Hall of Famer "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, the kilt-wearing trash-talker who headlined the first WrestleMania, has died at the age of 61, WWE announced Friday.

The Hot Rod turns up the heat Rowdy Roddy Piper arrived in Los Angeles in the mid-1970s during the Chicano Movement — a push for Mexican American civil rights and political equality.

The wrestling universe was in mourning last week as news filtered through of the death of one of its most iconic stars; ‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper. Combining controversy, character and an in-ring skill ...

Wrestling legend "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, the kilt-wearing trash-talker who headlined the first WrestleMania and later found movie stardom, has died at the age of 61, WWE announced Friday.

Roddy Piper can still get WWE superstars over as we saw with Alex Riley. I don’t know about anyone else, but I was certainly more excited about the match after Piper's Pit than I was before.

RACINE — Great Lakes Championship Wrestling (GLCW) presents, “ATTITUDE” and Rowdy Roddy Piper Day at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 16, at Memorial Hall, 72 Seventh St. Rowdy Roddy Piper, WWE Hall ...

"Rowdy" Roddy Piper is described as one of the best heels of his generation — and according to some, of all time — but behind the scenes, Roderick Toombs was a beloved figure in pro wrestling.

Roderick George Toombs, better known as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, was a Canadian professional wrestler, amateur wrestler, comedian and actor. In professional wrestling, Piper was best known to ...

In 2005, the WWE honored Roddy Piper and his accolades with their highest distinction by inducting him into their Hall of Fame. That was a part of his second return run in the WWE with him making ...

In his 2002 autobiography, In the Pit With Piper: Roddy Gets Rowdy, the WWE icon recalled the events leading up to his confrontation with Guerrero that was to culminate in the main event at LA’s ...