MJF Names Roddy Piper Interview As One Of His Favorites In Wrestling

MJF has revealed one his favorite interviews in all of wrestling history, namely the Roddy Piper “beer bottle” promo. MJF has long been a vocal student of wrestling history, and has not been shy about crediting the late wrestling legend as an inspiration of his. Piper was of course known for being gifted on the mic, and one of his most famous promos came from NWA All-Star Wrestling in Vancouver in the 1980s.

MJF appeared on Shut Up and Wrestle with Brian Solomon and got on the subject of wrestling history. He noted that the interview, which saw Piper bust a full and unopened beer bottle over his head mid-promo while talking about how tough he was, is one of his favorites. You can see the highlights below:

On the Piper Interview:

“This must be a telekinesis thing, because I was about to go off on that being one of my favorite interviews in the history of the business… There’s no way to — people love to talk about wrestling and, ‘Oh that’s so obviously fake.’ First of all, there’s nothing f**king fake about me and there’s nothing fake about what I do. I’m me 24/7. How the f**k do you want to explain a guy breaking a beer bottle over his Goddamn head, immediately bleeding profusely, and standing there and explaining to his soon to be opponent there is nothing he can do to stop him? He is a madman. ‘How are you going to hurt me? I enjoy hurting myself.’

“It’s one of the greatest interviews in the history of professional wrestling. And it’s the type of intensity that I feel I do bring when I’m pushed to it, right? I’m a far thing from a wild man, but I will become very feral if you corner me and try to take away what’s mine, which is my AEW world championship.”

On Piper’s Mic Skills:

“There is only a handful of people in my opinion in the history of the industry that are able to enthrall you strictly from looking into the hard lens of a camera and talking to you. I know for a fact I’m one of them. I also know for a fact that Piper was too, and to this day it agitates me that he was never World Champion in WWF at the time. I understand why he wasn’t; I get it. Thank you, f**king Terry. But it is wild. Absolutely wild.”

If you use any of the quotes in this article, please credit Shut Up and Wrestle with a h/t to 411mania.com for the transcription.