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“Go Ahead, Open It!” – Examining the Brilliance of Roddy Piper

By Mark Madden

roddy piperRoddy Piper was beyond iconic in WWE. Piper shares credit with Hulk Hogan for taking the company national in 1984. Top heels make top babyfaces. Without Piper as a foil, Hogan’s star (and WWE) doesn’t shine nearly as bright.

But that’s Wrestling 101.…

Mark Madden
Mark Madden

Currently: Radio host, WXDX-FM, Pittsburgh
Sports columnist, Beaver County Times/timesonline.com

Previously: Sportswriter/columnist, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
TV analyst/900#/magazine writer/internet host & writer, World Championship Wrestling
Radio host, ESPN Radio 1250, Pittsburgh

Hobbies: Supporter, Pittsburgh Penguins & Liverpool Football Club

"I know more about fake wrestling than anybody besides Jim Ross & Paul Heyman."

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