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Ted DiBiase said Roddy Piper's death was "such a shock" and recalled how Piper died in his sleep, speaking on Everybody's Got a Pod.
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"It was such a shock. The guy goes to a hotel, checked in, went to bed, and never woke up. There were no drugs in his body, none of that crap. It's still a mystery, I think. And he just, his heart just quit."
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DiBiase said the first time he met Piper was at MSG on the same night he put over Hulk Hogan. "Vince McMahon Senior said, 'Ted, we really want you to get him over. We got high hopes for him.' And his name was Hulk Hogan. So I got the Hulkster over, and then I was gone. It was his first match and my last match."
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On Piper's mic skills: "I don't know about all time, but yeah, he was very good on the mic. He was excellent. Wrestling is sports entertainment. Rod had it all."
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On Arn Anderson saying Piper was good at getting himself over but not his opponents: "I'm not sure about that. Roddy and I had a program, and I don't think it was all one-sided. Arn is a pretty sharp guy, but I don't know. Maybe that was a personal thing."
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DiBiase said working with Piper after WrestleMania VII was a welcome change: "I wish I could have wrestled him more."
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#RoddyPiper #TedDiBiase #WWE #Wrestling #HulkHogan

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hulkhogan, roddypiper, teddibiase, wrestling, wwe

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