I was thinking about something. Is there a reason guys like Bret and Shawn were seen as radical departures on top in a way that someone like Roddy Piper, arguably the biggest star of the three, wasn't? I understand the contextual differences -- specifically Bret and Shawn being pushed as a reaction to the steroid era's consequences -- and maybe that's the only reason. Is it also that Piper, while a major star and hugely important player, was never the singular focal point of the company the way Bret and Shawn were? I may have answered my own question, but Piper being cast as Hogan's first major rival in the WWF is in itself pretty remarkable.