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Former WWE star Mike Rotunda, famously known in professional wrestling as IRS, was placed in hospice care, according to his family and friends. Rotunda is 67.
Barry Windham, Rotunda’s brother-in-law, revealed the former wrestler’s declining health in a recent interview with Bill Apter on Saturday.
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Mike Rotunda wears a USA jacket and poses in the studio. (WWE/WWE via Getty Images)
“It’s kind of rough right now. Mike’s in hospice right now,” Windham told Apter, without revealing any specifics.
“He was just a good boy. He was such a good person, he never got in trouble his whole life. He’s a good boy.”
WWE legend Leilani Kai also revealed that Rotunda was in hospice care in a post on X.
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Mike Rotunda, left, and Barry Windham in attendance during Saturday Night’s Main Event at the Yuengling Center on May 24, 2025 in Tampa, Florida. (Bradlee Rutledge/WWE via Getty Images)
“It breaks my heart to share that my friend Mike Rotunda has been placed in hospice,” she wrote on X. “This photo is from earlier this year – a moment I will cherish. Please keep Mike and the Rotunda family in your prayers. We love you Mike.”
Rotunda is best known for his work in the former World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling. He was part of a tag team with Windham called the US Express.
The pair won the WWF Tag Team Championship twice and were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2024.
Barry Windham and Mike Rotunda at ringside during their Hall of Fame induction speech on April 5, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Andrew Timms/WWE via Getty Images)
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Like the IRS, he would embarrass fellow competitors by demanding they pay their “fair share.” He also teamed with Ted DiBiase to form the Money Inc. tag team. They won the tag team titles three times.
Rotunda is the real father of the late pro wrestler known as Bray Wyatt and his brother who wrestles as Bo Dallas. Bray Wyatt died in 2023.
