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WWE great Mike Rotunda placed in hospice care

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Former WWE star Mike Rotunda, who was identified in skilled wrestling as IRS, was positioned in hospice care, in keeping with his household and pals. Roundabout is 67.

Barry Windham, Rotunda’s brother-in-law, revealed the previous wrestler’s declining well being in a current interview with Bill Apter on Saturday.

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Mike Rotunda wears an American jacket and poses within the studio. (WWE/WWE through Getty Pictures)

“It is type of arduous proper now. Mike is in hospice proper now,” Windham advised Apter with out releasing particular particulars.

“He was only a good child. He was such a very good individual, he by no means had any issues all his life. He is a very good boy.’

WWE legend Leilani Kai additionally revealed that Rotunda was in hospice care in a submit on X.

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Mike Rotunda, left, and Barry Windham attend Saturday Evening’s Essential Occasion on the Yuengling Middle on Could 24, 2025 in Tampa, Florida. (Bradlee Rutledge/WWE through Getty Pictures)

“It breaks my coronary heart to share that my pal Mike Rotunda has been positioned in hospice care,” she wrote on

Rotunda is finest identified for his work within the former World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling. He was a part of a tag group with Windham known as the US Specific.

The pair received the WWF Tag Group Championship twice and had been inducted into the WWE Corridor of Fame in 2024.

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As IRS, he harassed fellow opponents and demanded they pay their “justifiable share.” He additionally teamed up with Ted DiBiase to kind the Cash Inc. tag group. They received the tag group titles 3 times.

Rotunda is the real-life father of the late professional wrestler generally known as Bray Wyatt and his brother who wrestles as Bo Dallas. Bray Wyatt died in 2023.

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