8 Times WWE Went Scottish
6. Kilts
WWE has a complex relationship with the famous Scottish garb, dating back to its introduction to the show through '80s Roddy Piper at his absolute peak as a sh*t-stirring heel. How very dare he wear women's clothes?! And what exactly is under there?! Things changed when he turned face, when commentators would use the kilt/skirt craic as an argumentative back-and-forth to fill time whilst Piper sold a beating.
Brother Love got to don one, pretend to be 'a little bit Scotch', and leave with his undercrackers on display as part of an uneasy slut-shaming edition of Piper's Pit at WrestleMania V, and the old kilt/skirt debate even got a Vince Russo makeover in the form of the Headbangers, who bust them out rather proudly as part of a grunge ensemble and a t-shirt that read 'Real Men Wear Skirts'. Positively progressive for late-90s WWE.
Old habits die hard with Vince still at the controls though, and it's hard to foresee a time when a simple item of clothing won't again be trotted out on TV to tarnish race relations and espouse archaic gender politics. Will November 2016's tapings be the next flashpoint?