Product Details

• Actors: "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, Terry Funk
• Producers: World Wrestling Entertainment
• Format: NTSC
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Studio: World Wrestling
• DVD Release Date: January 27, 2009
• Run Time: 180 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B001QVHMO4
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #57,754 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Product Description

In one of the most popular shows on WWE's on demand channel, panels that include WWE Hall of Famers Jim Ross and Dusty Rhodes discuss the life and times of the legendary "Rowdy" Roddy Piper and Terry Funk. These shows have never been available on DVD - until now! Fans can now enjoy these panel discussions along with bonus matches featuring the best of the highlighted superstars. - Roundtable Discussion - Roddy Piper interviews himself - Roddy Piper vs. Ric Flair - 11/24/82 - Amateur Match - Roddy Piper vs. Paul Orndorff - 8/3/85 - Roddy Piper vs. Bob Orton - 11/29/86, Saturday Night's Main Event - Roddy Piper vs. Haku - 10/14/89 - Roddy Piper vs. Rick Rude - 12/28/89 - Steel Cage Match - Roddy Piper vs. Mr. Perfect - 12/28/90 - Terry Funk vs. Junkyard Dog - 11/2/85, Saturday Night's Main Event - Terry Funk vs. Ric Flair - 11/15/89, Clash of the Champions - I Quit Match - Terry Funk vs. Ricky Steamboat 6/14/89, Clash of the Champions - Terry Funk vs. Tully Blanchard 5/22/94, WCW Slamboree 94

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Hot Rod & The Hardcore Legend, February 10, 2009

By	D.P. (California) - See all my reviews

For those who don't already know, the "Legends Of Wrestling" program is a program on WWE 24/7 On Demand channel that's a roundtable discussion featuring Dusty Rhodes, Jim Ross, Pat Patterson, Michael Hayes, and Mike Graham speaking on various subjects. Throughout each discussion, you'll hear various personal & behind the scenes stories of each individual mentioned along with rare video highlights & pictures to showcase the point being put across. On each disc, you'll get a set of bonus matches with most of them never released on DVD before & even rare ones never seen on national television either...with Jesse Ventura's commentry not removed from the matches.

Piper's discussion slightly makes up for the lack of NWA talk on his DVD but not much as they did discuss his role as a color commentator right besides Gordon Solie, his Starrcade '83 match, his promo ability, being able to cross over as a successful actor, and his wrestling ability. Funk's discussion started off with a typical "well, that's Terry Funk" story about the 4th of July & hand gernades along with Dusty telling a story about a recent match they had that was so crazy that Dusty didn't even want to say the town's name, his family history, and the politics behind his NWA reign amongst other things. Unfortunally, this is one of the flops discussion wise because they started getting off subject of Funk & discussing other wrestling related items & this was the shortest roundtable discussion throughout the whole DVD series.
Bonus matches here featuring Roddy Piper include the lost Piper's Pit where Roddy interviews himself (CLASSIC PIPER!!!), his amateur wrestling match with Ric Flair from Mid-Atlantic Wrestling, a crazy brawl vs. Paul Orndorff from the Boston Gardens, two Saturday Night's Main Event matches against Bob Orton & Haku, his steel cage match vs. Rick Rude from MSG, and an entertaining match vs. Intercontinental Champion Mr. Perfect. Terry Funk's bonus material includes his Saturday Night's Main Event match vs. Junkyard Dog, the "I Quit" match vs. Ric Flair along with the prematch interviews from both men, his "Clash Of The Champions" match vs. Ricky Steamboat, and his "legends match" vs. Tully Blanchard from Slamboree '94 which had some faces that hardcore ECW fans would recognize (as Terry did before the match) in the front row.

This is one of those disc where the main attraction would be the bonus materials as the discussion was somewhat disappointing since it went past a half hour while the other ones range from the 45 to over an hour mark & they got off subject towards the end. For hardcore Piper/Funk fans, your going to get this anyways but everyone else...I would check it out for the bonus materials.