k i heard goldust in an interview last night. i think it was jerichos podcast......he said he asked piper to hardway him, he said piper broke his hand......he also said the spot where he runs piper over was a spare of the moment decision there and then.
the match was originally meant to be a miami street fight with razor ramon vs goldust. maybe vince left razor off the show, denying him a big pay day, as punishment for signing with wcw
The backlot brawl was filmed three weeks before mania though apparently. so it was filmed just after they had decided to have piper, instead of razor vs goldust.