The Dead Thread

[Diff-chan]

Ancient for a wrestler of the 80s

Yea it is.

Rip Rowdy

[Doc Holliday]

R.I.P. Many he finally put the glasses on.

[PaCrappa]

This is bad news indeed.

[Dolemite]

Ancient for a wrestler of the 80s

Indeed.

Bummer, Hot Rod.

[gamevet]

At least he died before we found out he was an asshole or something like Hogan

I've heard enough interviews with him outside of the WWE. He never came off as someone that only wanted to talk about himself. He had a really cool interview on a Dallas Classic Rock station about a decade ago; he was very funny.

[Josh]

Dead wrestlers really, really bum me out.

[Brisco Bold]

I didn't know he was Canadian...

[gamevet]

A Scottish Canadian?

[gamevet]

Ronda Rousey dedicates her match to Roddy Piper. It turns out that she made a personal request from Roddy, for the use of Rowdy in her name.

http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/post...ates-match-him

[Low]

Always liked Roddy, didn't realize he had a fairly massive cocaine addiction.