Vince to his face that he would let Linda blow him under his kilt, so Roddy probably would have done that to Vince if things were in reverse.
At first i found it incredibly distasteful, but then i immediately thought of Piper and his sense of humor and relationship with Vince and im pretty confident he woulda approved of and laughed at the joke. It was right up Pipers alley. Plus, it was clear Vince has a favorable view of the man and ultimately speaks of him in highly positive terms.
RIP Roddy Piper. THE greatest promo of all time AND THE greatest heel of all time. gone but never forgotten. Miss him to this day. He is my wrestling idol.
Try and explain a Piper to a Cena fan .... um Cena got 10 or more world titles...big deal ..Piper is way above guys like Cena and never won 1 world title...
I was living in Oregon & used to watch Portland Wrestling every week. My mom could not stand Piper because of his arrogance & wagging his finger in the camera. I got to see Piper Live when I was living in Pendleton. I caught most of the A&E show & I have to say, I was in tears at the end. Piper was one of the greats in wrestling & part of an era that is nothing but a memory now. R.I.P. Hot Rod, you are now & will always be missed.
@Rex Hazelwood, Don Owens had an awesome territory, he had a good mix of legends & veterans like Dutch Savage, Bull Ramos, Larry Henning & Tony Borne just to name a few along with the current & upcoming talent at the time like Curt Henning, Matt Borne, Jesse Ventura, Jimmy Snuka, Colonel Debeers, Buddy Rose & many others.
When he came back in the late 80s early 90s he was huge for the territory. I remember him giving the shine to Art Barr at the time. I used to go to Portland to watch live shows and would go to local shows in Washington. He was always a highlight
Roddy was the greatest. My favorite wrestler of all time. And a great all around awesome person. Miss him quite a bit. This biography special was awesome, and you can see how much he was loved by his wife, kids, all his friends and wrestler buddies, etc.
Piper is top 10 for sure.. for sure best man to never win a WORLD title.....its a joke Piper never won 1 world title but guys like Cena were handed multiple world titles..wrestling got weird after F left lol.
I met Roddy two weeks before he died at his last autograph signing in MD. He was such an amazingly nice guy. First thing was him asking me how I was, how my family is doing. Like we were long lost friends. He signed my dvd and then went into detail about the first WM match. Telling stories. My new phone was having problems with taking a selfie and Roddy says here let me see what I can do, don't worry, we have all the time we want. Just those few moments with him I could instantly see why this guy was such a well liked person and two weeks later it broke my heart when I was told he died. No way. This guy was so happy, so full of life that day and now he is gone? Easily the nicest wrestler and person I have ever met. I have met many celebs, wrestlers and a few who were just ready to move on to the next person, rush everyone. Not Piper. You could tell this guy really loved meeting with his fans, wanted to get to know his fans.
@@AngryMinkey piper talked about Austin beating his ex wife and Austin actually got that episode taken down. Soon after piper got fired and blamed Austin for it
He had Will Sasso pretending to be Austin and Jim Duggan was making a lot of comments about Austin's domestic abuse. Debra beater heard it and got Piper kicked off Podcast One, then went like a little bitch to WWE and got Piper fired from his Legend's contract.
Austin didn’t kick him off though, Piper left because he didn’t want any drama or bs to take place just as Steve wouldn’t. Not defending Steve for being upset, but he didn’t get Hot Rod fired.
As Vince was describing Piper, I said it sounds like Vince is describing himself. Then Piper appears, says Vince is an ass and they're two peas in a pod. 🤣🤣
My favorite part of that documentary is the story with The Guerreros and he told a crowd in Mexico he was going to play their national anthem on the bagpipes and instead played La Cucaracha. Roddy was the man , no wrestler today could ever come close to getting the heat Roddy did
My favorite part of the episode was Mr T keeping kayfabe alive and talking about how pissed he was when Piper hit him from behind when he was coming in to help Cindi Lauper lol
I went to Portland Wrestling every Saturday and Tuesday nights growing up. Piper. Rose. Snuka. Ventura. Henning. Andre. So many more came through the Territory. Met Piper many times over the years as we lived in same area. Piper and Kitty were so nice. RIP Mr. Toombs.
@@justavictim9432 And? Legal or not, doesn't change the effect it has on a person lol. Would crack somehow be less harmful if we made it legal? Legality changes nothing about biology.
@@justavictim9432 Yeah. Brain said it on a segment(last week I think). His quote was something to the effect of "Since weed is now legal here, I decided to get stoned while watching AEW".
I was lucky enough to go to the Olympic Auditorium several times in the 70’s to see Piper and Chavo, John Tolos, Greg Valentine etc. Even as a 13 year old kid, I could tell Piper was destined for greatness.
So many greats have passed from wrestling but Roddy was the only one who made me cry. Such a good man and great talent and based on the documentary he was also a awesome father and husband.
Same here. I still remember the day he died and hearing about it. I broke down hard-core. I don't think another wrestler or celebrity death ever hit me that hard. Still miss Hot Rod.
I was curious if they were gonna skip pass the part where Piper was taken advantage of as a Ring boy. He partly blamed himself.( I thought they would skip that because it was very personal),
I found it funny how Hogan said as a heel you're supposed to lose, in regard to the WM 1 finish change... yet he never did many jobs himself, especially in WCW! 🤔🤔
I was just like "typical Hogan." It's not that he didn't want to do the job as a heel. He didn't want to job to Mr T. And there's no fucking way Hogan does it either, if the roles are reversed. That woulda basically buried Piper, and he knew it. He was already pissy about working with non wrestlers, you really think he was going to irreparably damage his career for someone else's vanity project?
Hot Rod was one of the greatest, Piper's Pit was so funny I usually laughed out loud. The one where he busted the coconut over Jimmy Snuka's head was a classic, and real, he actually hurt him because it was a real coconut.
The Piper Biography was definitely one of my all time favorites, but the end was really sad to see. I never realized that in his last interview before he died, he was having a hard time putting together a thought or sentence when they guy was asking him a question. Really hard to watch after knowing how quick witted, intelligent and awesome on promos he was over the years.
Even though I have no memories of any of his matches, as a little kid Roddy Piper was one of my favorites because of his performance, mentality, attitude, etc. His appearance on Always Sunny is great. There's a weird hilarity to the character, gives off this vibe like "Dude is he for real?" and all the great bits he does yet still feels like there's all kinds of troubling history in the guy you can't just laugh it off as a goofy character. Edit: Just remembered my brother and I got our parents to quit smoking because of Wrestlemania V.
I used to train with him. He was an amazing father and husband. He was a rarity in the industry. He took care of business and the business. He also cared deeply about his impact...not legacy...his impact.
Piper has always been my favorite all time wrestler. Unique, no one was like him, whether he was a heel, a face, or somewhere in between. He was also great in “They Live” and as “The Maniac” on “Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia”.
Bruh got stabbed 3 times that's crazy.. One of the best stories was about him taking his daughter to the block and told her he saw some lady got killed but he didn't say anything cause he ain't no snitch... lmao..sad that person died tho.
The Piper and Austin Biography episodes were both very well done. Looking forward to seeing the other six episodes. Hoping that there will be more episodes to come next year.
I met Roddy when I was in High School. I was working at a gas station in Hillsboro OR and he stopped by several times to get gas. He was always very approachable and was a genuinely nice guy. I meet him again latter at a local comedy club. He did a set and had the crowd rolling with laughter. In the late 70's Roddy and Rose was the reason I would tune in to Portland Wrestling.
I grew up watching Big Time wrestling too. What a lineup. Piper, Rose, Dutch Savage, Bull Ramos, Buddy Rose, Lonny Moondog Mayne, Rip Taylor, The Royal Kangaroos, Jimmy Snuka Jesse Ventura, Golden era of Portland-Seattle “wrassling”.
As many feuds as Hogan has had I will always consider Rowdy Roddy Piper as Hulk Hogan's nemesis. Probably my first introduction to Roddy Piper was from the 85' cartoon Hulk Hogan's Rockin' Wrestling. It was that cartoon that got me hooked on wrestling. I loved Piper's Pit. It was the highlight to those WWF wrestling shows. He was so charismatic and such a great heel. Then later he went to color commentary and eventually turned face. I don't think he ever went back to being heel afterwards. But he truly was an icon in wrestling. He will always be one of the most cherished wrestlers from my childhood. They'll never be another Rowdy Roddy Piper. And when he left that message on Hogan's answering machine saying he's walking with Jesus, I pray that it's true.
1st seen Roddy in '81 with Georgia Championship Wrestling..he attacked Tommy Rich and was blown away how intense he was..became my favorite from there on
The best thing in documentary for me was how they showed Piper's notebook. He literally wrote down his every classic promo, prepared and studied. You shouldn't be a comedy genius with impeccable timing and improvising skills to do magic on the mic. Just get your material together beforehand, and prepare. Then people would think you did it on a fly.
I saw Piper live at The Omni in Atlanta circa 1982, 4th row ringside -he was turning face and doing a program with Don Muraco. He came out at the end of Muraco’s match, they stared each other down, Piper turned away, Muraco took a swing but Piper decked him with a roll of quarters.
They edited that bit about Piper leaving Portland for WWE standards. McMahon just refuses to acknowledge Crockett promotions because when Piper left Portland he went to Mid-Atlantic then ATL.
@@TheSportsfan35 cause people watching probably don't know who Ole is. It's better for a doc to just say "the promoter in Atlanta" instead of "Ole Anderson, a wrestler in the 4 Horsemen, who is also the promoter of Atlanta at the time". Shit needs to flow
@@randylynch4330 If there are fans watching the show, even if they're "new fans", I'm sure they've more than likely either SEEN & HEARD of the 4H documentary that was put on DVD BY VINCE'S COMPANY, as well as seen & VARIOUS videos here on YT like the history of the 4H, also mid-atlantic & GCW footage that obviously Ole's in because simply put HE WAS A MAIN EVENT STAR IN THE CAROLINAS & HE OWNED THE GEORGIA TERRITORY BEFORE CROCKETT BOUGHT IT. My point is, If they're going to do docs like this, you can't & shouldn't ignore parts of history. I think it's been well- documented that Vince likes to revise or reinvision history when it to the business to how he wants it to be, BUT if he wants to do more of these in the future, he should tell the WHOLE STORY OR DON'T TELL THE STORY AT ALL. I mean, if Vince still has heat with Ole, then that's his cross to bear.
Yeah he has a network on Peacock that is full of Crockett Promotions footage, produced a DVD about WCW that talked about the promotion, and various other things, but you still calim Vince refuses to acknowledge Crockett Promotions. You are so wrong it's funny.
@@chriskay1449 yeah, you mean all that footage that's now being edited or erased from the library?Vince could care less about the history of the business as long as he's standing to reinvent history as he sees fit on his tv shows & in his docs.
I liked the biography special, especially the parts that Kitty spoke about at the end of his life. The show you were thinking of that Roddy was on was “The Rich Eisen Show”. Always great watching Roddy doing interviews, but he looked bad. Almost jaundicy. Around his eyes specifically. Great podcast, Mr. Cornette. Thank you.
I loved Roddy Piper so much since I was ten years old (1990-ish) that when he died, I posted the Lex Express theme "I'll Be Your Hero" on my Facebook and I cried. I even met him twice and he was great to fans, including me. The second time he didn't remember me and I think the reason he gave me a hug was because he could kind of tell I was disappointed.
you can literally watch it on their website, A&E is cool like that. It's also a nice documentary, just watched it. Piper was the best, the ending of the doc was a bit depressing, but only because it reminds me how how weird it is that he's gone.
Piper was nuclear ☢️ in 1982 and 1984-1985 especially vs Snuka. He probably needed the Secret Service to escort him in and out of buildings during that time
Can we get a World/History of Pro Wrestling by Jim Cornette show or documentary on History Channel with him showing/teaching wrestling with clips of old school wrestling and teaching kayfabe and gimmicks from the 60s and 70s or a Jim Cornette Experience Reality Show on HBO Max, so he can cuss as much as he wants as well as teach/show us why t hgv ares no school like old school wrestling, I'd watch that.
I don't know why Jim fixates so much on them "skipping" Roddy's territory stuff between Portland and Crockett, when they literally lightly glossed over huge events like WM3 and WM 8 as well. Its only a 2 hour show - they can't show clips from every single company/show/angle in a 20+ year career.
@@Ted_Bell They couldn't even fit in discussion about the Adonis or Bret matches that every fan remembers, but they somehow should have found room to chronicle his Jack Brisco and Tommy Rich feuds that like 1% of the audience would have even known about? Incredibly minor nitpick.
@@NorthJerseyJabroni I won't be surprised if 1 year on either Biography or Dark Side Of The Ring, there's a Rise & Fall episode on Adrian, I mean the dude goes from being AWA tag champs with Ventura to working for Vince as a fat Georgeous George/Adrian Street knockoff.
I really think Vince should call Cornette and have Jim be one of the main curator for the HOF/museum. Jim would be the perfect guy in the business to welcoming fans and lead them through the histories of the archives and exhibits, Jim, Flair, and Hunter.
Piper was breaking out fast and stirring the pot, he had interviews with controversial folks like Alex Jones and Ryan Dawson about Zionist power in America. Makes you think 🤔
Everybody knew that the Treasures show was fake when we noticed that every one of the “supa fans” all wear WWE shirts. they knew that WWE was coming and most likely sold them their own stuff back
Well, who else is going to buy WWE merchandise? And of course they knew WWE was coming because WWE tracked them down. None of that is proof that the show is fake., I mean lol.
@@PDD82031 Nothing he sad was proof the show was fake. WWE super fans are most likely tyo be the ones to buy the WWE memorabilia. WWe also put out feelers looking for the stuff, so when they knew WWE was going to come to film, of course they are going to put on WWE clothing. He knows nothing.
Roddy had all the tools. He just had this huge chip on his shoulders. That 'i'm never going to let anyone take anything away from me' mentality prevented him from doing bigger business as Hogan said during the telecast.
They Live is a must watch!
Yes! A true classic!!!
He was fresh outta bubblegum
A real time movie for today's political climate.
So bad its AWESOME!
100%. And it’s all truth, if you know how to unpack it.
Not afraid to admit I cried, especially when he waved goodbye at the end. I waved back, thanks Rowdy
it was the interview before he died where he couldnt get his words out broke me
I love that Roddy didn't need any big time moves to get a reaction from the fans, a lot of wrestlers need to take notes.
He knew how to use the moves he did it wasn't the same match when he did boxing style punches helped 100% of the time. I wear a kilt because of him
His best move was pissing people off 🤣
Can we please retire the Canadian Destroyer!!!
Roddy got a bigger reaction just poking someone in the eye than most wrestlers get for anything today
@@jaymeister4850 the mexican national anthem segment
Bobby Heenan needs to have a show done about him.
True ... because people mostly know Brain as a manager and forget Brain was a wrestler too...
I feel like an idiot.All these shows and The Brain gets nothing......Great point and thinking.I watched him at the end of AWA then the move to.WWF and the I don't care WCW. He was a great commentator but his promos were great,I hated him,haha.
Bruno, Terry Funk, Stemboat, Lawler, and my favorite Nick Bockwinkel, all need bios also.
Bobby was a wrestling Genius. He could literally do anything. Very underated talent. He was probably Hogans greatest heel in his career. I miss the Brain. Rip Bobby
half of it would be about his neck...most definitely
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper was one of the rare talents that did not need a world title reign or multiple reigns to become a household name and build a legacy, Piper became bigger than a world title reign.
that being said, I still wish that Piper had a run with the World Title even for a day or a week
Would have loved to see Piper with the belt... but really, when would it be? Interrupting Hogan's dominant run leading up to (and past) WM3? That was Hogan's time, Hulkamania was running wild.
He challenged Flair a couple of times after Flair won it in the Rumble, and that wasn't the right time either.
Maybe in the early 90s when the title bounced around a bit with Slaughter, Taker, Hogan they could have fit him in there for a short run. In the later 90s nobody would have care if he got a "who gives a shit, let him have a turn too" with the WCW belt that everyone got to hold.
You know what's crazy, according to fightdb he only ever had 141 matches across 32 years. His primary run from 84 to 94, he had 84 matches. Just 8.4 matches a year. He was always talking, always promoting, always hyping things up or getting set up at the announcers desk, but he didn't wrestle nearly as much as the top stars.
@@bobdonda the WCW belt didn't become the "who gives a shit, everybody gets a turn" belt until later 1999-2000, Roddy Piper had a long term feud with Hogan and the nWo in '98 when the belt was still pretty much a Hogan exclusive. He could have had a memorable run at this time.
@Greg Bailey That's a good point I had forgot about that fiasco.
@@bobdonda dont forget though that at mania 3 that was his "retirement match" and made movies and had a hip replacement over the next essentially 4 years. Was Virgils coach or whatever and then returned to the ring for a mini run. So that 10 year run mention he only wrestled about 4 of it lol.
yea and guys like Cena needed 10 or more to get respect lol....wrestling died years ago man.. we miss it ...
Roddy Piper sounds like wrestling's Joker. You're supposed to hate him, and he tries to get you to hate him. But the more you watch him, the more you are drawn in by him, the more you learn about him, and, eventually, the more you start to sympathize with him. You start to see yourself in him. Not the biggest guy, not the strongest or the fastest, but the toughest, just because he wants it the most. Eventually, you start to hope he wins, just a little, until, you realize, that maybe he was just a guy who had a bad hand dealt to him, so he decided to flip the table and do things his way.
THAT may well be the greatest description of why Piper was so popular I have ever read. Honestly, that says it all...
Good analogy
Well Said
I just read that description again ..still near perfect...
we do in fact live in a society
At this point, A&E is beating TNT, Fox, and USA Network as the network to be to watch wrestling.
Hmm I wonder how Vice is gonna do with Dark Side of the Ring compared to those networks.
oh hell yeahhhh
Because no one wants to see the new shit anymore. All anyone cares about is the old.
@Delta Sev Have fun with your crappy AEW and WWE 2021 product 🤷♂️
@@kjpierson1152 the new stuff isn’t great.
Jim's "Roddy's not in hell" Vince impression was spot on haha...I was watching that like wtf Vince really is f'n crazy...
Supposedly, Roddy once told Vince to his face that he would let Linda blow him under his kilt, so Roddy probably would have done that to Vince if things were in reverse.
Uh oh, here comes Randy Orton.
At first i found it incredibly distasteful, but then i immediately thought of Piper and his sense of humor and relationship with Vince and im pretty confident he woulda approved of and laughed at the joke. It was right up Pipers alley. Plus, it was clear Vince has a favorable view of the man and ultimately speaks of him in highly positive terms.
Yes Vince is crazy but he loved piper and I’m positive piper thought it was funny
I had to double check the release date and roddys death. I was like no way this S.O.B is this crazy 😂😂
RIP Roddy Piper. THE greatest promo of all time AND THE greatest heel of all time. gone but never forgotten. Miss him to this day. He is my wrestling idol.
Try and explain a Piper to a Cena fan .... um Cena got 10 or more world titles...big deal ..Piper is way above guys like Cena and never won 1 world title...
I miss the 80s/90s era where everyone cut promos on cocaine, so intense
Not everyone needed Cocaine man ..lol
I was living in Oregon & used to watch Portland Wrestling every week. My mom could not stand Piper because of his arrogance & wagging his finger in the camera. I got to see Piper Live when I was living in Pendleton. I caught most of the A&E show & I have to say, I was in tears at the end. Piper was one of the greats in wrestling & part of an era that is nothing but a memory now. R.I.P. Hot Rod, you are now & will always be missed.
@Rex Hazelwood, Don Owens had an awesome territory, he had a good mix of legends & veterans like Dutch Savage, Bull Ramos, Larry Henning & Tony Borne just to name a few along with the current & upcoming talent at the time like Curt Henning, Matt Borne, Jesse Ventura, Jimmy Snuka, Colonel Debeers, Buddy Rose & many others.
Piper vs Playboy Buddy Rose was a great show anytime
I saw him in Portland when I was a kid. What a legend!
When he came back in the late 80s early 90s he was huge for the territory. I remember him giving the shine to Art Barr at the time. I used to go to Portland to watch live shows and would go to local shows in Washington. He was always a highlight
Macho Man this coming Sunday on A&E, oooh yeah☝
Cream of the crop...nobody does it better☝️
Can't get it in the UK
I wonder if they will talk about the Waffle House Incident xD
Cup of coffee in the big time!
Will they cover the dark shit though? The ugly stuff with Elizabeeth for example?
"Just when you think you have all the answers, I change all the questions!"
So CM Punk stole that line from Piper :o
@@pierrelemagnifique205 Punk did say piper was his favourite growing up
It's they not you.. Just when they think they have the answers! I change the questions..
Hands down my favorite line from the hot rod
u butchered that quote 🤦🏿♂️
RODDY was a tortured soul...you can see that in most shoot interviews and Legends house..may he R.I.P.
So true
But a great husband and dad
Was it Pat Patterson ?
@@bennywatts4174 Not according to Roddy. He said that was overblown. Nor are allegations evidence.
@@bennywatts4174 more likely his falling out with his father and leaving home at 14
I enjoyed the Biography of Piper. He was one of the best heels in Wrestling. Just as good as Stone Colds Biography. A&E is doing a phenomenal job
I liked Austin's more
Same for me the fact the wasnt there, it just wasnt the same
@@BadselS I actually liked the Piper one more. I just found Pipers story to be more fascinating then Austin's but Austins was really good.
I think it was even better than Stone Colds biography.
The guy that did “the last dance” on the bulls in the 90’s.. he does a great job with his docs
Roddy was the greatest. My favorite wrestler of all time. And a great all around awesome person. Miss him quite a bit. This biography special was awesome, and you can see how much he was loved by his wife, kids, all his friends and wrestler buddies, etc.
My cousin worked on that biography. She was a personal friend of Roddy.
Piper is top 10 for sure.. for sure best man to never win a WORLD title.....its a joke Piper never won 1 world title but guys like Cena were handed multiple world titles..wrestling got weird after F left lol.
"Name one good show on A&E"
"Well there's ah ay da ab ya da whu bu da da buh, all kinds of things!"
Love it!
LivePD was amazing :(
I love Vince's off-kilter eyes. There's a lot to find in these very simple pictures.
I met Roddy two weeks before he died at his last autograph signing in MD. He was such an amazingly nice guy. First thing was him asking me how I was, how my family is doing. Like we were long lost friends. He signed my dvd and then went into detail about the first WM match. Telling stories. My new phone was having problems with taking a selfie and Roddy says here let me see what I can do, don't worry, we have all the time we want. Just those few moments with him I could instantly see why this guy was such a well liked person and two weeks later it broke my heart when I was told he died. No way. This guy was so happy, so full of life that day and now he is gone? Easily the nicest wrestler and person I have ever met. I have met many celebs, wrestlers and a few who were just ready to move on to the next person, rush everyone. Not Piper. You could tell this guy really loved meeting with his fans, wanted to get to know his fans.
U Piper Trick
why you got to lie
I love how Vince has Ruby Red lips on every thumbnail lmfao.
I died when Jim said Vince looks like he's melting
Vince and Mr America lied about Piper.. no more respect for Vince or Mr America...
One of the only men to intimidate Vinny Mac the daddy of cream himself!
Who remembers when Piper started his podcast he and Stone Cold got real heat with each other?..Piper unfortunately died not to long after.
What happened?
@@AngryMinkey piper talked about Austin beating his ex wife and Austin actually got that episode taken down. Soon after piper got fired and blamed Austin for it
Austin Stooged him out to and got Piper's podcast shutdown
He had Will Sasso pretending to be Austin and Jim Duggan was making a lot of comments about Austin's domestic abuse. Debra beater heard it and got Piper kicked off Podcast One, then went like a little bitch to WWE and got Piper fired from his Legend's contract.
Austin didn’t kick him off though, Piper left because he didn’t want any drama or bs to take place just as Steve wouldn’t. Not defending Steve for being upset, but he didn’t get Hot Rod fired.
Line of the show : You can stack a ton of them up Triple H's nose (talking about hiding quarters)
i smashed the like button after that line lol
😂🤣😅😹
Lol.Triple H is prolly a Jew
@@GQFJByentas, mamzers, and mischlings all the way down
As Vince was describing Piper, I said it sounds like Vince is describing himself. Then Piper appears, says Vince is an ass and they're two peas in a pod. 🤣🤣
Piper one of the greatest heels in the industry
Piper was the most entertaining personality I ever had the pleasure of watching work.
Brian Last is starting to become Towelie from South Park.
He's got NO idea what's goin' on....
"He's become like the old man who wants to make a quarter disappear." Bravo, Mr. Last! Bravo! LOL!
Judo Gene Lebell is always a highlight.
"Until the bell rings. I can make no money" - Roddy Piper
Those shows with Piper and Cornette were gold. Too bad they didn't get more shows out.
My favorite part of that documentary is the story with The Guerreros and he told a crowd in Mexico he was going to play their national anthem on the bagpipes and instead played La Cucaracha. Roddy was the man , no wrestler today could ever come close to getting the heat Roddy did
Right
“Im going to die!” 😂😂😂😂
I laughed so hard when they said he played La Cucaracha🤣
Today he would be “cancelled” and blacklisted, and have to apologize and make donations to mexican charities 🙄
@@alexalexalex797 legit
My favorite part of the episode was Mr T keeping kayfabe alive and talking about how pissed he was when Piper hit him from behind when he was coming in to help Cindi Lauper lol
The biography is dope. Hot rod had a rough life and it is a great story.
I went to Portland Wrestling every Saturday and Tuesday nights growing up. Piper. Rose. Snuka. Ventura. Henning. Andre. So many more came through the Territory. Met Piper many times over the years as we lived in same area. Piper and Kitty were so nice. RIP Mr. Toombs.
Brian Last has started smoking a lot of weed. Brian Last is now forgetting things. Totally unrelated. 😂
Think Corny is getting worried bout him he said in one of the previous videos are you still stoned 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Its legal in NJ?
@@justavictim9432 Yup. Medical marijuana
@@justavictim9432 And? Legal or not, doesn't change the effect it has on a person lol. Would crack somehow be less harmful if we made it legal? Legality changes nothing about biology.
@@justavictim9432 Yeah. Brain said it on a segment(last week I think). His quote was something to the effect of "Since weed is now legal here, I decided to get stoned while watching AEW".
I was lucky enough to go to the
Olympic Auditorium several times in the 70’s to see Piper and Chavo, John Tolos, Greg Valentine etc. Even as a 13 year old kid, I could tell Piper was destined for greatness.
Woo-hoo Jim back on Vice!! This Brian Pillman one is gonna be good
He's one my all time favorite!
Hopefully they cover the hollywood blondes more than how it was portrayed in stone colds bio
All that, and Piper said in an interview they played, he said about Vince before he died, "I love that a**hole."
Piper pre-87/2nd face turn was legitimately scary.
Roddy should be on every wrestling fan’s Mount Rushmore. He was the greatest
Billy Gunns Tube Socks from The Attitude Era 🤣🤣
@S Hump so you could sniff em
I miss Roddy. These stars were my generation of the best wrestlers around.
So many greats have passed from wrestling but Roddy was the only one who made me cry. Such a good man and great talent and based on the documentary he was also a awesome father and husband.
Same here. I still remember the day he died and hearing about it. I broke down hard-core. I don't think another wrestler or celebrity death ever hit me that hard. Still miss Hot Rod.
I was curious if they were gonna skip pass the part where Piper was taken advantage of as a Ring boy. He partly blamed himself.( I thought they would skip that because it was very personal),
I was mostly pissed that they didn’t mention his appearances on Its Always Sunny. He was amazing as The Maniac.
The greatest heel of all time. Rip HOT ROD!
He knew how to piss people off he had it such a character
Awesome bio! Never knew alot of that about Piper. Can't wait for Savage's!
@Jeff Miller, Savage's Dad was an awesome worker back in the 50's & 60's, & he was a catcher in minor league baseball, he was a great athlete.
If you wanna see some GREAT Piper footage... Check out the RUclips Channel “All Out Of Bubblegum”...It’s AWESOME!
"Vince has become that old man who wants to make a quarter disappear."
I about spit my drink out. 🤣
Billy Gunn's tube socks from the Attitude era 😂
I found it funny how Hogan said as a heel you're supposed to lose, in regard to the WM 1 finish change... yet he never did many jobs himself, especially in WCW! 🤔🤔
He actually lost alot in wcw compared to wwf. He put over Piper, Luger, Goldberg, Kidman and a few others in wcw .
That doesn't work for me, brother
Who do think he got it from
When Hogan was heel in WCW, he actually put people over. Including Piper.
I was just like "typical Hogan." It's not that he didn't want to do the job as a heel. He didn't want to job to Mr T. And there's no fucking way Hogan does it either, if the roles are reversed. That woulda basically buried Piper, and he knew it. He was already pissy about working with non wrestlers, you really think he was going to irreparably damage his career for someone else's vanity project?
I love how Jim doesn't even seem bothered by Vince doing cringeworthy bits, its like he's accepted that Vince has completely lost his mind.
No .Jim mentions Vince being lost many times..
Did you notice Mr America lying a few times about Piper? I was surprised Jim did not expose Mr America lying about Piper.
Hot Rod was one of the greatest, Piper's Pit was so funny I usually laughed out loud. The one where he busted the coconut over Jimmy Snuka's head was a classic, and real, he actually hurt him because it was a real coconut.
The Piper Biography was definitely one of my all time favorites, but the end was really sad to see. I never realized that in his last interview before he died, he was having a hard time putting together a thought or sentence when they guy was asking him a question. Really hard to watch after knowing how quick witted, intelligent and awesome on promos he was over the years.
Even though I have no memories of any of his matches, as a little kid Roddy Piper was one of my favorites because of his performance, mentality, attitude, etc.
His appearance on Always Sunny is great. There's a weird hilarity to the character, gives off this vibe like "Dude is he for real?" and all the great bits he does yet still feels like there's all kinds of troubling history in the guy you can't just laugh it off as a goofy character.
Edit: Just remembered my brother and I got our parents to quit smoking because of Wrestlemania V.
I've done that on falling asleep on a program and try rewatching it countless times 🤣🤣
I used to train with him. He was an amazing father and husband. He was a rarity in the industry. He took care of business and the business. He also cared deeply about his impact...not legacy...his impact.
Cornette is by far the best Vince McMahon voice impersonator I've ever heard 😂🤣😭
Brian on Vince: “He’s like the old man trying to make a quarter disappear!” Hilarious!!!
Piper has always been my favorite all time wrestler. Unique, no one was like him, whether he was a heel, a face, or somewhere in between. He was also great in “They Live” and as “The Maniac” on “Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia”.
Bruh got stabbed 3 times that's crazy.. One of the best stories was about him taking his daughter to the block and told her he saw some lady got killed but he didn't say anything cause he ain't no snitch... lmao..sad that person died tho.
To Brian Last... if you set up A&E on demand you can watch A&E and there sister stations programming through it
@Tiger he said he forgot to record it. so i figured id share it in general
They dont look at RUclips commits its beneath them only Twitter or email they do
He intentionally isnt watching it because its something good that WWE is involved with and would require him acknowledging that.
Gosh, Jim is so right on about Roddy's facials. Piper was a believable brawler who would bust out a bulldog at the appropriate moment.
The Piper and Austin Biography episodes were both very well done. Looking forward to seeing the other six episodes. Hoping that there will be more episodes to come next year.
Him and the iron sheik. Are the top heels in my opinion. As a kid. I hated both of them
I met Roddy when I was in High School. I was working at a gas station in Hillsboro OR and he stopped by several times to get gas. He was always very approachable and was a genuinely nice guy. I meet him again latter at a local comedy club. He did a set and had the crowd rolling with laughter. In the late 70's Roddy and Rose was the reason I would tune in to Portland Wrestling.
I grew up watching Big Time wrestling too. What a lineup. Piper, Rose, Dutch Savage, Bull Ramos, Buddy Rose, Lonny Moondog Mayne, Rip Taylor, The Royal Kangaroos, Jimmy Snuka
Jesse Ventura, Golden era of Portland-Seattle “wrassling”.
Roddy had the best move in the history of wrestling… the eye poke. Made me bust up laughing every time!
As many feuds as Hogan has had I will always consider Rowdy Roddy Piper as Hulk Hogan's nemesis. Probably my first introduction to Roddy Piper was from the 85' cartoon Hulk Hogan's Rockin' Wrestling. It was that cartoon that got me hooked on wrestling. I loved Piper's Pit. It was the highlight to those WWF wrestling shows. He was so charismatic and such a great heel. Then later he went to color commentary and eventually turned face. I don't think he ever went back to being heel afterwards. But he truly was an icon in wrestling. He will always be one of the most cherished wrestlers from my childhood. They'll never be another Rowdy Roddy Piper. And when he left that message on Hogan's answering machine saying he's walking with Jesus, I pray that it's true.
1st seen Roddy in '81 with Georgia Championship Wrestling..he attacked Tommy Rich and was blown away how intense he was..became my favorite from there on
The best thing in documentary for me was how they showed Piper's notebook. He literally wrote down his every classic promo, prepared and studied. You shouldn't be a comedy genius with impeccable timing and improvising skills to do magic on the mic. Just get your material together beforehand, and prepare. Then people would think you did it on a fly.
Being the Greg Girard of grapplin' ain't a bad thing
Uh, no, that's what WWE's creative team does now and it sucks every show, every week.
@@bradpaton3927 That material is also being written by writers too hacky even for Hollywood whose only dream in life is to pop McMahon.
I saw Piper live at The Omni in Atlanta circa 1982, 4th row ringside -he was turning face and doing a program with Don Muraco. He came out at the end of Muraco’s match, they stared each other down, Piper turned away, Muraco took a swing but Piper decked him with a roll of quarters.
The 27 people who disliked the video are HHH fans😂
They edited that bit about Piper leaving Portland for WWE standards. McMahon just refuses to acknowledge Crockett promotions because when Piper left Portland he went to Mid-Atlantic then ATL.
@Tiger & also the fact that Bruce wouldn't dare mention Ole by name, INSTEAD he said " the promoter in "Atlanta".
@@TheSportsfan35 cause people watching probably don't know who Ole is. It's better for a doc to just say "the promoter in Atlanta" instead of "Ole Anderson, a wrestler in the 4 Horsemen, who is also the promoter of Atlanta at the time". Shit needs to flow
@@randylynch4330 If there are fans watching the show, even if they're "new fans", I'm sure they've more than likely either SEEN & HEARD of the 4H documentary that was put on DVD BY VINCE'S COMPANY, as well as seen & VARIOUS videos here on YT like the history of the 4H, also mid-atlantic & GCW footage that obviously Ole's in because simply put HE WAS A MAIN EVENT STAR IN THE CAROLINAS & HE OWNED THE GEORGIA TERRITORY BEFORE CROCKETT BOUGHT IT. My point is, If they're going to do docs like this, you can't & shouldn't ignore parts of history. I think it's been well- documented that Vince likes to revise or reinvision history when it to the business to how he wants it to be, BUT if he wants to do more of these in the future, he should tell the WHOLE STORY OR DON'T TELL THE STORY AT ALL. I mean, if Vince still has heat with Ole, then that's his cross to bear.
Yeah he has a network on Peacock that is full of Crockett Promotions footage, produced a DVD about WCW that talked about the promotion, and various other things, but you still calim Vince refuses to acknowledge Crockett Promotions. You are so wrong it's funny.
@@chriskay1449 yeah, you mean all that footage that's now being edited or erased from the library?Vince could care less about the history of the business as long as he's standing to reinvent history as he sees fit on his tv shows & in his docs.
Somebody please help me locate the “I scare Flair!” Promo, Piper cut on MACW in about 1982. Thanks!
If Footage Exists Of Hot Rod Playing La Cucaracha on the bagpipes in L.A., I would love to see it...that’s my favorite Roddy Piper Story!
I would have loved to see that! I'm surprised he got out of there alive!
It’s on there
I liked the biography special, especially the parts that Kitty spoke about at the end of his life. The show you were thinking of that Roddy was on was “The Rich Eisen Show”. Always great watching Roddy doing interviews, but he looked bad. Almost jaundicy. Around his eyes specifically. Great podcast, Mr. Cornette. Thank you.
Hot Rod was the greatest. He was an awkward, but great worker, a psycho, a great promo, a great actor. Such a loss. Such a roller coaster of a life.
He didnt watch the treasure show when they had all the Smoky mountain wrestling footage+ the Unabomb costume ....
Exactly. I love Jim but that kinda annoyed me.
I actually like the Treasure Show.
Can't binge enough. Podcast is gold.
I loved Roddy Piper so much since I was ten years old (1990-ish) that when he died, I posted the Lex Express theme "I'll Be Your Hero" on my Facebook and I cried. I even met him twice and he was great to fans, including me. The second time he didn't remember me and I think the reason he gave me a hug was because he could kind of tell I was disappointed.
I watched this doc over the holidays and then saw Punk put over the Rod merch on insta and decided to buy one to show support to a legend. RIP Roddy.
if you have A&E as part of your cable subscription you can probably watch the full show on there website
@Aaron Lassiter A&E
23:19 😂 "He could hide a stack up Triple's nose."
I love the Triple H nose joke!
you can literally watch it on their website, A&E is cool like that. It's also a nice documentary, just watched it. Piper was the best, the ending of the doc was a bit depressing, but only because it reminds me how how weird it is that he's gone.
Piper was nuclear ☢️ in 1982 and 1984-1985 especially vs Snuka. He probably needed the Secret Service to escort him in and out of buildings during that time
Can we get a World/History of Pro Wrestling by Jim Cornette show or documentary on History Channel with him showing/teaching wrestling with clips of old school wrestling and teaching kayfabe and gimmicks from the 60s and 70s or a Jim Cornette Experience Reality Show on HBO Max, so he can cuss as much as he wants as well as teach/show us why t hgv ares no school like old school wrestling, I'd watch that.
Yea if WWE agrees to give footage and stuff lmao
I don't know why Jim fixates so much on them "skipping" Roddy's territory stuff between Portland and Crockett, when they literally lightly glossed over huge events like WM3 and WM 8 as well.
Its only a 2 hour show - they can't show clips from every single company/show/angle in a 20+ year career.
Yes! How dare he be angry that we can't see footage of Piper at his best! BARBARIANS!
@@Ted_Bell They couldn't even fit in discussion about the Adonis or Bret matches that every fan remembers, but they somehow should have found room to chronicle his Jack Brisco and Tommy Rich feuds that like 1% of the audience would have even known about? Incredibly minor nitpick.
@@NorthJerseyJabroni I won't be surprised if 1 year on either Biography or Dark Side Of The Ring, there's a Rise & Fall episode on Adrian, I mean the dude goes from being AWA tag champs with Ventura to working for Vince as a fat Georgeous George/Adrian Street knockoff.
"The maniac, we got real problems with the maniac"!!!!! lol
I liked how Hogan was telling us that he told Roddy that he should have lost to him , and he would have been set for life.
I really think Vince should call Cornette and have Jim be one of the main curator for the HOF/museum. Jim would be the perfect guy in the business to welcoming fans and lead them through the histories of the archives and exhibits, Jim, Flair, and Hunter.
Cornette the last one watching A&E 😂
Piper died young, I remember how shocking and sad it was, people who don't watch or like wrestling were talking to me about his death back in 2015.
Piper was breaking out fast and stirring the pot, he had interviews with controversial folks like Alex Jones and Ryan Dawson about Zionist power in America. Makes you think 🤔
Everybody knew that the Treasures show was fake when we noticed that every one of the “supa fans” all wear WWE shirts. they knew that WWE was coming and most likely sold them their own stuff back
Why is Wwe all of a sudden starting to make their own vault with relics like in Indiana Jones? 🤔
Well, who else is going to buy WWE merchandise? And of course they knew WWE was coming because WWE tracked them down. None of that is proof that the show is fake., I mean lol.
that’s your untrue opinion....are u a producer for the show? awww ok didn’t think so
@@PDD82031 Nothing he sad was proof the show was fake. WWE super fans are most likely tyo be the ones to buy the WWE memorabilia. WWe also put out feelers looking for the stuff, so when they knew WWE was going to come to film, of course they are going to put on WWE clothing. He knows nothing.
Big time wrestling out of Portland was all the wrestling we had in Washington State and that’s where I discovered Piper when I was 8 years old.
Roddy was very in depth person. I lliked the docu very much. He was one of the greats!
Piper will make you a sandwich with a half a slice of bologna lol😂
Hit rod whipped rick rudes aas roddy use to make jokes about. One Slice bologna. Sandwiches
Hot rod i mean whipped rick rude ass in a cage match really cool
Roddy had all the tools. He just had this huge chip on his shoulders. That 'i'm never going to let anyone take anything away from me' mentality prevented him from doing bigger business as Hogan said during the telecast.
Loved it. Cried at the end. If I could steal from RVD for a moment. Hot Rod is one of a kind.
Kayfabe Bios. That's a great idea. Someone should do a RUclips channel on that. 🤣
@Random Fagget Thanks!
@Random Fagget wrestling bios is amazing