"But Roderick George Toombs' story, to me, is more interesting than 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper." For Toombs, one of four children born to Piper and his wife, Kitty, the opportunity to share her father's ...

When we first heard of Roddy Piper’s death, it was attributed to a heart attack. Now, thanks to the folks at TMZ obtaining a copy of the death certificate, we know more details. Piper suffered ...

the words completely freaked out the sinister skin-walking aliens of John Carpenter’s action-horror classic They Live. Now, 35 years after the late, great Roddy Piper first strapped up with ...

Arda Ocal of The Score Television Network recently had a chance to chat with "Rowdy" Roddy Piper on the set of Piper's Pit. We had posted highlights from part 1 of the interview earlier this week ...

He had an interview show, "Piper's Pit." Here's Rowdy Roddy with fellow wrestler Jimmy Snuka. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "PIPER'S PIT") ROWDY RODDY PIPER: You know what? The only thing I didn't get ...

Roddy’s widow Kitty Toombs was also there, smiling as she looked over the statue from all sides. Some of his grown children were in the ring as well. Rowdy Roddy Piper also has a connection to ...

Ronda Rousey’s “Rowdy” moniker is no mistake – it’s a deliberate tribute to the man who inspired her to be a wrestler, Rowdy Roddy Piper. When the former UFC Bantamweight Champion ...

If there was ever a charismatic enigma of the 1970s and 1980s in professional wrestling, Roddy Piper ... involved Piper and Ric Flair trying to one-up each other. Piper's Pit is as important ...

“Rowdy” Roddy Piper, the wrestling star and pop culture ... who’d later credit Piper’s smack-talking bad guy character as a major influence on the Beastie Boys. In addition to his ...