+stevedrums +Hattori Hanzo Yes, the match is up here - th-cam.com/video/0YRhugCEto4/w-d-xo.html. There is some confusion over McGraw's death due to the air dates - the match was actually taped on October 22nd; McGraw passed away on November 1st with the match airing Nov 2nd.
As a kid, I was such a mark for Quick Draw. On the few occasions that they gave him a win, I was over the moon. He and Special Delivery Jones were so good at putting over the heels.
Piper exemplified everything that made wrestling entertaining, he made everyone around him interesting and better even if they weren't that good or interesting
Rick McGraw was a fantastic wrestler and worker. For a guy, who was only 5’7” tall, he had to be good to survive in the WWFs land of the giants. It’s a shame he died so young.
@RedneckSpaceMan About 2 weeks later but this aired the day after he died on TV. McGraw had 4 more matches after the Piper beatdown, and didn't sell any effects during those matches. He lost to Randy Savage, beat Mike Sharpe and lost to a masked wrestler.
@@Jinzo-dy3th How did it take balls for Rick McGraw to slap Roddy Piper when Piper knows that the script calls for Rick to slap Piper,and Rick knows that Piper would be upset if Rick did not slap him?
Greedy D Bret Hart mentioned in his book that when the wrestlers would visit Dr. Zahorian to get their steroids, McGraw would walk out with bags of stuff.
@@travismcdonald6576 Yeah, but on top of steroids, he was known for painkiller abuse. To the point that Bret Hart said he would often be completely out of it. Which undoubtedly led to his early death.
This was almost certainly taped the same day they wrestled although it would air a week later. They did multiple weeks of tapings in one session. McGraw wrestled 4 more times after the Piper match, without showing any signs of a Piper beat down. It's all TV and his death was just a coincidence that is was the day before this aired on TV.
For his size, And he was undersized. He was a really talented wrestler. There was a myth that because of the match with Piper, was what caused his death. Then, I found out that they were friends all along
The confusion between Piper and the Bodyguard after Mcgraw slapped Piper shows that they didn't even rehearse and did this all on the spot. At first the Bodyguard was about to chase and then Piper looked as though he was holding him back. Then randomly, the bodyguard grabs Piper. This is still way better than rehearsed promos in the last decade🤣🤣
Piper goads abd then provokes McGraw into slapping him (though in too kayfabe a set-up) and then beats the crap out of him a few days later. This Piper's Pit was aired 10-26-85, yet the "subsequent" match was taped on 10-22-85, according to All Out Of Bubblegum. Does anyone know when this Piper's Pit was taped? It didn't run LIVE after the match had been taped, did it?
Thank you for your prompt and knowledgeable response, AOOB. This was an odd situation, a major heel provoking the sturdiest of jobbers, but the strangest was when Piper (in Piper's Pit) verbally abused the hapless sad sack Frank Williiams.
As kids we believed Roddy killed rick in the match hitting him with those ddt's. It actually seemed real. Me and my boys words were that other shit is fake but piper did that shit foreal. As sad as mcgraw passing was (for other reasons) we looked at it like this shit could get real and we have to watch it just to see if we could point out the real moments! Networth yell
@@oldschoolfan420 But McGraw had 4 more matches after this happened, and didn't show any signs at all. McGraw just sold the beating really really well on TV.
You never heard what happened to guys back then the company never acknowledged why they weren't with the company anymore. The greatest example of that was Jake the snake, he just disappeared, but obviously now we know he had issues with drugs.
Rick Mcgraw is much bigger and stronger than Taz, mite of been the same size but power, strength , and in ring skills wise much better than taz...taz had more fat and gurth, Rick was all muscle and power and was more ripped. Taz was shaped like a egg, Rick Mcgraw had a weist line and muscles. I WOULD say he was bult like Dean Malenko.,
McGraw died 6 days after this Piper's Pit appearance. RIP to both.
+Hattori Hanzo Did they ever wrestle? I forget.
+stevedrums Indeed. The match has been uploaded on this channel. I believe McGraw died later that night or the next day.
+stevedrums +Hattori Hanzo Yes, the match is up here - th-cam.com/video/0YRhugCEto4/w-d-xo.html. There is some confusion over McGraw's death due to the air dates - the match was actually taped on October 22nd; McGraw passed away on November 1st with the match airing Nov 2nd.
he died shortly after his match with Piper if I'm not mistaken
@@stevedrums1675 Yes they did.
As a kid, I was such a mark for Quick Draw. On the few occasions that they gave him a win, I was over the moon. He and Special Delivery Jones were so good at putting over the heels.
Right after McGraw died Rod headlined a benefit for Rick's family. Rod was a classy dude.
A good man piper was rip
He killed that man. You guys are blind. I mean just look at the damn footage. Damn. People upset me with their ignorance.
@@VictorHernandez-qm7iq lol
@@VictorHernandez-qm7iq You need help.
@@RYx222 th-cam.com/video/0YRhugCEto4/w-d-xo.html
Piper exemplified everything that made wrestling entertaining, he made everyone around him interesting and better even if they weren't that good or interesting
Rick McGraw was a fantastic wrestler and worker. For a guy, who was only 5’7” tall, he had to be good to survive in the WWFs land of the giants.
It’s a shame he died so young.
Man, Piper was a great heel.
What an awesome way to hype a main event.
in 1985 I remember this angle and thought Piper killed McGraw
@RedneckSpaceMan About 2 weeks later but this aired the day after he died on TV. McGraw had 4 more matches after the Piper beatdown, and didn't sell any effects during those matches. He lost to Randy Savage, beat Mike Sharpe and lost to a masked wrestler.
U and me both..a brutal beating I thought he really killed mcgraw
This is where I learned the word mediocre. I was 8 at the time.
Congratulations
And then we come to find out years later that Roddy and Quick Draw were very good friends
I knew that for a long time.
@@tonypastor705well good for you!
@@buddmannable Thx🙂
@@buddmannable when did you find out the matches were fake?
@@denialphasebitcoin5639 The Matches are Fake????
Love how piper snatches back the microphone.
WOW Quick-Draw Rick McGraw!
He may have been dull as dirt, but he had some balls to slap Piper like that. RIP Rick McGraw.
lol it's scripted
@@timmarkell402 what?
@@Jinzo-dy3th How did it take balls for Rick McGraw to slap Roddy Piper when Piper knows that the script calls for Rick to slap Piper,and Rick knows that Piper would be upset if Rick did not slap him?
@@timmarkell402 what?
@@Jinzo-dy3th Wrestling is real always has been always will be
Piper throwing a hissy fit after being slapped funny as hell!....R.I.P RODDY PIPER!!
0:18 😂
*_"BRUTUS BEEFCAKE!"_* was random as hell
Great posting
Great addition to your channel.
That was the weakest slap in history! haha. Miss the old days
How much juice was Rick taking. Damn
Greedy D yeah I said the same thing
Greedy D Bret Hart mentioned in his book that when the wrestlers would visit Dr. Zahorian to get their steroids, McGraw would walk out with bags of stuff.
Enough juice and painkillers for him to drop dead at only 30.
@@travismcdonald6576 Yeah, but on top of steroids, he was known for painkiller abuse. To the point that Bret Hart said he would often be completely out of it. Which undoubtedly led to his early death.
You can tell this is beyond kayfabe, there had to be something personal between them and considering how stiff Piper was in their match
Crazy he died 6 days after this! 😥
Kayfabe was so real that my dad and many others though that Piper killed McGraw!!
Actually I did too. Piper beat the crap out of him when they wrestled.
I thought that too
Rip all
Me too!
"Why don't you think about this for a week"? WHAP!!! Right upside the head of the "Rowdy One"!!!
And Rick didn’t make it past a week.
This was almost certainly taped the same day they wrestled although it would air a week later. They did multiple weeks of tapings in one session. McGraw wrestled 4 more times after the Piper match, without showing any signs of a Piper beat down. It's all TV and his death was just a coincidence that is was the day before this aired on TV.
LOL that was a good one LOL
this is so classic. I thought Piper killed this dude . RIP McGraw
He did
"WHY DON'T YOU THINK ABOUT THIS FOR A WEEK!!!!!!"
That's why he's Quick draw Rick McGraw.
Roddy has to to top 5 Heels in wrestling
Bob should get that arm looked at.
Were they planing to push McGraw in a feud with Piper?
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For his size, And he was undersized.
He was a really talented wrestler. There was a myth that because of the match with Piper, was what caused his death. Then, I found out that they were friends all along
The confusion between Piper and the Bodyguard after Mcgraw slapped Piper shows that they didn't even rehearse and did this all on the spot. At first the Bodyguard was about to chase and then Piper looked as though he was holding him back. Then randomly, the bodyguard grabs Piper. This is still way better than rehearsed promos in the last decade🤣🤣
The bodyguard is Cowboy Bob Orton Jr. a great wrestler in his own right and father of Randy Orton
He payed for that slap Dearly.
Piper goads abd then provokes McGraw into slapping him (though in too kayfabe a set-up) and then beats the crap out of him a few days later. This Piper's Pit was aired 10-26-85, yet the "subsequent" match was taped on 10-22-85, according to All Out Of Bubblegum. Does anyone know when this Piper's Pit was taped? It didn't run LIVE after the match had been taped, did it?
+Boots Hartman This Pit was taped on October 1st.
Thank you for your prompt and knowledgeable response, AOOB. This was an odd situation, a major heel provoking the sturdiest of jobbers, but the strangest was when Piper (in Piper's Pit) verbally abused the hapless sad sack Frank Williiams.
No when he and Orton gave the Haiti Kid a haircut. Funny and evil at the same time.
As kids we believed Roddy killed rick in the match hitting him with those ddt's. It actually seemed real. Me and my boys words were that other shit is fake but piper did that shit foreal. As sad as mcgraw passing was (for other reasons) we looked at it like this shit could get real and we have to watch it just to see if we could point out the real moments! Networth yell
Yea... piper laid those ddt's on him hard. That wasn't fake.
@@oldschoolfan420 But McGraw had 4 more matches after this happened, and didn't show any signs at all. McGraw just sold the beating really really well on TV.
The guy was Jacked Last I seen him on tv that was in The 1980's ! RIP 💐 mr.mcgraw
😁
Ace was too busy sleeping to protect Hot Rod.
Roddy piper vs Jimmy snuka
Rick McGraw: "Why don't you think about this for a week?"
well It's not like you're gonna get one...
classic saturday moorning wrestling in 1985 and PIper was heated after being slapped
Did WWE Acknowledge His passing?!!!! Never A Mention of him !!!
You never heard what happened to guys back then the company never acknowledged why they weren't with the company anymore. The greatest example of that was Jake the snake, he just disappeared, but obviously now we know he had issues with drugs.
Did not know he died at 30, he looks like guys who are 50 now. RIP Quick draw
Rick McGraw is built just like Taz...
The Tazmanian Devil?
Rick Mcgraw is much bigger and stronger than Taz, mite of been the same size but power, strength , and in ring skills wise much better than taz...taz had more fat and gurth, Rick was all muscle and power and was more ripped. Taz was shaped like a egg, Rick Mcgraw had a weist line and muscles. I WOULD say he was bult like Dean Malenko.,
WOULD YOU LIKE TO WRESTLE ME!!!!!!!
Very sad. Had Rick McGraw lived I could see him morph into a gimmick character in late 80s WWF or have a decent run in WCW.
too much potential lost as a mid carder
...And then Rick died.
Piper shooting again.
piper and a jobber piper gives a jobber a chance
Here's what happened after the Piper's Pit: th-cam.com/video/0YRhugCEto4/w-d-xo.html
That's the first time I've seen Piper get piped
you wanna see Piper get slapped, watch the Pit with Rocky Johnson
Rick McGraw sucked. It had to be said.
weak game
He didn’t suck as a human being!
ok you think he sux as a wrestler, thats cool, but here he actually does a pretty good job.@@tonypastor705
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