10 Worst WWE Matches Of The 1980s

1. Mr. T vs. Roddy Piper - WrestleMania II

A big part of the success of the first WrestleMania was not just seeing Hulk Hogan and Roddy Piper square off, but the participation of A-Team and Rocky III star Mr. T. 

Clubber Lang and Thunderlips got the better of Hot Rod and Paul Orndorff, but Piper’s rivalry with the Hollywood actor would carry on until WrestleMania II. 

These two genuinely didn’t like each other and a match between them could have had tremendous heat and been a real sight to see if they employed all the smoke and mirrors and bells and whistles at their disposal. 

Instead, WWE decided to put them together in a worked boxing match. 

In a genre that notoriously has a low bar when it comes to quality, this managed to be one of the absolute worst. It was boring. It was patently fake. And it ended in a disqualification finish when Rowdy Roddy slammed him in the fourth round. 

On any other day, Piper’s charisma and theatrics might have carried this one, but it was not to be on this day. Unfortunately for Piper and Mr. T, this day just happened to be WrestleMania.