{"id":108484,"date":"2025-10-28T17:39:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T21:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/former-wwe-star-mike-rotunda-in-hospice-care-family-says-108484"},"modified":"2025-10-28T17:39:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T21:39:04","slug":"former-wwe-star-mike-rotunda-in-hospice-care-family-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/former-wwe-star-mike-rotunda-in-hospice-care-family-says-108484","title":{"rendered":"Former WWE star Mike Rotunda in hospice care, family says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/organization\/wwe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WWE star<\/a> Mike Rotunda, who was famously known in pro wrestling as IRS, was placed in hospice care, according to his family and friends. Rotunda is 67.<\/p>\n<p>Barry Windham, Rotunda\u2019s brother-in-law, revealed the former wrestler\u2019s declining health in a recent interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IR6rEpxzOEs&amp;t=8s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bill Apter<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s kinda tough right now. Mike is in hospice right now,&#8221; Windham told Apter without disclosing any specific details.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was just a good boy. He was such a good person, never got in trouble at all his whole life. He\u2019s a good boy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>WWE legend Leilani Kai also revealed that Rotunda was in hospice care in a post on X.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/wwe-star-natalya-neidhart-reveals-what-she-hopes-fans-take-away-from-new-book\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>WWE STAR NATALYA NEIDHART REVEALS WHAT SHE HOPES FANS WILL TAKE AWAY FROM NEW BOOK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It breaks my heart to share that my friend Mike Rotunda has been placed under hospice care,&#8221; she wrote on X. &#8220;This photo was from earlier this year \u2014 a moment I\u2019ll treasure. Please keep Mike and the Rotunda family in your prayers. We love you, Mike.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rotunda is best known for his work in the former World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling. He was a part of a tag team with Windham called the U.S. Express.<\/p>\n<p>The pair won the WWF Tag Team Championship twice and were inducted into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/triple-h-michelle-mccool-lead-wwes-hall-fame-class-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WWE Hall of Fame in 2024<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As IRS, he would bother fellow competitors demanding that they paid their &#8220;fair share.&#8221; He also teamed up with Ted DiBiase to form the Money Inc. tag team. They won the tag team titles three times.<\/p>\n<p>Rotunda is the real-life father of the late pro wrestler known as Bray Wyatt and his brother who wrestles as Bo Dallas. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/wyatt-sicks-retain-wwe-tag-team-championship-wild-tlc-match-summerslam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bray Wyatt died in 2023<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><i><strong>Follow Fox News Digital\u2019s<\/strong><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNewsSports_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><strong>\u00a0<u>sports coverage on X<\/u><\/strong><\/i><\/a><i><strong> and subscribe to<\/strong><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><strong><u> the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter<\/u><\/strong><\/i><\/a><i><strong>.<\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/former-wwe-star-mike-rotunda-hospice-care-family-says\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/former-wwe-star-mike-rotunda-hospice-care-family-says <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former WWE star Mike Rotunda, who was famously known in pro wrestling as IRS, was placed in hospice care, according to his family and friends. 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