
Herd was later driven mad by Sullivan, taking on the Luna Vachon moniker as part of his cult-like Army of Darkness.Ī half-shaved head, growling voice, facepaint, and doing things like providing backing vocals for a thrash metal band made her unlike anyone in 80s women’s wrestling. Mitchell used the threat of reporting Abyss’ mother to the authorities to keep the two aligned, but this all broke down and Abyss would attack Mitchell, turning face.Įven horror movies can have (somewhat) happy endings!ĭebuting as reporter Trudy Herd in 1985, the would-be Luna was attacked by “The Taskmaster” Kevin Sullivan during an award segment. Having turned to wrestling after a stint in prison made him deranged, it was revealed that Abyss grew up with troubled parents and his father was eventually murdered.Ībyss took the blame for his mother only to return to society and unleash hell on the Impact Zone. Not long after I found TNA in 2004, Abyss and Father James Mitchell introduced me to the more outright violent side of wrestling through Barbed Wire Massacres and the like. Still, his lifeless white eyes were nightmare-inducing for young fans. Thanks to less than stellar in-ring work, his initial run as Viscera may have only included a hardcore title as a singles wrestler and body splashing Mae Young. Now in a trance thanks to ‘Taker, Mable was reintroduced as Viscera.

They found it in the former Mabel.Īfter making several eliminations during the 1999 Royal Rumble, Mabel was eliminated by The Acolytes and Mideon, who kidnapped him and brought him to The Undertaker. With The Undertaker’s Ministry of Darkness faction forming, they needed an enforcer.
