Roddy Piper was a professional wrestler known for his intense charisma, quick wit, and unpredictable, hot-tempered personality. One of the WWF’s top villains in the 1980s, he became famous for his “Piper’s Pit” interview segments. He headlined the first WrestleMania against Hulk Hogan during the peak of the WWF’s Rock ’n’ Wrestling era, a crossover period that blended wrestling with mainstream pop culture. He is remembered as one of wrestling’s greatest talkers.