Random Mr. Perfect question

In my disgust with the current product, I am rewatching 1993 RAW- for whatever reason, I noticed Mr P. always seemed to take one of his straps down in the course of his matches, but didn’t start doing this (that I have seen) until after the IC title match with Bret where his tights ripped.

Is it a Lawler thing where strap down = making a comeback, because he was a face at the time?   Wondering what your and the blog’s thoughts are.