The funeral of WWE Hall of Famer "Rowdy" Roddy Piper will take place on Wednesday, August 12 in Portland, Oregon. The reason it's taking place next week is because WWE is taping Smackdown in Portland on August 11, so this will allow a lot of WWE's employees to attend the services. Piper died on Friday at age 61 due to cardiac arrest. Piper was born in Canada and made a name for himself all over the world, becoming very well known in the Portland area while working for Don Owen's Pacific Northwest Territory. He called the Portland area home for many years, which is why he'll be buried there. Piper had a lot of close friends that still work for WWE in a backstage capacity and he also knew most of the younger talent because WWE brought him back for appearances every few months in the last few years. Despite recent rumours of him losing his WWE Legends Deal, he still had it and was very much a part of the WWE family. Piper's last appearance on Raw was on December 22, 2014 when he hosted Piper's Pit with Rusev and Lana. It's also expected that tonight's episode of Raw will feature a tribute to Piper as well, in the form of a ten bell salute, a video package and perhaps some performers sharing memories of him. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th9ntuj5HZo
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