RIP Rowdy Roddy Piper

Bud Charniga's grape ape · Fri Jul 31, 2015 10:25 pm

On July 31, 2015, Toombs died of being too rowdy in Hollywood, California.

There goes another part of my childhood. RIP.

WildGorillaMan · Post by **WildGorillaMan** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 10:33 pm

Bud Charniga's grape ape · Fri Jul 31, 2015 10:48 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?t=82&v=c9rrgJXfLns[/youtube]

Alfred_E._Neuman · Post by **Alfred_E._Neuman** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 12:11 am

My childhood withers more every day.

Funny that the best WWF heal of all time was a total stand up guy IRL, and the biggest face they ever had is a total tool bag.

RIP Rowdy.

Koko, Beware · Post by **Koko, Beware** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 1:19 am

How many of us can say we are genius-level brilliant at what we do? Piper was that as a heel. No one did it better.

Old Mother · Post by **Old Mother** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 1:42 am

Koko, Beware wrote:How many of us can say we are genius-level brilliant at what we do? Piper was that as a heel. No one did it better.

Agreed. Normally I couldn't give a shit when a celebrity dies, but I feel a genuine sense of loss with this one.

Koko, Beware · Post by **Koko, Beware** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 2:42 am

Wrestling is such a weird thing. It's its own fucked up demimonde of sleaze, carny behavior, and venality and yet...those guys were practicing a pretty uniquely American art form. Not too many guys were as charismatic as the Hot Rod. I can't think of any I'd rate with him in that department outside of Flair, Hogan, Dusty, and Kerry Von Erich. At least among the generation I grew up with.

Alfred_E._Neuman · Post by **Alfred_E._Neuman** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 2:45 am

I'd put Jake Roberts up there with those guys on the charisma-meter.

Koko, Beware · Post by **Koko, Beware** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 2:47 am

Definitely Jake. and Macho.

beefheart · Post by **beefheart** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 1:19 pm

Never was much of a wrestling fan..but I do think "They Live" is one the greatest movies ever made.

Mickey O'neil · Post by **Mickey O'neil** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 7:55 pm

RIP RRP. A great era of wrestling. I quit watching after those guys. He seemed like a good dude.

ccrow · Post by **ccrow** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 10:18 am

One of the all time greats, it's a shame.

I didn't realize it at the time but this is without a doubt one of the high points of Western civilization and culture

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mlYxS5rOAw[/youtube]

TerryB · Post by **TerryB** » Mon Aug 03, 2015 12:58 pm

Roddy seems very disrespectful to people of color.

ccrow · Post by **ccrow** » Mon Aug 03, 2015 11:45 pm

Who do you think is a more talented heel, Piper or Trump? I know which one I liked better. And would prefer for president. But I bet it's less of a stretch for Trump.

cleaner464 · Post by **cleaner464** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 9:35 am

beefheart wrote:Never was much of a wrestling fan..but I do think "They Live" is one the greatest movies ever made.

One of my top 5.

IGX

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