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 ...

UPDATE (7/31/15): WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon has expressed his condolences in a post on WWE.com: "Roddy Piper was one of the most entertaining, controversial and bombastic performers ever in ...

During the first wrestling boom in the '80s, Roddy Piper and Jake Roberts were considered by many fans to be the gold standard of wrestling heels in the WWF. Their approaches couldn't have been any ...

Cyndi Lauper is joined for an in-ring celebration with Wendi Richter, Hulk Hogan, and Captain Lou Albano, but is interrupted and attacked by Rowdy Roddy Piper. This aired on WWF Championship Wrestling ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-- As I walked into a banquet hall in the Hilton hotel Friday to speak at the annual NWA Wrestling Legends Fan Fest, I received a message that my friend "Rowdy" Roddy Piper had ...

O the joy of the strong-brawn’d fighter, towering in the arena in perfect condition, conscious of power, thirsting to meet his opponent”-Walt Whitman In April 1986, two men entered a ring in Uniondale ...

Top stars like The Rock, John Cena, Roman Reigns, Hulk Hogan, Cody Rhodes and more have been involved in WrestleMania moments WWE wants you to forget.

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 ...