WWE Hall of Famer “Superfly” Jimmy Snuka has been diagnosed with stomach cancer. Snuka underwent surgery last week to remove the cancer, which required part of his stomach and lymph nodes being removed. He is now at home, but is facing a long recovery.
In the video below Snuka’s wife Carol talks with Bill Apter of 1wrestling.com about his cancer and surgery. She also gave a statement on the passing of Roddy Piper.
The funeral for WWE Hall of Famer “Rowdy” Roddy Piper will take place on Wednesday, August 12th in Portland, Oregon.
WWE will be in that area for SmackDown on August 11. Piper’s funeral was likely delayed until next week so that WWE employees can attend.
They say honestly is the best policy so I’m going to be honest with you guys. For the majority of the day yesterday I was free so I could’ve had this article up earlier but I just couldn’t bring myself to write it. I don’t like writing about things like this. If I could remember correctly the last time I wrote anything of this nature was when warrior died and that took a lot out of me.
I’ve experienced more death then a 23 year old should and with each one it never gets any easier. I said something along the lines yesterday that said “Everytime a wrestler dies so does a part of that wresting fan” The world of professional wrestling is very tight knit especially if you’ve spent your childhood watching these larger then life characters entertain you.
That’s exactly what Roddy Piper was a larger then life character, a man who wore a kilt and still looked like a total bad ass, a fearless man who smashed jimmy Superfly Snucka’s head in with a coconut and never looked back. He was a guy who made you smirk every time you ran out of bubblegum instead of being upset.
The Rowdy one was great at invoking any type of emotional out of the wrestling fan. He could make you mad, sad, and happy all in one promo. Now I may have not grown up watching Piper but I’ve had the luxury of growing up with two older brothers so I know how important Hot Rod was to the business
He will be modded without a doubt but his legacy will live on forever. The wrestling world is mourning together today so I would like to take the time to say lets just all embrace one another. For today lets not get wrapped up in storylines, or who the faces and heels are, let’s put it all aside and embrace each other in love because life is way to short
My Twitter time line has been nothing but kind words to Roddy but these are some of the tweets that jumped out at me when I was in my thoughts at 3am
As you can see Roddy was loved by many and rightfully so. Fly high Roddy and tonight know that Ronda Rousey will do the Rowdy name proud
-Vanessa (@GreatLove91
Here are some wrestling and MMA stars comments on the passing of WWE Hall of Famer “Rowdy” Roddy Piper:
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WWE Hall of Famer Roderick George Toombs, a.k.a “Rowdy” Roddy Piper passed away at his home in Hollywood, CA at the age of 61. TMZ reports that Piper passed away in his sleep from natural causes.
A family member told TMZ that Piper was cancer free at the time of his death. The family issued the following statement:
“Our family is saddened by the sudden passing of our father and beloved husband, Roderick Toombs aka Rowdy Roddy Piper.”
John Cena has been removed from this weekend’s WWE Live Events after suffering a broken nose during a match on RAW against Seth Rollins. Cena had surgery on his broken nose. PWInsider reports that Cena is no longer being advertised for this coming Monday’s RAW from San Jose, California.
Update:
WrestlingINC reports that John Cena has also been pulled from the August 10th RAW in Everett, Washington and all live events that week. Cena is still being advertised for the final RAW before SummerSlam on August 17 in Minneapolis.
Enzo Amore & Colin Cassady VS Scott Dawson & Dash Wilder
Baron Corbin in action
Jason Jordan & Chad Gable VS Elias Samson & Manny Garcia
Dana Brooke VS Charlotte
Kevin Owens in action
NXT Tag Team Championship: (C) Blake & Murphy w/Alexa Bliss VS The Vaudevillians
WWE announced that Alicia Fox suffered a concussion in her match with Nikki Bella on Monday’s RAW in Oklahoma City against Charlotte and Becky Lynch.
Now with Alicia Fox having suffered a concussion this could lead to a new Team Bella member being brought in, as has been speculated.
PWInsider reports that as of right now Sting is not scheduled or expected to make any kind of appearance on the WWE SummerSlam pay-per-view.
There was speculation that Sting would team up at SummerSlam with Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose to take on The Wyatt Family with a third Wyatt Family member being added. There was also speculation that Sting may team actor Stephen Amell form the CW TV show “Arrow” to face Stardust and possibly The Miz, with the idea that Amell and Sting are vigilantes. PWInsider says that this is all speculation as WWE is not planning on using Sting on the SummerSlam pay-per-view as of right now.
Sting will be in New York City that weekend as part of the SummerSlam Experience signing appearance.
We can only hope that WWE changes their mind and Sting makes a appearance of some kind on the SummerSlam pay-per-view since he will be in town at a WWE SummerSlam event.
The Miz replaced Hulk Hogan, who was fired because of racial comments he made several years ago that was revealed by The National Enquirer and Radar Online, as the third Tough Enough judge, joining Daniel Bryan and Paige.
Cesaro and Team B.A.D. (Naomi, Tamina & Sasha Banks) appeared on this weeks show. Tamina body slammed and hit a big splash from off the top rope on the four remaining women competitors.
Daniel Bryan put Amanda up for elimination and Miz put up Mada and Paige put up ZZ. Miz decided to shake things up because he is the new guy and saved Amanda. Mada was eliminated. Amanda had the lowest amount of votes but was saved by Miz.
Byron Saxton replaced as host of Tough Talk on the WWE Network.
