8 Wrestlers Who Were Nearly KILLED By Fans

3. Roddy Piper

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It was somewhat apt that Roddy Piper, one of the biggest rulebreakers of the '80s, nearly lost his life when he broke his own set of rules during an altercation with a fan in Raleigh, NC.

"First rule of a knife fight: don't take your eyes off the knife," 'Hot Rod' advised an In His Words documentarian in 2006. "Broke that rule. I stopped, boom - he got me an inch from the heart."

Anyone who knows anything about the rowdy Scot won't be surprised to learn that, instead of crumpling to the floor holding his chest and going 'aayaaas', Piper gave chase to his would-be assassin, until the police caught up and detained him - at gunpoint.

"Closest I've ever seen someone get shot," recounted Roddy. "The policeman that had the pistol had it towards his head." Thankfully, the situation was resolved within the law and neither man left in a box.

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