LOCKED IN THE WWE VAULT | The Footage That You'll Never See Again - Wrestle Me Review

[@ramblingRJ]

The three best examples of why Roddy Piper is considered a master on the microphone can be found in (1) Georgia Championship Wrestling when he was doing heel commentary alongside Gordon Solie; (2) In Portland when he was feuding with Playboy Buddy Rose; and (3) the early Piper's Pit segments he did in WWF when he was still a heel. Unfortunately, his work in the 90s pales in comparison to his pre-87 work.

[@liveitdown]

The hop is legendary. It's his taunt in Revenge.

[@justafanofnerdculture7602]

Good point! 😄

[@tmage23]

The "Nature Boy Dance" is actually the Jackie Fargo strut which Jerry Lawler used to do in Memphis which is where Jarrett got it.

[@ifgwelf]

I love the Fargo strut.

[@dreadfuldansdiscs2781]

That Shipman/Showaddywaddy stuff was sublime banter.

[@bootleggodzilla1]

Piper got off drugs and then was stuck in WCW of course he was depressed. He needed the cocaine in WCW instead of in the WWF in the 80s.

[@stewroo]

This show is so British that even I as an Englishman feel unqualified to view it.

[@MattSingh1]

*Nah, they're just another bunch of self-platformed nobodies posturing as experts.*

[@runningsuperska]

Have a cuppa

[@waynedoyle5584]

BELATED HAPPY NEW YEAR you talented 2 ....miraculous work as always ....much love

[@adequatemoose]

IIRC, the hop was related to his recent hip surgery and whether Roddy could still go because of it

[@CallMeCrazyCallMePoor]

As it turns out, Jarrett would have quite alot of wrestling in his future. In fact, he would be in substantially more if the future than his opponent.

[@steviemase]

13:13 looks like Sullivan cut out Benoit and Arn from his shirt

[@bootleggodzilla1]

The lockers were part of a traveling gimmicked room that wcw used for promos. violent j from icp talks about it on the kayfabe commentaries shoot.

[@NEEDbacon]

And clearly the towel was just part of it, for some reason.

[@bootleggodzilla1]

@NEEDbacon yes it's a locker room and there are towels in locker rooms

[@PtolemyJones]

Sad to see Benoit and Woman so young and in love, they were both favorites of mine. Tragic.

[@smc1037]

The name on the locker in the back when Piper walks into the shot is "K-Fabe".

[@wbcwinnipegbeltcollector]

Noice 😂

[@fuckiopussigetti453]

Whenever WWE did things like the Slammys, the director of the show is Kaye Fabe

[@harryboy5000]

I watched old WCW Nitros and Thunder's all the time, now they are gone, sad day for nWo fans not 4 life anymore

[@clivet3252]

I'm sure they'll come back in some form at some point.

[@WhatwouldRoddyPiperdo]

@@harryboy5000 I'm more bummed about the middle parts of nitro glacier mortiis,the flock,daffney ❤️, because nitro started at 9 and raw started at 10 and we didn't get wxw PPVs in UK I have literally never watched hour two of a single nitro apart from that one week in like 95? When they got bumped for the football or something 🤣

[@harryboy5000]

@@clivet3252 doubt it

[@JRWeezy84]

Why did they change the network so much? What a waste of time

[@WhatwouldRoddyPiperdo]

@@JRWeezy84 on the plus side at least the new rips online will be HD before the network the only available download were 4th generation VHS rips with what id generously call 60% visual clarity left so they did the hard work for us upscaling everything but ECW Hardcore TV those recordings LOOK 95 🤣

[@ZeusAmun-pt9dc]

Good commentary because I myself am a Memphian and old enough to remember the territory days when there was a definitive style to each promotion and the home crowd always supported the home team.

[@CactusJackIV]

I have recorded on a VHS tape the Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit memorial shows.

[@TheGalantHamburger]

You nailed it with the Foley comment, he was right at the top, right there to be a heel champ, and he never got it, because he got fucked over - by Hogan, who’s notorious for it, or McMahon who was notorious for keeping Terry happy - but yeah, he was bitter because he was fucked over all the time

[@dustincongello5802]

Piper wasn't considered a good talker because he spoke proper or spoke clearly and perfectly every promo. He was considered good on the moc because he was erratic, unpredictable, crazy and sometimes incoherent making no sense but alway funny.some exceptions, but 9 out of 10 promos were funny with the rare miss

[@herbie747]

14:57 Mongo is even doing the L sign backwards. Classic WCW

[@nathanwagner9895]

Fun fact that Roddy piper hop is the taunt in WCW nwo revenge

[@slothkng]

the hop thing was to show his hip was okay

[@BWall-h4d]

Piper was the way he was because he was all outta bubblegum.

[@Nosfeast]

If you know then you know

[@Koexistence13]

If you mean blow then yea...

[@matthewbrig5614]

All out of bubblegum yeah. But not cocaine. 😂

[@Nosfeast]

@@Koexistence13 You clearly don't know

[@Nosfeast]

@@matthewbrig5614 You also clearly don't know

[@DJM2.0]

2025 off to a GREAT start with a Wrestle Me video!

[@VTM_isawesome]

RIP Nancy and Daniel.

[@willnicklen4196]

Happy new year to you both From Scunthorpe

[@michaellee8816]

Controversial opinion: Piper wasn't the same after 1987......he was great up until then......everything else was pretty terrible after.....he really left his fastball in 1987

[@ramblingRJ]

Agreed.

[@JoeLarazza]

​@ramblingRJ the 92 Hart match was good. Other than that, there wasn't much

[@WhatwouldRoddyPiperdo]

So devils advocate I had a very similar childhood to piper I was homeless at 13 I'm about to hit 40 and have very similar mental states as him a kindred spirit and it's awesome you don't understand how he feels because it's basically a black hole no amount of love thrown in can fill there's just a thing those of us thrown into the world young carry because we go through so much so quick while others live normally. By 18 id lived in 60 towns here in UK haha

[@markw110]

❤😢❤

[@petegraf]

Kids thrown into the adult world can cause huge problems. Scars the mind more compared to an adult whose mind is strong, but body is weaker.

[@impulse255dj]

C'mon now boys, don't be putting the idea of Harold Shipman being part of Showaddywaddy in folks head. It's already bad enough that 70% of the population cant even say "Showaddywaddy" without subconsciously doing a Jimmy Savile impression. 😅

[@KadeemG61]

R.I.P. WWE Network (2014-2025)

[@chrishh5777]

The Network is still available in several countries where WWE won't be on Netflix. With a VPN, you can get around the geoblocking and still use it.

[@davidlevy706]

10:07: I don't recall hearing the phrase “WWF/Memphis style” used before. In the days of the territory system (and the early days of the national expansion) the predominant styles differed significantly between the Northeastern and Southern US.

[@wellesradio]

When you say “northeastern style” you’re thinking of the WWWF. Mark’s referring to the national brand and style that McMahon created. JJ may have come from Memphis, but he’d had national exposure with the WWF. That hybrid style is what Mark is referring to.

[@davidlevy706]

​@@wellesradio McMahon's “sports entertainment” was very much an evolution of what came before. He bought his father's company, added some razzle-dazzle (including appearances by mainstream celebrities from outside the wrestling business), and brute-forced his way to national and international dominance. Through the consolidation of multiple Southern NWA members, Jim Crockett Promotions (later WCW) managed to persist as a solid second-place alternative in the 1980s and early 1990s - in part because it stuck closer to the grittier Southern style. (Then it adopted a more WWF-like approach, briefly took the lead through massive overspending, and flamed out spectacularly.) Jeff Jarrett is nothing if not adaptable. I've just never thought of the “WWF/Memphis style” as something that exists in its own right (as opposed to two distinct styles from which a wrestler might happen to draw).

[@ChaneVazquez-rx2dy]

@davidlevy706 That's be there's no such thing they were two totally different styles😂😂

[@omfgitsfat]

What he should have said was "classic southern" and "Japanese influenced" because that's the difference. I can forgive them though because they probably didn't have much exposure to the territory system while living in Britain.

[@davidlevy706]

@@omfgitsfat Agreed. And they know a heck of a lot more about US wrestling than I do about UK wrestling - and a lot of what I _do_ know about UK wrestling was learned from them.

[@nichhodge8503]

Chris Benoit really helped bring that Dynamite Kid style into fashion in wrestling (especially since he idolised Tom Billington who’s not a great role model but is the best wrestler ever) because by the time Dynamite Kid made to WWE his body was already broken down so no one until KZbin got to see his best stuff, except the Japanese tape traders

[@ChagrinElectric]

Happy New Year Marc and Pete!

[@Bi0mega]

Just wait for my book exposing Buck Zumhofe's time as part of Alvin Stardust's backup band. It'll make you see those Green Cross Code adverts in an entirely new light.

[@ianjeffery4730]

Shawaddywaddy are dead to me now 😂

[@dawgpound187]

He can't get over what Pat Paterson done to him

[@markant9534]

Roddy always did nuts promos.

[@industryvince4587]

Should have went right on with a face JJ 4 horsemen clone at that time with Jarrett being the Flair. Could have killed.

[@Kaltagstar96]

God, looking back at this angle is so fucking awkward to say the very least, that said I do remember Sullivan and Benoit putting on some very entertaining matches. They had this one really fun brawl that went all over the building at one point and they were just laying into each-other!

[@chrisbuek]

I gotta be honest.... that towel looks pretty clean.

[@markant9534]

10:43 Mr Perfect was flouncy and melodramatic while bumping but he was better at it that Jarrett.

[@BryanMccomb-sg7qw]

I love me some double j one of the best workers but is wardrobe was something

[@SebastianMW-r3f]

jarrett’s hometown of tennessee

[@bennyd345]

😂

[@ZacharyP-ct1jl]

Would be interested in seeing an episode or two about Eugene now that he's on the KZbin circuit.

[@CreightonRabs]

Is it me, or did those Piper Saturday Night Main Event clips with VKM filmed in front of a green screen?

[@IrishKyokushin]

They were. Those [along with the Commentators for Superstars and Wrestling Challenge] were recorded in a sound booth in Stanford.

[@powermasterjazz]

Just what WWE needs is more censorship. 🙄

[@Rollermacka]

Vince would have never let Piper end his promo on the word yamaka and then hop off. Of course not..... That sounds almost as bad as letting him paint himself half black and Disco dance before facing a black man at the largest show of the year. 🤔

[@ggenie7489]

Under the moon of love,, was one of his greats. Ok I'm falling down the Shipman, shawaddywaddy rabbit hole now. Happy 2025, one ticket to hell please.

[@icchampion5]

Will you guys be in Vegas for Mania weekend?

[@indianastones6032]

Aint heard "bejams" since i was a kid in the 80s!!!!

[@RobJaskula]

They always cover the obvious stuff, like the Benoit-Showaddywaddy connection 🙄

[@SNOwyte]

Merry xmas yall mane

[@Hellwyck]

The "Nature Boy Dance"? you mean the Jackie Fargo Strut?

[@ReverendPanic]

How old is this recording? Saying the "flouncey melodramatic style" is a thing of the past seems a bit naive, considering how half of the rosters of both AEW and WWE perform today.

[@marcscarvalli7524]

It simple, he hated working at WCW.

[@JamesFaunch]

And it’s the Fargo strut !

[@mephosto]

They're all uncomfortable, but all I can think is that Kevin Sulivan is too legit to quit.

[@JamesMMcCann]

Piper's hop was to show there no ill-affects from the hip surgery. Piper was going through things due to the amount of friends in wrestling he had that had died (pretty sure he mentions in the book you referenced that he wore the black kilt for so long because of this). Jarrett wasn't do a Flair, that's the Jackie Fargo strut. Criticising JJ's ring gear? Really? Because Hogan, Savage, Bret, Piper, Flair, AA, all got a completely different look when they went/returned to WCW from WWF? I'm beginning to think you two don't actually know shit about wrestling.

[@benjams5743]

Love your show. The stuff on Piper drooping about... Dont forget Roddy was r@ped by Pat Patterson, and goodness knows what else hes been through/done... the guy was a tormented soul...

[@runningsuperska]

Piper just wants people to turn the telly up and listen to the craziness.

[@markant9534]

Piper did an interview on youtube saying he wa sexually exploited by Lord Alfred Hays and other people in the WWE when he first joined, he had a drug problem towards the end of his life.

[@Badguy0124]

Do you mean Pat Patterson? Don't think Lord Alfred was involved in that stuff was he?????

[@rustykuntz94]

As of 2024 Peacock has at least kept all of Benoit's WCW matches/angles.

[@thelostandromedan81]

A Sierra reference!

[@ifgwelf]

Tbh what made Rowdy Roddy great always went over my head as a kid.

[@lonewulfgod6755]

The locker room is a booth WCW used to record their promos. It just looks like a locker room goobers.

[@Mergie_Merge]

They also thought Monty Brown retired because it didn't work out in WWE, bless their heart.

[@ennbee2051]

Funny thing, Roddy could AND would play the bagpipes at any opportunity backstage. And Doink beat Bret on a house show. The wheel was supposed to land on the 'The Snake Pit' match at Halloween Havoc'92. The middle of the ring would be removed, and replaced with a pit of snakes! Steve Borden said it was TOO dangerous and would nix the idea. Aurelian Smith Jr caught a jobber dancing around to his theme backstage and got to Vince, citing disrespect on the jobber's part. Now, that jobber ONLY had to explain and apologize to Jake didn't he!!? Warrior, who was hiding in a locker, overheard and some believe THIS is why he had beef with Roberts. Yes sir. Yes indeed. Kevin SCOTT Nash was 'Da Basher', and was billed from Oz in his WCW run. Bossman beat Freddy Krueger AND Leatherface in tag-team action. The match occurred in Japan, at the abandoned Takamoto Prison, and was billed as a 'Halloween Prison of Horrors' match. Vic Grimes was 'Da Baldie'. Syxx baba'd in Tammy Sytch's hold-all bag🧐 The fanny pack was the target, but he settled for the hold-all. Sunny had turned Shauns advances down, so X-Pac got his revenge. On the flip side, Skinner would baba in Jerry Lawler's crown backstage at Royal Rumble 93 as a rib. Dallas Diamond Page owned his own diamond mine, and he would scout it for talent. He took Scotty Hall from it and polished him up. Some say Bret and Anvil sabotaged the ring ropes in their title change bout against The Rockers. Shawn and Marty got to Vince but nothing could be proven🧐. Vader and Sid were 'Da Masters of da Powerbomb'. Bray Wyatt's dad was the captain of a shrimp boat and could be seen shrimping up and down the bayou. Bray would join him occasionally and preached his message all over Lafayette. Macho shanked Flair at 'Cade 95. Sonny Onoo was a black belt in Taekwondo and would face, AND BEAT Chuck Norris in martial arts exhibitions. Yes sir. Scotty Hall was 'Da Bad Guy'. Pat Patterson caught Nailz dancing around to High Energy's theme backstage and got to Owen and Koko. Owen and Koke made it to Vince's office before Nailz got them, but McMahon had big plans for Keven. Hulk couldn't let his ego go, but not through want of trying. Jo. Chyna necked Vince to win a battle royal on Raw. Sting got to Bischoff about the WCW push of one Raven. Steve didn't 'get' the Raven character. Scotty got hot and hopped back to ECW to cool off. He even tried to poach Page Falkinburg for Heyman. Cactus feuded with Sabu in Philly. The Philly street fight was their classic. Shawn didn't take to Foley at first. Mick overheard an HBK rant about him and ran out of the building. Rowdy Roddy was 'Da Pipes'. LOD vs The Powers was the classic. Lex got to Brody in the cage in the humidity of Florida. Tempers flared and THAT'S why Bruiser no sold, and THAT'S why Pfohl ran away. Fonzie confirmed it in a shoot. Tap 'Bill Alfonso shoot' and find what you seek🧐. Brutus Barber was 'Da Beefer'. Sid Eudy's favorite book was The Night of the Juggler by Willam P. McGivern. He'd read it backstage while waiting for his cue. Jimmy Del Rey worked as a stripper to pay for wrestling lessons. Rossy Ogawa was a great businessman with an even better wrestling mind. But when he got caught dancing around to the Stardom theme backstage, Bushiroad had had enough and sent him on his way. Anvil got to Virgil about doing the KKK gimmick on an independent. Virgil agreed to it, but it was still controversial. HHH would tag jobbers for real when they wouldn't comply. Percy wrote all of Undertaker's original promos. Pringle worked as a mortician and 'got' the character. Richard Rood was 'Da Ravishing One'. Raven wrote the infamous Chris Benoit promo at Starrcade 97. Chris got to Scotty backstage and asked him to write him a decent promo. Scotty inked a classic and couldn't wait to hear it before a live crowd. Chris forgot it when it came time, causing heat between the two men🧐. In Canada, Jacques Rougeau was king. He even outdrew and beat Hogan clean for the title, then danced around to Real American! The Beverleys spiked some jobber with the Shaker Heights Spike finisher. The Steiners got them back by stiffing them at the Rumble. Vince gave Hawk a dressing down after he ruined a Vader promo on heat. Tap 'Vader promo Hawk'. Hillbilly Jim was a real hillbilly. Lawler took his theatrics to a whole new level in Memphis. Terry Gene Bollea was 'Da Real American'. Harry Fujiwara was a decorated sushi chef and would cook for the BSK. Sometimes he'd spike Rodney's food with laxatives. Double J got to Chuck about taking the Sweet Chin Music at SSeries94. The two men practiced the spot for hours and even danced around to With My Baby Tonight. Vince prepared plans for a terrorist stable which would include Mahal and Ali. It was only nixed when Linda convinced him it was poor taste. Bam Bam's favorite match was with Bret on a house show. In Tokyo Japan, Masami Odate was queen. Hailing from Kamakura in the Kanagawa prefecture of Japan, she'd outdraw AND beat Alpha Female clean for the title. She'd then dance around AND goose-step to the German national anthem, adding insult to injury. Mark Callaway was 'Da Phenom'. The Steiners were shooters. Irwin Shyster hated wrestling in a suit and braces. Brian Pillman would 'rape, pillage AND plunder' the WWF. Sonny Onoo would 'crack, snapple AND pop' his opponent's legs.🧐 Candido shot on Horowitz when Barry used Chris's finishing move without calling it. Perry. Perry Saturn got hot and shot on a jobber. Vince got hot and gifted him the moppy gimmick. When Undertaker heard he was beating Hogan, clean for the title, he and Percy would dance around to Koko B Wares theme. Koke overheard and got to Vince. Mark and Percy met with McMahon, and the pair were forced to explain and apologize to Koke, ALMOST nixing the title change. The 1993 Survivor Series main event was to be an unmasking match. The Hart family was supposed to unmask the Knights and reveal them for what they were. Vince nixed it at the last minute. Bret and Owen got pissed and went looking for McMahon after the PPV. They found him in his hotel room, dancing around to Stand Back with Jimmy Del Ray and Dr. Tom Pritchard. So they joined in.

[@Ingobernable0116]

This has to be schizophrenia

[@jimibaboza]

Vince allowed Randy to go out in half blackface. Just saying.

[@D-Fens_1632]

I'm pro full blackface. People need to get over it.

[@wellesradio]

4:48 Somebody get that man a bubble gum!

[@dunchacking]

JJ, King's quest VIII.

[@WorldCupWillie]

0:30 that looks like a HMP towel

[@---cj4ul]

You've let yourself down with the Showaddywaddy stuff. Shang-a-Lang was by the Bay City Rollers.

[@mjdf122]

Happy New Year Wrestle Me 2024 was good 2025 will be even better

[@64offsuiter]

Meanwhile, Jarrett is STILL on AEW...

[@Rydonattelo]

The graphic as Benoit walks down to the ringn reads.... CHRIS BENOIT with woman

[@valaryansteelkatana5798]

I may be in the minority, but I think Piper is vastly over rated. His promos are nonsensical and annoying, and his wrestling is mid tier at best. Other than the Bret Hart match, but that's because Bret Hart.

[@OliveMule]

As an American, i only understood the first part. Who is that doctor and what is showaddaddy

[@casanovafunkenstein5090]

Dr Harold Shipman was a prolific serial killer who would manipulate elderly and infirm patients into leaving their wealth and assets to him (though some of the paperwork was likely forged) before administering lethal amounts of prescription drugs and killing them via overdose. He's one of the most prolific serial killers in UK history. Shawaddy Waddy were just a naff pop group from the 70s with a memorably silly name.

[@GlenCurtis-q1n]

Harold Shipman was an English doctor who murdered a huge number of his patients and Showaddywaddy are a band from the 70s who dressed and played music from the 50s

[@justinhamilton497]

Locker to the right of Piper says K Fabe on blue tape.

[@markant9534]

13:02 Typical WCW Dusty finish.

[@lucavandresh9788]

Is the “ with woman” thing what wcw actually put or do Pete and mark just not want to say her name out of discomfort?

[@kayeso]

Woman was her gimmick name when she debuted in WCW.

[@lucavandresh9788]

@ Christ 😂 wcw really made some mad creative choices

[@breenzola5376]

i work for BT.... that was random....

[@markabboud4855]

I'll take Wizzard over Showadawaddy any day

[@MrBen1980]

when piper first showed up in wcw with the backpipes going off it was a really cool moment (Similar to when CM Punks music hit when he returned to wwe). Also how he revealed Eric being the man behind the nwo. As for Piper in general - full of himself, mark for himself, buying into his own bs a little bit too much. The gasping he always did tho, same goes for the weird high voice he did a few times. All of this supposed to show how genuinely invested and emotional he is. Majority of ppl buy into this crap, unfortunately not just in wrestling.

[@fishjones4618]

What the hell is a Showadywady??

[@BenBebbington]

Chris Benoit and Dr Harold Shipman's former band, weren't you listening?

[@GodLovesYou828]

Nothing important to Wrestling

[@mdotcom09]

this might be the worst episode of Wrestle Me.... the jokes didn't land and they weren't necessary

[@robertjiffers1468]

Jimmy Snuka want a banana? It wasn’t exactly a promo but it was his best mic work!

[@Giambijuice]

Is that when he hit Snuka with a coconut? That's my favorite Piper moment of all time 🥥

[@robertjiffers1468]

@ yes

[@TheGalantHamburger]

The fact you clearly missed the link between Kevin Sullivan and his then wife Nancy, aka Woman, who HE wrote into a love angle with Benoit, that then became a real thing, ending in Nancy leaving Kevin Sullivan for Benoit only to be later murdered by him shows me you don’t really know what’s happening here

[@Benwah]

X-Pac was there, ya know.

[@NEEDbacon]

And can't forget the tinfoil hat theory that Kevin somehow did it.

[@paulharrison3868]

The fact you think Marc doesn't know this shows me that you're not a Pat Patreonson

[@pmc8451]

Yeah everyone fucking knows, this show is for wrestling fans who don’t just want to hear the same old shit being told the same way over and over.

[@christopherbaker9676]

I was there

[@JamesFaunch]

Jeff jarrett always gets a hard time!?! He is such a great performer and one of the best working punches ever.

[@RGF91]

6:33 Bree woo

[@Steve-1978]

So funny

[@AnthonyFord-zc9fl]

I'm from Tennessee and think JJ is great

[@ownerofastolengun]

His family will not be watching raw

[@carl5381]

"Vince would never give Piper so much leeway" Conveniently omits Piper painted himself half black to wrestle a black guy. JFC guys, back off the woke a bit.

[@freakyzed8467]

Why should they back off anything they wanna do? Freedom, eh? For you and yours but not others?

[@ryyanhyyland9020]

🤟🔥🤟

[@newspaperface]

Why did nobody ever tell Jeff Jarret that his outfit was stupid

[@tmage23]

If you're a heel, looking stupid is an easy way to get heat. That's why Jericho had that ridiculous top knot in his early WWF run.

[@lazy_lefty]

Don't you dare utter a negative word about double J, double R, double T, jeff jarrett lol

[@lonewulfgod6755]

First

[@Mike-cv4tn]

Wow there was a green towel hanging off a locker? So what? You guys suck

[@CalvinTennessee]

Piper was one of the most overrated of all time.

[@TheGalantHamburger]

Oh yeah, let’s make jokes about Benoit murdering his wife and son……. Ha Ha…… very funny. No, it’s not, even now, as professional media personalities I expect better. Shit show this one guys. Poor effort

[@ThaShowStopper]

I actually had that 4 Horseman Tshirt! Loved it too! 🫡

[@RustyShackleford237]

I'd rather listen to these two review old wrestling than watch modern WWE and AEW 1000% It's where I'm at now about wrestling