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POTW: Sting on ‘Ross Report,’ Gold/Stardust on ‘Jericho,’ Angry Roddy Piper on ‘Piper’s Pit’

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The Ross Report with Sting

With three podcast reviews in one article, you're welcome to skip around. Ross Report was calm, Talk is Jericho was funny, and Piper's Pit was seething. Your pick for which one you want to read, but all three of these podcasts were great listens. My suggestion is to skip to Piper's Pit. He cut a thirty-minute promo about the internet and also shared a very heartfelt message dedicated to the fan-favorite Dean Ambrose, as well as other members of the locker room that Piper has come to admire.

As for which podcast is the best of this week so far, the jury's still out until I listen to both Austins and the second Jericho of this week. For right now, I think it's a tie between Ross with Sting and Jericho with Goldust and Stardust. As always, enjoy.

On the twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth episodes of The Ross Report, Jim sat down with the "Icon" Sting, a personal friend he's known for decades. This interview as a whole could have been stronger, but man things were left out due to the continuing dance of Sting and WWE's negotiations. JR prefaced the episode by stating that it was done weeks ago, so everything between Sting and WWE was still hush-hush, and will be until plans are set in stone.

As is the case in every episode, JR tells us a few of his opinions on the wrestling world. Due to part one of this interview coming last week, some of this is a week old, yet still relevant considering what he said and what it concerns.

JR's Opinions:

WWE SummerSlam

"Card’s gotta be strong to help subscriptions for the WWE Network, which has become the heartbeat of the company. Success in this area isn’t optional; it is essential. The success of the WWE Network is critical. I think that the network could be promoted on the air a bit better, especially by the announcers, who are seemingly provided lame copy points to sell to the consumer."

  • Stephanie and Brie Bella should have a classic catfight, not try to wrestle.
  • Lesnar will and should win against Cena. Not being on-screen will not hurt the championship
  • Roman Reigns is not ready, but he won’t have to be until April
  • JR likes the new stable with Xavier, Big E, and Kofi. As long as Xavier does most of the talking, the new stable will succeed. There has to be a vocal leader, and Xavier's doing a good job of it so far.
  • Bray Wyatt’s loss at Battleground will mean nothing in the big picture
  • The Debacle at the 2K14 Symposium will be written about in a book, eventually

From Part 2:

  • Lana should be made to do more ringside. She should study the work of Sensational Sherri.
  • WWE can do a better job of promoting the network by having the talent talk about it (honestly, JR and Steve Austin do a much better of selling us on it).
  • JR suspects the Nikki heel turn to be likely, and his idea is that after SummerSlam, there should be a tag match of Stephanie and Nikki vs Brie and a partner to be named later, possibly Charlotte. That’s a possible way of bringing her to the main roster. And after that would come a Sister vs Sister match.
  • JR’s admittedly a Swagger fan, since they’re both from Oklahoma (JR actually got him a tryout in WWE), but he wants Swagger to work on his personality.

TNA Wrestling

"I would consider devoting the balance of 2014 to, really, to getting my house in order. Your roster like you want it. Produce some strong wrestling-oriented shows, heavy on physicality and the bell-to-bell work. Find your best pairings and let’s let them be on display. What better way to build your brand than put your best versus your best and give them time to tell a phenomenal and a memorable story?"

  • Suggests doing two to four PPVs a year, each priced around $19.95, possibly less
  • Veteran talents need to be repositioned meaningfully
  • Fully introduce the newcomers to make us care about them
  • Formerly Derrick Bateman, now ECIII, is evolving. He will be a main eventer in 2015

Part 2:

  • JR doubts that TNA will truly be cancelled. At most, they will probably just be offered less money. Spike won’t move away from wrestling; it gets a million views per week.

Ring of Honor

  • JR also wishes the best to Kevin Steen, who recently wrestled his last match with Ring of Honor.
  • Formerly Evan Bourne, Matt Sydal is headed back to ROH. JR urges the former WWE Talent to take less bumps. "Less is more. Your body’s only got so many bumps in it. Just be smart."
  • ROH as a whole should not be a spotfest.
  • JR always has something to say about Ring of Honor. His words might seem condescending, but he just realliy loves the business. He has friends in the industry, and he’s seen too many people go through it and leave broken, poor and miserable. As we now know, competition creates interest, and he wants ROH to improve just slightly on production qualities and lower the speed of the match. More time between spots allows for greater efficiency, and it gives the announcers more time to sell us on the moves.

Part 2:

  • JR wants ROH to make WWE an offer for their tape library of all WWE talent that came from ROH. Imagine watching ROH footage of Punk, Bryan and all the other ROH alumni on the WWE Network or on a DVD.

Asistencia Asesoría y Administración

"Yep, I didn’t mess it up…I didn’t give his name to him. Myzteziz. Of courrse due to legal reasons. He reportedly has ego issues. I wouldn’t know that; that’s the report. They could use his talents. Talented kid. Needs a "set-down." He needs to sit under Ernie Ladd’s learning tree for a couple of hours." - JR on the topic of the former Sin Cara's new name and attitude.

  • AAA’s new show, Lucha: Uprising, is headed out to Los Angeles, California. They’re looking for local jobbers.
  • The former Mistico/Sin Cara Azul is headed there with them, using his new moniker of Myzteziz is lacking.

Sting is a man of many faces, with a brand that has survived across three different images. Each one was more over the top than the last, going from Surfer Dude to Crow, and then from default Sting to Joker Sting in TNA.

When discussing the success of Sting, JR said, "Sting is the biggest star that WCW ever produced. Period. It’s the end of story. There is no story." Not even Goldberg can match up to the pure star power of Sting, in his opinion.

Most of the information from part one was mostly commonly-known stories, like how Sting and the late Warrior were chosen from among a group of four men. The other of course went on to "parts unknown," meaning that we never heard anything of them. If you haven’t heard the Sting/Warrior origin stories, you should definitely listen to this episode.

Part 1: Stories from WCW

While it was mostly known information at first, they later went on to discuss some interesting points on the wrestling business, as well as stories of WCW involving the Great Muta, Gary Hart, Big Van Vader, and Mick Foley. And don’t forget that 1990 pairing of Stinger and his buddy RoboCop. Sting sure can’t.

JR and Sting agree that time limits should not have been removed from national pro wrestling. JR’s question why someone would eliminate an entire finish. It might’ve been a move by WCW to copy WWE, but not everything WWE does is good for the business, in JR’s opinion.

Sting recalled a few stories of working with "Cactus Jack" Mick Foley. One match, Foley practically begged Sting to give him a harsh bump, wherein Foley fell eight feet off an apron to the floor. Sting wanted to avoid such a spot, but Foley wanted to do it since that was what he was known for. Sting still remembers the sound of Foley’s back as it hit the floor.

Sting told the story of how Foley lost an ear at a show in Munich, Germany. Sting didn’t address the circumstances, but the story is that 2 Cold Scorpio, earlier that night, complained that the ring ropes were too loose. The staff tightened them, but Foley wasn’t aware of it. He and Vader planned a hangman spot, the one where a guy’s head gets trapped between the middle and top ropes when twisted together. Foley had to escape from the tightened ropes or risk dying.

Unlike the hemp ropes that WWE uses, WCW used elevator cables encased in rubber. I’ve heard that those were similar to the steel cables that TNA now uses. Imagine having two cables that are strong enough to suspend an elevator wrapped around your neck as you hang off the apron. In freeing himself, a chunk of Foley’s ear was ripped cleanly off.

When ring announcer Gary Cappetta left the ring, he found half of Foley’s ear on the mat and brought it to him in the locker room. Foley never left character, even when looking at his own detached ear. Bang Bang! If you want to see what happened to his ear after that and the WCW-related frustrations that Foley had, you can search it and find out. The events of that night led to Foley winning his only WCW gold, when he won the Tag Team Championship with partner Kevin Sullivan.

Sting described how he "tamed" Vader, who used to be a bit of a stiff worker. Mash what Vader used to give Sting in the ring, and you could make a full course meal of fries and mashed potatoes. Vader was still accustomed to the Japanese style, which is as close to a real fight as wrestling can be. Sting taught him that a pulled punch that looks real is just as meaningful as a real punch, as well as other lessons you can only learn from a guy like Sting.

Part one of the Sting interview ended here, but if you want to hear more about Sting’s mentoring of Vader, the moonsaulting giant described that in his two-part interview on the Steve Austin Show. They’re episodes 119 (Clean) and 122 (Unleashed).

Part 2: Sting Q/A

Part two was mostly based on questions from JR's Twitter page, and due to the length of this article, I'm only covering a few of the questions JR asked Sting.

After the Owen Hart tragedy, Sting had some misgivings about using his own gimmick similar to it (Sting’s rigging guys actually did Owen’s).

When Vince Russo and Ed Ferarra came in from WCW as new writers for WCW, Sting personally didn’t know what to think about them.

Who came up with Crow Sting?

This one’s a bit of common knowledge if you’ve ever heard anyone talk about Scott Hall, who his peers can agree is a great wrestling mind. He has a good mind for the business despite his many demons that he’s battled over the years. While eating lunch together, the former Razor Ramon just shot the idea at Sting. "What if you put on a black trenchcoat and white face paint?" Obviously, the idea was a home run. The fan-favorite Surfer Dude Sting was a remnant of a period or wrestling past its prime, and the evolution of the dark and mysterious Crow Sting was one of the greatest developments in wrestling history. Scott Hall was a big part of that.

Why didn’t Sting go to WWE immediately?

After WCW was bought by Vince McMahon, Sting’s contract prevented him from going directly to WWE for eighteen months, unless it was bought out by the company. At the wages Sting was being paid and the money they had going towards other WCW and ECW talent, Sting was at a hefty price. So for those that think that Sting hated the WWE or didn’t want to go, that’s completely false. The nature of the time between WCW and TNA was not discussed, but when his contract was up, Sting did go to work for a "McMan." It just happened to be Andrew McManus, the head of World Wrestling All-Stars. So In 2002, Sting arrived at WWA, one of many companies formed after the closures of WCW and ECW. The wake of those buyouts left a lot of guys lost in the shuffle, like Shane Douglas, Road Dogg, and Jeff Jarrett.

WWA also employed future stars AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels, and Frankie Kazarian, as well as Jeremy Borash, the current TNA ring announcer/interviewer/commentator. Despite the massive amount of talent, companies like WWA quickly folded, WWA doing so in 2003. That closure and others led to the formation of TNA, which was founded by Jarrett.

How did Sting feel about TNA?

Sting had high hopes for TNA when he went to it. He felt pretty comfortable there, and he liked building the brand up. There were plenty of philosophical changes for the company over the years, and without a sure destination or long-term planning, it’s hard for a wrestling company to succeed. Things just happened, and they went with it.

As for the six-sided ring, Sting saw it as a nuisance. It just wasn’t the thing for him, since his entire career was spent inside a four-sided ring.

How did Sting avoid the "pitfalls" of wrestling?

In short, he didn’t. He used and abused all the same things that the other guys did, just not any hard drug. Still, he partied, and it ruined his marriage. Sting admittedly used steroids when bodybuilding and when starting out in the wrestling world. Luckily for him, he stopped in 1990 and never used much to begin with. As he said in the interview, he probably would’ve used more if he had enough money to buy more doses. He’s now a devout Christian, but he’s still paying for some of the decisions he made as a wrestler.

A lot of material was covered, but it was mostly underwhelming. It’s a great episode just because it’s Sting and JR, but as far as new information goes there wasn’t enough. Rather, it’s not as great as it could’ve been. I would’ve loved to hear more about his time at TNA, but that was hardly visited. But Sting’s a nice guy and his relationship with WWE was still in negotiation, so I’ll give him a pass.

Next week, JR is looking forward to his interview with Bully Ray Dudley, as should the rest of us.

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Talk is Jericho with Goldust and Stardust

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On episode sixty-two of Talk Is Jericho, Jericho interviewed the Bizarre Ones after their stunning (not to me) loss to Slater Gator on the August 5 Main Event. Together, they discussed all things WCW, WWF, and mustachioed! Of course, this was recorded possibly weeks ago, so don’t expect anything in the last month to be discussed. Regardless, this is a great interview for anyone that has ever been a fan of the Rhodes family, either individually or as a whole. Talk is Jericho: Once in a millennium. Twice a week.

What we learned from this episode:

  • If you see Jericho toting a gun bag at an airport, don’t worry! Those are only his Y2J jackets.
  • Cody is Goldust and Dusty's biggest fan. Ask him about a match, and he'll now the details
  • Dusty once had Cody arrested as part of a rib
  • Road Dogg once gave Cody lessons on being cool
  • Arn Anderson hated Cody’s mustache; Vince liked it
  • Cody took acting lessons from Tom Fine, the man recently hired to be a coach at NXT
  • Cody can neither confirm nor deny that he is Stardust
  • They call Dustin the natural, natural as can be

Sons of the Dream

Dusty never wanted Dustin to be a wrestler, but Dustin begged and eventually wore him down. At the time, Dusty was the booker at WCW, but he brought Dustin to Amarillo, Texas to be broken into the business. He refereed that night for the legendary tag teams, Midnight Express and Rock ‘n’ Roll Express. The crowd was sold out to see this match.

Dustin: Everybody’s watching, it’s a curtain sellout. I’m scared to death, I don’t know really what I’m doing. I’m just going down counting, trying to stay out of the guys’ ways, and my dad sent me to Champ’s Sporting Goods to buy some referee pants and a referee shirt…I bought some black cotton pants, so when I went down for the finish and the count "1, 2, 3," I get up and Tommy Young and everybody in the building is laughing, and I’m like, "Oh s***, what did I do wrong? Oh my god, I did something." I’m lifting up Ricky and Robert’s hands, and Tommy points down to my crotch area. And I’m ripped all the way to the back belt loop. Just everything was hanging out, and I’m just like, "Ohh, God."

Jericho: That was your first break into the business.

It was hard for him to break in at first. His dad had sent him away to Florida to learn under Mike Graham and Steve Keirn. There, he paid his dues and learned the ropes. Under another trainer, he learned chain wrestling and mat wrestling in a gym without ropes. They were expected to learn how to wrestle properly before they’d ever get to see a real ring. Jericho recalled the same type of situation from when he trained at the Hart Brothers’ camp (who were not actually there). It was an older style to weed out guys that just wanted "to run around a ring and be a wrestler," as Jericho put it.

At first, Goldust was ribbed for being the sun of Dusty, but he described them all as fun ribs. No one was ever malicious to him to his face. In fact, he describes that stretch as the best time he had in the wrestling business. He only earned $20 a night, but it was fun for him.

His first national exposure came with a short stint at WWE (WWF at the time), where his dad was working an angle with Macho Man Randy Savage. Dustin was there in the front row to watch the show, and Ted DiBiase and Virgil came out. As per the storylne, the Million Dollar Man, tried to buy out everyone in the front row. They all sold out except for Dustin, who was subsequently roughed up by the pair. He got clotheslined over the guardrail and onto the wooden chairs.

As a father, Dusty mostly kept his sons in the dark about the wrestling business, kayfabin' all the way. Cody never even knew about "the business" until he was 15. So when he was 12 at a WCW taping, and his father faced Meng (later Haku, also father of Camacho), Cody was genuinely shocked when his father took a wooden chair shot to the head. He did not know that it was scripted and choreographed, so he actually wanted to punch Meng. Of course, he knew that he couldn’t do much to him. Meng was a monster, a guy that many would call the toughest person to ever wrestle. He's at least in the top five of any list.

Later that night, when Meng entered Dusty’s dressing room, Cody almost punched him, but before he mustered up the courage, his father and Meng shook hands. Cody didn’t understand it, but Dusty explained that wrestlers have respect for each other behind the stage. As it turns out, Dusty has never once, even to this day, told Cody anything about what wrestling really is, that it’s show business. He had to find out for himself.

Jericho shared similar stories involving Bret Hart and his dad Stu, and the Rock and his dad Rocky Johnson. Those two often got into fights or wanted to fight anyone that hurt or insulted their respective fathers. They simply were not told about the business until they were mature. Dusty just loved the business, and he knew his sons were his biggest fans. He didn’t want the magic ruined for them. So even when Ric Flair "broke Dusty’s leg," he wore the cast around at home. A real cast, crutches, the whole nine yards.

The three addressed the polka dots, the dreaded gimmick that Dusty was given when he went to WWE. Jericho and Dustin agree that it’s truly a rib, but Cody disagreed. He must like his job. From his point of view, especially as a son, Dusty often sees everything as a rib against him. Vince was just trying to put a face on Dusty so people would remember him. Jericho did another funny impression of McMahon, which he can do since he’s Jericho. And Dustin can agree with it because he’s Goldust. Jericho’s impersonation of Vince when bringing Dusty in:

"All right, he’s the most charismatic guy in the business is he? Okay, let’s put him in polka dots and see how charismatic he is. Let’s see him get over with polka dots. And what does he do? He gets and over in polka dots."

Shortly after the polka dots and the DiBiase thing, both of the Rhodes left WWE by Dusty’s will and went back to WCW. Dusty wanted to leave, and Dustin wanted to leave with him. When Dustin asked for his release, Vince told them that as soon as Dustin would be ready to return to the WWE, he would make him a star. It actually sounded a bit creepy, like Rumplestiltskin or Stephen King’s Storm of the Century.

Dustin's WCW Experiences, Cody's Early Life

We all know how great Dustin’s return to WCW turned out. Labeled "The Natural" because of his natural ability to wrestle and being the son of Dusty. Cody and Jericho got to have a great laugh while making fun of Dustin’s WCW return run and the fun matches he got to have, like the 1995 King of the Road match with the Blacktop Bully. While talking about it, Cody started playing the theme Dustin had at the time:

Dustin: That’s some honky a** stuff right there.

Jericho: Now this is not post-production. Cody is doing this on his phone right now.

Cody: I love this song!

Dustin: A lot of people like that song.

Cody: It used to get a really good chick pop. The ladies love Dustin.

Jericho: He’s the son of a what and a-?

Cody: The son of a gun…natural…Damien Sandow knows the whole song.

Jericho: Sounds like a "Dukes of Hazzard" song.

Cody: Apparently P.S. Hayes had something to do with it.

This match, while being a great laugh for the other two, is especially important in the creation of Goldust. If this match had not happened the way it did, Goldust might have never been created. Also important there is just what type of a match this is. Now, WCW is famous for a lot of bad gimmick matches (hey, at least they were trying). If you haven’t seen this match or heard of it yet, you have to see it. You have Dustin and the Blacktop Bully on the back of a flatbed truck. The area was surrounded by a steel cage and filled with hay. Basically, it was just a steel cage match, but since it was on wheels, they couldn’t logically have a climb-over as a win condition. So the win condition became reaching and honking a horn at the front of the cage.

Blacktop Bully won the match, but most of it was edited out. Dustin called while they were planning the match and asked if they were allowed to draw blood. They were given permission. After all, the Pay per View the match was on was the annual WCW Uncensored event. Regardless, Dustin, Bully, and Mike Graham were all fired by Bischoff because of the match. It turns out that the match was actually pretty watchable in the brothers’ minds, but now we only get to see the abridged version of it.

When Vince brought him back into the company, Dustin was already having a falling out with his father. So when Vince pitched the Goldust idea (and after Dustin looked up the definition of "androgynous"), Dustin accepted and became the bizarre one. It was his chance to show his dad what he could do, that he could succeed without the Rhodes name. Because of their lack of communication, many think that Dusty and the rest of the family was ashamed of Goldust. That was not the case, and Dustin’s estrangement had no effect on his pride for his son, who was main eventing shows and being high on the WrestleMania card. At WrestleMania 12, Goldust and Piper had a match legendary for both intensity in performance and the infamous lingerie spot. Dusty's always had a great eye for someone that can get over, and he saw it in Goldust.

Cody became an amateur wrestler, mostly to be the first Rhodes that could amateur wrestle. There's some funny stories of the parents of the other wrestlers being overjoyed when their kids beat the son of Dusty Rhodes.

They discussed Cody's journey from acting school to finally entering the pro wrestling ring, and then to his teaming with Damien Sandow as team Rhodes Scholars. During that run, we experienced the mustache, which he grew while recovering from back surgeries.

"So I grew the mustache, and, long story short, I was coming back to take my impact test to make sure that I’m cleared from the concussion, so this is three weeks later. I’m kind of making rapid [recovery] – feeling really good.

So I’ve got the mustache the night before, and it’s just like whiskers because it’s like brown. And I was like, I’m gonna get some Just for Men and I’m gonna darken it up, and I’m gonna put on my Miami suit, which is like this khaki suit. It’s kind of like a crime lord look. And I’m gonna go –because I’m not working tomorrow. I’m gonna go see what happens.

And I go, and the first person I see is my boss, is Vince. And he gets really close to my face, really close to my face. And I’ll never forget it: he goes, "I can still tell it’s you under there." Just this mustache, there’s nothing, you know. And I’m like, "yeah…" And he said, "You know what? I like it." I didn’t think anything of it, just a conversation in passing, just complimented it. And then I realized, this is it now. I’m gonna have a mustache."

From there, the trio discussed the dream match of Goldust vs Stardust/Cody Rhodes, with Goldust having been pushing for it for years. In previous years, he has always received flat "no"s from Vince, but recently, he said "not yet." That means a good thing when dealing with Vince McMahon. So we can look forward to that.

Forget if you like any of these three or not, this is just a great interview that any wrestling fan should listen to. It has something for everyone: comedy, Vince McMahon stories, and stories of the commitment that wrestlers make to the business. Easily my favorite of the week so far. Hearing Dustin and Cody together is great. They’re naturally funny together, both inside the ring and out, and you know Jericho just made it all the better. Cody shows a lot of natural humor all around, but his polished demeanor and serious look might have you thinking that he's a stiff guy. Thankfully, the Stardust gimmick is allowing us to see his looser side.

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Piper’s Pit with Colt Toombs, Angry Piper vs the Internet

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On episode eighteen of Piper's Pit, Rowdy Roddy Piper, sat down with his only son, Colt Toombs, who is an undefeated rookie Mixed Martial Arts fighter. Having three sisters must have helped him out a lot in that regard. In this episode, Piper let Colt tell a few stories from his childhood, like how having a famous heel for a father can get you in trouble, as well as how Roddy would often get into fights while in public. Also, Piper shared some of his rage towards parts of the internet community.

Because of Kayfabin’, Colt was often asked by teachers why his dad punched Mr. T and about all the other evil things he did. They’d send him to detention for dubious reasons. Piper actually got Colt’s principal fired, and a new one hired, all in the same day.

Roddy was backstage at WrestleMania 30 when Hogan, Austin, and Rock went on stage. When Hogan went out, apparently the stare that Roddy gave the screen intimidated the whole locker room. During it, it sounds like Randy Orton ribbed Piper for not being out there. Piper’s practically Randy’s uncle, so it could’ve either been a rib or a signal of "you should be out there." He really wanted to go. Maybe 31 will open with Kane, Piper, and Triple H.

Piper has a deep love for some of his wrestling brothers. Guys have taken knives for him, and he’d take the knives for them as well. Sonny King did that once. When a "redneck with a bucknife" approached Piper, Sonny took it in his back. Piper hasn’t even seen him since that day to thank him. He has a love for wrestling and a respect for anyone that has the skills needed to be a successful professional wrestler. As such, when someone insults wrestling, himself as a wrestler, or pretends to know any aspect of the business that they do not.

So he decided to address some rumors that attempt to disparage his role in the business and the work that he put in in order to succeed. When he decided to do that, he politely asked his son and the rest of his own family to leave the house.

Not so politely, Piper decided to address just a few of his internet detractors. He cut a promo on all of them. Not just any promo. A thirty-minute promo. Salty. Red-hot. Legit. All thing Rowdy in its purest form: an insult as precise as a scalpel but as blunt as a bat. He’s not insulting the entire IWC of course, just specific comments made by people that he called out by name.

He called out a person with the twitter handle "Sesshomary," but I think he really meant "Sesshomaru" from the anime Inuyasha. I’m not sure. It doesn’t matter. Piper just called the person "Sess-pool" (spelled incorrectly here on purpose). Regardless, this person accused him of needing to perform "favors" to "get ahead." The comments came because of a professional-yet-personal question Piper was asked in a recent interview. The question related to his relationship to Pat Patterson, who came out as gay in this year’s broadcast of Legends’ House (which was filmed in 2012). The comments from the Twitter user sounded like an accusation of sexual favors. He later confirmed that that was in fact what the accusation was, and he had this to say to anyone that wanted to say something so despicable:

"I have children, you son of a bi***es. I have children. I took care of myself from the time I was 13, 14, and 15. By myself. And then I got in the business, and you’re going to try to disgrace my family? Well, you keep listening because you’re just disgracing yourself, and I’ll show you."

Piper and Patterson have never liked each other, but to hear the story of that, you should really hear it for yourself. There’s a story in there that a lot of people might not know. It seems sort of like the Punk/Triple H story, in my opinion. Piper said that he doesn’t know why Patterson doesn’t like him, and he said so on Legends’ House. However, whatever sort of confrontation they had was edited out in post-production. After addressing all the nasty rumors, Roddy just wanted to end the podcast on a high note. He shared his feelings on Dean Ambrose and other guys in the locker room at this current time.

Piper shared a great interview that Dean Ambrose had, where he praised Piper for what he was able to do at his time. Dean talked about how different the business is now and how inspirational it is to his generation. After sharing that piece, Roddy had these heartfelt words for the locker room.

"I love you Dean, with all my heart. And CM Punk, and all of you. Cody Rhodes. I don’t want to miss anybody. Bryan Daniels, all of you. I love you so much. And for you guys to come out and say that, even if you’re just being kind, makes everything that I just said in this podcast, for me, go away. And that’s what I’m going to do now. I’m going to finish this podcast with my regular Irish poem.

But I do forgive you, and when I see you, I’ll sign your autograph. And if you wanna talk about it, I’ll talk about it with you for a short period of time. Because I’m Roddy Piper, and you’re not.

For those who love us, may God bless
For those who don’t, may God turn their hearts
If he doesn’t turn their hearts,
May he turn their ankles,
So I can recognize them by their limp"

I can’t call this an incredible episode for interview reasons, but it is incredible for Piper reasons. He wore his heart on his sleeve this week and pushed back against internet idiots. If anyone thinks that Piper's lost it, you're dead wrong. But the seething rage is not what’s important here; it’s his love for the business and for all those he sees as family. If you ever insult them or bring them into insults towards Piper, he will cut a promo on you. And he’ll make you bleed with it.

Previous POTW Articles:

#1 Talk is Jericho with Zack Ryder

#2 Piper's Pit with Samoa Joe

#3 The Steve Austin Show with Ken Shamrock

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