![]() The duo often carried a boombox to the ring, and on one occasion, Mosh vomited during an interview. They later had T-shirts with the phrase "Real men wear skirts" and occasionally wore sports bras over their shirts. The gimmick was short-lived, but they kept the skirts when they returned to being The Headbangers in January 1997. After the Nuns defeated The Godwinns, Love renamed them the Sisters of Love. On an episode of Shotgun Saturday Night, Brother Love showed up to manage the Nuns. They were also humorously billed as hailing from a monastery in the Himalayas. ![]() Shortly after that, they began wearing nuns' clothing and billed as the Flying Nuns (a play on the television show of the same name), Sister Angelica and Mother Smucker. ![]() The team debuted on WWF television on the Novemepisode of Superstars under their Headbangers gimmick defeating Alex Porteau andĪldo Montoya. World Wrestling Federation (1996–2000) WWF Tag Team Champions Afterwards, they continued working for the USWA and the independent circuit. On an episode of Monday Night Raw they got a World Tag Team Title shot against the Smoking Gunns. In December 1995, they debuted as jobbers in the WWF as the Spiders, the Arachnoids, and even used their real names. By the end of the year, SMW folded and they returned to United States Wrestling Association. Their slogan was "Real men wear skirts." During their time in SMW, they feuded with The Rock 'n' Roll Express ( Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) and The Thugs ( Tracy Smothers and Tony Anthony), and later sided with Jim Cornette and Terry Gordy in their feud with Brad Armstrong over the SMW Heavyweight Championship. It was there that they changed their gimmicks to the Headbangers. Later that year they moved down to Tennessee in Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW). They had a brief stint in Dallas for the NWA in 1995. Also they worked for United States Wrestling Association (USWA) feuding with the Rottens and The Eliminators. They made an Eastern Championship Wrestling appearance in June 1994, losing to The Bad Breed ( Axl and Ian Rotten). Warrington and Ruth teamed up in 1994 as the Spiders in their home state, New Jersey, for the National Wrestling Alliance. They were both trained by Larry Sharpe in New Jersey in the early 1990s. As the name of the team implies, their gimmick is that they are a pair of metalheads, complete with heavy metal related T-shirts, kilts, piercings, goatees, shaved heads, and black face paint. The Headbangers are a professional wrestling tag team consisting of Mosh (Charles Warrington) and Thrasher (Glenn Ruth). Mosh (left) and Thrasher (right) posing with fans
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