>>15844539Piper is an all time great because of his promo ability. To deny that is to not understand promos at all. That said, Piper was also a competent worker and certainly much better than Ospreay. That match you reference against Bret at WrestleMania is better than any Will Ospreay match in his entire career. But yes, Bret called it and was at that time the best worker in the world, so of course Piper got "carried." It's worth noting that Piper debuted in 1969 and had been a big territory star prior to going to the WWF, where he had historic feuds with Jimmy Snuka and Hulk Hogan.
If anything, Piper is underrated. He rarely gets mentioned when people bring up legends, at least not in the same breath as Hogan, Savage, Flair, Austin, Rock, Bret, but Piper deserves that level of credit. The Rock n Wrestling Connection hinged on Piper and his assault on Lauper and his feud with Hogan prolonged the MTV partnership with WWF and led into the first WrestleMania, helping to make it a success. And his boxing match with Mr. T the following year, while not good from a wrestling standpoint, drew a lot of money.
Piper is an all time great, and frankly I don't value the opinion of anyone that thinks otherwise. Just proves your ignorance.
