Action comedy (often listed with a hyphen as action-comedy ) is a genre that combines aspects of action and comedy .
103-541: The Rundown (known internationally as Welcome to the Jungle ) is a 2003 American action comedy film directed by Peter Berg and written by James Vanderbilt and R.J. Stewart from a story by Stewart. It follows an aspiring chef working as a debt collector for a loan shark who is tasked with retrieving the loan shark's son, who went to Brazil to search for a lost artifact. The film stars Dwayne Johnson , Seann William Scott , Christopher Walken and Rosario Dawson . The film
206-645: A WarGames match at Fall Brawl for an opportunity at the WCW World Heavyweight Championship at the following month's Halloween Havoc . Page won the match for his team. On the September 14 episode of Nitro , Piper confronted Bret Hart. On the February 8, 1999, episode of Nitro , Piper defeated Bret Hart to win his third United States Heavyweight Championship ; the first two reigns being in JCP. Piper held
309-459: A steel cage match at Halloween Havoc . on the March 23, 1998, episode of Nitro, Piper and Randy Savage battled to a no contest. On the March 30 episode of Nitro, Piper defeated Hogan by disqualification. At the 1998 Spring Stampede pay-per-view, Piper teamed with The Giant in a loss to Hogan and Nash in a Baseball Bat on a Pole match . At Slamboree , Piper served as the special guest referee in
412-434: A switchblade in school and falling out with his father, Toombs left home and stayed in youth hostels . Several professional wrestlers hired him to run errands as he picked up odd jobs at nearby gyms. As a young man, he became proficient in playing the bagpipes , though he repeatedly stated that he was unsure exactly where he picked them up. His childhood (and lifelong) best friend was ex- NHL player Cam Connor . Piper
515-484: A "cult icon" and "some kind of legend". Rolling Stone wrote that Piper "had a memorable career as a cult actor", citing They Live and the 1987 film Hell Comes to Frogtown . Piper was a guest on a 1985 Saturday Night Live episode, tormenting hosts Hulk Hogan and Mr. T , and appeared as a special guest on MADtv along with Bret Hart . In the early 1990s, Piper made guest-star appearances on two episodes of The New Zorro on The Family Channel . Piper had
618-473: A "showdown" between the two segments that ended with Piper being assaulted and humiliated by Adonis, Orton, and Don Muraco and the destruction of the original Piper's Pit set, resulting in Piper's face turn and the construction of a more permanent Piper's Pit set. In response, Piper stormed the set of Adonis' show and destroyed it with a baseball bat. This led to their Hair vs. Hair match at WrestleMania III , which
721-526: A DVD titled The 50 Best Fights Ever Filmed , which at first demotivated him: "I just thought, 'Good God, it's all been done and it's all been done so well, probably with more money than I'm going to have. What am I going to do?'" He then saw the fight between Roddy Piper and Keith David in They Live , about which he said, "It just hurt watching it. It was a completely different style from all these sexy and sleek movies. And thinking about it, I couldn't remember
824-488: A UK only single and music video for his song, "I'm Your Man". The single came with the B-side, "Judy Come Back". Deadline Hollywood wrote, "During and after his wrestling days, Piper racked up dozens of film and TV credits, starring in numerous action B-movies and later doing voice work". The most famous of Piper's acting exploits was in the 1988 science fiction film They Live , directed by John Carpenter , which spawned
927-490: A contract and to assist Piper from engaging in any self-destructive behavior". On his 2006 DVD, Piper claimed that HBO took parts of his interviews out of context to make wrestling look bad. Piper debuted for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion on December 4, 2002, at an NWA-TNA pay-per-view and started a feud with Vince Russo , cutting a promo where he blamed Russo for the death of Owen Hart . From September to December 2003, Piper gave video-tape messages and on
1030-417: A controversial interview with HBO 's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel in which Piper discussed the darker side of the wrestling industry. WWE cited that "Piper stated that he used drugs for many years while working in professional wrestling and that he does not like the person that he becomes when he actively performs as a professional wrestler", and dismissed Piper because of "inability to reach agreement on
1133-490: A famous organization was with Larry Hennig in the American Wrestling Association (AWA). Friends of his played the bagpipes during his entrance while he was handing out dandelions; meanwhile, the ring announcer had to announce something, but all he knew was that Piper's name was Roddy. Subsequently, after seeing the pipe band, he announced, "Ladies and gentlemen, here comes Roddy the piper." This gave birth to
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#17328479112021236-490: A fan favorite after knocking out Don Muraco and Ole Anderson to save broadcast partner Gordon Solie from Muraco, who had grown angry at Solie questioning his tactics. In Wrestling to Rasslin , Gerald W. Morton and George M. O'Brien described the transformation: "the drama finally played itself out on television when one of his [Piper's] hired assassins, Don Muraco, suddenly attacked the commentator Gordon Solie. Seeing Solie hurt, Piper unleashed his Scottish fury on Muraco. In
1339-591: A fan favorite, Piper feuded with Sgt. Slaughter , Ric Flair, and Greg Valentine . Piper's feud with Valentine culminated in a dog collar match at the first Starrcade . Valentine broke Piper's left eardrum during the match with the collar's chain, causing Piper to permanently lose 50–75% percent of his hearing. This became known as "The Year of the Ear". Before entering the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) full-time in 1984, Piper wrestled five matches with
1442-484: A leave of absence from the WWF, Piper returned as a face, during a TV taping of Championship Wrestling on August 23, 1986, against A. J. Petrucci . As part of the storyline, the returning Piper was distressed to find his Piper's Pit segment replaced by The Flower Shop , a segment hosted by Adrian Adonis , who had also hired Piper's former bodyguard Orton. Piper spent weeks crashing Adonis' show and trading insults, leading to
1545-428: A man" out of Goldust at WrestleMania XII . The match, dubbed a " Hollywood Backlot Brawl ", began in a pre-taped segment, recorded in an alleyway, but Goldust jumped into his gold Cadillac and ran Piper over, ultimately escaping (allegedly) onto the highways of Anaheim . Piper pursued in his white Ford Bronco , the aerial footage shown was actually that of the O. J. Simpson "low-speed" chase from two years prior. This
1648-578: A match between Randy Savage and Bret Hart , which Hart won but the following night on Nitro, Piper changed his decision and declared Savage as the winner by disqualification. At The Great American Bash , Piper and Savage lost to Hogan and Hart in a tag team match by submission. After the match, Piper wrestled Savage in the next match, which Piper defeated Savage by submission. On the September 7 episode of Nitro , Piper and Diamond Dallas Page defeated Sting and Lex Luger by disqualification. Piper teamed with Diamond Dallas Page and The Warrior as Team WCW in
1751-511: A new draft is being written with a less frigid location. Berg said in September 2020 that development for a sequel is ongoing, citing Johnson's busy production schedule as one of the reasons it has not yet been made and admitting that they are currently "rethink[ing] the script". Action comedy film AllMovie describes action comedy films as those with "fast and furious" action yet being "mostly lighthearted", rarely having death or serious injury. The Script Lab wrote, "[The genre] relies on
1854-406: A revival of the original Portland Wrestling , with new and old wrestlers combined. Playing prominently in the show are Piper and Coss as announcers, The Grappler ( Len Denton ) as a manager, guest appearances by the likes of Matt Borne (among others), rewind segments that show partial matches from the original Portland Wrestling (owned by Don and Barry Owen), and Piper's son, Colt Toombs. In
1957-576: A role in a fourth season episode of the Superboy television series as an immortal Alchemist stealing the youth from his gym patrons. In 1991, Piper and Jesse "The Body" Ventura starred in Tag Team , a television film about two ex-professional wrestlers turned police officers. Piper appeared as a wrestler loosely based on himself in an episode called "Crusader" from Walker, Texas Ranger . Piper also appeared in an episode of The Outer Limits series. Piper
2060-691: A singles match between Piper and Bob, disqualifying Bob, but beating down Piper. Piper returned to Raw on September 11, 2006, for a six-man tag team match win with The Highlanders against the Spirit Squad . He also appeared on the Raw Family Reunion , along with Money Inc. and Arn Anderson to accompany Ric Flair ringside for a match against Mitch of the Spirit Squad. On November 5, Piper would gain what would be his final championship in WWE, winning
2163-567: A steel pipe to cement his heel status; Hogan nevertheless eventually won the match. Piper went on to align with Sean O'Haire ; at Backlash in April, Rikishi hit Piper with Piper's own coconut, but this led to O'Haire defeating Rikishi. In May, as Hulk Hogan had been banned in storyline from television by Vince McMahon, Hogan returned under a mask as Mr. America, and continued his feud with Piper, O'Haire and McMahon, who tried to reveal Mr. America's true identity. This storyline also saw Piper tear off
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#17328479112022266-589: A street fight later in the evening, but Randy Orton came out to fight in McMahon's place. Kofi Kingston came out to stop Randy's assault on Piper. He inducted Wendi Richter into the 2010 WWE Hall of Fame on March 27, 2010. He also appeared the next night on Raw as one of the Legend Lumberjacks in a match that involved Christian and Ted DiBiase . Two months later, Piper hired DiBiase to capture guest host Quinton Jackson so he could "gain revenge on BA", but
2369-447: A substitute for Razor Ramon, Piper defeated The 1-2-3 Kid after hitting him with a ring bell. He wrestled twice more against the Kid on house shows that month. As president, one of Piper's first acts was to reinstate The Ultimate Warrior back into the WWF after a letter campaign written in by fans. Piper had become the object of affection for Goldust . Enraged, Piper claimed he would "make
2472-466: A two-year hiatus. Although WrestleMania V was billed as his return, he actually made his first appearance on March 19 in Denver, CO at a house show when he hosted a live Piper's Pit and interviewed Brother Love . Two weeks later at WrestleMania V he did make his official return with another live Piper's Pit , where he hosed down a smoking Morton Downey Jr. with a fire extinguisher. He made his return to
2575-533: A weighted average score of 59 out of 100 based on 36 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 3 1 ⁄ 2 stars out of 4, saying "The jungle locations give the film a texture and beauty that underlines the out-sized characters." In December 2009, Berg acknowledged that discussions for a sequel had begun shortly after the film's release and were still ongoing. He cited scheduling conflicts as to why
2678-654: A young, skinny impersonator in a Piper T-shirt and kilt and forcing him to kiss his feet. Enraged, Piper agreed to wrestle Lawler at the King of the Ring , where Piper emerged victorious. Piper wrestled as a fan favorite, and adding to the face attitude by donating part of his purse from the fight with Lawler to a children's hospital in Ontario. In spring 1994, Piper began hosting a regular weekly segment on All-American Wrestling called "The Bottom Line" where he commented on various happenings in
2781-415: Is "considered by many to be the greatest ' heel ' (or villain) wrestler ever". One of wrestling's most recognizable stars, Piper headlined multiple PPV events, including the WWF and WCW's respective premier annual events, WrestleMania and Starrcade . He accumulated 34 championships and hosted the popular WWF/WWE interview segment "Piper's Pit", which facilitated numerous kayfabe feuds. In 2005, Piper
2884-450: Is delivered to Billy, who verbally and physically abuses him. Beck asks to celebrate with them and gives Billy and his men the same fruit Mariana used on him and Travis. As everyone else is temporarily paralyzed, Beck uncuffs Travis and the two leave together. The movie was originally called Helldorado . It was offered to director Peter Berg , who had only made one film, Very Bad Things . Looking for inspiration on how to do it, Berg bought
2987-482: Is sent to a nightclub to retrieve a championship ring from a football player, during which he is assaulted by one of Billy's other collectors. Angry, he tells Billy that he wants out of the business. Billy convinces him to undertake one final job: retrieve Billy's son Travis from a small mining town in Brazil , for which Beck will be given enough money to open his own restaurant. He accepts and leaves for Brazil. Arriving in
3090-496: The Lethal Weapon film series . Other action comedies from the decade included The Blues Brothers (1980) and the films of actor and martial artist Jackie Chan . In the 1990s, action comedy films "became more violent, with fiery deaths and emphatic shootings increasingly used as punchlines". Rotten Tomatoes wrote that Rush Hour (1998) revitalized the genre's formula and that Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
3193-724: The World Tag Team Championship with Flair from The Spirit Squad at Cyber Sunday . On the November 13, 2006, episode of Raw , Piper and Flair lost the title to Rated-RKO ( Edge and Randy Orton). In 2007, Piper appeared in February to announce Dusty Rhodes for the WWE Hall of Fame, and also in June for Vince McMahon Appreciation Night . In 2008, Piper made a surprise appearance in the Royal Rumble match by attacking Jimmy Snuka, but
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3296-583: The World Tag Team Championship . on the June 23 episode of Nitro, Flair and the Four Horsemen turned on Piper and attacked him. This led to a match between Piper and Flair at Bash at the Beach , which Piper won. Piper took a hiatus from television before making his return to WCW on the September 8 episode of Nitro , where he was appointed the new on-air Commissioner of WCW, which reduced his in-ring work. He briefly resumed his feud with Hulk Hogan, beating him in
3399-658: The WrestleReunion 5 weekend, defeating nineteen other men, last eliminating Terry Funk , to win the Legends Battle Royal. Piper's last documented match occurred on August 12, 2011, at the JCW Legends and Icons event. What was originally a match for Piper against Terry Funk was altered mid-match to a tag match between Piper and Cowboy Bob Orton against Funk and Mick Foley, which Piper's team won. In 2012, Piper, along with Don Coss, created Portland Wrestling Uncut ,
3502-503: The 1980s, Piper also appeared in singer Cyndi Lauper 's music video for the song " The Goonies 'R' Good Enough ". Piper performed the song, "For Everybody", on The Wrestling Album (Columbia Records, 1985), based on the Mike Angelo & the Idols song "Fuck Everybody", but without any of the profanity heard in the original. He also appeared as a guest VJ on MTV in 1988. In 1992, he released
3605-484: The Gato is located. They retrieve it and begin the journey back. On the way back, Mariana chastises Travis for wanting to sell the artifact, but he argues that he actually wants to give it to a museum. She gives Beck and Travis a toxic fruit that temporarily paralyzes them, tells Beck which direction the airfield is, and leaves them with a campfire to keep the animals away. After regaining the ability to move, Beck hauls Travis to
3708-545: The Gato, but they are stopped by Travis. Cornelius confronts Beck, who offers him the chance to leave town, which Cornelius refuses. After he is shot by the townspeople, he agrees to leave town, but eventually dies from his wounds. Travis gives the Gato to Mariana before leaving with Beck, who tells him that he must still return Travis to the United States despite all they have been through together. Back in Los Angeles , Travis
3811-458: The July 11, 2005, episode of Raw , Piper received a superkick from Shawn Michaels , the guest for Piper's Pit . In October and November 2005, Piper feuded with Cowboy Bob Orton and Randy Orton, after they attacked him during a session of Piper's Pit with Mick Foley. While Piper defeated both Ortons in a handicap match and made Bob submit in a six-man tag match, the feud ended with Randy interfering in
3914-624: The Los Angeles area, Piper feuded with Chavo Guerrero Sr. , and his father Gory Guerrero . Piper and Chavo Guerrero faced each other in several matches for the Jules Strongbow Memorial Scientific Trophy. Piper also defeated Chavo for the Americas Heavyweight Title. During the feud, Piper lost a hair match and had his head shaved. Piper appeared in several loser leave town matches and was forced to leave
4017-513: The Los Angeles office, where Piper developed his Rowdy character. During this time, he made continuous insults directed at the area's Mexican community; he later promised to make up for this by playing the Mexican national anthem on his bagpipes only to anger the fans further by playing " La Cucaracha " instead, which in turn caused a riot. Piper also managed a stable of wrestlers in California . In
4120-591: The Miz interrupted. On the January 6, 2014 episode of Raw , The Shield were guests for Piper's Pit . On the March 31, 2014 episode of Raw , Piper hosted Piper's Pit with superstars who would compete in the André the Giant 31-man memorial battle royal, which ended in a brawl with Big Show clearing the ring and Piper raising his hand. At WrestleMania XXX , the four men who wrestled in
4223-625: The October 8, 2004, episode of Impact! , Piper crashed the Impact Zone and announced his talk segment In the Pit with Piper . In November 2004 at Victory Road , he hosted In the Pit with Piper and interviewed Jimmy Snuka, who refused to accede to Piper's demands of hitting Piper with a coconut. On the December 24 episode of Impact , Piper hosted another In The Pit with Piper and interviewed Hector Garza but
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4326-650: The WWE in 2003, Piper served as the commissioner of the Xcitement Wrestling Federation (XWF). On November 5, 2002, Piper revealed in his autobiography, In the Pit with Piper: Roddy Gets Rowdy , that he was released rather than having left as had previously been thought. Piper returned to WWE on March 30, 2003, by conducting a surprise run in during the Hulk Hogan - Vince McMahon match at WrestleMania XIX in Seattle, Washington , where he attacked Hogan with
4429-595: The WWF as a manager, working with "Dr. D" David Schultz and "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff , but eventually Piper's run as a manager quietly ended and he started wrestling full-time. Focusing on one of his strengths as a wrestler, the microphone, he was given his own interview segment called Piper's Pit on Championship Wrestling and Wrestling at the Chase in 1984, starting a run of the segment that ended in 1987. During one Piper's Pit , Piper insulted Jimmy Snuka 's Polynesian heritage and attacked Snuka by smashing him over
4532-466: The WWF championship. Hogan was accompanied to the ring by Lauper, Captain Lou Albano , and Mr. T . This event set up the first WrestleMania , which pitted Paul Orndorff and his former manager Piper against Hogan and Mr. T. Orndorff was pinned by Hogan when Piper's bodyguard "Cowboy" Bob Orton interfered and mistakenly struck Orndorff instead of Hogan. In Born to Controversy , Piper recalled how during
4635-496: The WWF under Vince McMahon Sr. in 1979 at Madison Square Garden . His first match in WWF he defeated jobber Frankie Williams on January 22. Before one match, Freddie Blassie stuffed Piper's bagpipes with toilet paper, so they would not play in front of the Garden crowd. In 1983, WWF owner Vince McMahon contacted Piper, who insisted on serving out his contract with Jim Crockett before starting his WWF run in 1984. Piper debuted in
4738-485: The WWF, as well as on his feud with Lawler. Piper's segment aired regularly until the Summer of 1994, when Piper would disappear again. Leaving the WWF again, he briefly returned in 1995 at WrestleMania XI , once again in a referee capacity, for the submission-only match between Hart and Bob Backlund . After this match Piper became the host for the replay editions of WWF pay-per-views for a brief period of time, commenting on
4841-520: The WWF. He made his return playing the bagpipes at SummerSlam . He reemerged once again in 1994 at WrestleMania X as guest referee for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship match between Bret Hart and Yokozuna . During the match, commentator Jerry "The King" Lawler remarked that he hated Piper and continued to taunt Piper on his King's Court segment on Monday Night Raw , eventually culminating with Lawler bringing out
4944-557: The World Heavyweight Championship at SuperBrawl VII , where Piper was defeated. On the March 10, 1997, episode of Nitro, Piper and his family joined forces with Ric Flair and The Four Horsemen in their battle with the nWo. At Uncensored , Piper competed in a triangle elimination match where he captained a team of Horsemen Chris Benoit , Steve McMichael and Jeff Jarrett against the nWo and WCW's team of Lex Luger , Steiner Brothers and The Giant . His team lost
5047-436: The airfield. The local pilot, Declan, tells Beck that Mariana was captured earlier by Cornelius and will probably be killed. Travis pleads with Beck to help her and the two head into town to rescue her. Using a cow stampede for cover, Beck and Travis begin their assault on Cornelius's men. Travis becomes trapped by gunfire in a bus, and Beck saves him before it explodes. Cornelius tells his brother Harvey to flee with Mariana and
5150-402: The bar, intervenes. She wants the Gato so it can be used to ensure the locals can free themselves from Cornelius, but Cornelius and his men suddenly attack the camp and kill many rebels. Beck, Travis, and Mariana escape the camp and Beck makes Mariana a deal: she helps him get Travis to the airfield in exchange for the Gato. After some searching, Travis leads them to a cave behind a waterfall where
5253-612: The bell when Hart locked in the Sharpshooter on Goldberg, when it was apparent that Goldberg had not submitted. The feud between Piper and the Powers That Be ended shortly after. Piper's last appearance in WCW was at SuperBrawl 2000 in February 2000 where he was a surprise referee in the WCW World Heavyweight Championship match between Sid Vicious , Jeff Jarrett and Scott Hall. In July 2000, WCW terminated Piper's contract. Before going to
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#17328479112025356-514: The catchphrase Piper came up with—"I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubble gum." —as well as the long fight scene over sunglasses against Keith David which took three weeks to rehearse. The line and the fight scene have since been parodied in Duke Nukem , South Park and Adventure Time . Entertainment Weekly wrote that Piper's role in They Live made him
5459-478: The characters to bring out the humor, while the action scenes tend to be less intense than in the traditional action movie." Action comedies often have " fish out of water " themes; for example, using a starring actor's celebrity to contrast the setting, such as how comedian and actor Eddie Murphy 's "streetwise, sarcastic persona clashes with conventional police procedures in the Beverly Hills Cop films" in
5562-435: The company because of a public feud with Steve Austin, which resulted in Piper leaving PodcastOne. Piper later apologized to Austin on July 13, only three weeks before his death. In February 2005 at WrestleReunion , Piper teamed with Jimmy Valiant and Jimmy Snuka against Colonel DeBeers , "Cowboy" Bob Orton , and "Playboy" Buddy Rose . On January 29, 2011, Piper made his debut for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) during
5665-556: The early 1980s, Piper ventured to the Mid-Atlantic territory where he beat Jack Brisco for the Mid-Atlantic title. He also defeated Ric Flair for the US belt which turned into a feud. From 1981 to 1982, Piper served as a commentator on Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW) and feuded with the likes of Bob Armstrong , Dick Slater , and Tommy Rich . During the summer of 1982, Piper became
5768-475: The fact that Johnson's career as a Hollywood action star was just beginning as Schwarzenegger's was winding down. Despite the positive reviews, The Rundown was a significant box office failure, grossing just under $ 81 million worldwide compared to its $ 85 million budget, which makes a sequel not entirely likely. Director Peter Berg has expressed interest in making a sequel to the film but notes that "no one can ever get motivated and focused enough to do it." On
5871-471: The fake leg of one-legged wrestler Zach Gowen , who was playing a Hogan fan. At Judgment Day , Piper argued with Chris Jericho if Piper's Pit was better than Jericho's talk show The Highlight Reel . Later at the event, Piper lost to Mr. America. Piper and O'Haire then moved on to challenge Tajiri and Eddie Guerrero for the WWE Tag Team Championship , but in June 2003, WWE fired Piper after
5974-507: The first time in WCW. At Bash at the Beach , Piper competed against Bagwell in a boxing match with Mills Lane as special guest referee which he lost. In late 1999, Piper returned to WCW programming as a face, in an angle with Vince Russo , who was now portraying himself as the "Powers That Be" (an unseen power that was controlling WCW). At Starrcade , Piper was the special referee in the WCW World Heavyweight Championship match featuring Goldberg and Hart. Forced by Russo, Piper called for
6077-541: The head with a coconut . Piper also insulted Bruno Sammartino during a Piper's Pit segment, which led to a feud that ended in a steel cage match on February 8, 1986, at the Boston Garden which Piper lost. Piper's next major storyline was with Hulk Hogan and also involved pop singer Cyndi Lauper . In 1985, MTV broadcast The War to Settle the Score , which featured a main-event match between Piper and Hogan for
6180-575: The last time in a movie fight where I felt the pain, where if you got hit in the face, it hurt. So that's where I found my breathing room: let's give people old-school guys slugging it out with big punches." Producer Kevin Misher described the film as " Indiana Jones and the Lost Ark meets Romancing the Stone with a little bit of Midnight Run ". Dwayne Johnson , who was credited under his ring name The Rock,
6283-458: The late twentieth century. The 1926 film The General starring Buster Keaton may be the first action comedy film. Other early forms of action comedy films were swashbuckler films from the 1930s. Allmovie wrote that its "stars combined wit and one-liners with a thrilling plot and daring stunts". In the 1980s, the genre became commonplace, and buddy cop films emerged as an extension of action comedy films such as Midnight Run (1988) and
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#17328479112026386-593: The low-budget film The Mystical Adventures of Billy Owens in 2008 and its sequel Billy Owens and the Secret of the Runes in 2010. On March 14, 2010, Piper appeared in "One Fall", an episode in CBS's Cold Case , playing a wrestler named Sweet Sil. In September 2010, Piper appeared in a FunnyorDie.com video, fighting against childhood obesity in a PSA parody. The clip included him using wrestling moves on children eating junk food and
6489-522: The main event of WrestleMania I—Piper, Paul Orndorff, Hulk Hogan and Mr. T—buried the hatchet in a backstage segment. On the December 22, 2014 episode of Raw , Rusev and Lana were guests for the final edition of Piper's Pit . At WrestleMania 31 , Piper and other legends appeared in a backstage segment after Daniel Bryan won the Intercontinental Championship. In early July 2015, Ric Flair said Piper lost his WWE Legends contract with
6592-518: The majority of their matches throughout 89-90 including a win over Bobby Heenan. He then feuded with Bad News Brown who was upset at being eliminated by Piper at the 1990 Royal Rumble. Brown would go on to mock Piper for wearing a "skirt". At WrestleMania VI in April 1990, Piper cut a promo towards his opponent Bad News Brown before the match with half his face and body painted black, and also wrestled Bad News while painted this way. Bad News would take this display of blackface as being offensive behind
6695-422: The match he had to keep Mr. T busy to cover Mr. T's lack of wrestling ability from being seen by the fans. From this situation, Piper and Mr. T's real-life relationship became hostile, leading to the inevitable conclusion that they be put into a feud with one another on-screen. Piper faced Mr. T in a boxing match at WrestleMania 2 in 1986, which Piper lost by disqualification after bodyslamming Mr. T. Following
6798-525: The match. On the March 31 episode of Nitro , Piper and Flair agreed to team up and stand side by side to fight. Piper moved on to feud with other members of nWo. At Slamboree , Piper, Flair and Kevin Greene defeated nWo members Scott Hall , Kevin Nash and Syxx in a six-man tag team match . The following month, at The Great American Bash pay-per-view, Piper and Flair unsuccessfully challenged The Outsiders for
6901-431: The matches that had just happened, before disappearing again a few months later. On the January 29, 1996, episode of Monday Night RAW , Piper returned for another regular role: he was named as interim WWF President after Gorilla Monsoon had to take a leave of absence due to an attack by Vader . On February 24, at a house show at East Rutherford, New Jersey , he made his first match appearance in almost two years. As
7004-741: The name "Roddy Piper". From 1973 to 1975, Piper was a jobber in the AWA, NWA Central States territory surrounding Kansas City, and Eastern Sports Association in the Maritimes . He also worked in Texas for Paul Boesch 's NWA Houston Wrestling promotion, and in Dallas for Fritz Von Erich 's Big Time Rasslin . By late 1975 and early 1976, Piper was a top villain for Mike and Gene LeBell 's NWA Hollywood Wrestling . In 1977–78, he also started to work for Roy Shire's NWA San Francisco Wrestling in addition to remaining with
7107-409: The pair's Jeep off the road and into the jungle. He attempts to escape but is recaptured by Beck. After an unfortunate encounter with some monkeys, the two find themselves in the camp of a local rebel movement. Travis convinces the rebels that Beck works for Cornelius and was sent to kill them all. Beck gains the upper hand in the ensuing fight before the rebel leader Mariana, whom Beck met earlier at
7210-586: The parents who feed junk food to their kids. In 2012, Piper appeared on a Season 4 episode of Celebrity Ghost Stories , in which he conveyed a story of being visited by the ghost of Adrian Adonis . In May 2013, Piper appeared in "Barry's Angels"— episode 12 of the fourth season of the A&;E reality show, Storage Wars — in which he appraised a set of Scottish kilts purchased by Barry Weiss. In June 2013, Piper appeared on Celebrity Wife Swap , where he swapped wives with Ric Flair . Piper appeared as himself in
7313-420: The project had not yet been green-lit . Johnson corroborated this in November 2010, stating that he and Berg "are always discussing options" for a sequel; he said that the pair are also in negotiations with Universal Pictures, and expressed confidence that the sequel will be made if a good enough script is written. Berg announced in December 2013 that he was officially developing a sequel, confirming that Johnson
7416-553: The project while proposing HellDorado (the first film's working title ) as a possible title. The pair asked fans to campaign for Hill to sign on as his co-star. In August 2018, Berg revealed that the current draft of the script included a story that took place in Alaska with a comedic scene involving walruses, similar to the scene with baboons from the first movie. Acknowledging that Johnson had expressed disinterest in Alaska, Berg stated that
7519-401: The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , The Rundown holds an approval rating of 70% based on 152 reviews, with an average rating of 6.4/10. The website's critical consensus states, " The Rundown doesn't break any new ground, but it's a smart, funny buddy action picture with terrific comic chemistry between Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson and Seann William Scott." At Metacritic , the film has
7622-564: The ring confronting and attacking Marella. On the February 16, 2009 episode of Raw , after Chris Jericho insulted WWE legends, Piper interrupted him and was attacked by Jericho for it. The feud culminated in Jericho defeating Piper, Jimmy Snuka and Ricky Steamboat at WrestleMania 25 in a handicap elimination match. Piper later guest hosted Raw on November 16, 2009, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Piper challenged Vince McMahon to
7725-431: The ring on May 12, substituting for Jake Roberts and pinning Ted DiBiase on a house show in Los Angeles. Piper would gain several more victories against DiBiase that month, and also against Randy Savage in June. After this, Piper co-hosted Prime Time Wrestling from July 17, 1989, to December 25, 1989, with Gorilla Monsoon , feuding with Bobby Heenan , "Ravishing" Rick Rude , and Brother Love , he would return to
7828-403: The scenes. Subsequently, the match would end in a Double Count Out, with the issue between the two never being resolved despite plans to the contrary. According to a behind the scenes interview, neither man was willing to lose to the other. In 1991, he supported Virgil in his feud against "The Million Dollar Man" (Ted DiBiase) . Later in 1990 Piper was involved in a motorcycle accident, but
7931-465: The show in 1991 as well. Piper returned to the ring when he interfered in Rude's Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship defense against The Ultimate Warrior at SummerSlam , costing Rude the title. The feud was heavily promoted on TV and Piper would face Rude in many matches throughout the house show tours, including steel cage and lumberjack matches. The feud was so prominent that a Survivor Series match
8034-440: The side of a mountain. Berg said, "The goal was to put the biggest fall down a hill in a movie that people have ever seen. The big inspiration was the old Wide World of Sports —'and the agony of defeat'—and wondering what would have happened if that poor bastard on the ski slope had had a few more stages to go." Johnson's regular stuntman refused to do the stunt, so they hired "a guy who has a reputation for just doing anything" who
8137-596: The territory. He also appeared in the territory as The Masked Canadian. In his first televised match as The Masked Canadian, Piper teamed with Chavo in a match against Black Gordman and Goliath for the Americas Tag Team Championship. Piper and Guerrero lost the match and faced each other two days later, with Piper defeating Guerrero for the Americas Heavyweight Championship. Piper wrestled as The Masked Canadian for several months until he
8240-979: The title for only two weeks as he lost the title to Scott Hall at SuperBrawl IX . At Slamboree , Piper defeated Flair by disqualification after Eric Bischoff reversed Flair's pinfall win, disqualifying Flair for hitting Piper with a foreign object (which had been ignored by biased referee Charles Robinson ). 8 days later on the May 17 episode of Nitro , Piper called out Bischoff for what Bischoff did to him in 1996, before Bischoff apologised to him and WCW fans. Piper and Bischoff were interrupted by Randy Savage and his Team Madness , before Savage and Team Madness attacked him and Bischoff until Kevin Nash saved him and Bischoff. The following month later at The Great American Bash , Flair defeated Piper by disqualification for control of WCW after interference from Buff Bagwell . Upset with Bagwell getting him disqualified, Piper knocked Bagwell out and joined Flair as vice president, turning Piper heel for
8343-470: The town of El Dorado, Beck meets Cornelius Hatcher, who runs the town's mining operation. Cornelius gives Beck his blessing to take Travis home, but reneges after he finds out Travis has discovered a lost golden artifact known as O Gato do Diablo (the Devil's Cat). Cornelius and his men confront Beck in the local bar, but he manages to fend them off and leave with Travis. On the way back to the airfield, Travis forces
8446-541: The week that followed, like Achilles avenging Patroklas, he slaughtered villain after villain.... In the arenas fans chanted his name throughout his matches." In 1982, Piper was fired because of showing up late for a match. He went to Puerto Rico for a month and was booked by Jim Barnett shortly thereafter. Piper returned to the Georgia area in the summer of 1983 to aid Tommy Rich during his rivalry with Buzz Sawyer. Eventually, Piper moved back to Jim Crockett Promotions . As
8549-499: Was a guest for Piper's Pit on the November 28, 2011 episode of Raw . On the April 10, 2012 episode of SmackDown , Daniel Bryan and AJ Lee were guest of Piper's Pit . On the June 18 episode of Raw , Piper reunited with Cyndi Lauper. At Raw 1000 , Piper and various other veterans helped Lita defeat Heath Slater . On the August 13, 2012, episode of Raw , Chris Jericho was the guest for Piper's Pit , but Dolph Ziggler and
8652-479: Was a highlight from the decade. In the first two decades of the 21st century, the films Kung Fu Hustle (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), Tropic Thunder (2008), 21 Jump Street (2012), and Bad Boys for Life (2020) were among numerous instances of the genre. Roddy Piper Roderick George Toombs (April 17, 1954 – July 31, 2015), better known as " Rowdy " Roddy Piper , was a Canadian professional wrestler and actor. In professional wrestling, Piper
8755-414: Was a member of the nWo, which ended with the nWo members attacking him. on the December 9 episode of Nitro , Piper told Flair that he didn't need the Four Horsemen's help in beating Hogan and he was going to do it on his own. Piper defeated Hogan with his signature sleeper hold in the non-title main event of the company's flagship pay-per-view Starrcade , which earned him a title shot against Hogan for
8858-729: Was an amateur wrestler before he started to become a professional wrestler. He claimed to have won the Golden Gloves boxing championship, though their lists of champions do not include any of his names. He was awarded a black belt in Judo from Gene LeBell . He started wrestling under the care of promoter Al Tomko in Canada, his first match involving "midget wrestlers" in front of a lumberjack audience in Churchill, Manitoba . He soon began earning money wrestling while still going to school. His first match in
8961-523: Was best known to international audiences for his work with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW) between 1984 and 2000. Although he was Canadian, Piper was billed as coming from Glasgow and was known for his signature kilt and bagpipe entrance music; this was because of his Scottish heritage. Piper earned the nicknames "Rowdy" and "Hot Rod" by displaying his trademark "Scottish" short temper, spontaneity, and quick wit. According to The Daily Telegraph , he
9064-477: Was billed as Piper's retirement match from wrestling before he left to become an actor full-time. Piper won the match. In early 1987, Piper's Pit also served as the backdrop for Andre the Giant 's heel turn and challenging Piper's old foe, Hulk Hogan , for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania III, and Hogan ultimately accepting the challenge. In 1989, Piper returned from
9167-621: Was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan , on April 17, 1954, the son of Eileen ( née Anderson), a Scottish-Canadian and Stanley Baird Toombs, an Anglo-Canadian . He was raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba , and attended Windsor Park Collegiate . His father was an officer with the CN Rail Police ( Canadian National Railway ) while they lived in The Pas, Manitoba . After being expelled from junior high for having
9270-495: Was built around it which saw both men captain a team and simultaneously be eliminated by countout during their brawl, though Rude's team would go onto win the match. The feud came to a head shortly thereafter on Prime Time Wrestling during an on-air bet between Heenan and Piper, which Piper won, resulting in Heenan having to dress as Santa Claus during the next episode of Prime Time . The feud continued until March 1990 with Piper winning
9373-403: Was eliminated by Kane . Piper then had a series of confrontations with Santino Marella in 2008, including on Jimmy Kimmel Live! . At Cyber Sunday (2008) , Piper was one of three choices to be Santino Marella's opponent for the Intercontinental Championship, with The Honky Tonk Man being chosen. The match ended by disqualification and after the match Piper and Goldust made their way down to
9476-616: Was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by Ric Flair , who dubbed him "the most gifted entertainer in the history of professional wrestling". Outside of wrestling, Piper acted in dozens of films and TV shows. Most notably, he took the lead role of John Nada in the 1988 cult classic They Live and a recurring role as a deranged professional wrestler called Da' Maniac on the FX comedy series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia . Roderick George Toombs
9579-424: Was interrupted by Scott Hall and Kevin Nash . At Final Resolution in January 2005, Piper refereed a match between Jeff Hardy and Scott Hall, helping Hardy win. This was Piper's final appearance for TNA. On February 21, 2005, it was announced that Piper was to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame . Piper held an episode of Piper's Pit at WrestleMania 21 where he interviewed Stone Cold Steve Austin . On
9682-418: Was knocked out the first time. Arnold Schwarzenegger has a cameo in the film. He visited Universal Studios during the shoot and was having lunch with Johnson when Berg asked if he would like to appear in the film, and Schwarzenegger agreed if they could do it immediately. His cameo as a bar patron who passes by Johnson's character and simply tells him to "have fun" is widely regarded as a veiled reference to
9785-472: Was made clear by Piper himself, who recalled the event on an episode of Pipers Pit the Podcast . The two eventually arrived at the arena, where Piper disrobed Goldust in the ring, effectively ending the confrontation. With Gorilla Monsoon back in control of the WWF by the end of the night, Piper once again left the company. His final appearance came the September 6, 1996, edition of Monday Night RAW , where footage
9888-663: Was paid $ 12.5 million for his role. Berg said of his performance, "This movie could have been a dark, vicious action thriller. But the fact that it's playful and funny is a tribute to The Rock. He's a charming, charismatic and very smart man." Berg and Misher were held up by armed robbers in Brazil in June 2002 while scouting locations, prompting them to film in Hawaii instead. Shooting began in September 2002, with Seann William Scott later stating "we just basically made up as we went along". One scene on Oahu involved Johnson and Scott falling down
9991-519: Was released by Universal Pictures in North America and Japan and by Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International under the Columbia Pictures label internationally on September 26, 2003. It received positive reviews but was a box office failure, grossing $ 80.9 million on an $ 85 million budget. Beck is an aspiring chef who works as a debt collector for loan shark and bookie Billy Walker. He
10094-662: Was shown of him participating with other WWF wrestlers at the CNE "Experience" in Toronto. Piper joined World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in the fall of 1996. He made his surprise WCW debut as a fan favorite at the Halloween Havoc pay-per-view in October to insult the nWo leader and the World Heavyweight Champion Hollywood Hogan . On the November 18 episode of Nitro , Piper revealed that Eric Bischoff
10197-493: Was still interested while Scott would not return. A number of undisclosed screenwriters were hired for the project. By September 2016, Berg stated that the sequel had been written with Kevin Hart in mind as the co-star due to his recent work as Johnson's co-star in multiple successful films, while also stating that he would alternatively consider making the film with Jonah Hill in the role. Johnson publicly confirmed his involvement with
10300-579: Was still present at their matches at WrestleMania VII and SummerSlam . He renewed his feud with Ric Flair and at the 1992 Royal Rumble defeated The Mountie for his first, and only, Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship. He lost it soon after to Bret Hart at WrestleMania VIII . Following his title loss to Hart, Piper made a handful of appearances at television tapings for Wrestling Challenge and WWF Superstars . Four Piper's Pit segments were recorded - two with Steve Lombardi and two with Shawn Michaels . None aired, and Piper disappeared from
10403-665: Was the host of ITV's Celebrity Wrestling in the United Kingdom. Piper appeared on RoboCop: The Series . Piper appeared in It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia as professional wrestler named "Da' Maniac" during season 5 and reprised this role in season 9. Although the character was a parody of Mickey Rourke 's role in The Wrestler , Piper had previously endorsed The Wrestler and Rourke's performance during an appearance with Rourke on Jimmy Kimmel Live . He appeared as Mr. Thurgood in
10506-717: Was unmasked by Hector Guerrero . By late 1978-early 1979, Piper left the California promotions for even more fame in Don Owen 's Portland-based Pacific Northwest territory . He teamed with Killer Tim Brooks and Rick Martel to win the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship . Piper also won the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship with victories over both Lord Jonathan Boyd and "Playboy" Buddy Rose . In
10609-430: Was unsuccessful. At WrestleMania XXVII on April 3, 2011, Piper made an appearance by hitting Zack Ryder with a coconut while the latter was being interviewed. On the June 13, 2011 episode of Raw , The Miz and later Alex Riley were guests on Piper's Pit ; this led to Piper defeating Miz in a match (to win $ 5000) because of help from Riley, the guest referee; this was Piper's last documented WWE match. John Cena
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