Hulk Hogan & Roddy Piper vs Kamala & Paul Orndorff 2/2

[tonypanz]

Pretty shoddy camera work. The crew had the cameramen on kim chee and the wizard at the moment of piper ducking and kamala hitting orndorff lol. I love these old house shows from the 80s in msg, and philly, and cleveland etc. where the whole crowd were still "marks" for the show. It was great... the crowd wanted to try to hurt the heels themselves lol! There was real heat in those days.

[RAV52]

The Tampa Connection made a pretty cool team back then! I'm sure it was at least a little bit difficult for Orndorff to watch as Hogan's career shot beyond the realm of mortal man while he was constantly hindered by injuries in his prime.

[chriskoob]

thanks for bringing back old philly memories, just too bad prism never had a deal with the nwa when they came to philly

[Northisbest]

Cool never saw before. Thanks

[Briansgate]

i used to love hearing jesse ventura as an announcer when he would berate referee joey marella. those were the days

[suspekt29]

I got to dig this old gem up on VHS. I used to love these house shows

[frothydrink]

Come on ref! Wake up! Next you will be falling asleep behind the wheel.

[prettyhard731]

in fact this was in the fall of '86

[SabinBlitz81]

@prettyhard731 They did team in the fall of 86, but that was at MSG. This match here was March 14,1987. The previous month, Hogan faced Kamala and Orndorff dressed up as Kimchee to attack him.

[gilchris112]

these were the best days of pro wrestling, fuck the wwe and fuck Vince that greedy piece of garbage

[dcaron]

the time stamp says 3/14/1987. Wasn't that the same night as the Battle Royal on SNME that was the final pre-set-up bf WM3?

[1980Triumph]

look at the fake hogan at 5:15

man they sold out philly non stop

[Djteedoe420]

why wasn't orndorff at WrestleMania III ?

[michaelisajerk]

@Djteedoe420 Paul indeed tore his bicep while weightlifting. This was during his big money run against Hogan, so he opted not to rehab it until the program was finished. When Hogan began his feud against Andre, Paul was written out. Come the inaugural Survivor Series, Paul was back in the fold as a babyface, feuding with the Heenan Family, and specifically Rick Rude. But his bicep would still nag and he would "retire" for two years.

[michaeljackson1978]

i always wondered y mr. wonderful wasnt at wm3

[linksysrouted]

Orndorff's atrophied right arm is clearly visible in this match.

[NWpowerhouse85]

@linksysrouted Wow, I didn't notice that until I read your comment, went back and looked, did he tear his bicep or something?

[breannaelliott1]

orndorff, the man who ran big van vader outta wcw!!!

[bigdeeski]

Why wasn't orndorf at wrestlemania 3 with this being just 2 weeks prior?

[breannaelliott1]

when they were putting the card together, andre was still in question health wise so they kept orndorff opened in case he had to fill in. a bit more of a story behind this, if you recall a few months earlier at saturday nis main event heenan said hogan would be stripped of title after the controversial cage match. that was said to set up a vacant title match between orndorff/hogan IF andre couldn't make it

[pr1978]

Very good question. I was thinking the same thing. Probably some contract dispute with Vince, who knows. Orndorff would've been a great addition to WM3.

[grgrgrgrgrgrgrgrhggr]

roddy is living legend