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The following are highlights from WrestleZone Radio's interview with "Rowdy" Roddy Piper! The interview was conducted by Matt Boone and Ryan Clark on January 21st, 2003!

- Piper said for us to hold nothing back, and his first question was "did you use Owen Hart's death to promote your book on a PPV?" He answered it in complete detail, and explained that he was Owen and Bret's cousin, and that he did serious soul-searching afterwards and came to the conclusion that if Owen himself had been alive, he wouldn't have been offended by what he did.

- Piper explained why he has legitimate beef with Honky Tonk Man dating back to him pulling out of a house show that Piper worked on as creative consultant. He said he asked Honky how much he wanted to do the show, Honky himself suggessted $500.00 and an airplane ticket, and the deal was set. After finding out some other guys on the show made more, Honky faxed Piper and informed him that the amount he was being paid was insulting and backed out of the show after his name had already been advertised.

- Piper heard the story about how Buff Bagwell talked trash about Matt Boone, and decided to share a nice story about his time working with Buff in WCW. He said the two were to do a promo together, got together backstage to go over it, and Bagwell suggessted they just improvise. Piper said he immediately knew what Buff thought, "old guy" and was prepared for it. When the promo came, Piper asked Buff why he never main-evented at Madison Square Garden? Buff quickly used his old-age comeback by saying, "I wasn't even born yet!" Piper simply told him on live television that he hasn't been at Madison Square Garden, let alone main-evented at MSG as Piper has done several times, because that's where main-event players go. Then Piper shared a laugh with the hosts when he was informed Buff had reduced himself to selling a 5 minute telephone conversation with himself on eBay.

- Roddy Piper then talked about his upcoming taped promo that will air on this coming Wednesday night's NWA-TNA pay-per view. When asked if it would be as controversial and create as much buzz as his last appearance, Piper simply said, "you ain't seen nothing yet."

- Piper then finally got to the big announcement he had to break on our show. The big announcement was that is he lacing up his wrestling boots once more and is negotiating to have a tag-team match featuring himself tagging with Genichiro Tenryu and taking on the combination of Hulk Hogan and Bill Goldberg. He said he plans on doing two matches, that's one of them, and the other which he couldn't talk about, would be just as momunmental.

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