Rowdy Roddy Piper dies at 61

[Chris]

Cardiac arrest..damn sons this is tragic :cry

http://www.tmz.com/2015/07/31/roddy-piper-dead-dies-wwe-wrestler-cancer/

[Thebesteva]

Damn, he lived a pretty hard life from what I understand after his WWE days. RIP

[mouse]

Pipers pit was the shit.

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[mouse]

Pipers pit was the shit.

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[Medvedenko]

Definitely was a legend.

[Chris]

He was my favorite :cry

[JoeTait75]

Loved him in the WWF and in They Live. "I came to kick ass and chew bubblegum. And I'm all out of bubblegum." RIP.

[Chris]

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[DJR210]

:lol just days after Stone Cold got his ass fired from his Legends contract with WWE

[m>s]

This really sucks

[RD2191]

RIP

[Avante]

One of the most charismatic performers the business has seen. I'd go with one of the top 20 All Time.

Hate to see this and he was so young, bummer.

[Chris]

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[Pauly D]

Da Maniac from Always Sunny!! Noooo

[TE]

Damn three superstars that got me to start liking wrestling gone in a matter of weeks (Hogan not literally but still it's like he's vanished from the Wrestling world).

The best natural heel in wrestling history, imo. RIP :cry:cry

[AlexJones]

:cry
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[RicFlair]

https://whatistheexcel.com/wooobooru/_images/d68c977fbb9bfa0b6c91b305b15b0cb3/142%20-%20crying%20ric_flair%20wrestlemania%20wwe.jpg

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Just when I thought I had all the answers...

Never celebrated as a great technical wrestler but there's a reason he was put in the ring with Mr T on more than a few occasions. Just like Bam Bam Bigelow walking LT through their 'mania match, it takes special talent to take a largely untrained celeb and have a match that isn't the drizzling shits. And his IC match with Bret Hart was one I watched again and again over years.

Truth is he was lucky to make it to 61 with the way he lived. Not shocked to hear he is gone. The wrasslin fan in me is just thankful that he was around long enough to tell his stories and get them out to the net to live on.

[benefactor]

Damn man.

[Dick the Bruiser]

RIP

[SupremeGuy]

RIP

[Darth_Pelican]

RIP

[Silver&Black]

RIP

[timtonymanu]

Damn that sucks. RIP. Another legend gone

[nacho]

RIP. Lo siento.

[Fuzzy Dunlop]

RIP :cry

[tlongII]

Portland's own. Loved the guy. R.I.P.

[leemajors]

Damn, he lived a pretty hard life from what I understand after his WWE days. RIP

Uhh nothing compared to how he grew up tbh

[leemajors]

Portland's own. Loved the guy. R.I.P.

He was Canadian

[Avante]

He was Canadian

He lived in Portland. And when he first broke into the business it was in the Pacific Northwest.



http://www.obsessedwithwrestling.com/pictures/r/roddypiper/26.jpg

[Mikeanaro]

I watched They Live yesterday, fuck he was great this is sad news.

[redzero]

Fuck, I actually liked him. :cry

[bigzak25]

Rip.

[CavsSuperFan]

But what about the dead lion.....
:cry :cry :cry

[leemajors]

He lived in Portland. And when he first broke into the business it was in the Pacific Northwest.



http://www.obsessedwithwrestling.com/pictures/r/roddypiper/26.jpg

Winnepeg is not the Pacific NW. You can listen to him talk about how he broke into pro wrestling in Winnepeg here:

http://goodtimeswithstevesimeone.libsyn.com/-003-rowdy-roddy-piper-good-times-with-steve-simeone

[Avante]

Winnepeg is not the Pacific NW. You can listen to him talk about how he broke into pro wrestling in Winnepeg here:

http://goodtimeswithstevesimeone.libsyn.com/-003-rowdy-roddy-piper-good-times-with-steve-simeone

You're right. I was thinking more of where he first started becoming somebody...


By late 1978-early 1979, Buddy Rose talked Piper into leaving the California promotions for even more fame in Don Owen (http://www.spurstalk.com/wiki/Don_Owen_(wrestling_promoter))’s Pacific Northwest Territory (http://www.spurstalk.com/wiki/Pacific_Northwest_Wrestling) where he teamed with Killer Tim Brooks (http://www.spurstalk.com/wiki/Killer_Tim_Brooks), Rick Martel (http://www.spurstalk.com/wiki/Rick_Martel), and Mike Popovich to win the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship (http://www.spurstalk.com/wiki/NWA_Pacific_Northwest_Tag_Team_Championship). Piper also won the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship (http://www.spurstalk.com/wiki/NWA_Pacific_Northwest_Heavyweight_Championship) with victories over both Lord Jonathan Boyd (http://www.spurstalk.com/wiki/Jonathan_Boyd) and "Playboy" Buddy Rose (http://www.spurstalk.com/wiki/Buddy_Rose).

But being this is a sad time for us fans, not going to do the usual debate thing.

[ohmwrecker]

They Live is a great fucking movie.

[Sportcamper]

I hope someone does a documentary on Hot Rod…Greatest skit ever was Pipers Pit….At some point he got involved in the movie business, missed scheduled matches & fell out of favor with Vince McMahon…I am thinking that it had to do with Harley Davidson & the Marlboro Man back in 1991…Hot-Rod & Big John Studd lost their WWF endorsements along with action figure revenue…It was a huge financial hit…

[DJR210]

R.I.P "Rowdy Rowdy" Piper

[Thread]

The accent would always make one pause no matter what they were doing as they passed the television set, though The Pit was his highest calling. When he'd invite a relative newcomer in would be the best. He'd make promises that there would be no physical attack, no beat down, no slappin' the livin' shit out of the fellow. The poor thing would go on in, set down and for the first minute the promises would be kept. Then Piper would slap the livin' shit out of him. If I saw it a 100 times it never grows old....

We look not
at what can be seen,
but we look at what
cannot be seen
For what can be seen
is temporary,
but what cannot
be seen is eternal
For we know that
if the earthly tent
we live in is destroyed,
we have a building
from God,
A house not made
from hands,
Eternal in the heavens,
In the heavens

- "The Walking Dead"

[Chris]

The accent would always make one pause no matter what they were doing as they passed the television set, though The Pit was his highest calling. When he'd invite a relative newcomer in would be the best. He'd make promises that there would be no physical attack, no beat down, no slappin' the livin' shit out of the fellow. The poor thing would go on in, set down and for the first minute the promises would be kept. Then Piper would slap the livin' shit out of him. If I saw it a 100 times it never grows old....

We look not
at what can be seen,
but we look at what
cannot be seen

For what can be seen
is temporary,
but what cannot
be seen is eternal
For we know that
if the earthly tent
we live in is destroyed,
we have a building
from God,
A house not made
from hands,
Eternal in the heavens,
In the heavens

- "The Walking Dead"


Arn

[Thread]

Arn

Chris, a man has died, have some respec.........Ah, fuck it...

Arn

[HI-FI]

I never watched a lot of wrasslin' but Roddy Piper was a legend. Rest in Peace. I'm gonna watch my bluray of They Live this weekend.

[Avante]

I like talking rasslin'.

Hearing these guys talk about the real world behind the scenes is fascinating. Very interesting world full of unique characters.

Piper's character was unique which really is a big deal in the biz, it's not that easy to do.

I always go with BHH and AHH, or before Hulk Hogan and after with the rasslin'. He really did bring the sport to the forefront. While Ric Flair was better he was pretty much a southern thing. While Hogan had no boundaries,

[Avante]

Let's talk tag teams.

How about...

Mike & Doc Gallagher
The Von Brauners
Skull Murphy & Brute Bernard
The Kalmikoffs
The Von Stroheims
Ray Stevens & Nick Bockwinkle
The Freebirds
The Von Stigers
The Assasins
Rip Hawk & Swede Hanson
Magnificent Maurice & Handsome Johnny Barend
The Valiants
The Roadwarriors
The Fabulous Kangaroos
The Scufflin' Hillbillies
The Sheepherders
The Midnight Rockers
The Rock & Roll Express
The Torres Brothers
The Interns
The Executioners
The Kentuckians
Harlem Heat
The Stanlees
Dick the Brusier & Crusher Lisowski
The Von Erichs
The Hart Foundation
The Grahams...the first WWWF World Champions
The Wild Samoans
The Killer Bee's
The Andrersons
Demolitian
Mitzu Arwakawa & Kenji Shibuya
The Daltons
The Blackjacks
The Outlaws (Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdock)
The Youngbloods

So who would you add?

[SpursforSix]

Let's talk tag teams.

How about...

Mike & Doc Gallagher
The Von Brauners
Skull Murphy & Brute Bernard
The Kalmikoffs
The Von Stroheims
Ray Stevens & Nick Bockwinkle
The Freebirds
The Von Stigers
The Assasins
Rip Hawk & Swede Hanson
Magnificent Maurice & Handsome Johnny Barend
The Valiants
The Roadwarriors
The Fabulous Kangaroos
The Scufflin' Hillbillies
The Sheepherders
The Midnight Rockers
The Rock & Roll Express
The Torres Brothers
The Interns
The Executioners
The Kentuckians
Harlem Heat
The Stanlees
Dick the Brusier & Crusher Lisowski
The Von Erichs
The Hart Foundation
The Grahams...the first WWWF World Champions
The Wild Samoans
The Killer Bee's
The Andrersons
Demolitian
Mitzu Arwakawa & Kenji Shibuya
The Daltons
The Blackjacks
The Outlaws (Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdock)
The Youngbloods

So who would you add?


Super Pedo and the Teenage Asian Tranny

[tlongII]

Piper and his wife Kitty, who he had been married to since 1979, lived on a mountain in Portland, Oregon.[104] They had four children: daughters Anastacia Shea, Ariel Teal, and Falon Danika, and son Colton Baird. Anastacia has a child, making Piper a grandfather. Colton is an aspiring mixed martial artist and also wrestles for Portland Wrestling Uncut. Ariel is following her father's lead in Hollywood as an actress. Piper and Ariel acted together in the film Legion: The Final Exorcism. Falon is a college student.[105]

[Johnny RIngo]

I watched They Live yesterday, fuck he was great this is sad news.

Yup. John Carpenter's last great film.

[Mikeanaro]

Yup. John Carpenter's last great film.
Thats true, Big Trouble in Little China, Escape from NY, The Thing, and They Live are classics, I really enjoyed Memoirs of an Invisible Man and In the Mouth of Madness could have been a better movie.
Cristine and Starman are meh and I dont really enjoyed The Fog.
But when the decline started in the 90s the lowest point ever was that Ghosts from Mars movie it was cheap stupid cliche and some of the worst crap ever, he did all those great movies so how the hell he fell into that hole?

[Thread]

Thats true, Big Trouble in Little China, Escape from NY, The Thing, and They Live are classics, I really enjoyed Memoirs of an Invisible Man and In the Mouth of Madness could have been a better movie.
Cristine and Starman are meh and I dont really enjoyed The Fog.
But when the decline started in the 90s the lowest point ever was that Ghosts from Mars movie it was cheap stupid cliche and some of the worst crap ever, he did all those great movies so how the hell he fell into that hole?

His "Assault on Precinct 13" is the masterpiece. The [ice cream truck sequence] with the Richards girl is one of the noted scenes in film history. The movie is more than fit for repeated viewings.

"Escape" has not aged well as one would've expect. It's more a curiosity than a study.

[Mikeanaro]

His "Assault on Precinct 13" is the masterpiece. The [ice cream truck sequence] with the Richards girl is one of the noted scenes in film history. The movie is more than fit for repeated viewings.

"Escape" has not aged well as one would've expect. It's more a curiosity than a study.
I bet its an awesome movie, I´ve only seen the remake with Ethan Hawke and Brian Dennehy and it was an interesting movie.
Agreed with ¨Escape from NY¨ but still is a classic, on the other hand ¨Escape from LA¨ was a totally unnecesary movie, almost a remake of NY and it looked very class B Movie, it was like Airplane 2 where you get almost the same but this time you had to wait 15 years.
Amy has caught Carpenter.

[SpursforSix]

His "Assault on Precinct 13" is the masterpiece. The [ice cream truck sequence] with the Richards girl is one of the noted scenes in film history. The movie is more than fit for repeated viewings.

"Escape" has not aged well as one would've expect. It's more a curiosity than a study.

While the movies aren't much in toto, Carpenter always could capture a great scene or two. The dream sequences in Prince of Darkness were damn spooky and made the movie memorable.

[Thread]

I bet its an awesome movie, I´ve only seen the remake with Ethan Hawke and Brian Dennehy and it was an interesting movie.
Agreed with ¨Escape from NY¨ but still is a classic, on the other hand ¨Escape from LA¨ was a totally unnecesary movie, almost a remake of NY and it looked very class B Movie, it was like Airplane 2 where you get almost the same but this time you had to wait 15 years.
Amy has caught Carpenter.

Yeah, "Escape/LA" was an abomination. And I was there with the children opening day. We couldn't wait,,,like "An American Werewolf in Paris." Good Lord. They got me both times. At least with "Paris" I had a feeling I was in trouble.

[JoeTait75]

His "Assault on Precinct 13" is the masterpiece. The [ice cream truck sequence] with the Richards girl is one of the noted scenes in film history. The movie is more than fit for repeated viewings.

Napoleon Wilson is one of the all-time great characters, imo. I agree with you that Escape from New York hasn't aged all that well (no futuristic movie really does) but it's still fun to see that cast in action- Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Harry Dean Stanton, Adrienne Barbeau, Isaac Hayes and Kurt Russell in his first post-Disney badass role.

[LaMarcus Bryant]

Thats true, Big Trouble in Little China, Escape from NY, The Thing, and They Live are classics, I really enjoyed Memoirs of an Invisible Man and In the Mouth of Madness could have been a better movie.
Cristine and Starman are meh and I dont really enjoyed The Fog.
But when the decline started in the 90s the lowest point ever was that Ghosts from Mars movie it was cheap stupid cliche and some of the worst crap ever, he did all those great movies so how the hell he fell into that hole?


That Natasha Henstridge panty shot scene tho :smchode:

I remember Piper was on the Super Mario Bros show, the one with live actors before the cartoon started. He went ti the bros to get his bagpipes fixed and they thought it was a vacuum cleaner LOL

[Thread]

Napoleon Wilson is one of the all-time great characters, imo. I agree with you that Escape from New York hasn't aged all that well (no futuristic movie really does) but it's still fun to see that cast in action- Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Harry Dean Stanton, Adrienne Barbeau, Isaac Hayes and Kurt Russell in his first post-Disney badass role.

Yep, "Brain" (Dean) & "Maggie" (Barbeau) steal the film & light the screen. A hushed, simple cadence to "Brain's" admonishment of Barbeau "Maggie..." gets your attention and assures the viewer their humanity is fully intact. One only needs to imagine what they've gone thru since arriving there on the island, yet their love endures. His death is just incomprehensible to her, then upon comprehension she has absolutely no intention of going on without him. Her only salvation rests in her (((opportunity))) to exact vengeance within minutes.

[Thread]

Napoleon Wilson is one of the all-time great characters, imo. I agree with you that Escape from New York hasn't aged all that well (no futuristic movie really does) but it's still fun to see that cast in action- Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Harry Dean Stanton, Adrienne Barbeau, Isaac Hayes and Kurt Russell in his first post-Disney badass role.

Carpenter, in association with Dick Clark, Russell, his wife (Season Hubley who would appear in "Escape" in the Coffee House scene) and Russell's father had struck "Elvis" 2 years prior to "Escape."---& there is an early part in "Escape" where Russell is in Van Cleef's office and he strikes an Elvis pose. I'm sure that wasn't done on accident.