Bryan Clark

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Bryan Clark
Ring name(s) The Nightstalker[1][2]
Adam Bomb[1][2]
Wrath[1][2]
Bryan Clark[1][2]
Billed height 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)[1][3]
Billed weight 290 lb (130 kg)[1][3]
Born March 14, 1964 (1964-03-14) (age 47)[1][2]
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania[1]
Resides Tallahassee, Florida[2]
Billed from Three Mile Island (as Adam Bomb)[3]
Devil's Island (as Wrath)
Debut 1989[2]
Retired 2003[2]

Bryan Emmeth Clark[2] (born March 14, 1964)[1][2] is an American former professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling, where he won the latter's World Tag Team Championship twice with Brian Adams.[4]

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[edit] Professional wrestling career

[edit] Early career

Clark made his wrestling debut in 1990 under the ring name The Nightstalker in Verne Gagne's American Wrestling Association. When the AWA folded, he began competing for World Championship Wrestling.[5] In 1991, he replaced an injured Diamond Studd at Starrcade to team with Rick Steiner in a losing effort to Vader and Mr. Hughes. He then joined Smoky Mountain Wrestling, and defeated Tracy Smothers to become the promotion's second-ever "Beat The Champ" Television Champion on February 2, 1993. He lost the title to Tim Horner six days later.[6] He also briefly wrestled in Herb Abrams' Universal Wrestling Federation under his Nightstalker ring name.[7]

[edit] World Wrestling Federation (1993–1995)

In May 1993, Clark debuted in the World Wrestling Federation as Adam Bomb, the newest client of Johnny Polo.[3] Bomb's gimmick was that of a survivor of the infamous Three Mile Island accident and was further emphasized by his ring name being a pun on the "atom bomb".[3] Four months after his debut, Harvey Wippleman replaced Polo as Bomb's manager.[3]

Bomb made his pay-per-view debut at Survivor Series, where he teamed up with Irwin R. Schyster, Diesel and "The Model" Rick Martel against Razor Ramon, The 1-2-3 Kid, Marty Jannetty and "The Macho Man" Randy Savage in an elimination match. His team went on to lose the match, though he was the last remaining wrestler for his team before being pinned by Jannetty after a roll-up.

Following this, he participated in the Royal Rumble, where he was the final entrant in the match. However, he lasted less than five minutes before being eliminated by Lex Luger. Following the Rumble and a feud with Earthquake, Bomb turned face after his manager Harvey Wippleman turned on him and helped his new client Kwang attack him. As a face, he would throw rubber nuclear missiles into the audience as he walked to the ring and after he won a match. After briefly feuding with Kwang and Bam Bam Bigelow, Bomb was moved down the card and began competing exclusively on the show WWF Superstars of Wrestling before leaving the promotion in August 1995. According to Triple H, Clark was fired after he turned his back during a spot where Henry Godwinn was supposed to "slop" him.[3]

[edit] World Championship Wrestling (1997–2001)

In 1997, Clark rejoined WCW as Wrath, a helmeted martial artist who, along with Mortis, battled Glacier and Ernest Miller. The four characters, collectively known as "Blood Runs Cold", was WCW's attempt to tap into the popularity of the Mortal Kombat video games. The angle continued until 1998 when Clark suffered an injury. After recovery, he returned to singles action later in the year as a face, debuting both a new attire and finishing move called the Meltdown while all Blood Runs Cold references were phased out. After a lengthy undefeated streak, Clark tore his ACL in a match against Jerry Flynn on April 15, 1999 and spent a year recuperating.[8]

Clark returned to the ring in April 2000, now using his real name. He formed a tag team with Brian Adams known as KroniK, and both became members of the New Blood.[9] However, KroniK switched allegiances to the Millionaires Club after Vince Russo betrayed them and, on May 15, 2000, they defeated Shane Douglas and The Wall to win the vacant World Tag Team Championship.[10] They later lost the title on May 30 to New Blood members Shawn Stasiak and Chuck Palumbo. KroniK was granted a rematch for the title at Bash at the Beach on July 9, and was successful in reclaiming World Tag Team Championship.[11] KroniK then entered a feud with the entire Natural Born Thrillers stable, but retained the title against the Thrillers before losing it to Vampiro and The Great Muta at New Blood Rising on August 13.[12] Following the title loss, KroniK turned heel after Vince Russo managed to bribe them in order to have them attack Bill Goldberg, who would be fired if he lost a single match. However, Goldberg managed to overcome the odds and pinned both Clark and Adams in a handicap match at Halloween Havoc.[13] KroniK continued working as "hired muscle" by helping The Boogie Knights battle the Filthy Animals, and eventually helped their former enemies the Natural Born Thrillers before turning face once again in January 2001 by siding with Ernest Miller.

KroniK was sidelined when Clark needed stitches for a wound from a chair shot while Adams was hospitalized with appendicitis. While they were injured, WCW was purchased by the World Wrestling Federation in March 2001.

[edit] Return to the WWF (2001)

Clark and Adams returned to the WWF on the September 4, 2001 episode of SmackDown! by attacking and double chokeslamming The Undertaker.[14] Acquiring Steven Richards as a manager, KroniK faced the Brothers of Destruction (Undertaker and Kane) at Unforgiven for the WCW Tag Team Championship, but were unable to reclaim the title.[15] Due to the lackluster match, both were sent down to developmental territories to work off ring rust, but Clark refused to do so and was soon released from his contract.

[edit] Independent circuit and retirement (2002–2003)

After Brian Adams was released from the WWF in November 2001, he and Clark reformed KroniK and began making appearances on the independent circuit, most prominently for World Wrestling All-Stars and All Japan Pro Wrestling. During their time in AJPW, they defeated Keiji Mutoh and Taiyō Kea for the Unified World Tag Team Championship on July 17, 2002.[1] KroniK were later stripped of the title on October 12 due to Adams retiring from wrestling to become a professional boxer. They wrestled their last match together in January 2003, losing to Goldberg and Keiji Mutoh.

Shortly afterwards, both Adams and Clark retired due to injuries. In February 2006, Clark underwent back surgery to heal his injuries.[1]

[edit] In wrestling

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

[edit] References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Online World of Wrestling
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Cagematch profile". http://www.cagematch.de/?id=2&nr=41&name=Bryan+Clarke. 
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Shields, Brian and Kevin Sullivan (2009). WWE Encyclopedia. DK/BradyGAMES. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-7566-4190-0. 
  4. ^ a b "WCW World Tag Team Championship history". http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/ttwcw.html. 
  5. ^ PWI Staff (2007). "Pro Wrestling Illustrated presents: 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts". "Wrestling’s historical cards" (Kappa Publishing): pp. 136–137. 
  6. ^ a b "SMW Television Championship history". http://prowrestlinghistory.com/smw/results/smwtitles.html#tv. 
  7. ^ 411mania.com: Wrestling - 411's UWF on ESPN Classic Report 01.09.08
  8. ^ "Report for Thunder on April 15, 1999". April 15, 1999. http://ddtdigest.com/updates/1999042t.htm. Retrieved October 11, 2011. 
  9. ^ "Report for Spring Stampede on April 16, 2000". http://ddtdigest.com/updates/2000043p.htm. 
  10. ^ "Report for Nitro on May 15, 2000". http://ddtdigest.com/updates/2000052m.htm. 
  11. ^ a b c d "Report for Bash at the Beach on July 9, 2000". http://www.ddtdigest.com/updates/2000072p.htm. 
  12. ^ "Report for New Blood Rising on August 13, 2000". http://www.ddtdigest.com/updates/2000082p.htm. 
  13. ^ "Report for Halloween Havoc on October 29, 2000". http://ddtdigest.com/updates/2000104p.htm. 
  14. ^ SmackDown! results
  15. ^ PWI Staff (2007). "Pro Wrestling Illustrated presents: 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts". "Wrestling’s historical cards" (Kappa Publishing): pp. 109. 
  16. ^ a b "Other arena movelist". http://www.otherarena.com/nCo/finish/finish.html. 
  17. ^ "Report for Nitro on May 12, 1997". http://www.ddtdigest.com/updates/19970512.htm. 
  18. ^ "Report for Thunder on January 14, 1999". http://www.ddtdigest.com/updates/1999012t.htm. 
  19. ^ "Report for Nitro on August 24, 1998". http://www.ddtdigest.com/updates/1998084m.htm. 
  20. ^ "Accelerator3359 profile". http://www.accelerator3359.com/Wrestling/bios/clark.html. 
  21. ^ a b c d "Report for Nitro on September 7, 1998". http://www.ddtdigest.com/updates/1998091m.htm. 
  22. ^ a b "Report for Thunder on August 9, 2000". http://www.ddtdigest.com/updates/2000081t.htm. 
  23. ^ a b c d "Report for Nitro on August 31, 1998". http://www.ddtdigest.com/updates/1998085m.htm. 
  24. ^ "Report for Bash at the Beach 1997". http://www.ddtdigest.com/updates/19970714.htm. 
  25. ^ a b "Brian Adams' Online World of Wrestling profile". Online World of Wrestling. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/k/kronik.html. Retrieved 2009-08-04. 
  26. ^ a b c d "Managers". http://www.cagematch.de/?id=2&nr=41&page=14. 
  27. ^ "Bruno Lauer's profile". Online World of Wrestling. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/h/harvey-wippleman.html. Retrieved 2009-08-03. 
  28. ^ "AJPW Unified World Tag Team Championship history". http://wrestling-titles.com/japan/alljapan/aj-t.html. 
  29. ^ "Awards". http://www.cagematch.de/?id=2&nr=41&page=12. 
  30. ^ "PWI 500". http://www.100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling/pages/pwi/pwi500yr.htm. 

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