Slamboree 97 - Mortis V Glacier

[MikeTheGodless]

It does look like Reptile versus Sub Zero

[XxGirntacos]

mortis looked like kane at 1:38

[mr83]

(spoiler) jax saved glacier

[mbranco24]

RIP Mortis

[F4WBootCamp]

Mortis Kombat!

[TKManUTD1989]

lol wcw was really the pits russo and bischoff really run the company to the ground

[peterp21]

Awesome kick by Miller at 6:34. People rag on this angle and the wrestlers but it really was simple wrestling storytelling at its best. You take Glacier, have Mortis come out to beat him, then Wrath shows up to make it 2-on-1 against our hero, then throw in Miller. It works, and the fans are into it. Too bad they never did much with these guys in the long run, but not everyone can get above midcard, especially with the main eventers WCW had in 1997.

[gtrain2005]

@peterp21

Ernest Miller had a pretty good career in WCW and WWF. Not really a main eventer, but he was pretty darn good.

[NimrodHayabusa]

i still call this dude "sub zero" i remembered to be a huge fan of his.. this was friggin sub zero!!!!

[kpz1234]

Is it just me or does James Vandenberg look like James Lipton's crazy brother?

[JayInx06]

idk if someone said it but Wrath is Adam Bomb in WWE

[doddsino]

Somebody call his momma...

[OwenHayworth]

If this isn't a sub zero rip off I don't know what is. haha I loved glacier for some reason, I don't even recall any matches he had.

[Metalkick1]

5:20 FINISH HIM !

[adammorez]

The story is that these guys debut around the same time that TNT was launching a real Mortal Kombat TV show after nitro so they gave these guys gimmicks to help promote it but the show was a complete fail.

[jonezy1234]

These gimmicks were pretty cool, especially as MK was very popular (and still is) should've pushed the gimmicks.

[lucasbaca]

Way!!!!!! underrated gimmicks

[spewintothis]

Mortis = great theme, great wrestler, great look, great.

[newlytrollin]

MORTAL KOMBAT!!!

[bigfloridapimp]

Father James Mitchell, FTW

[DarkestDayOnEarth]

Some nice kicks from the cat

[StraightOuttaDC]

Isn't that "The Cat"?

[BoRaiChoWins]

Glacier and Mortis were both awesome. Way better than most gimics i've seen in wrestling

[pellepellecorps]

mortis aka kannon was a monster.. and glacier was to. i miss those guys

[amarmehta01]

@pellepellecorps you mean Kanyon? RIP.

[Takaho31]

Galcier never hada chance against Mortis. Didn't matter who won or if Ernest came to the rescue. Every time it was a slaughter.

[MrDivalover1]

james  vanderberg aka james mitchell is one of great heel evil manager. i would love to see mitchell be kane manager.

[mmscott9]

6:20 FINISH HIM!!

[shogunofyellow]

1:40 hadouken?

[johnnyrainbow50]

lol what is this Mortal Kombat the musical?

[johnnyrainbow50]

glacier should have kept his mask on

[PureDynamiteKid]

Who better then Kanyon?

[Hexed4Life]

I LOVED Mortis, Wrath, and Glacier. R.I.P Kanyon

[moskalmultimedia]

Thats the thing about WCW, they had badass gimmics! As a kid how could you not like that? Fucking sick

[garymaster42]

Mortis and Wrath were the only team that I cheering for to beat The Outsiders. :D

[BleedingWalls420]

Mortis' theme was sick.

[MrBoogieMATT]

well, Mortis predates Kane, and not so much an Undertaker rip off, either, definitely more Mortal Kombat-ish in that they said he was a pit-fighter or something...good wrestler, though, odd gimmick....better as Kanyon

[Damolisher]

@MrBoogieMATT Well to be fair... WHO BETTA THAN KANYON?!

[ekedolphin]

As bad as the angle was, James Vandenburg was excellent in the role.

[turkeyninja]

Sub Zero vs Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein from The Misfits.

[TDude64]

It's really funny looking at all the comments comparing these guys to Mortal Kombat characters.

[stukevius]

this is some mortal kombat shit

[intellectualmastadon]

Finish Him!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mblazin1532]

what a cheap rip-off of the undertaker gimmick!!!

[KimberlyArevalo019]

@mblazin1532 More like an Undertaker AND Kane rip-off with Mortis and the super obvious Mortal Kombat ripoff of Sub-Zero with Glacier XD

[ChubbyLuigi]

MORTAL KOMBAT!

[thestapler]

I always thought Mortis had a cool look. I'd totally wear that as a Halloween costume if it wear available somewhere.

[LyricalPrince211]

I miss creative gimmicks like these, now all we see is "typical" wrestlers in boring gear trying to be the next big thing

[krobelusthekid]

MORTAL KOMBAT!!!!

[Otouto72]

BRUTALITY!!

[JointManipulation]

Flawless Victory

[slake2k7]

The Really Sold That Spinning Roundhouse Kick To The Face Didn't They LOL.

[slicer1028]

MORTAL KOMBAAAAAT!! lol

[XxKing64xX]

Jaxx wins...fatality 

[Mike1981j]

I used to love glacier's finisher, but rip kanyon though ='(

[slicer1028]

@Mike1981j who DEADER than Kanyon!

[shinshoryuken]

Kanyon himself said that Mortis was a cross between Reptile and Scorpion.

[justinhayden]

HEY ITS JAMES MITHCELL FIRST WCW THAN ECW AND THEN TNA NOW ON INDY CIRCUIT JAPAN THAT MANAGER HAS BEEN EVERY DAMN WHERE... I'M A SCORPION FAN THOUGH TOO BAD THEY DIDNT USE IT BUT IM GLAD SO I CAN USE IT WHEN I GET DONE WITH WRESTLING SCHOOL DONT WORRY IM GOING TO WRESTLE WITHOUT A MASK TOO...ONE MAN TWO WQRESTLERS

[Tierpostkartenjaeger]

Mortis looks like Skeletor!!!

[johnrkocena]

So... this was Shao Reptile Kahn vs Sub Zero????? Holy $h!t

[HardkoreUnderground]

So, Sub-Zero is attacked by Reptile and Noob Saibot, who are led by Shang Tsung but Jax comes in and rescues him?

[OptimusPrimeribs]

@HardkoreUnderground Haha just read today about these guys being based off the MK characters. Never saw it before!

[tupac1983]

@HardkoreUnderground FLAWLESS VICTORY!!!!!

[MaxxTheSlash]

@HardkoreUnderground

If you look at Mortis's then-partner Wrath, you could say Wrath was pretty much Shao Khan. Although it's awkward for Shao Khan to take orders from Shang Tsung.

[jmagic1986]

@HardkoreUnderground Are you sure it was Jax and not Darrius? LOL

Thumb #48

[Arzaker]

@HardkoreUnderground

Mortal Championship Kombat

MCK

[evilmidget]

god i miss James Mitchell. greatest boozer in the history of the sport.

[sharkdudeintegra]

sweet costume! We need to see more of this in today's wrestling...instead of seeing the same carbon copy wrestler in generic black trunks and boots

[doobyent]

4:26 proof of fake wrestling

[cripchulo]

@doobyent you've jst noticed that?

[5starwrestlingradio]

@doobyent Oh shut the fuck up.Who cares.You are obviously one of these shallow idiot IWC fans who like going around looking for shit instead of enjoying a piece of wrestling history from the good days.Get off the PC and get a fucking life.

[doobyent]

@5starwrestlingradio no u get a life and stop talkin shit on youtube over an observation that i made i dnt even kno wat ICW is as far as the good ol wrestling thats wat i prefer anyway then the shit thats on tv now dude so chill out

[thewatcher180]

WCW needed more ratings so after they raped the WWF roster and the ECW roster they started going after the Mortal Kombat roster, LOL!!!!!!

[dealmaker007]

@thewatcher180 Hahahahaha Hey you know 2 years prior to this at WW3 95 they had the Yetti looking like Scorpion.

[AshLionHeart]

Raymond M. Lloyd

[xBMI]

awesome ty

[xBMI]

who is Glacier.. i've tried to find his Real name..

[SolidMike84]

@xBMI

Ray Lloyd

[63B1stmaint]

bring back the "glacier" persona! and wrath too. (subzero vs noob saibot)

[Videofreak518]

ive been trying to find glacier forever because i forgot his name but i new he reminded me of sub zero

[shawdawg28]

Glacier was actually a P.E. Teacher at my middle school when I went there.

[boxered1]

someone needs to post this theme of glacier

[ledzkreep]

I loved the mortis gimmick. RIP

[Blackjesus3]

omg wow i4got kanyon was dead :S ugh wow i loved mortis in wcw

[StFidjnr]

@ 8:21 that kick is just lethal.

[StFidjnr]

@ 3:40 bobby What's that triple A

[wholefnshow1]

if glacier is sub zero and mortis is reptile, is that nigg ahmed johnson scorpion?

[DevinHades]

The guy is actually Ernest Miller not Ahmed "Wonton Beef Stew" Johnson.

[wholefnshow1]

@DevinHades haahha good reply

[rtannjr]

MORTAL KOMBAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­

[ballinonabudget]

think i read somewhere glacier had one the most expensive entrances in wcw because of the snow and lasers and such lol

[3nderoX]

@ballinonabudget shit i wish he was more successful he was my favorite wrestler at one point...

[TheHeelHook]

they could have done so much more with the Cat if he stayed like this...i mean either way he was the maqn

[rambo6689]

R.I.P Kanyon (Mortis)

[ShagZthaClown]

ok he was green but i think he's more like scorpion, he looks like a lord of hell... full of skulls and all the shit just like the yellow ninja. just paint mortis of yellow than you can see a nice alternative outfit for scorpion... he's no reptile man.

by the way rip kanyon! none better!!!

[theonlyalphamale]

RIP Kanyon

[kyrokid21]

This was WCW's Best Rivalry outside the WCW VS. NWO Rivalry. They Should Rebirth this in TNA or WWE.

[TheSVRstorylines]

@kyrokid21 bullshit.

[kyrokid21]

@TheSVRstorylines ow do you figure. This storyline pretty much took most of the attention away from the NWO/WCW roster.

[TheSVRstorylines]

@kyrokid21 NO IT DIDNT! I am watching WCW right now via torrent(im on this PPV). I have watched every nitro and Glacier is mildly over.

You're high, man.

[Sabin06]

mmmm Glacier=Sub-Zero. and Mortis=Reptile. see the difference anyone? well I am not saying they rip off Mortal Kombat or anything like that, they just remind me of those MK characters thats all

[Sabin06]

mmmm Glacier=Sub-Zero. and Mortis=Reptile. see the difference anyone? well I am not saying they rip off Mortal Kombat or anything like that, they just remind me of those MK characters thats all

[TooBrutalOrTheFuture]

RIP

[DrenTheLiar]

@TooBrutalOrTheFuture RIP?

[TooBrutalOrTheFuture]

@DrenTheLiar Mortis= Chris Kanyon. He committed suicide last year after years of bipolar disorder and depression issues.

[deveryday1]

did somebody call the cat's mama? because he just whooped somebody!

[00AwesomeOne00]

Funny thing is, at that point of time WCW was acusig WWE(F) of having corny gimmicks... A pot and a kettle anyone?

[punkr]

I like the theme to Mortis

[DeathAdder83]

Glaicer (Sub Zero) vs La Parka (Scorpian) vs Kane (Ermac) vs Mortis (Reptile) in a spiked pit match!

[Gambit455]

Sub-Zero vs Reptile...

[DeathAdder83]

LOL, i've never thought about Mortis as reptile, but yeah kind of.

[thewestman77]

looks and sounds like a bald james mitchell

[gk316]

tat is james mitchell

[Juzzer316]

@gk316 - It is...

[MelonHead2890]

Too bad the Mortis character only lasted about a year...I was more entertained by his matches than by any of the main event matches WCW had back then

[DJA216]

Isnt that james anderson guy that one guy in TNA that is with abyss or wutever

[Alsebra]

@DJA216

Most certainly. During his time with Mortis, James Mitchell was called James Vandenberg.

[oplivecrime206]

james mitchell

[ttypp]

yes

[18izzo]

no james mitchell

[Zggrt443]

2:36-2:42 Lmao@ Glacier selling those kicks.

Mortis was the man.

[BruiserDrop]

I remember at the time I really liked all 3 of these wrestlers. I think I liked Mortis the most though.

[MarvelousMatt]

Kanyon was great with that gimmick. WCW could have really done money with that.

[kyrokid21]

WCW Could have ran with this angle along with the WCW/NWO Angle. This should have been the angle that should have been within WCW for the U.S. title.

[ffxfreak06]

Anybody know where to find Glacier's theme from this video?

[suttreeify]

lol, glacier looks like the sandman.

[FIGHTonSC84]

I always liked Mortis, he was cool.

[StanKingston420]

Jim Mitchell Kicks Ass!!!

[SuperSonicHot]

Reptile vs. Sub Zerro

[krobelusthekid]

@SuperSonicHot Mortis was Shao Khan not Reptile

[southy98]

@SuperSonicHot

More like Shao Khan vs Subzero. 

[CaptainSteaknbacon]

and Sub-Zero= Bad copy of a similar ice-themed warrior with the same name from the Running Man

Shao-Khan= Bad copy of the Shredder

[TheBKStyle]

this Glacier Theme is great, whats the name of it?

[ThreeDaysGrace1985]

Glacier=a bad coby from mortal kombats zub-zero.

Mortis=a bad copy from mortal kombats shao kan ore reptile. and mortis was chris kanyon.

[Aztech355]

This is the wrestling I remember. If modern wrestling had luchadors and more characters like these guys it would be better.

[Texascries58]

Both of these wrestlers had TALENT, but for some reason talent doesnt sell tickets, big names, big muscles, and lack of talents sells...weird isnt it?

[frasermack18]

or being in wcw at this time period

[joshisnotposh008]

total rip off of sub zero.

[cultofpersonality123]

off couse he was made in his image.

[joshisnotposh008]

@cultofpersonality123 FUCK OFF, u think sub zero was made in tht guys image, are you fuckin joking????????

[cultofpersonality123]

no, i said glacier was made in sub zero's image.not the other way around.

[RARAKUMA]

@joshinnotposh008 Chill Out Man. Just Chill.

[HappyDictator]

@joshisnotposh008 he was made for his image my old PE eacher was glacier aka llyod and he said his character was based on sub zero

[ShagZthaClown]

i think he seem more like a green shao khan

[wwf123lover]

it's like reptile vs sub zero

[krazyzark]

man.. I loved Mortis (didn't care much for him as Kanyon) and teamed with Wrath they were kinda cool. Glacier was great, and if I remember correctly, he was actually a trainer at the WCW Powerplant or something.

[peaceandmetal88]

What the hell ever happened to these two guys?

[Psytheslasher]

Glacier I heard does some independent stuff with al snow, d lo brown, and colin delany.

Mortis was Kanyon, last I heard about him he's just trying to get back into work by playing the gay card.

[love1401]

@peaceandmetal88 Glacier is now an elementary teacher , and mortis aka chris kanyon was last seen at a wwe house show crowd , begging HHH/HBK for his job back. And was laughed at. True story.

[marchofgodzilla]

HHH/HBK dont have a reason to laugh at anyone.Have you seen them lately?They look like a shell of what they used to be.Like HHH said when he beat up ric flair but someone needs to take the two horse known as HBK and HHH behind the barn and pull the trigger.Their nothing but hasbeens now

[ioratiskrishserhetai]

FRED COMMENTED ON MY CHANNEL

[ballinonabudget]

i think i read somewhere one of the reasons they killed the glacier character was because his entrance was too expensive lol

[Attaiguy]

The whole NWO, and Goldberg streak thang played a major part in it,, more than anything else,you can only push so many people at one time,still Glacier was cool!

[evilmidget]

GOD!  i miss james mitchell. he needs to give abyss another good kick in the pants.

[DBZmegafan99]

Abyss needs to be his own man

[jackman007]

mortis was chris kanyons best gimmic

[mikemizzy2113]

anyone have glaciers first match?

[pooman2278]

its on youtube. look for "glacier debut match", he faces Big Bubba Rogers (Big Boss Man in WWE)

[Minacious]

That was a pretty badass match.

[MostWanted724]

Basically this was Reptile vs Sub Zero......

[Minacious]

LMAO I was thinking the same thing.

[ImportKnight13]

Ha ha ha, that's pretty good.

[xshatteredxeyesx]

all we need is michael buffer to add "flawless victory" to his vocabulary

[Psytheslasher]

That's exactly what it was.

[wholefnshow1]

the first time i watched wcw, involved these 2 feuding....and i loved it. mortis and glaciers, were two great gimmicks backed up by two great wrestlers..chris kanyon in particular.

[smudgeVIW]

may look silly but when stuff like Tiger mask vs black tiger gets big......i think thats the type of thing WCW were hoping for with this.

[DaReelDeal]

well...I liked Glacier lol

[Dobbebassalaine]

Does anybody wonder why WCW went down the toilett? Sometimes Vince makes mistakes, but even at his worst, wwe never ever sucked as hard as WCW. Shockmaster, Yeti, Kevin Sullivan's Dungeon of dumb gimmicks, the Ding dongs, oz, Glacier, David Arquette as Champion... Some people glorify everything anti-WWE, and wcw had a few cool wrestlers and storylines, but honestly: most of the time WCW was wrestling at it's worst.

[smudgeVIW]

OH please do you wonder? WCW ending had NOTHING to do with SHIT GImmicks or any of that stuff. it was canceled by a TV executives as Turner lost power with a merger. Wcw always got decent ratings compared to other shows. and yes at its worst wwf did suck worse than Wcw at its best.

[elheadkickio]

lol, Jim Carey style fall at 4:25

[fieldofstorms]

Damn Glacier actually got one hell of a pop

[QuentinDude]

glacier ranks right up there with giant gonzalez, gobbledy gooker and bastion booger and the juice and arachnman as the WORST GIMMICKS OF ALL TIMEZ

[EngageTheKnot]

GLACIER WAS SOOOOO UNDERRATED. HE NEEDED A PUSH! Im so glad i got to saw him wrestle live it was awesome.

[EngageTheKnot]

doeas anyone know what happened to wrath? is he abyss now or something, cause wrath was a awesome bigger character, he was fast, strong, and inventive.

[pooman2278]

His name was Brian Clark, he wrestled in a tag team called Kronik with the late Brian Adams towards the end of WCW. Not sure what he's doing now.

[guitarhero73]

Somebody call Ernest Miller's momma! He's about to whup somebody!

God damn did they make Brain Clark into a piece of crap in WCW.