Wrestling and religion don’t mix. Wrestling and religion don’t mix. Wrestling and religion don’t mix. Wrestling and religion don’t mix. Wrestling and religion don’t mix. Wrestling and religion don’t mix. Wrestling and religion don’t mix. Wrestling and religion don’t mix. Wrestling and religion don’t mix. Wrestling and religion don’t mix. Wrestling and religion don’t mix. Wrestling and religion don’t mix. Wrestling and religion don’t mix. Wrestling and religion don’t mix. Wrestling and religion don’t mix. Wrestling and religion don’t mix. Wrestling and religion don’t mix. Wrestling and religion don’t mix. Wrestling and religion don’t mix. Wrestling and religion don’t mix. Wrestling and religion don’t mix.
Maybe if I write it enough times, someone will take the hint. Whether it be Friar Ferguson ,a sober Jake Roberts, or a morality preachin’ Dustin Runnels, no gimmick genre has bombed with as much consistency as that of the religious wrestler.
Of course, this track record didn’t keep Vinnie Mac and company from trying it again in the mid 90’s, as the WWF launched its first ever Shotgun Saturday Night with the debut of a tag team known as the Sisters of Love.
Dressed as nuns (NUNS?!), the Sisters of Love baptised the ring with their own special load of WrestleCrap. They blessed the crowd,. They blessed their opponents.
And yeah, they basically just plain sucked.
And who were the duo behind the hoods that could stink up a joint so well, you ask?
Yep, it’s our old pals, the worst tag team this side of the Bolsheviks, the Headbangers! And if you thought the Headbangers dressed as Nuns (NUNS?!) just wasn’t crappy enough, well, let me introduce you to their manager:
Yes, just what the world wanted – the return of Brother Love! What sin did we, as wrestling fans, commit to deserve such a damnation?
The faux preacher came to the ring and blessed his young proteges, and spit out his stupid catchphrase in unison. Thankfully, they only showed up a couple more times before the gimmick was sent to hell, where it belonged.
Of course, they did resurface as the Headbangers…so I don’t know which was really worse.