Heartwarming / Roddy Piper

• The look of unabashed joy on his face after winning the Intercontinental Championship at the 1992 Royal Rumble, coupled with the deafening ovation from the crowd. You'd have thought he'd won the World Title that night.
• His famous WrestleMania VIII match with Bret Hart, where, after teasing a heel turn (and wielding a ring bell at that!) he just couldn't bring himself to screw over his old friend. Bret ultimately wins, but the two embrace afterward in a very rare show of respect from Piper.
  • Taking this even further is the fact that Piper just about always refused to lose cleanly by pinfall or submission; disqualification or count-out was okay, but titles cannot change hands that way, which is probably why he never held a championship before this - there would be no feasible way to crown a new champion after him. For Piper to lose cleanly to Hart with the Intercontinental title on the line says volumes about how he felt about the Hitman.
• Bobby Heenan dressed as Santa went out of his way to ridicule the kids who believed in Santa. Piper was the wrong guy to be around when he did as such.
• Piper was voted to be Ric Flair's partner at Cyber Sunday 2006, but had to be withdrawn from storylines a week afterward when it was discovered that he had cancer. Piper made a full recovery and credited the fans' vote as being what saved his life, as the routine pre-match medical check-ups were what diagnosed his disease in time.
• Piper's out of character moment when André the Giant turned on Hulk Hogan on an episode of Piper's Pit just before WrestleMania III. Rather than his usual manic bluster, he softly pointed out that an almost hysterical Hogan was bleeding and helped him to the back. Bear in mind the two characters could barely stand each other despite being both on the same side.

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