TIMELINE WRESTLING | 1983/4 | Don Muraco 1983 & Roddy Piper 1984

[@artie_rx]

Muraco and Piper were two of my favorites. These are great interviews. It’s sad knowing Piper, like many from that era, are no longer with us. Watching his interviews, he provides great insight into what occurred behind the curtain. It is sad knowing how the trauma he went through as a kid, the bumps he took in the ring, and his ADHD, affected him towards the end. R.I.P. HotRod.

[@ThunderWarrior01]

This is my fourth time of watching this but since my first watch i can’t help but jump right to Roddy Pipers 84,he was in my eyes the greatest of all time not only in the wrestling side but he is the greatest wrestler turned actor..i find myself without realising watching one of his movies like last night when i watched The Bad Pack followed by Marked Mam

[@TheImapotato]

Don Muraco was and is my favorite heel from the late 70s to 1984. His promos during these times were amazing. He did not age gracefully which happens to some in athletics, just one day the same workout doesn't work as well and it becomes a downward slide. Plus he wanted time off to live life rather than traverse the cold NE winters...good on him. Some things are more important than sacrificing your body for money.

[@gratefulsabbath7026]

Piper is a great storyteller. It's sad those days, and a lot of those who made it great, are gone. RIP

[@bradpeterson7957]

Two excellent shoot interviews! 👍👍

[@Oldskoolwraastlin77]

These are awesome 👏 🙌🙌

[@nichhodge8503]

Bobby Heenan when asked if Verne pushed Greg too much? Bobby replied “he didn’t push him hard enough he should’ve pushed him off a cliff”

[@StarCityAudits]

2:00:44 - Piper mentions the name Jay York and York "programming" Piper as for why Piper got busted leaving a magazine open in the lockeroom which mocked the promoter. and which Piper, himself, drew. I don't know what Piper means by the "programming" comment, lol, except maybe York "programmed" him to draw the picture in the first place, lol. Apparently in Piper's book, Piper talked about a helluva rib Jay York played on him back in Piper's San Francisco days. From Piper' Wiki page: Eventually Roddy found his way down to San Francisco working for Roy Shire. Shire is a name that was pretty prominent in the early portion of Billy Graham's book and it seems his M.O. isn't change much between Roddy and Graham's time there because Shire would have Roddy wrestle a real live bear just like he did Graham. Roddy mistakenly thought he was wrestling a guy named "Victor Bear" but found out he was wrestling "Victor the Bear". Graham did this a few times before moving on from the territory for good, but Roddy only did this once and for good reason. The bear went ballistic right off the bat, and despite being declawed and having its teeth removed, it was still a very real threat. And for some reason this bear did something to Roddy that it never did to anyone else. It got behind Roddy, pinned him to the mat and preceeded to eat and lick his way through his trunks and into his ass. A horrified Roddy screamed and begged the trainer for help, and after the trainer tried and failed to distract the beast, he tranquilized it to sleep. The mystery of why the bear did this didn't last long, apparently before the match, another wrestler named Jay York and slapped Roddy on the ass wishing him good luck. What Roddy didn't know is that Jay had smeared honey all over his hand, and got some on Roddy's butt, so the bear could smell it and went after it like a bull seeing red.

[@The495marauder]

Mon Duraco & Poddy Riper . Nice

[@MarvinMcMartin]

Luckily Piper took the questions where he wanted to take them, providing us with the best insight into his life in wrestling instead of the planned niche year specific shoot. Luckily he was allowed to talk, but seeing where his mind was at the date by date should have been put to the side but this is still great piece of work. Because Nash was never as cool as the HotRod but he butters the backside of KC bread shots from behind keep getting taken like it's the Summer of '92.

[@HombreGermany]

Will this be from editing hell again?

[@timbow1356]

It's such a relaxing feature said nobody ever

[@nichhodge8503]

I don’t think they will be doing the editing as usually they 2 sometimes 3 different videos from the same year just one is WWF and the other is WCW or/and ECW. This video is Don Muraco doing WWF 83 and Piper doing WWF 84 so they’ll do 1983 followed by 84 which is a good way to do it because with the editing the question on the timeline can come up for say WWF then it cuts to WCW and by the time they get back to WWF you’ve forgotten what the question was that the person is answering.

[@The495marauder]

@@nichhodge8503 💤 💤 😴

[@billepperson2662]

Pretty sure they've stopped putting in the effort to edit them together & just play them back to back now... If I'm not mistaken

[@andvari7]

In this case, Don Muraco was the interview for 1983, and Piper for 1984, so it makes sense to run them back to back.

[@dominicbushell7098]

“You were working him in the ring at San Francisco?” 😂😂

[@larrydunne378]

I have suspicions but does anyone know who Piper is referring to in the shower story (among other things) at about 3:35-3:40 minutes in?

[@timbow1356]

I couldnt find enough mj and yayo in 1983 directly due to Muraco and Piper 😡

[@nichhodge8503]

Yeah I had problems finding weed and coke in 1983 too! Maybe it’s because I lived out in the countryside around 8 miles outside the city I was born Plymouth (England). Or it could’ve been the fact I wasn’t 2 years old until October 83, I’m not completely sure. All I know is it didn’t have anything to do with Roddy Piper and Don Muraco as they were too far away from where I lived even though the county I live in Cornwall is the closest part of England to America.

[@shaynewest8757]

Wanker

[@jasonkessler6841]

I grew up and live in the bay area. I remember the first card in San Jose, II knew a guy who went to it.

[@The495marauder]

Did you blow him?

[@jasonkessler6841]

@@The495marauder No, but he told me he was there with a bunch of his buddies to pull a train on you, he said you reached out to him?????, your so frisky.

[@The495marauder]

@@jasonkessler6841 no no I was in mobile Alabama watching hillbilly Jim wrastle. He’ was a man of the people. I drank beer with him….

[@NLaBar]

@@The495marauderand coincidentally you’ve been terrified of the movie Deliverance ever since

[@rustykuntz94]

The Iran Hostage crisis which is briefly mentioned & Hogan has gone on about in what was going on in Jan 84 & him going Sheik. That situation was literally resolved 3 years earlier in Jan 1981. Not saying that didn’t play into Sheiks heat but that was a long past thing as far as current events in Sheik/Hogan feud.

[@benjaminmartin9073]

And pro wrestling still used it. Always has throughout wrestling history.

[@rustykuntz94]

@@benjaminmartin9073 My point was & more with Hogan than Piper here was Hulk was making it out like it was a situation going on at that exact moment as in January 84 when it wasn't. I get it, it's wrestling, it's a work

[@kingsports1113]

The son said Stu Hart has million dollars before Vince McMahon Jr ever saw a million dollars before

[@KAZ3EM]

This Marty anouncer Piper couldn't remember, was it mayby Marty O'Neal?

[@timrobinson6573]

McFly

[@dcavalli9]

Is this why Roddy slapped Lord Alfred on TNT in 1984 and then slugged referee Pat Paterson after the main event at the first Wrestlemania? In the interview, Piper sounded like he saw and experienced a lot of bad things in the business, and that he was still holding on to a lot of pain. God bless him.

[@kingsports1113]

Vinnie Mac took over June,6 1982

[@seanbonella]

This two into one doesn't go

[@stardaddyo9]

Its good But it aint Hogwild 2 The Return of the King good.

[@bearmcquade2846]

Beach Bum😅

[@MikeDijital]

The piper one is so full of lies, I dont understand why Sean and Co still play it,

[@billepperson2662]

"Andy Warhol taking pictures of my feet"... He's also surprisingly loose with the N word, sexual allegations & homophobic language. I wish any part of that sentence was a joke 🤦 Anyway, what does he lie about? I'm not that familiar with many of the stories... 🤔

[@seanbonella]

Wrong

[@timrobinson6573]

I can't believe wrestling is full of lies, illusions and gimmicks. My whole world is shattered.

[@YitroBenAvraham]

Typical drug addict.

[@official_deathcast]

Piper was the worst interview subject. Great on the mic, decent in ring, but pulling back the curtain? The coke cooked his brain

[@ApothecaryGrant]

Roddy was always on a different page

[@hiddensword9387]

Disagree strongly, I thought it was a great insight behind the curtain and into his character. Very interesting guy.

[@YitroBenAvraham]

This was disgraceful. Piper is high as fuck and acting. Embarrassing.

[@KHLB516]

Mush mouth Piper is just unwatchable as always

[@John-sw2mo]

Piper is just impossible to listen to

[@KKC70]

What year was this interview, and why is that not stated so I don't have to ask?