!["Rowdy" Roddy Piper and Radio Personality Michael Tearson](https://cainimages.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Piper-and-Tearson-2-303x418.jpg)
FILE PHOTO: “Rowdy” Roddy Piper, left, pretends to strangle Michael Tearson, right, before the start of a WWF wrestling match in this winter 1986 file photo, at the Spectrum in Philadelphia. Tearson, a local Philadelphia radio personality, was the guest master of ceremonies for the evening. (Photo by William Thomas Cain)