Bruce Prichard (born March 7, 1963) is a creative team writer for the World Wrestling Entertainment's WWE SmackDown! brand. He is the brother of professional wrestler Tom Prichard. March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in leap years). ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ... WWE Friday Night SmackDown! is a professional wrestling television program for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and is the flagship broadcast of the SmackDown! brand. ... ... Tom Prichard a former professional wrestler, now working behind the scenes of World Wrestling Entertainment. ...

Bruce Prichard is best known to television audiences as Brother Love, a red-faced smarmy, overly-charismatic "preacher" who claimed to preach not the word of God, but "the word of love." This article discusses the term God in the context of monotheism and henotheism. ...

Away from his Brother Love persona, Prichard began his career as a ring announcer for Bill Watts' Universal Wrestling Federation and for a time was a manager and ringside interviewer in the Global Wrestling Federation between 1992 and 1993. The name Universal Wrestling Federation may refer to: An American professional wrestling promotion, forerunner to the WCW. See Universal Wrestling Federation (United States). ... Global Wrestling Federation was a professional wrestling promotion based in Dallas, Texas. ...

"The Brother Love Show"

Brother Love hosted a segment on World Wrestling Federation's syndicated and cable television programs (called "The Brother Love Show"), in which he would interview wrestlers. The segment debuted June 19, 1988 on Wrestling Challenge, and would be "promoted" to the WWF's "A-show," Superstars of Wrestling, by that fall. World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ... In the television industry (as in radio), syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast programs to multiple stations, without going through a broadcast network. ... WWF Wrestling Challenge was a syndicated weekly World Wrestling Federation show that aired from 1986 to 1996. ... WWF Superstars of Wrestling was a professional wrestling program that debuted on September 6, 1986, replacing WWF Championship Wrestling. ...

The segment was patterned largely after the legendary "Piper's Pit," where Love — dressed in a white suit and tie with a red shirt — would berate face wrestlers (especially Hulk Hogan and the Ultimate Warrior) and openly support such heels as "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan. In fact, DiBiase was Brother Love's main "benefactor." More than once, a wrestling feud was set up because of what occurred on "The Brother Love Show" (including the Earthquake-Hulk Hogan feud of 1990 and the Jake "The Snake" Roberts-Rick Martel feuds). Rowdy Roddy Piper (born Roderick George Toombs on April 17, 1954) is a Canadian professional wrestler of Scottish descent. ... In professional wrestling, a face is a character who is portrayed as being moral or approving (that is, faces are good guys or crowd favorites). The vast majority of wrestling storylines (though not all) place a heel (or bad guy) against a face. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards and to make a clear distinction between fact and fiction, this article may require cleanup. ... Warrior (born Brian James Hellwig on June 16, 1959) is a former American professional wrestler known to many as The Ultimate Warrior, one of the most controversial characters in the history of the wrestling industry. ... In professional wrestling, a heel is a villain character who is portrayed as behaving in an immoral manner; sometimes they are humorously referred to as evil. In non-wrestling jargon, heels are often bad guys in pro wrestling storylines. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Bobby The Brain Heenan Bobby The Brain Heenan (born Raymond Louis Heenan November 1, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois), is an American professional wrestling manager and commentator. ... A professional wrestling feud is a staged disagreement between two wrestlers or factions of wrestlers over a purported slight or insult. ... John Tenta (June 22, 1963 – June 7, 2006) was a Canadian professional wrestler, best known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation as Earthquake. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards and to make a clear distinction between fact and fiction, this article may require cleanup. ... Aurelian Jake Smith, Jr. ... Richard Vigneault (born March 18, 1956) is a French Canadian former professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) between 1980 and 1995 under the ring name Rick Martel. ...

Brother Love also featured prominently in WrestleMania V in 1989 where Roddy Piper "de-skirted" Brother Love of his "kilt" after taking over Piper's Pit. A year later, Sgt. Slaughter bestowed a medal upon Brother Love during SummerSlam 1990 for being the "greatest American." Brother Love was thrilled. The character of Brother Love was controversial, since he was introduced around the time of the late 1980s scandals involving televangelists including Jim Bakker and Jimmy Swaggart (upon both of whom Prichard's character was based). Several of his segments also bordered on the lines of taste; one particular segment involved Love playing the part of a charlatan "faith healer" (where he induced an actor, pretending to be blind and crippled, to "see" and "walk" on command). The actor would proclaim, "I can see!" and "I can walk!" after obeying Love's commands. WrestleMania V was the fifth annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view event from the World Wrestling Federation. ... Roderick George Toombs (born on April 17, 1954 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan), best known by his stage name of Rowdy Roddy Piper, is a Canadian professional wrestler of Scottish descent. ... It has been suggested that Irish kilt be merged into this article or section. ... Sgt. ... SummerSlam 1990 was the third annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by the World Wrestling Federation. ... In the USA and Canada, a televangelist (portmanteau for television evangelist) is a religious minister (often a Christian priest or minister) who devotes a large portion of his (or her) ministry to TV broadcasts to a regular viewing and listening audience. ... I was wrong written by Jim Bakker James Orson Bakker (born January 2, 1939 in Muskegon, Michigan) is an American televangelist, former Assemblies of God preacher, and evangelist beset by scandal, and the former host of The PTL Club (PTL being an acronym for Praise the Lord and People That... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Look up Charlatan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Prichard was released from the WWF shortly after the "I Can See!" segment aired (he was "offed" when the Ultimate Warrior attacked him and beat him nearly unconscious in early 1991), although his departure was due to personal problems Prichard was having at the time. Prichard eventually went to Dallas as a manager for the Global Wrestling Federation. Global Wrestling Federation was a professional wrestling promotion based in Dallas, Texas. ...

Brother Love returned to the WWF in November 1995. He hosted the Brother Love Show once again, this time on Monday Night RAW. Love's second stint didn't last as long as his first, and he disappeared again in January 1996. WWE Raw (whose trademark is capitalized RAW) is the Monday night professional wrestling television program for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and is the primary broadcast of the Raw brand. ...

Brother Love resurfaced once again for one night in January 1997 on the debut episode of Shotgun Saturday Night, as the manager of the Sisters of Love, who became The Headbangers after the Sisters of Love gimmick was quickly scrapped. WWF Shotgun Saturday Night, the predecessor to such World Wrestling Entertainment (then WWF) shows like Jakked, Velocity and Sunday Night Heat, that aired between 1997 and 1999 and was a syndicated show that let the lower card wrestlers have matches. ... The Headbangers were the tag team of Mosh and Thrasher who most notable appearances came in the WWF (now WWE). ...

Prichard has since returned to the WWF, and has reprised his character on occasion. In 2001, he participated in the gimmick battle royal at WrestleMania X-Seven. Battle royal, plural battles royal, traditionally refers to a fight involving three or more combatants which is fought until only one fighter remains standing. ... WrestleMania X-Seven was the seventeenth annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by the World Wrestling Federation. ...

Prichard has been known as Vince McMahon's "right hand man" throuought his stays in WWE/WWF, and has also worked as a writer for some of WWE's shows.

Introduction of The Undertaker

At the 1990 Survivor Series, one match saw The Dream Team (Dusty Rhodes, The Hart Foundation, and Koko B. Ware) take on The Million Dollar Team (Ted DiBiase, Rhythm & Blues, and a mystery partner). DiBiase would reveal the mystery partner as The Undertaker, who was managed by Brother Love. The Undertaker eliminated Koko B. Ware and Dusty Rhodes. He then followed Rhodes outside the ring to continue pummeling him, and got counted out. Official Survivor Series logo. ... The American Dream Dusty Rhodes (born Virgil Riley Runnels, Jr. ... The Hart Foundation was a collective name used by various stables in the World Wrestling Federation. ... Koko B. Ware (born James Ware on June 20, 1957 in Union City, Tennessee) is an American professional wrestler. ... Rhythm & Blues was the tag team of The Honky Tonk Man and Greg The Hammer Valentine in the WWF. Probably their most famous/infamous moment when at WrestleMania VI when they were driven to the ring in a pink cadilliac owned and driven by a then unknown Page Falkenberg (who... Mark William Calaway (born March 24, 1962[1][2]) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, (The) Undertaker. ...

Shortly before his departure, Love "sold" the contract of The Undertaker to Paul Bearer. The Undertaker has since continued to wrestle for the company to this day as one of their most high profile wrestlers. William Alvin Moody (born April 10, 1954 in Mobile, Alabama), known professionally as Percy Pringle, is a professional wrestling manager. ...

Other characters

Before creating his Brother Love character, Prichard occasionally worked as an announcer for the WWF's television programs.

Between his two original stints as Brother Love, Prichard portrayed two other short-lived characters, both in 1993. The first was as The Wizard, a color commentator on All-American Wrestling. The second was as Reo Rogers, a satire on Dusty Rhodes. Rogers hosted an interview segment called "Reo's Round-Up," which lasted two weeks before the character was dropped. A color (or colour) commentator, sometimes known as a color analyst, is a member of the broadcasting team for a sporting event who assists the play-by-play announcer by filling in any time when play is not in progress. ... WWF All American Wrestling was a program that was a predecessor to WWF Superstars of Wrestling and Saturday Nights Main Event, was a show that featured mainly high-card wrestlers. ...

Quotes

• "I LOOOOVVE YEEEWWW!!!" (his signature line, which began each segment)
• "I LOOOOVVE YEEEWWW!!! Now, I may not... LIIIIIIKE yeeewww... but... I do... LOOOOVVE YEEEWWW!!!" (usually said to face wrestlers after he introduced them on "The Brother Love Show".)