{"id":43346,"date":"2019-04-04T22:54:18","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T02:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=43346"},"modified":"2019-04-07T15:40:44","modified_gmt":"2019-04-07T19:40:44","slug":"roddy-piper-immortalized-as-newest-wrestlemania-statue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/04\/04\/roddy-piper-immortalized-as-newest-wrestlemania-statue\/","title":{"rendered":"Roddy Piper Immortalized As Newest WrestleMania Statue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At WWE Axxess on Thursday, the WWE unveiled its latest bronze statue, which has become an annual tradition over WrestleMania Week. Past statues have featured the likes of WWE Hall of Famers <strong>Andre the Giant, Bruno Sammartino, Ultimate Warrior, Dusty Rhodes<\/strong> and <strong>&#8220;Nature Boy&#8221; Ric Flair<\/strong>. At this year&#8217;s Axxess, the statue was unveiled to be <strong>&#8220;Rowdy&#8221; Roddy Piper<\/strong>. Piper&#8217;s family was in attendance for the statue&#8217;s unveiling, alongside WWE Hall of Famers <strong>Ricky Steamboat, Brutus Beefcake, Sting<\/strong> and <strong>Jimmy Hart<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The newest statue entered into the Hall of Legends, the one-and-only, Rowdy Roddy Piper! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WrestleMania?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WrestleMania<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Axxess?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Axxess<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/klbVMafcnc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/klbVMafcnc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1113943849766879233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It was also revealed today that Piper would be the focus of a new documentary as part of <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2019\/04\/04\/wwe-partnering-with-ae-network-biography-to-produce-documentaries-on-five-legendary-hall-of-famers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a new deal with A&amp;E Network to produce several biography documentaries on WWE Legends<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Rowdy&quot; Roddy Piper statue unveiled at WrestleMania Axxess\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-2H4SIk5rhw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At WWE Axxess on Thursday, the WWE unveiled its latest bronze statue, which has become an annual tradition over WrestleMania Week. Past statues have featured the likes of WWE Hall of Famers Andre the Giant, Bruno Sammartino, Ultimate Warrior, Dusty Rhodes and &#8220;Nature Boy&#8221; Ric Flair. 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