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Vince Russo Shares Memories of His Last Conversation With Roddy Piper

August 1, 2015 | Posted by Jeffrey Harris

CSRWrestling.com has published a new blog by former WCW, TNA, and WWE booker Vince Russo, who remembers the late wrestling legend and WWE Hall of Famer Rowdy Roddy Piper. You can read an excerpt bleow:

I never thought I’d be writing this . . . not tonight.With all my heart and soul . . . I hate that I am. As a writer, God fills you with words. Regards of the who, what, where, when and why . . . he arms you with words knowing just exactly what to say according to each and every circumstance. A writer is never lost for words . . . ever. Tonight . . . I am.

It was only three weeks ago when I sent Roddy Piper a text message in regards to his situation of losing his podcast and WWE legends contract within a day of each other. As a human being, I was concerned for Roddy, and I just wanted to make sure that he was OK. From there, he and I exchanged a few more text, with his last one saying . . .

“Baby Jesus. I’m building an arc . . . just in case.”

In response I told Roddy , “Save a spot for me—I’ll even bunk with the donkey.”

Those text will never be deleted from my phone, because yesterday I lost not only my inspiration to work in the professional wrestling business, but also under God’s divine love . . . somebody that I could call a friend.

For almost 16 years Rowdy Roddy Piper had heat with me. For 16 years I had no idea why. I found out less than a year ago when Roddy reached out to me and asked me to be a guest on his podcast. At the time, I was absolutely honored to accept his personal invitation, not just because it was “Rowdy” Roddy Piper, but because I knew that this would give me the opportunity to find out first hand exactly what his issues with me were. As I hung up the phone with Roddy, he was very gracious that I agreed to come on, and ended our conversation by saying,

“God bless you, sir.”