Team Piper

[Guest The Czech Republic]

Remember the scrubs Roddy Piper tried to recruit that were repalced by the Horsemen? I remember John Tenta and some guy named Lolly I think, but do you remember anyone else?

[Guest Downhome]

I seem to remember the team being conprised of John Tenta, Norman Smiley, and Goldberg (yes, Goldberg pre-push). If all of these guys were not THE team that Piper put together, I am prety sure that all of them were in that field of guys that "auditioned" to be on Team Piper. Here is a coumn about Goldberg being a part of it...

 

Editor: Goldberg, with hair, was indeed the first guy Roddy Piper "auditioned" as part of that awful Nitro skit in 1997. Piper was picking guys for a 12-man, 3 team match at the Uncensored PPV that year. The idea was, Piper would bring out guys and fight them to see if they were tough enough to be on his team. Piper talked Eric Bischoff into allowing the skit because Piper, due to the big stars back then treating WCW as a joke as they still do today (well, at least until Bischoff took over again), wanted his chauffer to be on his team. To make that possible, Piper wanted to field a team of unknowns, so his unknown chauffer wouldn't look out of place. They tapped a few guys from the Power Plant to do the skit, one of which was Goldberg.

 

He looked so good and had so much charisma in the skit, the WWF immediately started trying to sign him, which forced WCW to give him a contract (he didn't have one while he was working at the Power Plant). Since he now had a contract, a few months later WCW put him on TV and it was immediately clear to everyone that the guy had "superstar" written all over him. They pushed him to the moon and the rest is history. I don't know why it's not in Goldberg's book. Maybe he's trying to keep the whole incident under wraps. It makes sense, because it was one of the worst segments--if not the worst segment--in the history of either Monday night wrestling program.

 

...anyhow, I hope this helps a bit!

[Guest RavishingRickRudo]

HEY! I liked the Piper skit...

 

Wasn't Jerry "lightning foot" Flynn in it as well?

[Guest Eagan469]

I liked that skit too.

[Guest Zack Malibu]

One guy was Piper's "gopher" that accompanied him on the road, another was a kickboxer guy that I think Piper worked with on a movie, and the fourth guy was John "anything to try and get my heat from 1990 back" Tenta.

 

I do remember that one of the guys had an odd sounding name, though I can't remember what.

[Guest J*ingus]

The "gopher" was wrestler Bart Sawyer.

[Guest Zack Malibu]

Was it? I swore they said his name was Craig or something.

[Guest J*ingus]

Hmmm, I'll have to ask Bart and find out.

[Guest Bloodice]

John Tenta, Goldberg and Bart Sawyer along with Jerry Flynn. I don't remember Norman Smiley though

[Guest The Czech Republic]

Bloodice, your banner insinuated that Kevin Sullivan is dead. But I swear there was a guy named "Lolly."

[Guest Frankie Williams]

Bloodice, your banner insinuated that Kevin Sullivan is dead.

you took the words right out of my mouth.

[Guest Bloodice]

I've said this over and over so i'll say it again.

 

I had sullivan added because they were three of my favorites.

[Guest Frankie Williams]

But Sullivan is not gone. In fact hes wrestling Abdullah the Butcher Sept. 21st at a 3PW show at the ECW arena.

[Guest kingkamala]

Well his career is pretty much gone *honks clown horn*