The main antagonist of the Rock and Wrestling Wars, “Rowdy” Roddy Piper could outtalk anyone in wrestling and frankly did just that.  Fans shelled out good money to see Piper get his butt handed to him and he always found a way to escape harm and brag on television the next week.  If Hulk Hogan was the biggest star for the WWF in the mid 80’s, Roddy Piper wasn’t far behind.  This was another MUST induction for the WWE Hall of Fame.

One of the most naturally powerful wrestlers ever, Nikolai Volkoff escaped from the Communist Yugoslavia to the United States.  Although he wasn’t Russian, he portrayed an evil Soviet competitor with more realism than anyone else ever could.  Although most wrestling fans saw him when he was older, Volkoff was actually quite agile in his younger days and even though he was not in his prime during the Rock and Wrestling days, his singing of the Soviet National Anthem prior to every match allowed him to be a successful heel for years.

The next choice generated more debate from us in terms of their genre and not so much in terms of the band itself. Mötley Crüe was one of the many Metal bands to come out of L.A., but they were likely the band most closely associated with Hair Metal, and the debate we had is just how worthy that genre is. 

Anyone who has heard the Iron Sheik lately should be amazed that there was no set incident during his induction speech from 2005.  All jokes aside, the Iron Sheik may have been a surprise WWF World Heavyweight Champion when he defeated Bob Backlund, but the Sheik brought to wrestling a very legitimate amateur background that he parlayed into a fluid wrestling game.  Excellent on promos, the Iron Sheik was easily among the best rule breakers of his day.