Bryan Clark (wrestler)

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Bryan Clark
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Ring name The Nightstalker
Adam Bomb
Wrath
Bryan Clark
height 198 cm
Fighting weight 132 kg
birth March 14, 1964
Tallahassee
Announced from "Your Nightmares" (as Nightstalker in Smoky Mountain Wrestling )

Three Mile Island (as Adam Bomb)
Devil's Island (as Wrath)

Trained by Jody Hamilton
Ox Baker
Dwayne Bruce
debut 1989
retirement 2003

Bryan Emmeth Clark, Jr. (born March 14, 1964 in Tallahassee ) is an American retired wrestler . He is better known under his former ring name Adam Bomb . During his active time he was under contract with the WWE and WCW , among others .

Career

AWA, WCW, SMW

Clark made his wrestling debut as a Nightstalker with Verne Gagnes American Wrestling Association in 1990 . When the AWA was dissolved, he competed for World Championship Wrestling . Shortly thereafter, he went to Smoky Mountain Wrestling , where he on 2 February 1993 Tracy Smothers for the "Beat The Champ" Television Title defeated . Six days later he had to hand over the title to Tim Horner. For a short time he also appeared at the Universal Wrestling Federation .

World Wrestling Federation

In May 1993, Clark was introduced to the then WWF as Adam Bomb by Johnny Polo . His gimmick was that of a survivor of the Three Mile Island accident . After four months, Harvey Wippleman replaced Polo as Clark's manager. Clark had an "ADAM BOMB" tattoo on his left arm, which was removed by laser treatment after he left the WWF, leaving scars on his arm.

Adam Bomb's first pay-per-view was the Survivor Series in 1993 , where he teamed up with Irwin R. Schyster , Diesel and "The Model" Rick Martel in an elimination match against Razor Ramon , The 1-2-3 Kid , Marty Jannetty and " The Macho Man "Randy Savage denied. His team lost the match after being pinned by Marty Jannetty.

Clark's next major event was the Royal Rumble in 1994 , in which he entered the Battle Royal as the last participant. Less than 5 minutes later, he was eliminated by Lex Luger . After the rumble and a feud against Earthquake , Clark did face gymnastics after his manager Harvey Wippleman turned on him and helped Kwang attack him. After a brief feud against Kwang and Bam Bam Bigelow , he was downgraded to the midcard and appeared exclusively for the show WWF Superstars of Wrestling . In 1995, Clark left the WWF. According to Triple H , he was fired for not wanting to be pelted with "garbage" by Henry Godwinn after a match. According to Clark's own statement, he left the WWF because he couldn't get on with the Kliq's backstage policy , especially Scott Hall .

World Championship Wrestling

In 1997, Clark came again for the WCW in the role of Wrath , who feuded with Mortis against Glacier and Ernest Miller . With the help of these four characters, the WCW wanted to take advantage of the popularity of the Mortal Kombat video games. This angle was maintained until 1998 when Clark injured himself. After this injury break he was used as a single wrestler, at the same time he was allowed to become a crowd favorite again. Wrath was allowed to achieve a longer streak of success. During a match at WCW Thunder against Jerry Flynn on April 15, 1999, he injured himself again and had to take a year off.

In April 2000, Clark returned to the ring using his real name. With Brian Adams he formed the Tag Team KroniK , which became part of the New Blood formation . The two later joined the Millionaires Club after being betrayed by Vince Russo . On May 15, 2000 KroniK won the World Tag Team Championship by Shane Douglas and The Wall . However, they lost this title on May 30th to "New Blood" members Shawn Stasiak and Chuck Palumbo . KroniK won this title for the second time at the Bash at the Beach on July 9th. On August 13th of the year they lost it to the members of the Stables Natural Born Thriller Vampiro and The Great Muta . A short time later, Vince Russo managed to secure the services of KroniK again by "hiring" them and sending them against Bill Goldberg , who, according to the storyline, would be fired if he lost just one match. However, Goldberg managed to pin both Clark and Adams in a handicap match at Halloween Havoc .

KroniK's collaboration ended when both Clark and Adams were injured. During this break, the WCW was bought up by the WWF in March 2001.

Return to WWF

Clark and Adams returned to WWF on September 4, 2001 when they attacked Undertaker . Under their manager Steven Richards they lost a match at Unforgiven against the Brothers of Destruction (Undertaker and Kane ) for the WCW tag team title after a feud . Clark and Adams were then sent to the WWF development area to remove their "ring grate". Clark refused, however, and was subsequently released.

Independent and resignation

After Brian Adams was fired from WWF in November 2001, he and Clark appeared again as KroniK in various independent leagues, mainly for World Wrestling All-Stars and All Japan Pro Wrestling . At All Japan they won their last joint tag team title on July 17, 2002 against Keiji Mutoh and Taiyō Kea ( AJPW Unified World Tag Team Championship ). KroniK gave this up on October 12th because Adams ended his wrestling career to become a boxer . In their last match together, KroniK lost to Bill Goldberg and Keiji Mutoh in January 2003.

A short time later, Adams and Clark ended their careers due to injuries. In February 2006, Clark had to undergo back surgery.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l Online World of Wrestling
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l Cagematch profile . Retrieved May 11, 2012.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g Shields, Brian and Kevin Sullivan: WWE Encyclopedia . DK / BradyGAMES, 2009, ISBN 978-0-7566-4190-0 , p. 8.
  4. ↑ PWI Staff: Pro Wrestling Illustrated presents: 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts . In: "Wrestling's historical cards" , Kappa Publishing, pp. 136-137. 
  5. ^ Smoky Mountain Wrestling "Beat the Champ" Television Title
  6. ↑ 411mania.com: Wrestling - 411's UWF on ESPN Classic Report 09/01/08
  7. ^ WCW Thunder Report . April 15, 1999. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
  8. ↑ WCW Spring Stampede, 4/16/2000
  9. ↑ WCW Monday Nitro - Monday, May 15, 2000
  10. ↑ WCW Halloween Havoc - October 29th, 2000
  11. ↑ SmackDown! results
  12. ↑ PWI Staff: Pro Wrestling Illustrated presents: 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts . In: "Wrestling's historical cards" , Kappa Publishing, p. 109. 
  13. ^ AJPW Unified World Tag Team Championship history . Retrieved May 11, 2012.
  14. ^ SMW Television Championship history . Retrieved May 11, 2012.
  15. ↑ WCW World Tag Team Championship history . Retrieved May 11, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Clark, Bryan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Clark, Bryan Emmeth Jr.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH March 14, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Tallahassee