NFT: 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper Dead

was just talking about him while reminiscing with friends about 80s era wrestling the other day

yesterday. Only 61-my age-and was still very active. One of the WWF's all time greats! RIP Rowdy!

Damn. Him, warrior, savage are gone :( ... I remember when I went to the Royal Rumble in 2008 in New York and he was one of the surprise entries I couldn't stop laughing..rest in peace Piper

Sad to see you go Piper.

He no longer does.

RIP, Rowdy "Roddy."

Another piece of childhood into the ether. Thanks for the good times Hot Rod.

Rest In Peace Hot Rod you were one of the greats

chew bubble gum and kick ass .....and I'm all out of bubblegum"!


RIP Rowdy Roddy!

Britt, that last sentence...

...I was just youtubing his first Piper's Pit episodes today as I was feeling nostalgic. He recently had a disagreement with Steve Austin about his podcast. Really, really sad day.

In comment 12397279 PhiPsi125 said:

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Sad to see you go Piper.

61 is like 120 in former professional wrestler years. Sad

In comment 12397279 PhiPsi125 said:

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Sad to see you go Piper.

He was a recovering drug addict. The damage wears on you.

Great WWE legend. Prayers to him and his family and friends. RIP. God bless.

Britt, agree, another piece of my childhood too. I think we are both the same age, IIRC.

That was legendary.

Roddy was really fucking nice when I met him. It sucks for anybody to die, but it really sucks to see somebody who was super nice to you die. Met him & Savage a few times. Always extremely nice to me.

In comment 12397288 Mr. Bungle said:

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He no longer does. RIP, Rowdy "Roddy."

I laughed and I shouldn't have.

RIP Rowdy. The man who made skirt wearing look cool.

I thought it was the announcer for The Price is Right

Rowdy Roddy Piper was one of the best. RIP!

You can die of natural causes at any age.

I've been youtube-ing Tuesday Night Titans and it had Rowdy Piper on it and he slapped Lord Alfred Hayes. It was funny when the audience did cat calls when Piper went to take off his kilt.

also in the greatest music video of all time
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of all-time. RIP Hot Rod

He was the greatest heel the WWF ever had. Without him there is no Hulkamania.

I am very saddened by this. R.I.P. Roddy,

that it was another internet hoax. I wish

Love They Live and Hell Comes to Frogtown.

but forgot to say RIP. So, RIP Roddy.

I just saw him on tv last week

and mostly so bc he played the heel so well...I still crack up thinking about him clowning around in the ring and in Pipers Pit.

I used to hang out with him at the Silver Spoon out here. Great stories and a terrific guy. Rest in peace.

I don't there exists a better heel than early 80s Piper, and him going after Cyndi Lauper, Mr. T, etc, helped make the first WrestleMania possible.

They Live is also a personal favorite. Put on the glasses!

In comment 12397304 Stufftherun said:

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chew bubble gum and kick ass .....and I'm all out of bubblegum"! RIP Rowdy Roddy!

That movie was the shit


"Like putting perfume on a pig".

In comment 12397325 barens said:

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That was legendary.

When he cracked him in the head w a coconut. He was one of the top guys ever. Just a Gillian you couldn't really hate because he was so damn funny

I change the questions!

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Love HotRod. You want evidence of the long term effect of roids see pro wrestling. God bless his family.

thanks for the memories
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He was really the first Attitude Era superstar, just a decade early. Had Roddy Piper been 10 years younger he would have ruled the Attitude Era like Stone Cold did

RIP to one of the greatest heels, especially given I was a huge Snuka mark.

...whenever I see that it's on.
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Best "heel" moment. Shaving the Haiti Kid's hair to look like Mr. T.

they ran a long term feud that you could follow in NYC on Lucha Libre on the Spanish channel. It was fantastic.

Back in the `70s there was this "scientific" wrestiling trend that people were really into for awhile, It was a lot of mat work and no hitting sort of. They'd been having matches like that more in the AWA and NWA than it what was then the WWWF. I guess the 60 minute Bruno/Pedro Morales thing was the WWWF's experiment with it.

Anyway, the Lucha Libre stuff was at that time controlled by the NWA, so they had various TV belts, but no version of a world champion.

So, they concoct this Scientific Championship, and it's gonna be Chavo agains Roddy. Everyone thought Chavo would win because of his virtue. And he had his father the "legendary" Gory Guerrero in his corner coaching him.

So Chavo and Piper start wrestling - and Piper was really good - but eventually Chavo seems to be out wrestling him. So Piper slaps Gory Guerrero in the face which causes Chavo to lose his mind and get disqualified.

Just awesome.

Tv and movie appearances
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And I don't even speak Spanish. Channel 41 (Paterson NJ) on your UHF dial...Olympic Auditorium in LA, the late, great Jimmy Lennon was the ring announcer...good times.

Sad... I've heard from many that piper was a solid dude. Sad to hear this news.

"You, You're ok. This one: real fuckin ugly!"

One of the channels also ran Championship Wrestling from Florida with Gordon Solie. That was awesome, too, and it was in English.

Always saw him in the magazines and became a fan before even seeing him wrestle ,Was so happy when he first came to WWF in 1984 but was shocked he was bad guy because from the magazines he was a good guy ,Pipers pit was awesome weather it was beating up jobber Frank Williams or asking Andre the Giant Whereeeee doooooo you comeee frommm and bashing snuka over the head with a coconut or starting the feud with Cyndi lauper which lead to wrestlemania he was a legend before his time ..So much great stuff ,The War to settle the score ,beating up some guy outside a gym in the city a week before wrestlemania ,the boxing match vs Mr T ..I could go on and on …RIP RODDY

He's one of the wrestlers I would be if I could any wrestler.