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4. Roddy Piper's Skin Solution Was Dumped Out As A Rib
Piper's questionable paint job was apparently a misguided attempt to, as his 2016 biography Rowdy tells it, "champion all people", regardless of color. Instead, the half-and-half appearance came off as a semi-committed Al Jolson tribute instead of anything particularly meaningful. After the brawl with Bad News Brown failed to go over well, Piper's night only got worse.
Piper's paint would only come off when contacted by a blend of solvents. Unbeknownst to Piper, Andre the Giant and WWE lifer Arnold Skaaland dumped out the solution as a prank, and replaced it with water. Not only could Piper not get the paint off, but he ended up going through the airport the next day, half-black.
In a direct quote from Hot Rod himself, "It took me three weeks to get that s--t off."