— WWE has announced that it will report its first quarter financial results for 2016 on May 10th before the market opens. Vince McMahon and George Barrios will host a conference call at 11 AM ET to talk about the results.
A live webcast will be hosted through WWE’s corporate website at TITLEir.corporate.wwe.com. Participants can access the conference call by dialing 855-200-4993 FREE (toll free) or 913-489-5104 from outside the U.S. (conference ID for both lines: 954961).
— The synopsis for Rowdy: The Roddy Piper Story has been released by Random House. The book is set to be released by the publishing company on October 4th and will be four-hundred pages; it was originally his autobiography before he passed away and his children Ariel and Colt Toombs finished it.
The synopsis reads as follows:
In early 2015, Roderick Toombs, aka Rowdy Roddy Piper, began researching his own autobiography with a trip through Western Canada. He was re-discovering his youth, a part of his life he never discussed during his 61 years, many spent as one of the greatest talents in the history of pro wrestling. Following his death due to a heart attack that July, two of his children took on the job of telling Roddy’s story, separating fact from fiction in the extraordinary life of their father.
Already an accomplished wrestler before Wrestlemania in 1985, Roddy Piper could infuriate a crowd like no “heel” before him. The principal antagonist to all-American champion Hulk Hogan, Piper used his quick wit, explosive ring style and fearless baiting of audiences to push pro wrestling to unprecedented success. Wrestling was suddenly pop culture’s main event. An actor with over 50 screen credits, including the lead in John Carpenter’s #1 cult classic, They Live, Piper knew how to keep fans hungry, just as he’d kept them wishing for a complete portrait of his most unusual life. He wanted to write this book for his family; now they have written it for him.