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"I don't know if I can pick him up, but I'll try!"

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Title:
"I don't know if I can pick him up, but I'll try!"
Date:
14.03.1987
Roddy Piper: "We got something special for you! If you're viewing this here, this Pit will probably be one of the last Pits you'll ever see, and I want you to know something, I want you to know something. It's that for all my life, I've given 110%, and come two weeks at WrestleMania, I'll fight Adrian Adonis, and if he don't cut my hair, I'm gonna cut his hair. The only thing he gonna need is a bell and a sheet, and he can go around ringing bells, 'cause he's gonna be the ugliest thing you ever did see! Oh-ho, because I tell you one thing, brother, one thing in this match here: I hate going out as a loser! There will be no retreat, and there will be no surrender in this match two weeks from now!

I have another person, I have another person whose career-- I'm off to Hollywood, that's what I'm gonna do, make movies!-- the other fella in this has a problem also."

[Hogan enters the Pit]

Piper: "He has got two weeks left. His name is the World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan! [looks at the belt around Hogan's waist] It does look good on you, champ."

Hulk Hogan: "You know, I heard your rap around here, man, I heard you calling about Adrian Adonis, and I know, 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper, you earned the name 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper, and there ain't no way that you will let any fat boy put a sleeper on you and make 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper lay down!"

Roddy Piper: "And I'll tell you something, since I only got two weeks left, I'm gonna say something from the bottom of my heart: they'll have to bury you six feet under the ground to get that belt off you, man!

But wait a second! Wait, please, please, this is probably the most important Pit I've ever done. There's all kind of people out there saying that you don't stand a chance, or saying that this guy is seven-foot-five, that Andre the Giant is 500 pounds, that Andre the Giant has never been defeated, that Andre the Giant is gonna beat you, that you don't stand a chance, that you're the underdog, they're putting you down! And that's something I've never seen before, man!"

Hulk Hogan: "I know how big he is, man. The whole world knows how big he is, I'm not saying I'm bigger than him! We don't even know how strong he really is! I don't know if I can pick him up, but I'll try, that's the difference: I'll try!

And you know, when I saw him out there with Bobby 'The Weasel' Heenan, I knew he was different, we're fighting for different reasons, man. He's out there with the Weasel, he's changed, man. He's somebody that agrees with everything the Weasel stands for, and I'm fighting for all those Hulkamaniacs, that whole generation of Hulksters!

When he ducked down on Piper's Pit, he ripped my shirt and my crucifix off, he tore the heart and soul out of all those little Hulksters, and I'll get you for that, Andre the Giant!"

[Piper and Hogan shake hands before leaving]
Credit: thanks to flydel for transcribing this promo
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Average rating: 9.33  [3]
Average rating in 2026: 9.33  [3]
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JediSaiyanMaster1203 wrote on 22.01.2026:
[10.0] "A rare instance of Hulk Hogan showing vulnerability in this promo, really selling the challenge of lifting and beating André the Giant, Piper did very solid here as well interviewing Hogan and laying out what's to come."
flydel wrote on 21.01.2026:
[8.0] "Two former rivals settling their differences before their respective big match at Wrestlemania III. Piper vs. Adonis and Hogan vs. Andre. Full of energy and that hand shake at the end is truly special !"
Raditz Flair wrote on 21.01.2026:
[10.0] "Perfect promo! Hogan was full of self doubt which he hadn't done in his promos to this degree before. He sold Andre's size and the difficulty of potentially slamming him. In doing so, the match was built around the body slam. It took focus off of their actual in ring work and added another layer of suspense."