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Post by Kenny Powers on Mar 5, 2009 21:25:37 GMT -5
At Wrestlemania 6 Rowdy Roddy Piper painted himself half black for his match with Bad News Brown. At the time I didn't really get it and now I think it was kind of stupid. What were your thoughts?  |
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Post by decadofdistruction on Mar 5, 2009 21:30:44 GMT -5
it was pretty funny
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Post by Grumpyoldman on Mar 6, 2009 3:57:32 GMT -5
As much as I'm a long time Piper mark, this was almost as bad as his WM2 match. On a funny note, when he went to shower after this match, Gorilla Monsoon took the soap that was supposed to remove the make up. Piper said he looked the same & went to the airport in California with a huge Mickey Mouse stuffed animal. No one questioned him or bothered him.
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Post by carly1988 on Mar 6, 2009 5:16:23 GMT -5
I dont think people know about the whole build up. Bad News Brown always came off very stereotypical with as a black man that was treated unfairly and had hard times because the color of his skin. Piper painting himself half and half was his way of saying "I dont represent white or blacks, I represent both" Really it was a strong statement that he made. I think it makes up for a lot of things he did that were racially borderline in the 80s like calling Mr T a monkey and throwing bananas at him
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2009 6:50:13 GMT -5
yeah he did it because of Bad News Browns whining.
I thought it was great-but the match blew
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Post by Johnny Lawrence - Cobra Kai on Mar 6, 2009 8:20:02 GMT -5
I thought it made him look like a half-moon cookie.
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Post by Gene on Mar 6, 2009 8:36:54 GMT -5
It was a powerful statement and was well done. But it wouldn't work today. Today it would be "That's racists. You can't say the word black on television before 10PM that's just wro... OMG MARK OUT MARK OUT I'M MARKING OUT IT'S KELLY  ING KELLY" |
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Post by k5 on Mar 6, 2009 11:00:12 GMT -5
It was a powerful statement and was well done. But it wouldn't work today. Today it would be "That's racists. You can't say the word black on television before 10PM that's just wro... OMG MARK OUT MARK OUT I'M MARKING OUT IT'S KELLY ING KELLY" hahaha, too true. i think piper, crazy as he is, had good intentions. he was saying this shouldn't be a black man vs. white man match. |
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Post by Grapple Arcade on Mar 6, 2009 12:35:54 GMT -5
its a tricky one, im not sure of what the intention really was, id hope it was for the right reasons, G-MONEY is right with what he has said. It could be a case of ' i represent black and white people', but the MR.T thing was over the line, meaning, was he trying to redeem himself, or was something else intended.
Again, shame it was a crap match, but i did like Brown, as well as piper
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2009 14:09:08 GMT -5
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Post by k5 on Mar 6, 2009 15:37:06 GMT -5
that was amazing. "so we know two things about ya - you're a jerk, and you're stupid." |
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