More Rowdy Roddy Piper

**MacSimoin** · 4th March 06, 10:11 PM

Not sure what tartans he wears but Piper seems to have appeared in public wearing several different tartans over the years. I know he's Canadian and I think his real surname is originally British. The "Piper" character is nothing more than a gimmick but I can't say if he truly has any Scottish roots (I'll leave that to the real wrestling junkies to clarify).

**MacMullen** · 4th March 06, 10:14 PM

If I understand it correctly, he played the bagpipes in a pipe band before he got into wrestling, hence the name, "Piper" when it came time to find a gimmick for his wrestling persona.

**Big Paul** · 5th March 06, 05:33 AM

Here is a bio on him... Link!

**RockyR** · 5th March 06, 07:12 AM

I'm kind of stunned that I only recognize 1 of his tartans that you guys posted... the VERY LAST pic of him in the red kilt with the black horse hair sporran is a Red Wallace kilt. My GUESS for the pic of him talking to the ref is Dress MacDonald/

**646guy** · 5th March 06, 07:28 AM

Yeah I only remember him being in the red kilt growing up and I don't remember thinking anything bad about the guy wearing a kilt. IN fact, if I am not mistaken, he was probably my first exposure to a kilt...