5 Favourite Old School WWF Wrestlers

#2 Rowdy Roddy Piper

Rowdy Roddy Piper - Not really Scottish

Despite "Rowdy" Roddy Piper heavily influencing current WWE superstar, "Rowdy" Ronda Rousey, the kilt and the nickname and the dynamic personality are the only traits that transfer from the 1980s to 2018.

It is impossible to see Rousey march down to the ring, playing the bagpipes or ascertaining to be Scottish, as Piper did.

Despite being Canadian, Piper was billed from Glasgow, Scotland. Despite the incongruous nature of the gimmick, Piper made it an unadulterated success.

Piper was one of the top five most famous wrestlers in the 1980s and had almost as much to do with the success of the inaugural Wrestlemania event as Hulk Hogan, Mr T and Vince McMahon himself.

It is hard to see Piper's gimmick extending beyond the mid-card though in 2018. Piper would have made it of course but playing a very different role. Truly an old school gimmick for an old school great.

Piper was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2005.