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Roderick George Toombs, a.k.a "Rowdy" a Roddy Piper, passed away some time Friday.
Man, this one really bums me out.
** I wanted to post this approx 36 hours ago when I found out, but was unable due to the site being offline.
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RIP.
But I think it was a good time for him as he lived out his career to the max, not sure how much further he could have taken this.
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I haven't read or heard many details other than cardiac arrest in his sleep. He was 61.
While 61 is is not as young as many of Rod's deceased frat brothers, it's still not "old" by most average people's standards. Like a lot of guys who were big in the 80's, it sounds like Roddy partied pretty hard at times.
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'He came here to kick ass and chew bubblegum.
And now he's all out of bubblegum...' :'( :'(
PIP
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'He came here to kick ass and chew bubblegum.
And now he's all out of bubblegum...' :'( :'(
PIP
Roddy apparently handed John Carpenter a notebook with many of Rod's promo ideas. Carpenter allegedly saw that one and liked it so much, that he had it worked into the script!
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i'm from Canada and had no idea he was Canadian until now.
go figure.
RIP Hotrod. saw him live at WM 6 (against Bad News Brown)
famous half black interview before hand lol
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RIP Hot Rod
My main memory of him during his glory days is that he never lost, not in the Spanish Wrestling where I first saw him, not in Georgia Championship Wrestling, and not in the WWF, until finally he was pinned by Bret Hart.
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RIP Hot Rod
My main memory of him during his glory days is that he never lost, not in the Spanish Wrestling where I first saw him, not in Georgia Championship Wrestling, and not in the WWF, until finally he was pinned by Bret Hart.
Yes, there was a lengthy period of years during which Rod refused to lose by pin-fall. He also refused to take any kind of dive in his inaugural Wrestlemania match against Hogan & "T." That's why Orndorff did the job.
Roddy convinced Vince that would keep him hot, as well as lengthen his feud with Hulkster, which was drawing insane money.
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One of the greats ..
He was smooth on the mic..
Pipers pit was something I looked forward while I was growing up in the
Late 70's ..
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Yes, there was a lengthy period of years during which Rod refused to lose by pin-fall. He also refused to take any kind of dive in his inaugural Wrestlemania match against Hogan & "T." That's why Orndorff did the job.
Roddy convinced Vince that would keep him hot, as well as lengthen his feud with Hulkster, which was drawing insane money.
I heard Hogan, awhile ago, on a Podcast, I believe Jericho's.
Hulk had a different take. He felt that had Piper been willing to do the job, he could've been champ all the times when Hogan was in Hollywood doing movies.
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RIP Hot Rod.
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WWE aired a nice trubute this week. It's on YouTube.
Sorry, it's a PIA to imbed on my tablet.
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His funeral will be in Portland next week. WWE will also be in town for Smackdown which I plan on attending. Should be a good show.
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His funeral will be in Portland next week. WWE will also be in town for Smackdown which I plan on attending. Should be a good show.
Stan Efferding posted some comments about Piper on his Instagram last week, accompanied by a classic pic of Rod and Buddy Rose. Apparently, "The Rhino" was a big fan of Don Owen's Portland wrestling show!
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Stan Efferding posted some comments about Piper on his Instagram last week, accompanied by a classic pic of Rod and Buddy Rose. Apparently, "The Rhino" was a big fan of Don Owen's Portland wrestling show!
I used to see Buddy Rose around town when he was alive. Billy Jack Hanes too. Never seen Piper though.
Portland wrestling was good back in the day, I remember watching it on tv. My parents would go to the matches when they were kids. Lonnie Mayne was their fav, also Tony Bourne.
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I vaguely remembered a Piper promo from when he was feuding with Buzz Sawyer.
What made the promo so crazy and memorable was that it ended with Piper hanging from a tree with a dog collar around his neck:
Lo and behold, it's on YouTube:
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There's another famous one from around that time, in which Rod smashed a beer bottle on his head. Many years later, he admitted it was a a bit of a stupid idea, but he did it to further get himself over.
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I haven't read or heard many details other than cardiac arrest in his sleep. He was 61.
While 61 is is not as young as many of Rod's deceased frat brothers, it's still not "old" by most average people's standards. Like a lot of guys who were big in the 80's, it sounds like Roddy partied pretty hard at times.
I heard he was also battling Hodgkin's Disease and yes, he partied very hard even showing up to the Zahorian drug trial half in the bag apparantly.
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I heard he was also battling Hodgkin's Disease and yes, he partied very hard even showing up to the Zahorian drug trial half in the bag apparantly.
His "performance" at that trial remains historical!!
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I caught a Podcast that had, as a guest, Johnny Fairplay, who worked as Piper's Personal Assistant, for a year.
He told a story about Piper describing his drug use by pointing to his nostrils and saying that the right one had 1 million up it, but the left wasn't as good. It only had 750k.
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I caught a Podcast that had, as a guest, Johnny Fairplay, who worked as Piper's Personal Assistant, for a year.
He told a story about Piper describing his drug use by pointing to his nostrils and saying that the right one had 1 million up it, but the left wasn't as good. It only had 750k.
It seems Piper went through quite a number of personal assistants over the years.
I'm not implying anything by that; it's merely an observation.
I was told that David Penzer was "a real pain in the ass" to so business with. This was probably around 2001/2002.
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Wrestlemania III was his apex.
The "retirement" match... the loser has his head shaved clean...the birth of Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake... ::) ;D
He was still "Rowdy," but a fan favorite by then. Same with Macho.
Man, that remains my FAVORITE period in pro-wrestling history!!!
The "Attitude Era" was good and all, but...
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So I went to Smackdown in Portland a couple weeks ago. Not sure if it made TV since I didn't watch it, but Pipers family was there and we all had a moment of silence for him. Kinda annoying because at first when we were supposed to be silent a bunch of idiots kept yelling "whoo!" And "we love you Piper"... Finally they were silenced and we payed our respects in silence with his family.
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Steve Austin has apparently been catching some heat from different people placing indirect blame on him and Vince McMahon for Roddy's death.
Billy Jack Hanes has been very outspoken since Piper's passing. He alleges that Austin was hot over Piper having a Stone Cold impersonator on his podcast, so he went crying to VKM and threatened to leave the Fed (again) if the old man didn't can Hot Rod.
Vince fired Rod from his legends contract. Hanes maintains that it was the stress of losing his job that lead to Roddy's heart attack three days later.
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Steve Austin has apparently been catching some heat from different people placing indirect blame on him and Vince McMahon for Roddy's death.
Billy Jack Hanes has been very outspoken since Piper's passing. He alleges that Austin was hot over Piper having a Stone Cold impersonator on his podcast, so he went crying to VKM and threatened to leave the Fed (again) if the old man didn't can Hot Rod.
Vince fired Rod from his legends contract. Hanes maintains that it was the stress of losing his job that lead to Roddy's heart attack three days later.
Quite a stretch. I would take whatever billy says with a grain of salt. Good guy but has issues.
Also I remember the piper Austin podcast feud and as I remember they both addresses it and squashed that there were any hurt feelings.
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Quite a stretch. I would take whatever billy says with a grain of salt. Good guy but has issues.
Also I remember the piper Austin podcast feud and as I remember they both addresses it and squashed that there were any hurt feelings.
What did Austin essentially say?
I suspect Hanes has done his fair share of drugs as well. He is supposed to be part of some class action lawsuit against the old man and the WWE.
I liked Roddy Piper - both as a performer and a person, based on what I've heard and read. It's all very consistent.
My own conjecture is that Roddy lived the same lifestyle in a lot of ways as his fellow wrestlers, and it just took a while longer to catch up with him.
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What did Austin essentially say?
I suspect Hanes has done his fair share of drugs as well. He is supposed to be part of some class action lawsuit against the old man and the WWE.
I liked Roddy Piper - both as a performer and a person, based on what I've heard and read. It's all very consistent.
My own conjecture is that Roddy lived the same lifestyle in a lot of ways as his fellow wrestlers, and it just took a while longer to catch up with him.
Piper loved his cocaine and booze. That's for sure.
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Piper loved his cocaine and booze. That's for sure.
Yes.
And, I don't hold that against him at all!
I've made it to 36 and have never even smoked a joint. I don't look down on anyone who has/does. It's simply not my thing and has never appealed to me.
But, I take a very libertarian stance on social issues like drugs. What you put inside your body is YOUR business. And, who you screw is up to you... Just leave kids alone!!
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What did Austin essentially say?
I suspect Hanes has done his fair share of drugs as well. He is supposed to be part of some class action lawsuit against the old man and the WWE.
I liked Roddy Piper - both as a performer and a person, based on what I've heard and read. It's all very consistent.
My own conjecture is that Roddy lived the same lifestyle in a lot of ways as his fellow wrestlers, and it just took a while longer to catch up with him.
Steve Austin quote:
“…To Roddy, you’re one of the all time greats in the professional wrestling business. I cheered for you as a babyface, I booed for you as a hee, and respected everything that you did. Your Hall of Fame career speaks for what it is… to that, no hard feelings. I don’t want to back and forth on this; it’s a closed book… that’s my side of the story. I will not respond to anything else. What I have spoken is the bottom line, and what I’ve spoken is the truth. I had nothing to do with Roddy Piper leaving PodcastOne. End of story.”
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Steve Austin quote:
“…To Roddy, you’re one of the all time greats in the professional wrestling business. I cheered for you as a babyface, I booed for you as a hee, and respected everything that you did. Your Hall of Fame career speaks for what it is… to that, no hard feelings. I don’t want to back and forth on this; it’s a closed book… that’s my side of the story. I will not respond to anything else. What I have spoken is the bottom line, and what I’ve spoken is the truth. I had nothing to do with Roddy Piper leaving PodcastOne. End of story.”
It is suspicious that PodcastOne took down all of Rod's episodes following the rumors.
Coincidence?
We can only speculate.
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I listen to Austin's Podcast regularly. I tried listening to Piper's once, but it just wasn't good.
Could be Piper was jealous of Austin's superior Podcasting skills.
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I listen to Austin's Podcast regularly. I tried listening to Piper's once, but it just wasn't good.
Could be Piper was jealous of Austin's superior Podcasting skills.
Part of it, I think, is that Piper stayed in character a little too often.
He wrote a good part of his book that way, as well.
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Part of it, I think, is that Piper stayed in character a little too often.
He wrote a good part of his book that way, as well.
That's why I could never get into his book. You don't know if he bullshitting or being real.
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Part of it, I think, is that Piper stayed in character a little too often.
He wrote a good part of his book that way, as well.
I think part of that is in his day you did not break kayfabe.
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I think part of that is in his day you did not break kayfabe.
Yes, but it's kind of weird/sad to keep "holding" while the rest of the world's evolved.
Even Vince admitted that the/his business is a work. It'd be like Daniel Radcliffe talking about Harry Potter as though it's real.
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BUMP for the one year anniversary.
I'm a few days late.
I completely missed Macho's in May, and Curt's in Feb.
Since I'm off this weekend, I'll try to find some new material to add to some of these threads.
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I was watching Summerslam 1991 on WWE on Demand a few nights ago....75% of the performers are dead. Unreal.
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I was watching Summerslam 1991 on WWE on Demand a few nights ago....75% of the performers are dead. Unreal.
It's sad, Brother.
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Man, Piper really was one of the all time greats. He is one of the people that just doesn't seem right to be gone because he was so active when he left. Doing radio shows, interviews, appearances on WWE etc etc. Such a shame, he is missed.
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Man, Piper really was one of the all time greats. He is one of the people that just doesn't seem right to be gone because he was so active when he left. Doing radio shows, interviews, appearances on WWE etc etc. Such a shame, he is missed.
The party lifestyle caught up to him. When he would roll into Toronto back in the eighties / early nineties, he would party it up with his old buddies, chop rails, booze it up hard, go wrestle, go back and party some more and hope on a plane to the next town. Multiply that by how many years? Its suicide on your system. Pipe loved his blow. He was know here as "eight ball Roddy" because he could do an eight ball of coke literally in a sitting.
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The party lifestyle caught up to him. When he would roll into Toronto back in the eighties / early nineties, he would party it up with his old buddies, chop rails, booze it up hard, go wrestle, go back and party some more and hope on a plane to the next town. Multiply that by how many years? Its suicide on your system. Pipe loved his blow. He was know here as "eight ball Roddy" because he could do an eight ball of coke literally in a sitting.
He lived life according to his own terms.
Good for him!
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He lived life according to his own terms.
Good for him!
That he did my friend. :)