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. Piper suffered ...

With a tear in my eye, this is the greatest moment of life. This legendary sentence alone is enough to send chills down the ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Quite possibly the top “bad guy” or “heel” in wrestling today is Maxwell Jacob Friedman a.k.a. MJF. MJF has propelled himself to the top of Jacksonville-based All Elite Wrestling ...

Who’s your favorite player? For traditional sports, the answer to that question for most people is pretty easy. You know who your favorite football, baseball or basketball player is, and you know the ...

The family of "Rowdy" Roddy Piper asked fans to observe a moment of silence as his friends and relatives gathered for a memorial Tuesday. The kilt wearing trash-talker who headlined the first ...

On this day in horror history, “Rowdy” Roddy Piper was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada on April 17, 1954. Born Roderick George “Roddy” Toombs, Piper was a professional wrestler and actor best ...

UPDATE (7/31/15): WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon has expressed his condolences in a post on WWE.com: "Roddy Piper was one of the most entertaining, controversial and bombastic performers ever in ...

He hailed from Glasgow, Scotland and spent most of his early years in Canada. Roddy Piper brought to the Ring toughness and the ability to irritate his opponents and the fans that have set a standard ...

John Carpenter has earned his unofficial title of “master of horror” thanks to terrifying classics such as Halloween, The Fog, and The Thing. Yet his most prescient film is unquestionably 1988’s They ...

Having covered the wrestling business for more than half a century (and yes, I know that sounds absolutely ancient), I’ve had to develop a fairly thick skin in a profession that at times can appear to ...

During the first wrestling boom in the '80s, Roddy Piper and Jake Roberts were considered by many fans to be the gold standard of wrestling heels in the WWF. Their approaches couldn't have been any ...

Juggalo Championship Wrestling certainly lived up to the name of its "Legends and Icons" pay-per-view in August 2011. Scattered throughout the card were several wrestling legends and WWE Hall of ...