Roddy Piper
Biography
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 international audiences for his work with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW) between 1984 and 2000. Although he was Canadian, because of his Scottish heritage he was billed as coming from Glasgow and was known for his signature kilt and bagpipe entrance music. Piper earned the nicknames "Rowdy" and "Hot Rod" by displaying his trademark "Scottish" short temper, spontaneity, and quick wit. According to The Daily Telegraph, he is "considered by many to be the greatest 'heel' (or villain) wrestler ever".
One of wrestling's most recognizable stars, Piper headlined multiple PPV events, including the WWF and WCW's respective premier annual events, WrestleMania and Starrcade. He accumulated 34 championships and hosted the popular WWF/E interview segment "Piper's Pit", which facilitated numerous feuds. In 2005, Piper was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by Ric Flair, who dubbed him "the most gifted entertainer in the history of professional wrestling".
Outside of wrestling, Piper acted in dozens of films and TV shows, most notably taking the lead role of John Nada in the 1988 cult classic They Live and a recurring role as a deranged professional wrestler called Da' Maniac on the FX comedy series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. He is also widely known for his role in Hell Comes to Frogtown as the character Sam Hell.
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Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1954-04-17
Place of birth
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Images
Cast
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2014
2014
10.00
Back in Action
1994
5.48
Hell Comes to Frogtown
1988
5.52
They Live
1988
7.30
Ghosts of Goldfield
2007
2.90
The Portal
2010
4.27
WrestleMania
1985
6.63
The Making of 'They Live'
1988
0.00
Jungleground
1995
5.60
Three Wise Guys
2005
3.70
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights
2011
6.65
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
2002
4.90
WWE RAW 1000
2012
0.00
Tough and Deadly
1995
5.50
Blind Eye
2007
3.00
The Shepherd
1999
3.90
WrestleMania II
1986
6.40
WWE WrestleMania III
1987
7.50
Sci-fighters
1996
4.90
Body Slam
1986
5.00
WWE WrestleFest '90
1990
0.00
WWE Crunch Classic
1992
0.00
German Fan Favorites 2
1994
0.00
WWF SuperTape vol. 2
1990
0.00
WWE Wrestling's Hottest Matches
1992
0.00
WWE World Tour 1991
1991
0.00
WWE World Tour 1992
1992
0.00
Legion : The Final Exorcism
2006
2.00
WWE WrestleMania VII
1991
7.30
Bloodstained Memoirs
2009
0.00
WWE WrestleMania XII
1996
7.10
Alien Opponent
2011
4.20
WWE Royal Rumble 2008
2008
7.49
WWE Royal Rumble 1990
1990
6.60
Buy & Cell
1989
5.10
The Bad Pack
1997
3.80
Dead Tides
1997
5.20
The Reconciler
2015
0.00
Immortal Combat
1994
5.10
Hard Time
1998
5.80
The Wrestling Classic
1985
6.10
Marked Man
1996
6.20
TNA Final Resolution 2005
2005
0.00
WWE WrestleMania VI
1990
8.40
WWE WrestleMania XXV
2009
7.90
Street Team Massacre
2007
1.00
NWA Starrcade 1983
1983
7.00
WCW SuperBrawl IX
1999
0.00
WCW Slamboree 1999
1999
8.00
WCW The Great American Bash 1999
1999
0.00
WCW Bash at the Beach 1999
1999
10.00
WWE War to Settle the Score
1985
10.00
Jack of Hearts
2000
1.50
Honor
2006
3.80
Lights Out
2015
0.00
Domestic Import
2006
5.20
WWE Backlash 2003
2003
7.30
WWE Judgment Day 2003
2003
7.20
WWE Cyber Sunday 2006
2006
6.50
Tagteam
1991
7.00
WWE Cyber Sunday 2008
2008
8.00
WCW Starrcade 1996
1996
0.00
WCW SuperBrawl VII
1997
8.80
WCW Uncensored 1997
1997
6.00
WCW The Great American Bash 1997
1997
10.00
WCW Bash at The Beach 1997
1997
9.00
WCW Slamboree 1997
1997
0.00
WCW Halloween Havoc 1997
1997
0.00
The History Of WrestleMania
1994
0.00
WCW Spring Stampede 1998
1998
10.00
WCW The Great American Bash 1998
1998
8.00
WCW Slamboree 1998
1998
8.00
WCW Fall Brawl 1998
1998
0.00
WCW SuperBrawl 2000
2000
10.00
Superfan: The Story of Vladimir
2023
7.00
Biography: Shawn Michaels
2021
8.00
WWE's Inside the Steel Cage
1986
0.00
Terminal Rush
1996
5.10
Pro Wrestlers vs Zombies
2014
4.80
The Green Fairy
2015
7.50
The Firefly Funhouse Match
2020
8.50
The One and Only
1978
5.80
WWE Wrestlemania XIX
2003
8.50
Don't Look Back
2014
5.40
I Am Santa Claus
2014
6.10
Biography: Wrestlemania I
2022
6.00
The Chair
2016
3.61
Hulkamania 3
1988
0.00
Best of the WWF Volume 3
1985
0.00
Best of the WWF Volume 1
1985
0.00
The Best of the WWF: volume 4
1985
0.00
The Best of the WWF: volume 10
1987
0.00
The Best of the WWF: volume 11
1987
0.00
WWE Survivor Series 1990
1990
8.20
The WWF's Most Unusual Matches
1985
0.00
The Damn! Show
2006
1.00
The Old Boys
2015
0.00
No Contest
1995
5.00
The Life And Times of Paul Boesch
1994
10.00
Legends Never Die
2006
0.00
Portal to Hell!!!
2015
5.50
The Masked Saint
2016
5.63
Last to Surrender
1999
5.80
The Bet
2016
5.60
The Misery Brothers
1995
2.00
Shut Up and Shoot!
2006
2.80
First Encounter
1997
3.00
WWE Unreleased: 1986-1995
2017
10.00
A Family Underground
2009
6.20
Andre the Giant
2018
7.34
The Price of Fame
2017
7.00
Life In The Fast Lane
2007
0.00
WWE: Wrestlemania Recall
2005
0.00
The Lost Episodes of the XWF
2005
0.00
Super Sweet 16: The Movie
2007
6.30
Adventures of a Pizza Guy
2015
3.00
TNA: The 50 Greatest Moments
2006
10.00
PWG Sells Out: Volume 3
2013
10.00
WWE Hall of Fame 2005
2005
7.00
A Gothic Tale
2008
0.00
NWA The Final Conflict
1983
0.00
Clear Lake
2012
6.00
Other Plans
2014
5.40
The True Story of WrestleMania
2011
8.29
Pizza Man
2011
4.60
WWE WrestleMania V
1989
7.30
WWE Survivor Series 1989
1989
7.90
NWA The Race to Starrcade
1983
0.00
WWE Survivor Series 1991
1991
7.80
WWE WrestleMania VIII
1992
8.10
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
1992
7.20
WWE March to WrestleMania VIII
1992
0.00
WWE King of the Ring 1994
1994
8.00
WCW Halloween Havoc 1996
1996
0.00
WWE WrestleMania X
1994
7.90
WCW Starrcade 1999
1999
0.00
WWE WrestleMania XI
1995
6.50
Fancypants
2011
3.00
Biography: 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper
2021
7.70
WWF Summer Flashback!
1997
10.00
