Is Chris Jericho's highlight reel supposed to be an homage to Piper's Pit? Certainly. Any wrestler who decides to have an interview show with a set is absolutely on some level owes a debt of gratitude to Roddy Piper. However, it's in going back to Summerslam 2008 where during a feud between Jericho and Shawn Michaels wherein Jericho punched Michaels' wife Rebecca "inadvertently" in the mouth where things get interesting and VERY Piper-esque. Jericho asks Michaels to admit that he's retiring because Jericho got the best of him. Michaels doesn't and instead uncorks a promo that involves the Heartbreak Kid telling Jericho to tell his children that he could never be wrestler Shawn Michaels was.
Angry, Jericho throws a punch that Michaels ducks, and instead hits Michaels' wife Rebecca directly in the face. Vibes of Roddy Piper kicking Cyndi Lauper during "The War To Settle The Score?" Of course.
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.
