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Roddy Piper in Hell Comes to Frogtown (1988)

Keith David and Roddy Piper in They Live (1988)

Norman Howell, Matt McColm, and Roddy Piper in They Live (1988)

Peter Jason and Roddy Piper in They Live (1988)

Zach Galligan, Ezra Buzzington, Roddy Piper, and Derrick Damions in The Chair (2016)

Roddy Piper and Brett Granstaff in The Masked Saint (2016)

Billy Blanks and Roddy Piper in Tough and Deadly (1995)

JR Bourne and Roddy Piper in Jungleground (1995)

Sandahl Bergman, Roddy Piper, and Cec Verrell in Hell Comes to Frogtown (1988)

Sandahl Bergman and Roddy Piper in Hell Comes to Frogtown (1988)

Jeff Imada and Roddy Piper in They Live (1988)

Roddy Piper and Ong Soo Han in Last to Surrender (1998)

Kurt Angle, Shane Douglas, Jim Duggan, Matt Hardy, and Roddy Piper in Pro Wrestlers vs Zombies (2014)

Robert Carradine and Roddy Piper in Fancypants (2011)

Hulk Hogan and Roddy Piper in WWF: The Wrestling Classic (1985)

Sandahl Bergman and Roddy Piper in DEFCON-4 (1985)

Robert Davi, Ralf Moeller, and Roddy Piper in The Bad Pack (1997)

Roddy Piper was born Roderick George Toombs on April 17, 1954 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. He was a pro wrestler from 1973-1987 in the NWA, Pacific Northwest, California. He was a longtime mainstay in the WWF, and was one of the biggest "bad guys" in the WWF during the early '80s, before becoming a fan favorite in the late '80s. He became infamous for his mouth as much as his skills in the ring. He hosted Pipers Pit, which saluted the bad guys of professional wrestling, the most famous of which involved him smashing Jimmy Superfly Snuka over the head with a coconut. He was wrestling's most popular villain because of his feud with Hulk Hogan that culminated at Wrestlemania I. He went into semi-retirement after Wrestlemania III, when he beat and shaved the late Adrian Adonis.

He continued to wrestle into the '90s, but spent much of his time doing color commentary for WWF TV. In January 1992, he won the WWF Intercontinental Title from "The Mountie", the only title he would ever hold in his storied WWF career. After losing the title three months later, he left the WWF, and only made the occasional appearance in the ring over the next few years. In 1995, he had a stint as the WWF's interim president. He later resurfaced in WCW during the late '90s to continue his feud with "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan, until the company's demise in 2001.

Roddy Piper appeared in many action films. He died of a heart attack on July 31, 2015, in Hollywood, California.

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