33 Facts About Rowdy Roddy

Roderick George Toombs, better known as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, was a Canadian professional wrestler, amateur wrestler, and actor.

Rowdy Roddy was raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and attended Windsor Park Collegiate.

Rowdy Roddy's father was an officer with the CN Rail Police while they lived in The Pas, Manitoba.

Rowdy Roddy picked up odd jobs at local gyms, running errands for several professional wrestlers.

Rowdy Roddy claimed to have won the Golden Gloves boxing championship, though their lists of champions don't include any of his names.

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Rowdy Roddy started wrestling under the care of promoter Al Tomko in Canada, his first match involving "midget wrestlers" in front of a lumberjack audience in Churchill, Manitoba.

Rowdy Roddy soon began earning money wrestling while still going to school.

Rowdy Roddy worked in Texas for Paul Boesch's NWA Houston Wrestling promotion, and in Dallas for Fritz Von Erich's Big Time Rasslin.

Rowdy Roddy teamed with Killer Tim Brooks and Rick Martel to win the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship.

Rowdy Roddy defeated Ric Flair for the US belt which turned into a feud.

Rowdy Roddy went to Puerto Rico for a month and was booked by Jim Barnett shortly thereafter.

Rowdy Roddy then feuded with Bad News Brown who was upset at being eliminated by Piper at the 1990 Royal Rumble.

Rowdy Roddy renewed his feud with Ric Flair and at the 1992 Royal Rumble defeated The Mountie for his first, and only, Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship.

Rowdy Roddy lost it soon after to Bret Hart at WrestleMania VIII.

Rowdy Roddy made his return playing the bagpipes at SummerSlam.

Rowdy Roddy reemerged in 1994 at WrestleMania X as guest referee for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship match between Bret Hart and Yokozuna.

Rowdy Roddy wrestled twice more against the Kid on house shows that month.

Rowdy Roddy briefly resumed his feud with Hulk Hogan, beating him in a steel cage match at Halloween Havoc.

Rowdy Roddy appeared on the Raw Family Reunion, along with Money Inc and Arn Anderson to accompany Ric Flair ringside for a match against Mitch of the Spirit Squad.

Rowdy Roddy inducted Wendi Richter into the 2010 WWE Hall of Fame on March 27,2010.

Rowdy Roddy appeared the next night on Raw as one of the Legend Lumberjacks in a match that involved Christian and Ted DiBiase.

Rowdy Roddy appeared as Mr Thurgood in the low-budget film The Mystical Adventures of Billy Owens in 2008 and its sequel Billy Owens and the Secret of the Runes in 2010.

Rowdy Roddy played himself as the protagonist in the 2013 film Pro Wrestlers vs Zombies.

Rowdy Roddy started a podcast; Piper's Pit with Roddy Piper, in association with PodcastOne.

In 2006, Rowdy Roddy Piper ventured into the realm of voice acting, providing the voice of himself in "Metal Militia"—an episode of Cartoon Network's animated series Robot Chicken—and the voice of The Pyro Messiah in the Night Traveler multimedia adventure series produced by Lunar Moth Entertainment.

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Rowdy Roddy provided the voice of Bolphunga in Green Lantern: Emerald Knights, and the voice of Don John in the Adventure Time episode "The Red Throne".

Rowdy Roddy voiced his own likeness in the 2013 video game Saints Row IV.

Rowdy Roddy made his first appearance in WWF WrestleMania: Steel Cage Challenge.

Rowdy Roddy appeared in WWE 2K14 as a hidden character in the Superstar Head Creation mode.

Rowdy Roddy had trouble collecting his thoughts and staying focused, often rambling and not answering Eisen's questions.

Rowdy Roddy received a ten-bell salute after the planned salute to fellow former professional wrestler Dusty Rhodes, who had died the previous month.

Rowdy Roddy was a great wrestler, a masterful entertainer and a good friend.

Rowdy Roddy used a move called Piper's Pit, a reference to the talkshow he held during the WWF.