10 Things That Only Happen in Pro Wrestling

Edit What Culture 04 Apr 2016
wwe.com. This week, tens of thousands of wrestling fans from all over the world have descended on Dallas for the biggest wrestling festival of the year. The great thing about such events is that everyone there is of the same mindset ... The sound guy was the only person in the Hoosier Dome who knew that The Ultimate Warrior was returning at WrestleMania VIII.  Or that Chris Jericho would be interrupting The Rock on Raw back in 1999 ... ....

Randy Savage's Five Greatest Feuds

Edit About.com 31 Jan 2016
In 1987, the two men joined forces as the Mega Powers and shared celebrations together at the end of WrestleMania and SummerSlam in 1988 ... When Ric Flair was forced to defend the WWE Championship against Randy Savage at WrestleMania VIII, he came up with a unique plan to get inside the head of the "Macho Man" ... I might be taking the easy way out here by combining these two feuds, but both of them culminated at WrestleMania III....

‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper’s Cause Of Death Officially Revealed

Edit The Inquisitr 19 Aug 2015
Unquestionably one of the biggest wrestling stars of the 1980s, “RowdyRoddy Piper was instrumental in the success of the first WrestleMania in 1985 ... Boxing legend Muhammad Ali and Pat Patterson served as special referees for the WrestleMania main event ... Piper lost the title two months later to Bret Hart at WrestleMania VIII....

Hot Rod's death brings reality to a fake world

Edit Stuff 07 Aug 2015
I was always predestined to love Piper ... His retirement match, at Wrestlemania III against Adrian Adonis is probably one of the greatest examples. ... It's ironic that despite holding that title himself - and having a match with Bret Hart at Wrestlemania VIII to lose it which will go as one of the best matches either man wrestled- that it's probably something unrelated to grappling that he'll be most remembered in pop culture for ... ....

Bret Hart Honors The Memory Of “Rowdy” Roddy Piper

Edit The Inquisitr 03 Aug 2015
However, Piper was always one of those guys that didn’t need a championship belt to prove his main event drawing power. Back in 1985, the inaugural edition of WrestleMania would have almost certainly been a failure if it wasn’t for Piper (and Mr ... “I probably wouldn’t be standing here today if it wasn’t for the great match that Roddy gave me at WrestleMania VIII.” ... [Image via WWE.com]. ....

Calgary wrestling legend Bret "The Hitman" Hart reacts to death of close friend "Rowdy" Roddy Piper

Edit Toronto Sun 02 Aug 2015
It’s a death being felt especially hard by a Calgary wrestling icon ... Piper, born Roderick George Toombs in Saskatoon, died suddenly in his sleep Thursday of a heart attack. He was 61 years old ... Hart credits Piper with his eventual rise to superstardom, highlighted in 1992 winning the Intercontinental belt from him at Wrestlemania VIII in 1992. “He totally made me at Wrestlemania 8 in our classic match,” Hart wrote....

Roddy Piper Wrestling Timeline

Edit About.com 02 Aug 2015
T as the guest3/31 WrestleMania - Hulk Hogan & Mr ... via count out in a Boxing Match4/7 WrestleMania 2 - lost to Mr ... 1/19 Royal Rumble - won the Intercontinental Championship from The Mountie1/27 SNME # 30 - beat The Mountie2/23 MSG - beat Repo Man3/23 MSG - Hulk Hogan & Roddy Piper beat WWE Champion Ric Flair & Sid Justice4/5 WrestleMania VIII - lost the Intercontinental Championship to Bret Hart1994....

The 10 Most Memorable Moments And Matches Of Rowdy Roddy Piper’s Wrestling Career In WWE And Beyond

Edit The Inquisitr 01 Aug 2015
1 ... T – WrestleMania I ... 2 ... Hollywood Backlot Brawl – WrestleMania 12 ... 3 ... 4 ... – WrestleMania V ... Chris JerichoWrestleMania XXV ... Bret “Hit ManHartWrestleMania VIII ... Rowdy Roddy Piper paints himself half black to fight Bad News BrownWrestleMania 6. There is no doubt that Hot Rod was controversial, but the world wasn’t quite sure what to do when he entered the arena at WrestleMania VI ... ....

WWE Hall of Famer 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper 1954-2015: The wrestling world pays tribute

Edit Digital Spy 31 Jul 2015
Roderick George Toombs, known to the world as 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper has passed away at the age of 61. The Canadian kicked off his career in the 1970s and after stints in the AWA, NWA, Georgia Championship Wrestling and Mid-Atlantic Wrestling joined the then-WWF and became an international superstar ... Rest well friend, you will be missed ... No way ... Legend ... Bret Hart from WrestleMania VIII remains one of my favourite matches of all time....

Ric Flair's Five Greatest Feuds

Edit About.com 12 Jun 2015
Ric Flair has been wrestling since 1972 and won the first of his 16 World Championships in 1982 ... This is a list of his five greatest feuds ... Ric Flair ... More ». 2.  Ricky Steamboat ... Despite going head-to-head against WrestleMania IV, this is the match that most fans remember most from that day ... It appeared the two men were on a collision course to fight at WrestleMania VIII but the announced match was scrapped from the show ... ....

WrestleMania or how to tell a compelling story

Edit Stuff 01 Apr 2015
For the non-fans amongst you this will likely be my last wrestling-related blog for a wee while - with WrestleMania now over there will be a return to sanity for most WWE fans, myself included ... And then there was the moment in which I got out of my chair and cheered like the teenage me did at Wrestlemania VIII when the Ultimate Warrior returned - The Rock emerged from the back and the crowd went wild!....

Top 10 moments in WrestleMania history

Edit Toronto Sun 27 Mar 2015
WrestleMania goes Sunday, March 29, at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., with Randy Orton and Seth Rollins the Main Event ... WRESTLEMANIA III WHERE ... WRESTLEMANIA XXII WHERE ... WRESTLEMANIA VIII WHERE ... The Ultimate Warrior – following a falling out with WWF chief Vince McMahon – suddenly reappeared at WrestleMania VIII , helping save Hulk Hogan as he was receiving a beat down from Sid Justice ... WRESTLEMANIA VIII WHERE....

WATCH: Top 10 moments in WrestleMania history

Edit Canoe 27 Mar 2015
WrestleMania goes Sunday, March 29, at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., with Randy Orton and Seth Rollins the Main Event ... WRESTLEMANIA III WHERE ... WRESTLEMANIA XXII WHERE ... WRESTLEMANIA VIII WHERE ... The Ultimate Warrior – following a falling out with WWF chief Vince McMahon – suddenly reappeared at WrestleMania VIII , helping save Hulk Hogan as he was receiving a beat down from Sid Justice ... WRESTLEMANIA VIII WHERE....
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