When you talk about the late, great Rowdy Roddy Piper, you have to talk about his talk show segment, “Piper’s Pit.” It was the gold standard for WWF interviews, whether it was being used to promote important storylines or to let Piper beat the sh*t out of jobbers. If you’ve seen the famous clip of Rowdy Roddy bashing ‘Superfly’ Jimmy Snuka in the head with a coconut, you’ve seen Piper’s Pit.
While the final WWE version of the Pit back in December featured Rusev and Lana, Piper would often bring the segment to local, independent wrestling promotions. The above video is the very last Piper’s Pit, filmed just 13 days before he passed away. Piper speaks to former WWE writer Kevin Eck, whom you may remember from his regular blog posts about aborted ideas from Creative and how difficult it is to make anything good happen.
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On July 18, 2015, “Rowdy” Roddy Piper appeared for an edition of “Piper’s Pit,” as part of MCW’s Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup 15. Former WWE Creative Writer, Kevin Eck, was Roddy’s guest and the topic was the use of writers in the ever-changing world of professional wrestling/sports entertainment. As always, Roddy Piper gives his candid thoughts on the industry, while recounting some incredible stories from his career. Sadly, the world lost Roddy Piper just 13 days later, on July 31, 2015, at the age of 61. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends, at this extremely difficult time.
MCW immediately knew that we wanted to share the final Piper’s Pit with the world. This moment belongs to all of us who were fortunate enough to see this legendary performer in action. Join Shawn Credle and Danny Mays, as we honor the legacy of a true legend and a wonderful human being, “Rowdy” Roddy Piper.
Just seeing the guy smile and hearing him talk feels good. We’ll miss you, Piper’s Pit.
