12 WWE Hall-Of-Famers Who Wrestled After Being Inducted
6. Roddy Piper
Hall of Fame induction: 2005
Few wrestlers have had more comebacks in WWF/E than “Rowdy” Roddy Piper, who first retired way back in 1987 at WrestleMania III, and would compete at several more Manias, including his final one at WM 25.
Piper was inducted into Hall of Fame in 2005, and by October that year, he was back in the ring on SmackDown. The following year, he and Ric Flair won the World Tag Team Championship, defeating the Spirit Squad. That reign would last eight days, and the Rowdy Scot would leave to battle Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
As with his earlier career, Piper would return again and again to diminishing returns. He showed up at Royal Rumble 2008 for a surreal standoff with old rival Jimmy Snuka, then the two would team with Ricky Steamboat the following year at WrestleMania 25 to fight Chris Jericho. His last appearance in the ring was a 2011 Raw match where he beat the Miz with Alex Riley (remember him?) as special referee.
Still, Piper is one of a very few WWE superstars who won a title after being inducted into their Hall of Fame.