Global Force Wrestling announced that Jeff Hardy will be making a special VIP appearance at the GFW Grand Slam Tour event on Friday, August 14th at BB&T Ballpark in Winston-Salam, NC.
Jimmy Snuka Had Surgery For Stomach Cancer
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.
Funeral Plans For 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.
Vanessa’s perspective on the passing of “Rowdy” Roddy Piper
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
Wrestling & MMA Stars React To Death Of Roddy Piper
Here are some wrestling and MMA stars comments on the passing of WWE Hall of Famer “Rowdy” Roddy Piper:
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“Rowdy” Roddy Piper Passed Away At Age Of 61
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.”
TNA Original Leaves The Company
James Storm announced on Twitter that he has left TNA. Storm along with Abyss were TNA’s only remaining original members. Storm had been with TNA since it’s beginning in June 2002.
UFC 190: Rousey VS Correia – Fight Card – 8/1/15
UFC 190 from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Main Card PPV – 10PM ET
Women’s Bantamweight Title Fight: (C) Ronda Rousey VS Bethe Correia
Light Heavyweight: #8 Mauricio Rua VS #11 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
Bantamweight: Reginaldo Vieira VS Dileno Lopes
Heavyweight: #15 Stefan Struve VS Minotauro Noguerira
Heavyweight: #12 “Bigfoot” Antonio Silva VS Soa Palelei
Women’s Strawweight: #1 Claudia Gadelha VS #15 Jessica Aguilar
FOX Sports 1 Prelims – 8PM ET
Welterweight: #6 Demian Maia VS #13 Neil Magny
Light Heavyweight: #10 Rafael Cavalcante VS #14 Patrick Cummins
Welterweight: Warlley Alves VS Nordine Taleb
Bantamweight: #13 Iuri Alcantara VS Leandro Issa
UFC Fight Pass Early Prelims – 7PM ET
Middleweight: Vitor Miranda VS Clint Hester
Bantamweight: Hugo Viana VS Guido Cannetti
New Details On MVP’s Exit From TNA
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter is reporting that TNA decided to fire MVP after the entire Hernandez – Lucha Underground situation went south. MVP pushed for TNA to bring Hernandez in to be a part of his BDC stable, which was later unceremoniously disbanded.
MVP was apparently thinking of leaving, but TNA fired him anyway. MVP ended up taking the heat for the Hernandez situation.
Source: WrestlingINC
John Cena Being Pulled From This Coming Monday’s RAW
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.
