The obvious was Reverend Michael Brooks but can also remember Johnny Howard being billed as Rasputin.Think Wild Angus occasionally may have too.Any others?
Quite a few of us clergy people are fans who love wrestling and who, along with many other people, find release from the stress of daily life and work through spending two hours shouting at someone who enjoys being shouted at, and, as the modern saying goes, "suspending our disbelief"
Pathe News covered Reg Thompson referring a match between Ken Davies and Ray Clayton.We are told his favourite hymn was "Fight the good fight with all thy might"
I remember the Rev Danny Brett and tag partner Rev Mark Forrest, presumably fictional personas. I was surprised to find the wrestling vicar, Rev Reg Thompson, was genuine.
Bernard Murray was considering training for ordination to the priesthood before turning to Professional Wrestling
Quite a few of us clergy people are fans who love wrestling and who, along with many other people, find release from the stress of daily life and work through spending two hours shouting at someone who enjoys being shouted at, and, as the modern saying goes, "suspending our disbelief"
Pathe News covered Reg Thompson referring a match between Ken Davies and Ray Clayton.We are told his favourite hymn was "Fight the good fight with all thy might"
Could you count the one who got in the ring to try to protect one of the wrestlers (I forget whom) at a charity event ?
The Reverend Ian Gallows was the sidekick of The Hangman, Shane Stevens' for a time.
I remember the Rev Danny Brett and tag partner Rev Mark Forrest, presumably fictional personas. I was surprised to find the wrestling vicar, Rev Reg Thompson, was genuine.