"Rowdy" Roddy Piper makes his return to the WWF ring as he teams with "Dr. D" David Schultz to take on Frankie Williams and John Callahan. (Championship Wrestling, February 11th 1984)
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@jackbauer41863 жыл бұрын
Piper's walk to the ring was so incredibly badass. You can see why he was such a good Hollywood actor. His entire gimmick felt real. That was a guy who wholeheartedly believed in pro wrestling.
@DS-hy6ld19 күн бұрын
As a kid growing up in the 80s, he genuinely scared the hell out of me. Her was just so... unpredictable! A _bona-fide_ lunatic, if ever there was one. His appearance on Piper's Pit with Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka -- which I saw live (or at least, when it first aired on TV) -- damned near traumatized me. At the young age of 7 or 8 years, I had no concept of pro wrestling being fake or staged, and figured I had just witnessed a legit assault of the type which would land any person years in prison.
@robrozek92654 жыл бұрын
The good old days when you could tell the jobers from the stars as soon as they walked out from behind the curtain
@IAmAHeater Жыл бұрын
Been saying for years that they should bring the jobbers back to make the midcard guys look like stars.
@ericshanline6153 Жыл бұрын
The Jobbers always just had a regular old name!
@F40PH-2CAT Жыл бұрын
@@ericshanline6153or lame like Iron or Fabulous
@RobertEllis-e7p Жыл бұрын
How ironic that Piper is in a tag match against Frankie Williams, who was notorious for being on The Pit later on that year.
@RPGisDUM Жыл бұрын
Piper’s a whole vibe doing the Heel walk with the Superman shirt on in 1984.
@cb58953 жыл бұрын
Rowdy Roddy is one of the all time greatest !
@MrAitraining7 жыл бұрын
Here in the northeast, when I saw Piper on WWF TV it was awesome! I used to get Georgia championship wrestling and read the wrestling mags, so I knew of him. Piper being a heel was a huge surprise.
@ronaldshank75892 жыл бұрын
He could go either way. He could be one of the most vicious heels you ever saw in your life, or he could be one of the best faces that you ever saw in your life...with that heel temperament lurking just below the surface! If you didn't know what was involved with wrestling this guy, when you got into the ring with him, you were in real trouble! Sometimes, even if you did know about his reputation, you were still in trouble, too! Roddy Piper was no one to make mad. If you did, you were gonna get whomped!!!
@pulsarstargrave2567 жыл бұрын
This is the very early WWF Roddy Piper, the guy who still remembered the wrestling HOLDS he so often used in the NWA! THIS is the Piper who would go on to become American wrestling's favorite heel because he could back up that "motormouth" in the ring! The guy who came back from semi retirement in '89 was a stranger!
@cliffrockalliance90716 жыл бұрын
Agreed. There are at least three Piper prime versions. My fav is the 84/85 Superman-shirt wearing heel. God, he was so good at making you hate him. You know you're a good heel when you become a saturday morning cartoon lead villain.
@theyinkaquadri6 жыл бұрын
Pulsar Stargrave we saw flashes of NWA version of Roddy Piper at WrestleMania 8 when he wrestled Bret Hart.
@thelionsshare6668 Жыл бұрын
You're also a big LSH fan, I take it.
@MrDrokkul8 жыл бұрын
Frankie Williams looks like he could be Benicio Del Toro's dad.
@cycl0nnus3 жыл бұрын
he never won a match
@anthonymatis29773 жыл бұрын
@@cycl0nnus but he’s still in debt 😂😂🤣🤣
@scottscott78012 жыл бұрын
He reminds me of slow poke Rodriguez from speedy Gonzales!
@MalnourishedGoat9 жыл бұрын
This is one of the squashiest squash matches ever. Just beautifully brutal. Love it! Great post.
@darrylgrant47185 жыл бұрын
I feel like I can smell the cigarettes on Frankie Williams through my laptop 35 years later.
@JLC20258 ай бұрын
Yea. Wasn't hard to tell a jobber from a star
@oldandbitter6 ай бұрын
@@JLC2025Really? Because Dr. D has a very generic look to him. And he was no jobber.
@lcamp19772 ай бұрын
How about now at 40 years later?
@darrylgrant47182 ай бұрын
@@oldandbitterIt’s about presence and charisma, not merely looks. Nothing about Dr. D felt generic. He was legit terrifying.
@chrisspencer24283 жыл бұрын
Roddy piper is a legend in Canada I'm so proud hes Canadian the greatest wrestling entertainer ever RIP roddy your name lives on in Saskatchewan
@aceldamia91148 жыл бұрын
I miss how you used to have to wake up your opponent after a sleepinghold by hitting the back of their necks/shoulders.
@subzero86795 жыл бұрын
Yeah just slap em around a little bit, they'll wake up. Haha
@p4life567 жыл бұрын
Quite possibly one of the greatest tag team matches I have ever seen.
@lewis97022 жыл бұрын
Oh come on!
@EmperorStarscream2 жыл бұрын
😆 🤣 if you've seen one Hot Rod match you've seen them all punch 👊 kick sleeper 😴 💤 still fun to watch
@All4mula9 ай бұрын
You should Google the road warriors
@p4life569 ай бұрын
@All4mula Used to go to the Baltimore Civic Center for Cards. Saw them a few times. Early 80's.
@epcotman328 жыл бұрын
RIP Piper.
@jimmyd82063 жыл бұрын
Piper and Shultz better than I thought. Figured Callahan and Williams would destroy them.
@larrystroh2332 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing 🤔
@Duke-bv5wh Жыл бұрын
Big frank Williams fan Guy was a animal
@BudSchnelker6 ай бұрын
Christ, I had a fiver on Callahan and Williams. Left me with no quarters for the arcade, ruined my entire weekend.
@VolumedMusicMan7 жыл бұрын
Watching wrestling and hearing the police and thriller back in the day....🎼
@teflonmagnet6 жыл бұрын
VolumedMusicMan the police’s outro music was a faint sweet whiff of youth
@philipdefibaugh71275 жыл бұрын
Also collecting the WWF LJN dolls and watching Saturday Night's Main Event!
@MrAitraining8 жыл бұрын
This is the way you put the top guys over - SQUASH Kills on TV. I miss old TV wrestling.
@shaneshrimp65193 жыл бұрын
I used to hate it though . I was like when will they ever have a good match on ? lol
@WALDENSOFTWARE3 жыл бұрын
@@shaneshrimp6519 Yeah, no one likes total jabronis. I remember in the very early 90's when everyone was jobbing on Superstars and then Jabroni Red Tyler got a couple of shots in, then proceeded to job the rest of the match. Never forgot those 2 punches, what a Jobber hero.
@ronaldshank75892 жыл бұрын
It did give the jobbers something to do, but you already knew who was gonna win. I actually thought that it was better when main event Wrestlers faced each other. It put the question "Who's gonna win this one" into the mix, and made things much more interesting.
@ronaldshank75892 жыл бұрын
@@WALDENSOFTWARE I got so sick and tired of seeing those horrible squash matches! I was glad when they put two Wrestlers that were true Superstars, against each other. It was much more exciting! Jobbers? I know that they may not know as much as the main eventers, but come on! They could've been trained to be superstars themselves, get into a match with a main eventers, and really spiced up those matches, instead of having the matches be so hanged predictable, that a blind man coulda told you, who was gonna win!
@MrAitraining2 жыл бұрын
@@ronaldshank7589 yeah but TV wrestling then was mainly almost commercials and feud building for the main events. There were no big cable tv deals then. The arenas were the money then. So that format made the top guys invincible and you had to pay to see them fight each other. Just a different era.
@VolumedMusicMan7 жыл бұрын
Vince and Mean Gene pretend to not know Piper's potential as a wrestler. LOL
@chanakyaisalive5052 жыл бұрын
They Live. They still live. Thanks Rody Piper for spreading awareness. 🙏
@danielr46407 жыл бұрын
I liked it back then whare these wrestlers didn't come out to the ring with a theme song
@subzero86795 жыл бұрын
Theme songs are better. It gets the crowd hyped up more.
@adamslemp93984 жыл бұрын
Watch NWA power they don't use entrance music and it's studio wrestling 👍👍👍👍
@johnflowers27362 жыл бұрын
Agreed-Piper was my Favorite All-Time Wrestler 👍
@christophernicholson203 жыл бұрын
A legend was born Hot Rod Roddy piper the 🐐
@eddielester35897 жыл бұрын
The unbeaten Great Frankie Williams!
@Magneticlaw Жыл бұрын
The Chael Sonnen of pro wrestling.....
@larrystroh233 Жыл бұрын
Frankie Williams has a perfect record. 0 and forever.
@europeanamerican13608 жыл бұрын
Apparently ole stone cold jacked Piper's whole in ring swag.
@KHLthe2nd9 жыл бұрын
"Mr. USA Tony Atlas to take on 'suitable competition'." LMFAO
@BudSchnelker8 жыл бұрын
+KHLthe2nd No doubt a main event in any arena in the country. Seriously, who wrote that line and how did the Fink read it without busting up laughing?
@KHLthe2nd8 жыл бұрын
+mwoelfle I guess the Fink is a professional? LOL I almost fell out of my chair when I heard it.
@danthemeatman98832 жыл бұрын
I remember when Roddy Piper came to Florida in the 70s , and he gave our baby face a pile driver on the concrete floor and every one hated him !!!!!!!! Great heel !!!!!!☠️Tampa , Florida.👍
@emm3527 жыл бұрын
Ty for putting this up...RIP Roddy
@johnnyskinwalker40957 жыл бұрын
Even Dr. Death is like fuck this guy is crazy
@zenoftupac90965 жыл бұрын
Tony Atlas Vs “Suitable Competition” & Sgt Slaughter in action noticeably w/o any similar guarantee of “suitable” offered. Those matches were advertised on upcoming card in which “Iron” Mike Sharpe headlined vs Mil Masceras.
@bill57board3 жыл бұрын
Iron Mike Sharpe - Canada's greatest athlete!!
@fredericbarclay74682 жыл бұрын
Word. Al Madril in the WWF in 1984? This HAD to be the Olympic Aud. in LA.
@mdhotstuff4 жыл бұрын
He debuted as a manager / wrestler / Piper's Pit Host - His stable would soon grow to include Cowboy Bob Orton Jr and Mr Wonderful Paul Orndorff
@littlegp18 Жыл бұрын
Actually, Roddy's first debut was around 1980 where he came into the ring playing his bagpipes wearing checkered shorts
@susanduva10883 жыл бұрын
I was going on twenty piper was a fantastic Wrestler don't forget that the hot rod was a boxer too rip to the late great roddy roddy piper and up the irons!!!!maiden manic🤘🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🎸🎸🎸🤟🤟
@mike76geo2 жыл бұрын
Love the Howard Finkel promo "You'll see Mr. USA Tony Atlas against 'Suitable Opposition'."
@kurtcobainpizza56069 ай бұрын
That card sounded like every match was a main event in any arena.
@BudSchnelker6 ай бұрын
@@kurtcobainpizza5606 Surely the Olympic Auditorium crowd was literally hanging from the rafters.
@maraviyoso84732 жыл бұрын
"King Of Pain" by The Police. Very fitting song at the end.
@trinityj1 Жыл бұрын
Vince saying to expect catcalls, but I was not ready for how many there were.
@Nunzi3 Жыл бұрын
From the second he stepped in a WWF ring Hot Rod was OFF and running Full throttle to Super stardom and a Hall of Fame career!!
@johnnyskinwalker40959 жыл бұрын
Hey that's an awesome Sleeper there.
@GlorifiedTruth3 жыл бұрын
It looked like an evenly matched contest until the bell rang.
@OneUltimateWarrior6 жыл бұрын
This was actually Piper's return to a WWF ring. He defeated Steve King in 1979.
@alloutofbubblegumRP6 жыл бұрын
I mention that in the description - "Rowdy" Roddy Piper makes his return to the WWF ring"
@kingofkings69ner3 жыл бұрын
Two out of the three men that helped to make Hulk Hogan the ultimate baby face.. Piper, Dr. D, and The Iron Shiek
@scottjenkins8902 жыл бұрын
I love when the announcer comes on to do a commercial on where they're going to fight that's the greatest I forgot all about that I love this old s***
@NOV123 Жыл бұрын
Um, that’s the late great Howard Finkel sir!
@armenian_nightmare335 жыл бұрын
It's weird this is his debut, then 3 years later would be his "retirement" match @ WM 3, against his "real life" best friend, "Adorable" Adrian Adonis! It seemed like ALOT longer than 3 years, when you're a kid! LMFAO!
@30907bng4 жыл бұрын
He did a lot in those 3yrs though, I wish he stayed in the NWA with Crockett and gotten a run with the world title, he just seemed like he belonged with the NWA.
@craigstrachan7 жыл бұрын
Image Piper and Schultz as a regular tag team let alone being tag team champions .those 2 would have been awesome as a tag team .why they never put the 2 of them together let alone have them as tag team champions is a mystery .they would have been damn near unbeatable let alone all the heat they could have generated from the fans . that would have interesting to see let alone fun to watch .
@robertcoggeshall30716 ай бұрын
Schultz got blackballed after this.
@craigstrachan6 ай бұрын
@@robertcoggeshall3071 That was the 20/20 incident when that idiot John Stossel asked him if wrestling was fake and he open hand slapped him twice , The best part is McMahon told him to do it as part of staying in character ,At the time the 1st Wrestlemania was being promoted and McMahon didn't want the negative press . Somebody else taking the heat for McMahon . Insert shock here .
@robmcclendon62239 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing this video!
@rakhijaman6593 жыл бұрын
Still,It looks like a real sport.
@samiam73426 жыл бұрын
WHAT A TREAT THANKS FOR POSTING.......
@countconner2 жыл бұрын
Frankie Williams - Ohio's favorite son!
@phillyflash438 жыл бұрын
Pat Patterson was hoping for no tights under the kilt...
@jennyn56926 жыл бұрын
So was I. 😁
@joeclements77506 жыл бұрын
Jenny N Oh Jenny, BEHAVE! 😉
@subzero86795 жыл бұрын
Pat Patterson is a piece of shit. Hopefully he goes to hell soon.
@chalklounge6 жыл бұрын
Mean Gene on the mic with Vince!
@OriginalFatCat6 ай бұрын
The Living Legend Frankie Williams. Wearing the same gear from the Infamous Piper's Pit episode.
@TL23543 жыл бұрын
I thought Frankie Williams was from Columbus, OH
@eddiemunster74743 жыл бұрын
I'm still in that ring no matter what
@cycl0nnus3 жыл бұрын
@@eddiemunster7474 i'm still in there!
@egrintarg23011 ай бұрын
Hot Rod gave us so many great matches even as a heel. It is a wonder KZbin hasn't banned wrestling right along with everything else that was ever worth watching.
@thomashenderson74815 жыл бұрын
What a nasty brawler Piper was! When he first came in, he didn't have real good wrestling knowledge, but a street fighting way of quite intimidating! 👊🤛🤜
@mapmtony6 жыл бұрын
Damn I miss Piper
@mercoid6 жыл бұрын
Roddy’s very first appearance on wwf tv was as a manager.
@charleslegoff15865 жыл бұрын
He appeared years earlier in msg ....then in 79 fought jose estrada
@dixol Жыл бұрын
Yup, his 1st WWF TV appearance was in 1979.
@paultrigo21847 жыл бұрын
Faaaarrrrankeee Williams
@lastwolflord9 жыл бұрын
The scrub wrestlers looked like they dreaded even being there.
@landrykkb9 жыл бұрын
+lastwolflord They probably did,but it didn't compare to the humiliation Frank Williams suffered on Piper's Pit 2 months later.
@cliffrockalliance90716 жыл бұрын
Frankie is from Youngstown Ohio (or is it Columbus Ohio? heh); he dreaded being "anywhere"
@Fakename707 жыл бұрын
Easy work for Schultz. Just stand back and let Piper do all the legwork.
@barvelo264 жыл бұрын
This is what kind of wrestling is missing
@jasonlane15283 жыл бұрын
03:37 Man, Piper's catching Frankie Williams blindsided all day everyday!
@millardhale85 Жыл бұрын
A lot better than today’s wrestling
@SerkanMazz Жыл бұрын
def not
@HyperRoboTenguris19848 жыл бұрын
I find it unusual how he is wearing green trunks and knee pads in his WWE debut as opposed to his usual blue trunks and knee pads.
@johnclark5627 жыл бұрын
Mitchell Patterson I remember when he returned in '89 he had red trunks in a match against Macho Man. The pic of Roddy pinning Savage was on the cover of The Wrestler magazine that month.
@MoniqueFromPlymouth6 жыл бұрын
Mitchell Patterson | Keep in mind he just started in WWE after he left Crockett/NWA weeks earlier. If you seen video from his Crockett years he wore green trunks infrequently. Note that Ricky Steamboat made his WWE TV debut wearing standard trunks and didn't have his karate gimmick yet.
@stacyhamilton26195 жыл бұрын
This is how Cyndi Lauper named her album.
@stacyhamilton26195 жыл бұрын
@@MoniqueFromPlymouth If you have* seen
@jrupp88535 жыл бұрын
I read somewhere that Piper turned heal in Jim Crockett promotions before his start with the WWF. Does anyone know the facts surronding the turn?
@redbandsteve61156 жыл бұрын
I love Piper, but isn't it funny how kayfabe he was supposed to be from Scotland and never even attempted to speak in a Scottish accent. Lol
@VolumedMusicMan Жыл бұрын
Actually earlier in his career Roddy played, the bagpipes.that’s why he came off as Scottish…
@williamdlatorres47903 жыл бұрын
Anyone notice the stiffness of that ring? Everytime a slam happens...its a dead thud. So many stories of the hard WWF rings in the early 80s.
@donwilcox7283 жыл бұрын
At least Joe McHugh didn't announce them as Mr. D. David Schultz and Ruddy Ruddy Piper like he did during both men's debut in the WWF.
@BudSchnelker6 ай бұрын
Old Joe had been listening to "Goats Head Soup" that night.
@bc19692149 жыл бұрын
Match featuring soon to be Piper's Pit guest Frank Williams. This was Olympic Auditorium where Piper was already a legend?
@alloutofbubblegumRP9 жыл бұрын
+bc1969214 Yeah, it's very ironic isn't it? As for the venue, no, this is Allentown, PA. The Fink is just putting in a localised voice-over for a house show taking place that night.
@bc19692149 жыл бұрын
All Out of Bubblegum appreciate the detail and thanks for posting these. It took me a bit to nail down what was missing- no bagpipe intro for Roddy (which makes sense as it's tag team and definitely wouldn't fit Schultz).
@JasonL779 жыл бұрын
+All Out of Bubblegum I remember Finkel doing that when WWF would be in Minneapolis.
@BOTzerker3 жыл бұрын
Someone forgot to tell the UFC, for full effect you gotta shake your head when applying a sleeper hold!
@brucesturton8521 Жыл бұрын
Piper, was a baby face in the mid Atlantic, comes over to the wwf as a heel. He teamed with Schultz and orndorf. I always wondered where Schultz disappeared to then, later I heard he assaulted a reporter. I then figured he must have gotten fired.
@DrBeef2169 жыл бұрын
Did you tape all these videos of the Hot Rod that you've posted the last couple months?
@paulietv21623 жыл бұрын
You know you're a psycho when Doctor D is the sensible one out of the both of you
@madbrowniac7871 Жыл бұрын
Just realized that "Doctor D." David Schultz is one of the very few men in the History of The Sport who can honestly say that he Teamed with BOTH "Macho Man" Randy Savage (in Memphis) and "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (in the 1984 WWF)!😂🎤👨⚕️🎼🎸🏴🤼♂️B.W.
@DixiePokerAce4 жыл бұрын
I am glad Mr. USA Tony Atlas faced "suitable" competition.
@tonygarea79253 жыл бұрын
Interesting to see a young Mark Callaghan before he worked as the undertaker.
@christophernicholson203 жыл бұрын
That's Calaway not Callahan Mark Calaway is The Undertaker. That guy is shorter with dark hair. Mark had red hair and was taller
@mikejejenich71163 жыл бұрын
They should have put the belt on williams. He would have been a great wwf champion
@donemerson6996 жыл бұрын
Great tag team match!
@timreplugle63737 жыл бұрын
Frank Williams billed from Youngstown Ohio? Cool but fitting...a jobber from a town gone in the tank long ago (I'm from nearby Girard, I would know lol)
@subzero86795 жыл бұрын
The entire state of Ohio has gone down the tank.
@lunitari748 жыл бұрын
LOL! I'm from a Columbus, Ohio
@aceldamia91148 жыл бұрын
Which one?
@cliffrockalliance90716 жыл бұрын
I believe Frankie said, "Ah-clumbus, Ohia" in that interview before being savagely beaten.
@inker19724 жыл бұрын
I maybe a lousy wrestla but ima still in there..
@thomasmartin5182 Жыл бұрын
From Glass Cow, Scotland.
@robtru84 Жыл бұрын
WrestleMania would debut a month later on March 31. This is as old as me. I was born January 9 1984 and I saw this match
@alloutofbubblegumRP Жыл бұрын
WrestleMania was March 31st 1985, not 1984.
@robtru84 Жыл бұрын
@@alloutofbubblegumRP there have 39 WrestleManias and 1984 was 39 years ago. Just like Super Bowl started in January 1966
@realazduffman7 жыл бұрын
Williams looks like he should be making pizzas instead of wrestling. No guts, doesn't go after his opponent.
@jacobm51674 жыл бұрын
I may be a lousy wrestler but I got no room for nobody!!
@testodude4 жыл бұрын
He also didn't sell Roddy's punches. I bet Roddy or Dr. D kicked his ass later.
@SovereignStatesman6 жыл бұрын
If these weights are accurate, I am King Kong Bundy.
@MURUR10257 жыл бұрын
Is John Callahan related to Undertaker ?
@gamma16958 ай бұрын
I remember this from back in the day. I lost my shirt betting on Callahan and Williams to win. What was I thinking??
@robertcoggeshall30716 ай бұрын
Wow, had no idea Piper debuted with Schultz. Always saw him with Orton instead.
@kevinb68313 жыл бұрын
I was rooting for Callahan and Williams
@OaktownABQ8 жыл бұрын
I really think John Callahan and Frankie Williams had the potential to be one of rasslin's great tag teams...LOL
@MrLuckytrucker218 жыл бұрын
they look like they pulled them out of the local bar at the last second, to job for this match.
@OaktownABQ8 жыл бұрын
mgtowfish73 LOL
@davemanning93858 жыл бұрын
I mean Callahan was there for a few years before going to Quebec under a different gimmick.
@rexsexson53494 жыл бұрын
🤣
@caseycallahan53644 жыл бұрын
@@davemanning9385 That is professional wrestling
@Hotdiggity114 жыл бұрын
"I don't even wanna speculate!" - Pat Patterson Oh, he was speculating alright lol. I notice Piper isn't that much smaller than Schultz was. Even though Schultz was booked as a big guy. Also weird to see Piper in anything but blue tights in the WWF. He did different colors in other promotions but he was using blue almost his entire WWF tenure.
@highgate47673 жыл бұрын
If you ask Jesse the Body, they're called "trunks".
@ATMyles Жыл бұрын
How about that card at the Olympic Auditorium? Whew!
@charlesbonds99674 жыл бұрын
Who's here after his tribute
@williambanks22232 жыл бұрын
Frankie Williams was the quintessential jobber. He even got beat up on Piper's Pit.
@maraviyoso84732 жыл бұрын
Did The Fink say "Al Madril?" I didn't know Al Madril ever wrestle in the WWF!
@ModernDayRenaissanceMan Жыл бұрын
They didn't even let the other guy tag in that's how it's done. They did Schultz dirty after he slapped that reporter
@scottgordin97095 ай бұрын
This looks like a low budget promotion, in just a year or two you can see how much the WWF has grown into the monster it is now.
@larrystroh233 Жыл бұрын
I thought Callahan and Williams would win.
@thegr8tony7778 жыл бұрын
Is it just me, or does Mean Gene sound like he's giving an interview or giving a promo while serving as a color guy?
@landrykkb9 жыл бұрын
Piper alone could have beat both of them with his hand tied behind his back,much like he did jobber A.J. Petruzzi a few years later.
@shaneshrimp65193 жыл бұрын
Was this match before or after the Piper's Pit with Frankie Williams ?
@DoppelgangerShockwave6 жыл бұрын
It's a shame Piper didn't like Schultz much, cause they would've made for a super tag-team.
@jamesdemichele36494 жыл бұрын
I scare myself that I still remember the name of the ref and ring announcer