10 Wrestling Facts We Didn’t Know Last Week (1 Nov)

9. ECW's Francine Almost Became "Sister Love"

An entire generation of teenage boys growing up in the '90s will recall ECW's Francine erm... massaging kendo sticks and leaning over the ropes to reveal mega-cleavage. Sex appeal was never something ECW shied away from, and Francine was only too happy to play her part in lowering trousers everywhere.

OK, enough with the thinly-veiled smut. There's a fact to get to.

Francine told Wrestling Inc that she almost ditched the overt sex appeal for something totally different in the mid-'90s. She recalls the WWF's Ed Cohen calling her family home countless times to see if she'd be interested in trading Heyman-ville for McMahon-land and becoming "Sister Love".

The gimmick would've seen Francine becoming Brother Love's on screen partner, and the company were keen to point out that she'd earn tons more cash in the WWF. Loyalty won the day though, and Francine stayed put in ECW. WWE would never pull the trigger on their "Sister Love" idea.