sek69 Posted August 22, 2006 Report Posted August 22, 2006 From the latest WO update: --Apparently WWE got rights to some old Portland Wrestling tapes, and all the Roddy Piper stuff from California must be gone. The Roddy Piper DVD has a 1 hour and 45 minute documentary on his career and ending with the Hall of Fame Ceremony. Matches are: *Roddy Piper & Mike Popovitch vs. Buddy Rose & Rip Oliver from Portland *Piper vs. Buddy Rose from Portland *Piper vs. Jack Brisco 7/7/82 *Piper vs. Greg Valentine dog collar match from the first Starrcade *Piper & Orndorff vs. Hogan & Mr. T from the first Wrestlemania *Piper vs. Mr. T from Wrestlemania II *Piper vs. Iron Sheik from 10/4/86 Saturday Night Main Event *Piper vs. Bob Orton from 11/29/86 Saturday Night Main Event *Piper vs. Adrian Adonis form Wrestlemania III *Piper vs. Hogan MTV special 2/18/85 *Piper vs Rick Rude cage match 12/28/89 MSG *Piper vs. Badnews Brown (Badnews Allen) Wrestlemania VI *Piper vs. Bret Hart Wrestlemania VII *Piper vs. Mountie 1992 Royal Rumble *Piper vs. Goldust Hollywood brawl Wrestlemania XII *Piper vs. Hogan 12/29/96 Starrcade There is also a huge collection of Piper's Pits, including the Frankie Williams one Looks like they're doing the usual route of pretending that the WCW runs of guys they feature in DVDs barely existed, but this is probably going to be worth whatever they charge for it just for the Piper's Pit segments.
Mad Dog Posted August 22, 2006 Report Posted August 22, 2006 Wow, they've really started getting lazy on their DVDs. All of those matches are easy to get and a lot of them are available on DVDs that have been released recently or will be released soon.
Guest bravesfan Posted August 22, 2006 Report Posted August 22, 2006 Well, I'm sure that people won't be paying for a Piper DVD for the matches. There could be two matches and 40+ promos and I'd be ecstatic.
Marty Posted August 22, 2006 Report Posted August 22, 2006 Wow, they've really started getting lazy on their DVDs. All of those matches are easy to get and a lot of them are available on DVDs that have been released recently or will be released soon. In fairness, a good group of matches (Portland tag, Rose, Brisco, Sheik, Orton, Rude cage, Mountie and Hogan Starrcade) have yet to get on a WWE DVD yet, so they're getting better there (as opposed to, say, the upcoming WWE Championship DVD. Besides, the rest are moreless necessities for a Piper career perspective.
Mad Dog Posted August 22, 2006 Report Posted August 22, 2006 The Brisco one is the one I'm most looking forward to.
kjh Posted August 23, 2006 Report Posted August 23, 2006 Looks like they're doing the usual route of pretending that the WCW runs of guys they feature in DVDs barely existedBut most of Piper's matches in WCW sucked.
Marty Posted August 23, 2006 Report Posted August 23, 2006 Looks like they're doing the usual route of pretending that the WCW runs of guys they feature in DVDs barely existedBut most of Piper's matches in WCW sucked. Yep, I'm with kjh on this one. I'd rather the Starrcade 96 match not be on there, in fact, but I understand the purpose of throwing it in.
JHawk Posted August 23, 2006 Report Posted August 23, 2006 No Snuka matches though? You'd think at least their first MSG match (where Piper "injures" Snuka's neck with the piledriver) would have at least been put on there.
The Thread Killer Posted August 23, 2006 Report Posted August 23, 2006 Yeah that can't be right. To not have any of the Snuka matches would be madness. I remember that old Coliseum Video Roddy Piper's Greatest Hits was packed with matches from the Snuka feud. "Rowdy" Roddy Piper's Greatest Hits (WF009) 1984 "Piper's Pit" with Andre the Giant 03/25/84 Roddy Piper & David Schultz vs. Andre the Giant & Jimmy Snuka 1984 "Piper's Pit" with Frank Williams 1985 Roddy Piper vs. Mr. T interview 02/18/85 Roddy Piper vs. Hulk Hogan 1985 "Piper's Pit" with Roddy Piper 1985 Roddy Piper, Paul Orndorff, & Bob Orton Jr. interview 1980s TNT Show: Roddy Piper & Bob Orton, Jr. visit a doctor 03/84 "Piper's Pit" with Jimmy Snuka 1984 TNT Show: Roddy Piper 1984 Roddy Piper vs. Jimmy Snuka (referee Lou Thesz) 1984 Roddy Piper interview 1984 "Piper's Pit" with Samu 12/01/84 Roddy Piper vs. Tonga Kid 12/28/84 Roddy Piper & Bob Orton, Jr. vs. Jimmy Snuka & Tonga Kid
JHawk Posted August 24, 2006 Report Posted August 24, 2006 In fairness, that Piper tape came out in 1982, so they only had a year and a half worth of footage to use. But still, at the very least the August 1984 Snuka match from MSG should have made the cut.
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