{"id":31524,"date":"2016-09-13T12:05:19","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T17:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=31524"},"modified":"2016-09-13T12:05:19","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T17:05:19","slug":"roddy-piper-memoirsbiography-released-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/09\/13\/roddy-piper-memoirsbiography-released-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"Roddy Piper memoirs\/biography to be released this fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-731102657\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Roddy Piper started a memoir about his life and career in pro wrestling before he died in July 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Now, his children, Ariel and Colt, have completed the memoir and a biography is scheduled to be released on October 4.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/penguinrandomhouse.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Penguin Random House<\/a> is releasing &#8220;Rowdy: The Roddy Piper Story&#8221; featuring Piper&#8217;s story as told by himself and then his family.<\/p>\n<p>According to a press release,<em> Rowdy<\/em> reveals &#8220;little-known secrets about Piper&#8221; and sheds light on the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How he turned a sport into mass entertainment that reaped billions<\/li>\n<li>What it was like to step into \u201cPiper\u2019s Pit\u201d<\/li>\n<li>His extraordinary tolerance for pain<\/li>\n<li>How he brawled outside the ring his whole life<\/li>\n<li>What kind of code he lived by &#8212; in and out of the ring<\/li>\n<li>What Roddy was like as a friend and father<\/li>\n<li>How he continued to wrestle despite the toll of addiction on his battered body<\/li>\n<li>How his character and image channeled the seething rage born in his violent youth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Rowdy<\/em> also dishes on how Piper:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Earned his stage name and became a master of character assassination<\/li>\n<li>Tussled with Muhammad Ali and filmed a fight scene with Henry Winkler<\/li>\n<li>Was almost killed by a drug gang in his youth when he was a pot dealer<\/li>\n<li>Suffered a broken nose in a fight that gave him a $25 payday\u2014much to his satisfaction<\/li>\n<li>In the &#8217;70s and &#8217;80s often wrestled two matches a day, sometimes in different countries<\/li>\n<li>Was kicked out of Japan just prior to joining the WWF\/WWE<\/li>\n<li>Once battled a bear by hand \u2013 with honey stuck to his shorts, unbeknownst to him<\/li>\n<li>Nearly was killed by angry fans in Los Angeles and Juarez, Mexico, amongst other places<\/li>\n<li>Learned he had cancer only because he had broken his back in the ring<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-644309549\"><div id=\"pwtor-1339102898\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Roddy Piper started a memoir about his life and career in pro wrestling before he died in July 2015. 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