OJ Simpson and Roddy Piper – The Match That Almost Was

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In 1996, we almost got OJ Simpson vs. Roddy Piper at WrestleMania. Here is how it all came close to going down.

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How It Was Proposed "The original plan was for OJ to have a match at WrestleMania against the Hot Rod. I remember calling Roddy and pitching Roddy the idea, which he was for.

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We had had preliminary talks with OJ Simpson’s people, who, at that point, were looking for anything that had a paycheck attached to it.

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"The end game to that was going to be the one-off and have Piper beat the s*** out of OJ Simpson at WrestleMania in Anaheim, California."

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Despite Roddy Piper being positioned as the good guy beating up OJ, this idea soon took an unexpected turn...

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