Rowdy Roddy Piper diagnosed with Cancer

[Inferno]

http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/pipercancer

Fortunately it's Hodgkin’s lymphoma which is very treatable.

[skins]

was he the one that carried around a 2x4?

[Inferno]

Originally Posted by skins

was he the one that carried around a 2x4?

No, that was Hackshaw Jim Duggan. He's actually back in the WWE right now. Roddy Piper was the scottish guy who wore a kilt. He actually was tag team champions with Ric Flair but they had to drop the titles in Europe so he could come back to see what was wrong which was when they found the cancer.

[burnin_vernon]

He's a Canadian I think. Saskatchewan native?

[CaptainCrunch]

yup and a cousin of Bret Hart's

Interesting story, but Hacksaw also went through cancer a few years ago, thats why he has a massive scar on his side from where they took out a kidney.

[Inferno]

Originally Posted by burnin_vernon

He's a Canadian I think. Saskatchewan native?

He was born in Saskatoon I believe but grew up in Manitoba. He lived in The Pas where I live and Dauphin and then moved to Winnipeg to train to become a wrestler.

Here's a bio on him:
http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/piper.html

[Nuje]

Whoa I just noticed you live in The Pas. You know the Hillmans?

[CaptainCrunch]

Funny world, my dad lived in the Pas, and I was born there.

[Inferno]

Originally Posted by Nuje

Whoa I just noticed you live in The Pas. You know the Hillmans?

The name doesnt ring a bell.

[Nuje]

Ok...cuz my brother's girlfriend's from the Pas. Sorry if I sound like a dick, I've never been in that part of Manitoba so I don't know how big a town it is (thought it might be one of those 'everyone knows eachother' places.

[OilersBaby]

aw poor Piper......well it's good that it's a treatable form of Cancer with a better rate of survival than the other types of cancers.

I remember being younger and watching one of the Hart brothers die in a tragic way during a live pay per view wrestling event. Are the Harts from Calgary?

[Inferno]

Originally Posted by Nuje

Ok...cuz my brother's girlfriend's from the Pas. Sorry if I sound like a dick, I've never been in that part of Manitoba so I don't know how big a town it is (thought it might be one of those 'everyone knows eachother' places.

You dont sound like a dick at all. It's kind of weird I wouldnt have heard of the Hillmans because it's not very big here and pretty much everybody has heard of every family.

[the crispy badger]

Wow...Piper is a tough guy and will beat this i'm sure...they also released a dvd out on his career recently.

[the crispy badger]

Originally Posted by OilersBaby

aw poor Piper......well it's good that it's a treatable form of Cancer with a better rate of survival than the other types of cancers.

I remember being younger and watching one of the Hart brothers die in a tragic way during a live pay per view wrestling event. Are the Harts from Calgary?

Yes..the Harts from Calgary..although the most famous members have either passed away(Stu and Helen and Owen) and Bret is living in Italy with his new wife.

[Cheese]

just a thought...but it seems a bunch of these guys are kicking out at a young age....steroids?

[the crispy badger]

Originally Posted by Cheese

just a thought...but it seems a bunch of these guys are kicking out at a young age....steroids?

the WWE has a anti drug policy now but the penalties are not harsh on their "stars" since they need them to be on tv to make revenue.

[Cheese]

Originally Posted by the crispy badger

the WWE has a anti drug policy now but the penalties are not harsh on their "stars" since they need them to be on tv to make revenue.

Lets face it...its steroids. We will watch in awe over the next few years as men in their prime and supposedly fit as a fiddle start dropping off the earth.
These guys all have square jaws, muscle mass that is impossible without some type of help, and Im sure other issuses we dont know of.

Are these the types you want to put on a pedestal?

[FlamingLonghorn]

Originally Posted by Cheese

Lets face it...its steroids. We will watch in awe over the next few years as men in their prime and supposedly fit as a fiddle start dropping off the earth.
These guys all have square jaws, muscle mass that is impossible without some type of help, and Im sure other issuses we dont know of.

Are these the types you want to put on a pedestal?

I think we would have already started seeing the effects to a greater extent. In the 1980's all these guys did roids and I guess we are starting to see some effects, but if just 2 of these guys from the 80's Piper and Duggan have gotten cancer I don't think thats too much different than the ration of non roids users...

[Cheese]

Originally Posted by Sowa

I think we would have already started seeing the effects to a greater extent. In the 1980's all these guys did roids and I guess we are starting to see some effects, but if just 2 of these guys from the 80's Piper and Duggan have gotten cancer I don't think thats too much different than the ration of non roids users...

Heres a more complete list...a bunch died of natural causes, but I wonder how many are "other"? Heart Attack victims?

Tiger Conway Sr.. 74 November 13, 2006
Sputnik Monroe. November 3, 2006
Hurricane Ramirez (Daniel Garcia). 80 October 31, 2006
Kintaro Oki. 77 October 26, 2006
Joey Maggs. 37 October 15, 2006
Crybaby Dale Edwards. 58 October ??, 2006
Antonio Pena. 57 October 5, 2006 Massive Heart Attack
Keith Eric. 48 September 30, 2006
Rick Gibson. 53 September 15, 2006
Karl Von Stroheim. 78 August 13, 2006 Heart Attack
Donald Lortie. August 5, 2006
Billy Firehawk. 40 July 17, 2006 Diabetes
Bob Orton Sr.. 76 July 16, 2006 Heart Attack
Tiger Kahn. 37 June 26, 2006 Unknown
"Crazy" Luke Graham. 66 June 23, 2006 Suspected Heart Failure click
John "Earthquake" Tenta. 42 June 7, 2006 Bladder Cancer
Calvin "Prince" Pullins. 74 June 1, 2006
Apache Bull Ramos. 71 ? May 27, 2006 Shoulder Infection
Cowboy Bob Yuma. 55 May 23, 2006 Lung Disease
Sam Steamboat. 71 May 2, 2006 Alzheimers & Diabetes
Kay Noble. 67 April 27, 2006 Stomach Cancer
Victor Quinones. 46 April 2, 2006
Johnny Grunge. 39 February 16, 2006
Jackie "Mr. TV" Pallo 80 February 14, 2006
Emory Hale. January 29, 2006 Kidney Problems
El Texano. 47 January 15, 2006 Respiratory Failure
Ricky Romero. January 15, 2006 Diabetes click
Edmund Arenas. 60 December 28, 2005 Lung Failure
Eddie Guerrero. 38 November 13, 2005 Heart Failure OWW
Reggie Lisowski. 79 October 22, 2005 OWW
Sweet Stevie Lee. October 12, 2005 Brain Aneurysm
Legs Langevin 91 October 8, 2005
Gene Stanlee September 23, 2005
Czaya Bob Nandor 80 August 30, 2005
Sailor White 56 August 25, 2005 Heart Failure
Chri$ Ca$h 23 August 18, 2005 Motorcycle Accident
Chris Tolos 75 August 12, 2005
Lord Alfred Hayes 77 July 21, 2005 Series of Strokes
Miguel Perez Sr. 68 July 16, 2005 Heart Attack
Shin'ya Hashimoto 40 July 11, 2005 Brain Hemorrhage
Rod Trongard 72 June 17, 2005 Liver Cancer
Dan Quirk (Spider) 22 May 28, 2005 Wrestling Accident
Chris Candido 33 April 28, 2005 Infection/Blot Clot OWW
George Culkin 78 February 26, 2005
Tony Lanza 84 January 20, 2005
Pistol Pez Whatley January 18, 2005
Dandy Jack Donovan 76 November 27, 2004 Construction Accident
Marianna (Komlos) 35 September 26, 2004 Breast Cancer
Big Bossman 42 September 22, 2004 Heart Attack
Enrique Llanes September 18, 2004
Jim Barnett 80 September 17, 2004 Cancer
Dr. Wagner Sr. September 12, 2004 Heart Attack
Pat Roach July 17, 2004
Sandor Kovacs 83 June 30, 2004 Complications from Alzheimers.
Victor the Bodyguard June 20, 2004 Heart Attack after Match.
Fred Mitchell 91 June 9, 2004
Kurt Von Brawner June 4, 2004
James Dudley 93 June 1, 2004
Pepper Gomez 77 May 6, 2004
The Great Goliath 69 April 12, 2004 Heart Failure
Stephan DeLeon 34 April 6, 2004 Motorcycle Accident
"Dr. Destruction" John Coggeshall 34 April 4, 2004 In-ring Incident
Hercules Hernandez 45 March 6, 2004 Heart Attack
Hard Boiled Haggerty 78 January 28, 2004
Alan Carnill 42 January 25, 2004 Car Accident
Jack Tunney 68 January 24, 2004
Danny Fargo 44 December 27, 2003 Cancer
Mike Lozansky 35 December 18, 2003
Jerry Tuite (Malice) 36 December 6, 2003 Acute Heart Attack
Larry Latham November 29, 2003 In Ring
Dick Hutton 80 November 24, 2003 Age
Crash Holly 32 November 6, 2003 Choked on Vomit
Floyd Creatchman 46 October 25, 2003 Crohn's Disease
Hawk 46 October 19, 2003 Unknown
Stu Hart 88 October 16, 2003 Age
Boris Volkoff 76 October 15, 2003 Heart Disease
Pitbull #2 36 September 24, 2003 Overdose
Freddy Blassie 85 June 2, 2003
Kurt Von Poppenheim 89 May 1, 2003
Elizabeth 42 May 1, 2003 Overdose OWW
Jackie Nichols 92 April 22, 2003
Ray Mendoza 73 April 17, 2003
Sailor Art Thomas 79 March 20, 2003 Cancer
Hiromichi "Kodo" Fuyuki 42 March 19, 2003 Liver Cancer
Tony Altimore 74 February 18, 2003 Heart Attack
Michiaki Yoshimura 72 February 16, 2003
Curt Hennig 44 February 10, 2003 Cocaine Poisoning
The Original Sheik 79 January 17, 2003 Natural Causes
Tim "Mr Wrestling" Woods 68 November 30, 2002 Heart Attack
Thunder Sugiyama 62 November 22, 2002
Edward "Moose" Cholak 72 October 31, 2002 Stroke and Pneumonia
Ted Petty aka Rocco Rock 49 September 21, 2002 Heart Attack
Don Owen 90 August 1, 2002 Age
Davey Boy Smith 39 May 18, 2002 Heart Attack
Alex Rizzo aka Big Dick Dudley 34 May 16, 2002 Kidney Failure
Shoichi Arai 36 May 16, 2002 Suicide
George Gordienko 74 May 2002 Cancer
Mary Gagne May 7, 2002
Randy Anderson 41 May 7, 2002 Cancer
Lou Thesz 86 April 28, 2002 Natural
Wahoo McDaniel 63 April 19, 2002
Dino Casanova 35 March 1, 2002
Swede Hansen 68 February 20, 2002 Alzheimers / Diabetes
Nelson Royal 70 February 4, 2002 Heart Attack
Ed Whalan 74 December 4, 2001
Helen Hart 76 November 4, 2001 Post Stroke
Chris Adams 46 October 7, 2001 Shot
Terry Gordy 40 July 16, 2001
Tex McKenzie 72? May 31, 2001 Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Johnny Valentine 72 April 23, 2001 Natural
Yokozuna 38 October 23, 2000 Heart Attack
Klondike Bill 68 October 3, 2000
Gordon Solie 71 July 27, 2000 Natural
Bobby Duncum Jr. 34 January 27, 2000 Unknown Causes
Gary Albright 34 January 7, 2000 Accident
Hiro Matsuda 62 November 27, 1999 Cancer
Tony Rumble 43 November 14, 1999 Heart Attack
Gorilla Monsoon 62 October 6, 1999 Natural Causes
Brian Hildebrand 37 September 8, 1999 Stomach Cancer
Owen Hart 34 May 23, 1999 Accident
Rick Rude 41 April 20, 1999 Heart Attack
Renegade 33 February 23, 1999 Suicide
'Giant' Baba 61 February 1, 1999 Cancer
Giant Haystacks 52 December 1998 Cancer
Louie Spicolli 27 February 15 1998 Overdose
Bobo Brazil 74 Janurary 20, 1998 Series of Strokes
Big Daddy 67 December 2, 1997 Heart Attack
Brian Pillman 35 October 5, 1997 Heart Attack
Fritz Von Erich 68 September 19, 1997 Cancer
Dale Lewis 62 August 31, 1997 Leukemia
Jeep Swensen 40 August 18, 1997 Heart Failure
Larry O'Dae 53 June 30, 1997 Unknown
Stan Stasiak 60 June 1997 Heart Attack
Bill Miller 69 March 24,1997
Bob Brown 58 February 7, 1997 Unknown
Rick Martello 38 January 3, 1997 Unknown
Sapphire 61 September 10, 1996 Heart Attack
Neil Superior 33 August 21, 1996 Altercation with police
Dick Murdock 49 June 15, 1996 Heart Attack
Ray Stevens 60 May 5, 1996 Heart Attack

[The Goon]

Roddy Piper is here to fight cancer and chew bubble gum...and he's all out of bubble gum.