10 Greatest Episodes Of WWE's Brother Love Show
Must-see WWE television, with controversy at the heart of its downfall.
In June 1988, WWE debuted a new interview segment on Superstars called The Brother Love Show. Brother Love was an over the top heel televangelist character played by Bruce Prichard. An interview segment hosted by a heel character was popular with WWE fans, dating back to the popularity of Piper’s Pit in the mid 1980s. Brother Love soon became a character WWE fans loved to hate.
Love was often in the middle of key WWE angles while always siding with the heels. He was closely associated with top heel personalities Bobby ‘the Brain’ Heenan and The Brother Love Show’s rumoured financial benefactor ‘The Million Dollar Man’ Ted DiBiase. Love was also The Undertaker's first official manager before selling his contract to Paul Bearer.
The Brother Love character was eventually pulled from WWE television for pushing the envelope one too many times. He made a brief return in the mid 1990s and has made sporadic appearances since. At its height between 1988 and 1991, The Brother Love Show was an unsung hero in pushing angles and getting over talent in WWE.
10. Faith Healer Love
There was public backlash after a spring 1991 episode of The Brother Love Show. The Brother Love character was controversial all by itself because it was an obvious parody of televangelists. But when the show was used to directly mock faith healing rather than forwarding an angle, it crossed the line.
Brother Love’s guess was a “blind” man in a wheelchair named Paul. Love proceeded to use his “Love” to heal the man thus allowing him to see and walk. The segment was controversial enough for WWE to pull the Love character off the air and fire Bruce Prichard.
Soon after the “I Can See!” episode, Brother Love and The Brother Love Show were written off WWE television after an incident with The Ultimate Warrior. Warrior brutally assaulted Love and destroyed the show’s set. It was explained that the show was cancelled due to Love’s severe injuries. Brother Love wouldn’t be seen again in WWE until November 1995.