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File No. 731475 · Adjudicated
Roddy Piper
Athlete — WWE Hall of Fame, They Live, Piper's Pit
Born
1954
Birthplace
SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN
Citizenships
CA
Canadianness Score
🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁
5.0/ 5
Weighted across 2 scored criteria
Designation
Bleeds Maple Syrup 🍁Born, raised, and still says “out for a rip” unironically.
Scorecard
Path A — born on Canadian soilI. Origin
Born on Canadian soil — yes
SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN
Canadian parentage — not scored
No Canadian parents on record
Citizenship on record — not scored
Automatic by birth
II. Residency
Formative years spent in Canada — yes
Raised — Saskatchewan
Lived in Canada by choice — not scored
Residency on record as an adult
Worked or filmed in Canada — not scored
Credits filed north of the 49th
III. Cultural evidence — not scored
Section III is recorded for the file only. Birth on Canadian soil already settles the matter.
Publicly claims to be Canadian — not scored
Says so, out loud
Canada claims them back — not scored
No claim lodged
Fun fact
He once smashed a coconut over Jimmy Snuka's head on live TV and it's still one of the most replayed moments in wrestling history.
The verdict
Born and raised in Saskatoon, and the single greatest heel promo of his era — Piper's Pit was appointment television before appointment television was a phrase. Born, raised, five points, hot rod.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org