I want to start this one off by saying that I like
Jerry Jarrett. He's a legend in the business. I also really want to
see his new NWA affiliate TNA (Total Nonstop Action) succeed.
But should it fail, you can point to the Johnsons here as the beginning of the end, even before the beginning.
Even before TNA produced its first show, the rumors were flying. Most of them centered around a new tag team that would debut at the show: The Johnsons. They were going to wrestle in full-body condom suits, the rumors said. Their names were going to be Richard and Rod Johnson. (Get it? Dick? And Rod?)
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Anyway, the first show arrives, and sure enough, out come The Johnson Brothers. Richard and Rod. Thankfully, by fate, design or just bad rumors, they aren't wearing condoms as masks, though their body-suits are flesh-colored. The Johnsons were actually Florida-based tag team The Shane Twins. Yep, TWINS. Who in their right mind would waste a gimmick like identical twins by putting both under masks. Retarded to the limit. |
Anyway, they showed
up for a couple of shows, then turned on their manager Mortimer Plumtree.
They have yet to be seen in TNA again, and have returned to Florida
as The Shanes.