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TMZ: Former Wrestler 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper Dead at 61
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The Shadow
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Man, not even into wrestling that much, but used to watch it at my cousin's house all the time. Just now watched some Piper's Pit on YouTube and started getting the feels.
61 is way too young.
61 is way too young.
googleplex
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Man, Hot Rod....
Greatest heel of all time.
Greatest heel of all time.
xValentine
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2015 has been awful for Wrestling.
RobbieNick
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I loved Roddy Piper. Roddy was one of those heel wrestlers that you just loved despite the fact that his character was a complete jerk. He could insult a wrestler in such a funny manner that you would be laughing too even as you were booing him. Almost more of a cartoon persona than real life villain, he'd always find a way to entertain you even if he was making you angry. Here's to "Hot Rod"! One of the very best.
Here's a pic of me and Piper taken at San Diego Comic Con about four years ago. It's crazy to think he's gone now. 61 is still pretty young.
This week has been awful for wrestling.
Here's a pic of me and Piper taken at San Diego Comic Con about four years ago. It's crazy to think he's gone now. 61 is still pretty young.
2015 has been awful for Wrestling.
This week has been awful for wrestling.
Lord of Castamere
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RIP
It's been a horrible year for Wrestling Deaths. I hope this is the last we see for awhile.
It's been a horrible year for Wrestling Deaths. I hope this is the last we see for awhile.
FootballFan
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RIP Da' Maniac
A great, great wrestler and entertainer.
When moonlight sonata starts playing and he says that.
A great, great wrestler and entertainer.
When moonlight sonata starts playing and he says that.
RobbieNick
Junior Member
The whole reason I watched that show was the bromance between those two.
Dreams-Visions
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RIP
Maffew posted the retirement video they made for Piper when he left the WWF, set to My Way: https://www.facebook.com/botchamania/videos/1036589503018769/
Right in the gut.
Right in the gut.
Patrick S.
Banned
Crying.
VeryGooster
Banned
Just heard. What a fucking bummer.
But, it is on BluRay.
Killing_Joke
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I'm happy i got see him at a few live events throughout the past couple of years. Such a fucking bummer, seemed like a great dude and family man.
RIP Hot Rod.
RIP Hot Rod.
tekumseh
a mass of phermones, hormones and adrenaline just waiting to explode
So very sad. Met Piper in my hometown, New Castle, Indiana, several months ago, as he was in investing in a restaurant project being worked on in the renovation of a historical old building in town. He was speaking at a town council meeting about his decision to invest. He spoke glowingly about my town, and the kinship he felt with our residents in the days he'd spent getting acquainted with this place. He was completely accessible, spoke with EVERYONE who wanted his time, lingering for over an hour for photos and autographs, and whatever else folks were interested in. Later in the spring, he wrote an unsolicited endorsement for candidates in election primaries who'd been helpful to him while he was here.
He was absolutely one of those guys who turned out to be an even better person up close than the guy I'd admired across the last 35 or so years. I'm glad I met him, and I'm heartbroken for my town that he will not be a part of its fabric into the future...
He was absolutely one of those guys who turned out to be an even better person up close than the guy I'd admired across the last 35 or so years. I'm glad I met him, and I'm heartbroken for my town that he will not be a part of its fabric into the future...
RIP. The last two years or so have been pretty awful for celebrity deaths. I only knew him from They Live and Hell comes to Frogtown since wrestling isn't popular at all in the Netherlands.
) released in November last year. It's quite a nice release with slightly worse picture quality compared to the Japanese release, but with all the special features from the god awful looking US release. Unfortunately it sold out a few weeks ago.
Nice looking release, but the second disc has art from Assault on Precinct 13 lol. I have the Region B Studio Canal Zavvi exclusive steelbook (with a minor paintchipWas gutted to hear this news when I woke up this morning. Went out and got a prepaid Amazon.jp card from a nearby combini not long after so I could order this awesome boxset.
RIP to a wrestling legend and a fine fellow "Glaswegian"
) released in November last year. It's quite a nice release with slightly worse picture quality compared to the Japanese release, but with all the special features from the god awful looking US release. Unfortunately it sold out a few weeks ago. 
MarkMclovin
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Dammit.
Is it me or are wrestlers dying young?
Is it me or are wrestlers dying young?
Lost Fragment
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Is 61 really that young for cardiac arrest? I know that people commonly live into their 70s and 80s and beyond these days, but 61 doesn't strike me as being super young for this kind of thing to happen.
Think about what these guys do to their bodies over the years.
most don't live to 50. Roddy lived a good long time.
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
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Was gutted to hear this news when I woke up this morning. Went out and got a prepaid Amazon.jp card from a nearby combini not long after so I could order this awesome boxset.
RIP to a wrestling legend and a fine fellow "Glaswegian"
consume
Not to mention he was diagnosed with cancer few years back as far as I remember.
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
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IIRC they caught the cancer early and they were able to get rid of it pretty quickly. I don't think it had anything to do with this, just really shitty luck on his part.
It's likely a big mixture of things. The scheduling he went through in the 70's and 80's (he stopped being a full-timer though in the late 80's), drugs, the cancer. It's all still sad because 61 still isn't very old at all.
Nice looking release, but the second disc has art from Assault on Precinct 13 lol. I have the Region B Studio Canal Zavvi exclusive steelbook (with a minor paintchip
Haha, I thought something was off about that second disc. Would be nice if Assault On Precinct 13 was accidentally included. Love me some John Carpenter. Shame the quality of his films dropped off big time after releasing so many amazing films in the 70s and 80s.
Spectral Glider
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Totally sucks about Piper, still can't believe it. There was just one compilation DVD from the WWF/WWE that I bought and, of course, it was Piper's Born to Controversy compilation. Pretty much the only one worth owning IMO. Man was beyond a legend. RIP Roddy, hope you're performing the Pit up there with the big man. You will be missed.
I never got to see his work much, but I loved his podcast. His old timer stories were great. I thought standup comic Inappropriate Earl was a good complement as a regular on the show. You can tell he revered Piper as a fan and a friend.
I was checking out Earl's podcast and found an interview of Piper he did a couple months ago. At one point, he asks Roddy about the connection he has with his wrestler friends who have passed away. Roddy gets emotional recounting a story about hanging in a hotel room with Kerry Von Erich and Big Boss Man drops by. Then he says "All of these guys are dead except me." I teared up thinking he's together with his old friends again.
Inappropriate Earl just posted a new podcast episode tribute to Rowdy Roddy Piper. I haven't heard it yet but I know it will be a fitting tribute to his friend and our hero.
I was checking out Earl's podcast and found an interview of Piper he did a couple months ago. At one point, he asks Roddy about the connection he has with his wrestler friends who have passed away. Roddy gets emotional recounting a story about hanging in a hotel room with Kerry Von Erich and Big Boss Man drops by. Then he says "All of these guys are dead except me." I teared up thinking he's together with his old friends again.
Inappropriate Earl just posted a new podcast episode tribute to Rowdy Roddy Piper. I haven't heard it yet but I know it will be a fitting tribute to his friend and our hero.
Just read about this news now, very sad indeed. He was an amazing talent on the mic and one of the best ever for sure. Never understood why he didnt get a run with the belt back in his prime. RIP-.
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Ninja Scooter
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I've been watching a lot of old ppvs from the late 80s to early 90s and its crazy how nearly every other match features someone that is dead. In a few cases both participants are guys that are dead. Imagine watching like, the 1992 NBA all star game and having half the roster be made up of guys that died in their 40s.
ElectricBlanketFire
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Wrestlemania 6 has a match with both wrestlers and both managers dead.
Ninja Scooter
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I think it was WM 8 that had Dusty vs Savage and their managers Sherri and Sapphire fighting. All four dead.
WM8 was Savage vs Flair.
Three of the four people who were part of that match are dead (Elizabeth, Savage, and Mr Perfect)
ElectricBlanketFire
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Wrestlemania 7 had Warrior vs. Savage (with Sheri) plus the reunion with Elizabeth.
All dead.
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