Roddy Piper on Working WrestleMania XXX, CM Punk Situation, and More

“Rowdy” Roddy Piper was recently interviewed by Aaron Oster of The Baltimore Sun. The two spoke about a number of topics such as if Piper will work WrestleMania XXX, his new “Pro Wrestlers vs. Zombies” film, Mr. T set to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame, among many others.

During the interview, Piper gave his thoughts on the everlasting situation between CM Punk and WWE:

“I don’t know the reasons. I’m glad you asked that question because I have no bias. I don’t know why, and I don’t know what was going on, but I know this. CM Punk is a very talented man, and I’m a big fan of his. He’s got a lot of great talent to share with the fans all over the world for a number of years. When you have one regime and something is going wrong, you have no other choice but to fall back and catch your breath and see where am I standing and where are they standing and where are we going. Back in the day, when you’re going 330 days a year, it’s hard to have that much sense. I think that for one, CM Punk has a whole lot more great stuff to come out and I believe that the WWE will want that. They’ve put a lot of money into him, and they need to get over whatever their problem is. Sometimes going away from each other and catching their breath is the best thing to do.”

“Hot Rod” also spoke about his status for WrestleMania XXX, revealing he will be in New Orleans for the weekend:

“I’m going to be there. You know, that’s a good question. I have a lot of thoughts about it. I don’t know any other entertainment sport where 30 years later you could give the fans the opportunity to see the two guys who started it at the War to Settle The Score. Personally, I think that if you don’t hit the bagpipes, there’s 30 years and I don’t know how many millions of fans that you’re cheating of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. It’s not about money, it’s not about hearing your name get chanted either. It’s about saying thank you I think. You want to give the fans what they deserve and you want to do it with class. So am I going to be part of it? I don’t know. I don’t know. I wouldn’t mind inducting T into the Hall of Fame, I guarantee you would never forget that induction. I doubt they’ll do that one but they may. I don’t know what they’re going to do. Tell me when I get there.”

Continuing, Piper talked about if he would be upset if he were to not be utilized at the 30th anniversary of WrestleMania:

“If they don’t use me, then I don’t know what the message is, but it would tell me that I’m not welcome. And I don’t go any place that I’m not welcome. So I’m not sure what I’d do, but it’s hard to see me coming back if they don’t want me.”

To read the entire interview, click here.

Editor’s Note

This is a very good read from The Baltimore Herald and I recommend checking it out. It will be interesting to see if Piper does indeed appear at WrestleMania XXX, as there have been rumblings that he will.