Ranking All 16 WWE WrestleMania Celebrity Matches

8. WrestleMania II: Mr. T Versus ‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper

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A fixed boxing match? Perish the thought.

One year removed from being part of one of the most important wrestling matches in industry history (more on that later), Mr. T and “Rowdy” Roddy Piper hooked up in a boxing match at WrestleMania II.

The three-round bout tried to maintain a semblance of legitimacy until the final round, when they threw wild, almost comical haymakers at each other until Piper lost his cool and slammed Mr. T for the disqualification.

Still, this contest wasn’t about looking like a super-authentic boxing match. Mr. T. still was one of the biggest celebrities in the country at the time, and Piper was still playing the perfect villain. Their match was a nice callback to the first WrestleMania while adding a little spectacle to an otherwise dull event.

 
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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fortunately became a fan in time for WrestleMania III and came back as a fan after a long high school hiatus before WM XIV. Monday nights in the Carlson household are reserved for viewing Raw -- for better or worse.