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Rowdy Roddy Piper dead at 61
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 10:19 pm
by studcrackers
yet another blow to the wrestling world
http://www.tmz.com/2015/07/31/roddy-piper-dead-dies-wwe-wrestler-cancer/Wrestling legend "Rowdy" Roddy Piper has died at the age of 61... TMZ Sports has learned.
Piper -- born Roderick George Toombs -- died from cardiac arrest in his sleep at his home in Hollywood at around noon Friday.
Re: Rowdy Roddy Piper dead at 61
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 10:20 pm
by Rich Rane
Damn.

Re: Rowdy Roddy Piper dead at 61
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 10:44 pm
by WRau1
Damn, this has been a bad few months for wrestling greats.

Re: Rowdy Roddy Piper dead at 61
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 10:46 pm
by Marcus
dammit man
Re: Rowdy Roddy Piper dead at 61
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 10:58 pm
by pduh01
I just find out just now I'm just shock

Re: Rowdy Roddy Piper dead at 61
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 11:29 pm
by Oakville_Raptor
The greatest heel in the history of professional wrestling. Gold on the mic. One of my favorites. RIP Hot Rod Rowdy Roddy Piper.
Re: Rowdy Roddy Piper dead at 61
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 11:57 pm
by Brandon-Clyde
Having watched Rowdy Roddy since his days on Portland Wrestling it was with great sadness I heard of his passing. I recall one time he showed up at the Crows Nest(the interview area) dressed as Santa and started tossing money out to the crowd below or another time Playboy Buddy Rose was claiming women were pounding on his door. Piper's response? LET THEM OUT
Re: Rowdy Roddy Piper dead at 61
Posted: Sat Aug 1, 2015 1:00 am
by iMoreland
Wow
Its a hard time to be a wrestling fan
R.I.P. Hot Rod
He's the definition of a legend
Re: Rowdy Roddy Piper dead at 61
Posted: Sat Aug 1, 2015 2:00 am
by whysoserious
RIP Rowdy! One of my all time faves.
Re: Rowdy Roddy Piper dead at 61
Posted: Sat Aug 1, 2015 2:05 pm
by TaxiDriver
RIP Roddy
Re: Rowdy Roddy Piper dead at 61
Posted: Sat Aug 1, 2015 4:43 pm
by LLJ
Apparently was a nice guy, too.
Lots of wrestlers died young because of cardiac arrest. I think he admitted to juicing during the 80s, like many of the wrestlers at the time were doing.
His small but relevant film resume was great too. They Live! is a cult classic, and Hell Comes to Frogtown is very overlooked.
Re: Rowdy Roddy Piper dead at 61
Posted: Sat Aug 1, 2015 7:57 pm
by Max Green
RIP. Damn, all of the Legends I grew up watching are passing away. I'm getting old.
Re: Rowdy Roddy Piper dead at 61
Posted: Sat Aug 1, 2015 8:35 pm
by Ruzious
Wow, Piper and Dusty were arguably the 2 best ever with the mic - and they might have been the last of the era's greats with their heads still really screwed on right. Piper seemed like such a great person and an incredible pro.
Before he ever came to the WWE, Piper was a regional star in the Pacific Northwest - and it was obvious he was going to be a national superstar - with his overwhelming personality, energy, and the fact that he was a damn good pro rassler. There was a young small wrestler he took under his wing named Art Barr (who died young after winning tag team championships with Eddie Guerrero and had the same issues that Eddie had). Here's an old video of Piper basically changing Barr's career.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDMeyVYznA8
Re: Rowdy Roddy Piper dead at 61
Posted: Sun Aug 2, 2015 2:03 am
by Spens1
RIP Roddy
one of the best ever on the mic, heel or face he had the crowd in the palm of his hands
Re: Rowdy Roddy Piper dead at 61
Posted: Sun Aug 2, 2015 4:08 am
by Shaazzam
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NM_5IOhk2s&feature=youtu.be[/youtube]
Re: Rowdy Roddy Piper dead at 61
Posted: Sun Aug 2, 2015 5:37 am
by Brandon-Clyde
Ruzious wrote:Wow, Piper and Dusty were arguably the 2 best ever with the mic - and they might have been the last of the era's greats with their heads still really screwed on right. Piper seemed like such a great person and an incredible pro.
Before he ever came to the WWE, Piper was a regional star in the Pacific Northwest - and it was obvious he was going to be a national superstar - with his overwhelming personality, energy, and the fact that he was a damn good pro rassler. There was a young small wrestler he took under his wing named Art Barr (who died young after winning tag team championships with Eddie Guerrero and had the same issues that Eddie had). Here's an old video of Piper basically changing Barr's career.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDMeyVYznA8
Damn I remember watching that live. Great find on your part
Re: Rowdy Roddy Piper dead at 61
Posted: Mon Aug 3, 2015 8:51 pm
by Dominator83
Wrestlers just keep dropping like flies. I remember back in 2003 I thought they were gonna be going somewhere with the piper/sean O'haire protégé angle. Thought WWE dropped the ball on that one. Crazy how both of those guys are dead now
Re: Rowdy Roddy Piper dead at 61
Posted: Mon Aug 3, 2015 9:05 pm
by Ruzious
True facts about Sean O'Haire. His real name was Sean Haire, and he became a hair stylist - and owned a barber shop on Hilton Head, SC. He went into MMA after retiring from pro rasslin. He had a match with Butterbean that lasted 29 seconds.
Re: Rowdy Roddy Piper dead at 61
Posted: Wed Aug 5, 2015 3:46 am
by SDM
Ruzious wrote:True facts about Sean O'Haire. His real name was Sean Haire, and he became a hair stylist - and owned a barber shop on Hilton Head, SC. He went into MMA after retiring from pro rasslin. He had a match with Butterbean that lasted 29 seconds.
Also, was beaten very, very badly in a parking lot brawl and almost died.
Re: Rowdy Roddy Piper dead at 61
Posted: Sun Aug 9, 2015 5:37 am
by Scott Hall
This one was really hard to take...
Just came out of nowhere and he seemed to be living a very active and productive life. Still doesn't seem real to me.
First Dusty then the Hogan crap now this... It's really affected my interest in wrestling I literally have zero interest
in SummerSlam and the current product.