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Russ · 01-08-2015, 05:36

Legend has it during his final run with WWE when he won the tag titles with Ric Flair he had to undergo the normal in-ring performer's medical tests and that's when they discovered his cancer.

As such Piper always considered this to mean the fans gave him extra years to live. I genuinely believe he was a few waves short of a shipwreck but what a classy guy to say that. He truly loved and understood the business.

It'll be interesting to see on Raw how they pay tribute to him without mentioning Hogan considering their feuds in the 80s arguably made both men as big as they were. The first WM wouldn't have been the spectacle that it was.

01-08-2015, 05:36	#1726
Russ cf.mega poster Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Half in the corporeal, half in the etheral Posts: 37,181	Re: WWE (no spoilers for 24 hours) Legend has it during his final run with WWE when he won the tag titles with Ric Flair he had to undergo the normal in-ring performer's medical tests and that's when they discovered his cancer. As such Piper always considered this to mean the fans gave him extra years to live. I genuinely believe he was a few waves short of a shipwreck but what a classy guy to say that. He truly loved and understood the business. It'll be interesting to see on Raw how they pay tribute to him without mentioning Hogan considering their feuds in the 80s arguably made both men as big as they were. The first WM wouldn't have been the spectacle that it was. __________________ From Jim Cornette: “Ty, Fy, bye”