{"id":339234,"date":"2025-10-28T21:26:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T21:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/339234\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T21:26:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T21:26:19","slug":"ex-wwe-star-mike-irs-rotunda-placed-in-hospice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/339234\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-WWE star Mike &#8216;IRS&#8217; Rotunda placed in hospice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WWE Hall of Famer Mike Rotunda \u2014 known best as IRS or Irwin R. Schyster \u2014 has been placed in hospice care, according to multiple reports.<\/p>\n<p>Former tag team partner and brother-in-law Barry Windham revealed the update Saturday when discussing Rotunda\u2019s late son and fellow ex-WWE Star, Windham Rotunda, known as Bray Wyatt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s kinda tough right now. Mike is in hospice right now,\u201d Windham told Billy Apter of Rotunda, 67. \u201cSo, anyway, I love that family, but it\u2019s so tragic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37508374\" width=\"590\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2215592688.jpg\" alt=\"IRS (Irwin R. Schyster) pointing directly at the viewer.\" class=\"wp-image-37508374\"  \/>Mike Rotunda aka IRS. WWE via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Another former WWE star, Leilani Kai, posted a photo of her and Rotunda to X while writing he had been placed in hospice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt breaks my heart to share that my friend Mike Rotunda has been placed under hospice care. \ud83d\udc94 This photo was from earlier this year \u2014 a moment I\u2019ll treasure,\u201d wrote Kai, real name Patty Seymour. \u201cPlease keep Mike and the Rotunda family in your prayers. We love you, Mike. \u2764\ufe0f #WrestlingFamily.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It breaks my heart to share that my friend Mike Rotunda has been placed under hospice care. \ud83d\udc94 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. \u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WrestlingFamily?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#WrestlingFamily<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XsgOaVtE0J\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/XsgOaVtE0J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Leilani Kai (@realLeilaniKai) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realLeilaniKai\/status\/1983174771358744635?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Rotunda is known for his time is WWE and WCW, most notably his time as IRS.<\/p>\n<p>He formed the notable tag team The U.S. Express with Windham in the early 1980s, winning the tag team championships twice, before exiting the company.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Rotunda returned in 1991 to begin his run as IRS, who dressed in a white buttoned shirt and suspenders, forming another notable tag team with Ted DiBiase dubbed \u201cMoney Inc.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They won the tag titles three times, and faced Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake in a tag team championship match at WrestleMania IX in 1993.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.46494993;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37508378\" width=\"864\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2237606251.jpg\" alt=\"Team of wrestlers, with championship belts, pose backstage.Mike Rotunda and Barry Windham formed The U.S. Express.\" class=\"wp-image-37508378\"  \/>Mike Rotunda and Barry Windham formed The U.S. Express. WWE via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>He later joined WCW as V.K. Wallstreet, a play off former WWE owner Vincent Kennedy McMahon.<\/p>\n<p>WWE inducted Rotunda and Windham into the Hall of Fame in 2024 for their tag team contributions.<\/p>\n<p>The Rotunda family dealt with tragedy two years ago when <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/08\/28\/bray-wyatts-fiancee-found-him-turning-blue-during-nap\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Windham Rotunda died from a heart attack<\/a> at the age of 36.<\/p>\n<p>His other son, Taylor Rotunda, wrestles for WWE as Bo Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WWE Hall of Famer Mike Rotunda \u2014 known best as IRS or Irwin R. 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