He came here to chew bubble gum and kick ass. And hes all out of bubble gum. Happy 60th to one of my all time faves..... Roderick Roddy George Toombs aka Rowdy Roddy Piper One of wrestling most colorful characters for nearly 40 years. Known for his trademark Scottish rage, spontaneity and quick wit and bag pipe playing entrance. He headlined several major pay-per-view events and accumulated 34 championships in various promotions during his career; he participated in the main events of WrestleMania I and WrestleMania X – as a special guest referee in the latter. Piper was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2005. Piper briefly hosted a podcast titled The Rod Pod. By the age of 14, he made his pro debut in Winnipeg, against Larry Hennig. When Roddy made his way to the ring playing the bagpipes (his gimmick) the ring-announcer introduced him as Roddy the Piper, the fans in attendance heard it as Roddy Piper and the name stuck. Became the most hated man in LA in the 70s where he made continuous insults directed at the areas Mexican community; he later promised to amend by playing the Mexican national anthem on his bagpipes only to anger the fans further by playing La Cucaracha instead. As a fan favorite, Piper feuded with Andre the Giant, Jimmy Snooka, Sgt. Slaughter, Ric Flair, and Greg Valentine. Pipers feud with Valentine culminated in a dog collar match at the first Starrcade. Valentine broke Pipers left eardrum during the match with the collars chain, causing Piper to permanently lose fifty percent of his hearing. Was on Celebrity wife swap with Ric Flair. In one Pipers Pit, Piper had an interview with Jimmy Snuka. Piper started insulting Snukas Polynesian heritage by bringing out pineapples, bananas, and dropping coconuts onto the table; this was to make Snuka feel at home in an act of remorse after Snuka was not given much time to speak the previous times he was on Pipers Pit. Snuka took offense to this and Piper then attacked Snuka by smashing him over the head with a coconut and shoving a banana in his face. He followed this up by whipping Snuka with his belt. At the WWF he was given his own interview segment called Pipers Pit, in which he talked to other superstars and which frequently ended in a fight between Piper and his guest. The Pipers Pit segments helped create the feuds Piper had with other wrestlers. The fued between Piper and Hulk Hogan erupted soon after and became what was at the time the highest-profile feud in wrestling history, thanks to the involvement of pop singer Cyndi Lauper, where Piper kicked Lauper in the head—and even attacked Captain Lou Albano—with Hogan seeking revenge as a result. In 1985, MTV broadcast The War to Settle the Score, featuring a main-event matchup between Piper and Hogan, who was accompanied to the ring by Albano, Lauper, and Mr. T. This event set up the very first WrestleMania, which pitted Piper and Paul Orndorff against Hogan and Mr. T. Orndorff was pinned by Hogan when Pipers bodyguard Cowboy Bob Orton interfered and mistakenly struck Orndorff instead of Hogan with his trademark injured arm covered in a plaster cast. Appears in Cyndi Laupers music video for the song The Goonies R Good Enough. He also appeared as a guest VJ on MTV in 1988. Has one of the looooongest film fight scenes with Keith David in John Carpenters alien takeover movie, They Live! Piper was distressed to find his Pipers Pit segment replaced by The Flower Shop, a segment hosted by Adrian Adonis, who was using an effeminate-wrestler gimmick. Piper spent weeks crashing Adonis show and trading insults, leading to a showdown between the two segments that ended with Piper being assaulted and humiliated by Adonis, Pipers former bodyguard Orton (now in Adonis employ), and Don Muraco. The trio left Piper with his face covered in red lipstick lying in the middle of the remnants of the Pipers Pit set, which had been destroyed. In response, Piper stormed the set of Adonis show and destroyed it with a baseball bat. This led to their Hair vs Hair match at WrestleMania III, which was billed as Pipers retirement match from wrestling before he left to become an actor full-time. Has appeared in nearly 60 films, tv shows and has lent his voice to numerous cartoons and video games. In 1991, filmed the pilot episode for Tag Team, a television program about two ex-professional wrestlers turned police officers, starred Piper and Jesse The Body Ventura. Why didnt that get picked up?!!!!! Appeared on a Season 4 episode of Celebrity Ghost Stories, in which he conveyed a story of being visited by the ghost of Adrian Adonis. Became the second pro-wrestler, the other being Sgt. Slaughter, to have their likeness crafted in a G.I. Joe figure. He is a trainer for Destros Iron Grenadiers. Piper appeared as pro-wrestler named Da Maniac on season 5 episode 7 (The Gang Wrestles for the Troops) of Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia, parodying Mickey Rourkes role in The Wrestler. He reprised this role in Season 9 Episode 4. LIves in the mountains of Oregon with his wife and 4 children. Just put on the damn sunglasses! An original. bing/videos/search?q=Rowdy+Roddy+Piper&FORM=HDRSC3#view=detail&mid=C9FFB262589793762439C9FFB262589793762439
Posted on: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 13:31:38 +0000
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