Posted July 31, 201510 yr comment_5689289 TMZ reporting it http://t.co/9QefnKAC0G God damn, this past couple of months can fuck right off, if true.
July 31, 201510 yr comment_5689301 I didn't even know he had cancer. EDIT: OK, now it says cardiac arrest.
July 31, 201510 yr comment_5689303 I'm kinda numb after Dusty, but I was an even bigger fan of Piper. The only positive spin is that I assume we'll get some Piper podcasts, but damn I wish he wasn't gone. Anyone remember a couple of years ago when he basically cut a go-home promo for John Cena on Raw? The man still had it. Just like Dusty. Just think, 30 years ago they were both on top of the world.
July 31, 201510 yr comment_5689307 Just terrible news. One of my favorite wrestlers ever and someone who hooked me in as a fan. RIP This is tough
July 31, 201510 yr comment_5689314 One of the greatest wrestlers of all-time. So much charisma, such a great heel, such a great babyface. So much fire. Fucking hell.
July 31, 201510 yr comment_5689319 In one of those totally weird coincidences I was talking to someone at work today about They Live. Shit news.
July 31, 201510 yr comment_5689320 Wow this one is really getting to me. He's pretty much the reason I became a fan. Wow is this awful
July 31, 201510 yr comment_5689322 This summer has been a motherfucker for wrestling. RIP Roddy, 61 is still way too young.
July 31, 201510 yr comment_5689325 I'm thankful that I got to meet him once (at PWS 2012 in Toronto) - funnily enough I was showing off my "They Live" alien mask just last night. How short life is! RIP, Roddy.
July 31, 201510 yr comment_5689327 In one of those totally weird coincidences I was talking to someone at work today about They Live. Shit news. I was talking on Facebook about racism in WWE today, over the Hulk Hogan stuff. Someone posted the Wrestlemania picture of Roddy Piper painted half black from his match with Bad News Brown. I went from laughing at that to three minutes later seeing he had died. It was pretty surreal.
July 31, 201510 yr Author comment_5689328 In one of those totally weird coincidences I was talking to someone at work today about They Live. Shit news. I was talking on Facebook about racism in WWE today, over the Hulk Hogan stuff. Someone posted the Wrestlemania picture of Roddy Piper painted half black from his match with Bad News Brown. I went from laughing at that to three minutes later seeing he had died. It was pretty surreal. That promo was the last thing I watched on the 90's Yearbook so yeah, surreal timing here too.
July 31, 201510 yr comment_5689329 Did we all have that experience today? I was watching, very randomly, some Piper shoot interview/podcast clips on youtube this afternoon during a slow bit at work. Weird.
July 31, 201510 yr comment_5689331 He was still relevant in the pro-wrestling world. It wasn't like he had faded away into obscurity. He was doing talk shows and podcasts, he just had that stuff with Austin & Podcast One that was news. People have been talking about him very recently, so I reckon several people have had that experience.
July 31, 201510 yr comment_5689336 Did we all have that experience today?Not directly, but I was listening to The Lapsed Fan's podcast about Mania 8, so of course Piper was heavily discussed.
July 31, 201510 yr comment_5689341 There's an old double-edged proverb sometimes found in fortune cookies that I've been thinking about the last few months: "May you live in interesting times." Strange year, this one. He's seen the glory, he's told the story Of battles glorious and deeds victorious But he will cease now, he is at peace now Far from these green hills of Tyrol
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