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The wrestling world was leveled Friday by the news that the legendary “Rowdy” Roddy Piper, one of the most-hated and most-beloved wrestlers in history, had died. The Rowdy Scot was 61.
Piper’s death caps a month that saw the two central figures of the WWF’s rise to national prominence in the 1980s fall from grace. Both Piper and arch-rival Hulk Hogan landed on the outs with WWE during July, Piper being released from his WWE Legends contract and Hogan being erased from history last week when eight-year-old racist remarks surfaced.
Roddy Piper was a polarizing figure in the world of wrestling. A gifted talker, Piper’s talent sometimes served to get Hot Rod into hot water. But Piper was one of the architects of the Rock ‘n Wrestling Connection that put WWF on the national map, launching professional wrestling into the mainstream and becoming a pop culture phenomenon.
The wrestling world was leveled Friday by the news that the legendary “Rowdy” Roddy Piper, one of the most-hated and most-beloved wrestlers in history, had died. The Rowdy Scot was 61.
Piper’s death caps a month that saw the two central figures of the WWF’s rise to national prominence in the 1980s fall from grace. Both Piper and arch-rival Hulk Hogan landed on the outs with WWE during July, Piper being released from his WWE Legends contract and Hogan being erased from history last week when eight-year-old racist remarks surfaced.
Roddy Piper was a polarizing figure in the world of wrestling. A gifted talker, Piper’s talent sometimes served to get Hot Rod into hot water. But Piper was one of the architects of the Rock ‘n Wrestling Connection that put WWF on the national map, launching professional wrestling into the mainstream and becoming a pop culture phenomenon.
- 8/1/2015
- by Scott Carlson
- Obsessed with Film
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