Piper to do WWE house shows...

[JoeDirt]

Looks like the WWE have confirmed Piper's return via WWE.com.

 

It says that he'll be acompanying HBK to the ring to face Hassan at House Shows.

 

http://www.wwe.com/schedules/events/WWE-RAW-061705.jsp

 

http://www.wwe.com/schedules/events/WWE-RAW-052905.jsp

 

The shows are in Portland and Victoria, BC, so it makes sense. I wonder if these are just one time deals, or if Piper's going to be back on TV before too long.

[Spaceman Spiff]

or if Piper's going to be back on TV before too long.

Hopefully not.

[Dobbs 3K]

Yay, his 100th return to pro wrestling since retiring in 1988 (or whenever it was, I can't remember anymore). Why would they even bother bringing him back? He was just on Smackdown like, two years ago.

[Guest Neon]

Piper signed one of those 5 year legend contracts. These are for merchandising, involvement with WWE 24/7, etc.

[Taker666]

I'll admit that Piper's run on SmackDown in 2003 was entertaining. If they brought him back in a manager role but without stepping in the ring and didn't bring back the Pit he would be very useful IMO. he almost made Sean O'Haire a star before Piper was fired and than gave up on O'Haire.

[Guest jm29195]

Piper's ace, he's like Scott Steiner, in that you listen to their live promos to see what stupid thing they're gonna say next and how they're gonna devaite from the script, just a total legend!!

[Steviekick]

I figure he'll sporadicly appear on WWE programming, but this seems most likely as a way to pop the local crowd at the very least.

[Guest Tjhe CyNick]

I think this is how they should use the old guys (Foley, Hogan, Piper, Austin, etc).

 

All those guys have name value, but they shouldn't be on TV on a regular basis because they take the spotlight away from the stars and they rarely do any long term good.

 

I think it would be cool if they could advertise a house show in a major market with an appearance by a Hogan (I know I know he'd never do that), but more realistically a Foley or Austin. That might actually boost some ticket sales, and it might get people back to the live events.