I was watching UPN the other night... yeah, I know... I can't explain that either... but I was watching UPN the other night when I saw a commerical for an upcoming WWE wrestling show.

As anyone with half a brain knows, UPN has 2 successful shows. Enterprise and the WWE stuff. And saying they're successful is really pushing it. Neither one is really good. But what got me was this commercial promised the return of the "Piper's Pit", hosted by the Roddy Piper..

Holy shit. I mean, the Piper's Pit is back. I remember watching that when I was 12. If you're unfamiliar with wrestling, don't worry, you're not missing much. I haven't watched it for over a decade, but I think the basic premise is the same. Think soap opera with a lot of fighting, and odd little sketch comedy bits going on inbetween the fighting.

The Piper's Pit was... unique. It was basically the Jerry Springer show mixed with a dash of Geraldo. What'd usually happen is somehow the guy who was going to fight Roddy next would appear on the segment to discuss... whatever... with Roddy. Roddy would then smack him upside the head with a Chair. Or a bat. Or bagpipes. I think you get the idea. I never could figure out why people kept agreeing to appear on the segment.. I mean... it was pretty obvious what was going to happen.

Only the high level wrestlers would appear on these segments. Unfortunately the mid level or low level wrestlers never got a shot to appear on these segments. Which is a shame, because a Coco B. Ware appearance would have been fantastic.

Coco, for those of you who don't know him, was basically canon fodder. He was one of the "good guy" wrestlers, but he'd never win. His gimmick was poetry written on frisbees. When the match started, he'd come sprinting out to his intro music, tossing his frisbees into the crowd. He'd then step into the ring, read his poetry, which usually focused on how he was going to kick his opponent's ass. He'd then get his ass kicked.

Anyhow, if you get a chance, check Roddy out. He was in numerous movies, and some of them are even watchable.