Top 50 Greatest Wrestling Heels of all time

02. Roddy Piper

Roddy Piper was the perfect foe for Hulk Hogan in the 1980s. He built his heel persona through his talk show, Piper’s Pit, in which he antagonized other wrestlers and more often than not brawled with them by the end of the segment.

The most famous instance occurred when Piper insulted “Superfly” Jimmy Snuka’s Polynesian heritage by decorating the set with coconuts, bananas and pineapples. He then smashed one of the coconuts over Snuka’s head and shoved a banana in his face.

Piper eventually feuded with Hogan and helped start the Rock ‘n’ Wrestling Connection when he kicked singer Cyndi Lauper in the head. He faced Hogan at The War to Settle the Score on MTV, which eventually set up the first WrestleMania main event. This led to a boom for WWE in the 1980s.