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[Fox318]

 

[Jamie OD]

Has anyone aside from TMZ reported this yet?

They may be shady as fuck but TMZ usually get this stuff right.

 

[cruets]

Wow. That sucks. My favorite heel in the 80s. He'll be missed.

 

[Kyari]

Fuck.

 

[Original Famous Ray]

This upsets me greatly. As an 80's boy and wrestling fan Piper was truly one of my fav personalities growing up. So wacky and fun!

 

[Krakn3Dfx]

John Cena will never forget.

Got a chance to meet Piper when I was 11 at a match in Macon, GA. I don't remember much, but he seemed like a nice guy.

 

[Speevy]

. A lot of guys have just dropped dead at a very young age. I don't think this is overly shady.

Considering the number of deaths attributable to drug/steroid abuse, I would say it's very shady.

 

[Mobile Suit Gooch]

RIP hot rod.

 

[Doc Holliday]

Fuck this sucks :/

 

[inm8num2]

Sad news. R.I.P. :/

 

[Netherscourge]

I remember Piper way back when he did that WWF cartoon on Saturday mornings back in the late 80's.

He was one of the greatest wrestling personalities ever.

 

[Speevy]

Dude was in shape.

 

[Netherscourge]

Greatest photo ever.

 

[TheStruggler]

WTF is happening to wrestlers pasing away so early WTF MAN

 

[Doc Holliday]

Man loved that dude! I liked him more than hulk back in the 80s :/

 

[Aaron-Lagann]

Goddamn. This is hitting me harder than I thought it would.

RIP.

 

[Kaladin]

 

[geardo]

Considering the number of deaths attributable to drug/steroid abuse, I would say it's very shady.

I wouldn't say it's shady when it's fairly obvious as to why a lot of them die so young. It's reprehensible, but not shady at this point.

 

[crimzonflame]

One of my favorites of all time

RIP

 

[xbhaskarx]

I urge everyone that hasn't seen it to watch his and John Carpenters 80s masterpiece film "They Live".

Never watched wrestling, this is how I know Roddy Piper...

 

[Lulubop]

WTF is happening to wrestlers pasing away so early WTF MAN

Almost like their bodies go through extreme abuse.

 

[Darth Pinche]

RIP. He will be missed.

I saw him at Comic-Con once signing things etc. A fan asked him to put him in a headlock for a photo. Roddy grabbed him and put a choke hold on him for real, the guy was turning purple! It was both brutal and awesome. The fan loved it! (once he could breathe again)

 

[TheStruggler]

Almost like their bodies go through extreme abuse.

I get that but other sports are physical as well and are on the road yet football, hockey, rugby players have never seen anything like this.

 

[spindashing]

Half of the people here are dead.

I'll be real sad whenever the other two go.

 

[Space Runaway]

RIP Roddy Piper

A wrestling legend.

 

[Snaku]

Oh my god this just hit me like brick to the face. Rest in peace Hot Rod. Condolences to his family and friends.

 

[OctoMan]

I get that but other sports are physical as well and are on the road yet football, hockey, rugby players have never seen anything like this.

Football definitely does.

 

[lethial]

Insane. Watched him wrestle as a kid in the 80s.

 

[Wynnebeck]

Wasn't he just wrestling a few years ago? RIP

 

[Macho Madness]

I get that but other sports are physical as well and are on the road yet football, hockey, rugby players have never seen anything like this.

Those are legit sports with heavy governmental regulations. And let's not forget football has destroyed many lives.

WWE does not consider itself a sport so it doesn't face the same scrutiny. Well, now it does. But back in the 80's and 90's, no way. Drug abuse was just part of your routine besides a select few.

 

[Blastoise]

RIP Da' Maniac

 

[Frecklestein]

Half of the people here are dead.

I'll be real sad whenever the other two go.

For real. DDP and Goldberg are two legitimately great people outside of the sport.

 

[FOOTE]

Oh fuck. This sucks. RIP Hot Rod.

 

[geardo]

I get that but other sports are physical as well and are on the road yet football, hockey, rugby players have never seen anything like this.

I'll just put this here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_traumatic_encephalopathy

 

[Omega]

I get that but other sports are physical as well and are on the road yet football, hockey, rugby players have never seen anything like this.

They don't play for 300 days out of the year for at least a decade.

 

[BadAss2961]

RIP Hot Rod

 

[Patrick S.]

RIP

 

[NYR]

Wow, what? He looked fine in this TMZ video from last week: http://youtu.be/E8UyXmUbsS4

You can't see his coronary arteries in the picture. It is likely what killed him - heart attack. RIP

 

[chris3116]

RIP

For me, he was one of the best heel of all times along with Million dollar man Ted Dibiase. He should have won the Championship at least once.

 

[Fox318]

 

[Liquidsnake]

Sucks this is a bad day. Ill Never forget.

 

[Z_Y]

Fuck cancer.


RIP Piper.

Edit: I'll echo what others are saying as him being the greatest heel of all time. I remember hating him as a kid. I wish I knew then what I know now so that I could have truly appreciated him in his prime. He was a master of his craft.

 

[Lemonz]

RIP

 

[NYR]

His head looks photoshopped on to a body there.

 

[Hex]

Fuck...Piper was an all time favorite of mine.

 

[gabbo]

I get that but other sports are physical as well and are on the road yet football, hockey, rugby players have never seen anything like this.

Steroids and a much harsher schedule.
Piper also had cancer

 

[HeisenbergLannister]

Dammit man.

 

[UltraGunner]

A true legend. RIP.

 

[ezekial45]

No!

 

[Frank Serpico]

WTF is happening to wrestlers pasing away so early WTF MAN

roids + heavy drug use + working 350 days an year getting tossed around a ring = bad news