Legendary wrestler, ‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper, is dead.
According
to the World Wrestling Entertainment, the wrestler, who trash talked his way to
the main event at the first Wrestlemania, died last weekend.Sky Sports
reports that Piper, who was born Roderick Tombs, is the second WWE Hall of
Famer to die this summer, following the death of Dusty Rhodes in June
His death
is coming days after Hulk Hogan, his great rival had is contract terminated over
racist comments.
Reports
further stated that Piper and Hogan feuded for years and headlined some of the
biggest matches of the 1980s, alongside Mr T beat Piper and Paul Orndorff in
1985 at the first Wrestlemania at Madison Square Garden in New York.
According
to WWE chairman, Vince McMahon, Piper was “one of the most entertaining,
controversial and bombastic performers ever in WWE.”
“Stone
Cold” Steve Austin wrote on Twitter: “I am shocked and saddened to hear of
Roddy Piper’s passing. He was one of a kind and one of the all time greats.”
Paul
“Triple H” Levesque, in his tribute, also said: “Saddened about the passing of “Rowdy” Roddy Piper. He was
truly a legend and icon, and will never be forgotten…”
Hulk Hogan was also
caughton tape making anti-gay comments after having his contract
terminated.
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