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Roderick George Toombs (April 17, 1954 – July 31, 2015), better known as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, was a Canadian professional wrestler and actor. In professional wrestling, Piper was best known to international audiences for his work with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW) between 1984 and 2000.
Professional wrestler "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, one of the most well-known World Wrestling Entertainment figures with an expansive career, died Thursday. He was 61. "Rod passed peacefully in his sleep ...
The main character Duke Nukem in the video game Duke Nukem 3D was made to be a mix of 80's and 90's action film stars, including Roddy Piper, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Kurt Russell, and Bruce Campbell. His look was partially based on Nada's appearance, sporting similar sunglasses and quoting many lines from the film.
Richard Erwin Rood [1] (December 7, 1958 – April 20, 1999), better known by his ring name "Ravishing" Rick Rude, was an American professional wrestler who performed for many promotions, including World Wrestling Federation (WWF), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW).
In his autobiography, wrestler Roddy Piper (father of wrestler Teal Piper) states that he is a cousin of the Hart family [77] he also made this statement in an interview on TNA. [78] This fact was used as a trivia question on Raw once.
[12] [13] Following her father's death, Toombs and her brother Colt Baird Toombs worked together to complete and posthumously publish her father's autobiography, Rowdy: The Roddy Piper Story. [3] [6] She became engaged to her partner Michael Anderson (who was trained to wrestle by Roddy Piper, performing as Deimos) in December 2020.
Rousey dedicated the match to "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, who died the day before, commenting that Piper was one of her inspirations and had endorsed her use of his nickname. [99] This fight earned her another Performance of the Night award. [100] The bout was Rousey's sixth with the UFC, all of which had been victories.
On November 5, 2006, at Cyber Sunday, he captured the World Tag Team Championship from the Spirit Squad with Roddy Piper. [81] On the November 13 episode of Raw , Flair and Piper lost the World Tag Team Championship to Rated-RKO , [ 82 ] due to a disc problem with Piper and had to be flown immediately back to the United States as soon as Raw ...