Today's lectionary reading was the story of Jacob wrestling with the angel and along the way being renamed Israel (which means "Wrestles with God"). Apparently God was not the only one to assign strange names to wrestlers. Here are just a few names listed in the encyclopedia of professional wrestling:
Sid Vicious
Thom Thumb
Big John Studd (notice the two 'd's)
Erich Von Erich
Big Black Dog
Junkyard Dog
Pit Bull #1
Pit Bull #2
The Professional
The Thing
Kazuo Yamakazi
Mikey Whipwreck
Chief Thundercloud
Flyboy Rocco Rock
Hercules
Brutus the Barber Beefcake who also wrestled as Eddi Boulder, Eddie Hogan the brother of Hulk Hogan, Dizzy Golden, Dizzie Eddie Hogan, Brother Bruti, The Butcher and, finally, The Man with No Name
The Headshrinkers
The Heartbreakers
and, last but not least, for all you wome folk out there...Lady X
Fun stuff, I swear.
Sunday, July 31, 2005
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