10 Fascinating Facts About WWE WrestleMania III
6. Roddy Piper Electrocuted Himself 13 Days Before WrestleMania
After working a star-studded eight-man elimination match in Los Angeles thirteen days before WrestleMania 3, Piper cleaned up in the showers of the Sports Arena's locker room. He was chatting with Harley Race when Piper slipped on a puddle of water and, per his recollection, his fingers went into an empty light-bulb socket in his vicinity. The supercharge apparently sent Piper flying backward several feet, and left him in a nauseous and confused state for some time after.
Piper managed to work WrestleMania 3 with little to no ill effects, though he would later sue the Los Angeles Sports Arena for unsafe conditions. Piper looked to be done with the business following a planned retirement after WrestleMania, but he would return to wrestling in 1989. He did so after legally settling with the Sports Arena that February.