History YMMV / RoddyPiper

** And then there was [=WrestleMania=] VI, where he painted himself ''half-black,'' in a spectacularly ill-thought-out attempt to avoid the potential racist or white supremacist implications of defeating the AngryBlackMan "Bad News" Brown that fell straight into them.

** And then there was [=WrestleMania=] VI, where he painted himself ''half-black''. Yeah.

** Some things Piper did in the mid-80s would get the WWE kicked off the air nowadays. Part of Piper's {{Heel}} schtick was that he wasn't just obnoxious, but bigoted, with some notably racist diatribes at Mr. T and one occasion where he angrily used an ethnic slur against Wrestling/BrunoSammartino. Then there was the infamous Piper's Pit segment with Wrestling/JimmySnuka, undoubtedly Piper's crowning achievement in {{politically incorrect villain}}y. There, he condescendingly talked down to ([[MotorMouth and over]]) Snuka the whole time and made a huge amount of racist jabs toward him all the while, culminating in smashing a coconut over his head, forcibly stuffing a banana in his mouth, and then [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything taking off his belt and whipping Snuka over the back with it]].

* MemeticMutation: The famous ChewBubblegum line from ''Film/TheyLive'' has been endlessly regurgitated for decades.

** Some things Piper did in the mid-80s would get the WWE kicked off the air nowadays. Part of Piper's {{Heel}} schtick was that he wasn't just obnoxious, but bigoted, with some notably racist diatribes at Mr. T and one occasion where he angrily used an ethnic slur against Wrestling/BrunoSammartino. Then there was the infamous Piper's Pit segment with Wrestling/JimmySnuka, undoubtedly Piper's crowning achievement in {{politically incorrect villain}}y. There, he condescendingly talked down to ([[MotorMouth and over]]) Snuka the whole time and made a huge amount of racist jabs toward him all the while, culminating in smashing a coconut over his head and [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything whipping him with his belt]].

** Another oft-repeated moment was when the wrestler Piper was interviewing was just dying on the mic. Piper eventually just beat the crap out of him and the infamously said, "Just when they think they have the answers, I change the questions!"

** Some things Piper did in the mid-80s would get the WWE kicked off the air nowadays. Part of Piper's {{Heel}} schtick was that he wasn't just obnoxious, but bigoted, with some notably racist diatribes at Mr. T and at least one occasion where he angrily used an ethnic slur against Wrestling/BrunoSammartino. Then there was the infamous Piper's Pit segment with Wrestling/JimmySnuka, arguably Piper's crowning achievement in {{politically incorrect villain}}y.

* BadassDecay[=/=]DorkAge: His time in WCW, also his 2003 WWE run on ''[=SmackDown!=]''.
%%* Crazy Awesome: Essentially his character whenever he was a {{face}}.
%%* EvilIsCool

*** Well; If you see it as a (kayfabe) bigoted JerkAss being taught a "lesson" about not making a (kayfabe) fool of himself then it's pretty funny. It's also negated by the fact that he's a (kayfabe) villain and villains do villainous stuff...like mocking skin colors.

* CrazyAwesome: Essentially his character whenever he was a {{face}}.
* EvilIsCool

* ProtectionFromEditors: Piper rarely did a job, and Wrestling/HulkHogan made no secret of his displeasure at never getting to get that decisive win during their feud. Interestingly, Piper did take a (now famous) pinfall loss at ''Wrestlemania VIII'' to Wrestling/BretHart.

* ValuesDissonance: Some things Piper did in the mid-80s would get the WWE kicked off the air nowadays. Part of Piper's {{Heel}} schtick was that he wasn't just obnoxious, but bigoted, with some notably racist diatribes at Mr. T and at least one occasion where he angrily used an ethnic slur against Wrestling/BrunoSammartino. Then there was the infamous Piper's Pit segment with Wrestling/JimmySnuka, arguably Piper's crowning achievement in {{politically incorrect villain}}y.
** And then there was Wrestlemania VI, where he painted himself ''half-black''. Yeah.

* HarsherInHindsight: During a 2003 interview which took place at around the same time he returned to WWE, Piper predicted that he was "not going to make 65" due to his poor health. How right he was...