WWE: 10 Most Influential Promos In WWE History

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7. Piper€™s Pit: The Coconut

No superstar from the 1980s was as brash or as outspoken as €œRowdy€ Roddy Piper. Though he wasn€™t really known for wrestling, Piper served the purpose of putting every man on the roster down. It didn€™t matter who you were or how high you€™d climbed, Piper would always cut you down to size with his talent on the mic. Never was this more apparent than in his classic interview with Jimmy €œSuperfly€ Snuka. What starts out as a defamation of his critics, Piper quickly turns his onslaught towards Superfly, who plays the straight man spectacularly, never once rising to Piper€™s jibes for nearly three minutes. The moment Snuka opened his mouth turned out to be the one thing that could set €œRowdy€ Roddy Piper off. Piper feigned civility for a moment, then unleashed the most unique and vicious shot in WWE history: a coconut to the head. The sequence perfectly encapsulates €œRowdy€ Roddy Piper€™s character while providing a perfect soundbyte to define the bravado of the early days of the brand. It was a moment that shocked and delighted every fan that experienced it, and will always be remembered for the laughs it brought.