PORTLAND, Ore. -- Popular wrestler "Rowdy" Roddy Piper died Thursday night, according to a report from TMZ Sports. Piper died from cardiac arrest at a home in Hollywood, the TMZ report said. The WWE ...

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 ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up (CNN) — Roddy Piper, arguably professional wrestling’s all-time ...

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 ...

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: "The Gang Forms a Stable" But if we could pitch our idea on how it would go, it would go like this. Seeing how popular pro wrestling has gotten again, The Gang ...

O the joy of the strong-brawn’d fighter, towering in the arena in perfect condition, conscious of power, thirsting to meet his opponent”-Walt Whitman In April 1986, two men entered a ring in Uniondale ...

In the summer of 1997, WCW was as hot as ever thanks to the nWo storyline, which had taken over wrestling. It led to WCW taking over wrestling too and beating WWE Raw for 83 straight weeks in the ...

There's always a ton of pressure whenever someone decides to enter the family business. And when it comes to wrestling, there's not only pressure from the family, but from the fans as well, and a ...

A few years before leaving WWE, Vince McMahon made a controversial joke in a documentary focusing on a late wrestler, leading ...

Former WWE head writer Vince Russo recently spoke about his real-life heat with "Rowdy" Roddy Piper. The wrestling legend confronted him during a TNA live event back in 2002.

We learned through watching A&E's Biography: "Rowdy" Roddy Piper that Roderick Toombs (aka "Rowdy" Roddy Piper) was such an intense man that kept his painful memories and feelings to himself, that ...