The next defining chapter came in December 1987, when Ditka said the Metrodome was only good for roller-skating and called it the Rollerdome. (Ditka in later years developed other names for the edifice. He compared the stadium to a stockyard, and the Vikings would put up plastic animals. He called it a Tinkerdome, and someone erected a Tinker Toys monument.)
Someone sent Ditka some Rollerblades after his Rollerdome comment, and he rode them around his office for the TV cameras. During the game that Sunday, the Vikings' cheerleaders wore roller skates, as well as headbands and sunglasses to mock McMahon.