Wrestling legend "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, the kilt-wearing trash-talker who headlined the first WrestleMania and later found movie stardom, has died at the age of 61, WWE announced Friday. Piper suffered ...

Although a beloved member of the WWE Hall of Fame, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper began his WWE career as one of the most hated villains ever to step between the ropes. After making his bones in the NWA during ...

When Ronda Rousey was leaving the UFC 190 weigh-ins on Friday she was informed of some news that immediately rocked her world. 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper had died. Rousey was close with Piper over the years ...

The end of July marked 10 years since the one and only “Rowdy” Roddy Piper left us. A decade gone, and I still tell Piper stories like they happened yesterday. Roddy could have you ready to strangle ...

In the summer of 1997, WCW was as hot as ever thanks to the nWo storyline, which had taken over wrestling. It led to WCW taking over wrestling too and beating WWE Raw for 83 straight weeks in the ...

Professional wrestling legend "Rowdy" Roddy Piper died of cardiac arrest and was found at his home Friday in Hollywood, Calif. Piper was 61. The flamboyant star best known for wearing a kilt in the ...

Rowdy Roddy Piper is one of the stranger interviews I’ve ever done. He’s a hard man to get a hold of — he juggles a variety of projects from showbiz to professional wrestling — but once you get him on ...

Roddy Piper was one of my gateways into professional wrestling history. As a child, I gravitated towards his “greatest hits” compilation from Coliseum Video. Hell, the name of my podcast pays homage ...

Rowdy Roddy Piper’s got a show, but he doesn’t know what to call it. “It’s not an act,” he says. “I mean, I heard about Charlie Sheen, and I don’t know what you call that.” And true to his form as one ...

Who’s your favorite player? For traditional sports, the answer to that question for most people is pretty easy. You know who your favorite football, baseball or basketball player is, and you know the ...

Whenever those top-10 greatest superstars in the '80s or '90s come out, the same 10 to 15 superstars tend to make the list. That is because they are the few wrestlers who have really transcended the ...

Roderick George Toombs, better known as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, was a Canadian professional wrestler, amateur wrestler, comedian and actor. In professional wrestling, Piper was best known to ...