Like many of you I seen him before he went WWF on the Northwest Wrestling Alliance show, he Jimmy Snuka, Jesse Ventura and other Legends. He was the kind of guy you loved to hate but made you laugh as well. They Painted him as a bad guy but he was more of a Vigilante, nobody was off limits.
WWF got him and the core of the Wrestling shows from the small venues and organizations having been bought by Vince made what we seen as the WWF, it was kind of cool as a young person knowing that a lot of the key players were from our area.
RIP Rowdy, your more then a Legend in your Field, you set a tone for generations of people to try to step up to, not just in Wrestling, but life.