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Post by The Brain on Jan 16, 2019 15:13:14 GMT -5
Polls close Friday....
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2019 17:20:46 GMT -5
Glacier
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Post by LA Times on Jan 16, 2019 18:05:09 GMT -5
Glacier. Not going to pick a WWF New Generation guy.
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Post by Gorilla on Jan 16, 2019 19:55:47 GMT -5
Glacier
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Post by The Brain on Jan 16, 2019 23:20:11 GMT -5
Glacier at 3
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Post by Hulkster2001 on Jan 17, 2019 8:00:24 GMT -5
MANTAUR, seriously wtf Vince?
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Post by nibs92 on Jan 17, 2019 13:40:52 GMT -5
Mantaur!
Will the ones that aren’t picked feature in future polls?
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Post by The Brain on Jan 17, 2019 13:49:03 GMT -5
Mantaur! Will the ones that aren’t picked feature in future polls? Yeah I'll use em again down the line. The great thing about this thread is that they're so many gimmicks to choose from the history of wrestling. You never know what two will be on the polls next!!
Glacier at 3, Mantaur at 2
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Post by Hulkster2001 on Jan 18, 2019 7:50:55 GMT -5
If Glacier wins you better make a crap ton of Mortal Kombat jokes, you weasel!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2019 11:27:06 GMT -5
I guess Glacier wins?
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Post by The Brain on Jan 18, 2019 13:27:43 GMT -5
Next on the Gimmick Retrospective...The Sub-Zero ripoff himself Glacier!!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2019 14:21:13 GMT -5
Glacier is my favorite "bad gimmick" of all time.
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Post by Gorilla on Jan 19, 2019 14:18:40 GMT -5
Glacier is my favorite "bad gimmick" of all time. Scrub Zero.
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Post by Grumpyoldman on Jan 19, 2019 20:36:19 GMT -5
I just found out something interesting about the Glacier character. I hope you cover it in your review.
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Post by TheEvilDoink1987 on Jan 20, 2019 0:33:27 GMT -5
Next on the Gimmick Retrospective...The Sub-Zero ripoff himself Glacier!!
Jesus. A Glacier action figure would be one of the greatest action figures ever in the history of action figures.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2019 0:49:47 GMT -5
If Mattel ever makes one, I'll get it. Well if it's in the elite line, not basic.
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Post by The Brain on Jan 20, 2019 15:30:54 GMT -5
Glacier
Ahh yes the gimmick straight from the mind of one Eric Bischoff. It was during the Spring of 96 on Nitro where vignettes would air of this newcomer on his way to WCW. Everything about this gimmick SCREAMED Mortal Kombat from the look,moves and music.
He was supposed to debut that Summer but the NWO angle put it on hold for the time being. If I recall they had legal issues they had to clear up first as well before he was brought on TV. He finally would make his big debut on Nitro that Fall in a match with Big Bubba in which he would go on and defeat em. His entrance I gotta say was awesome with the lighting effects and snow falling down, it definitely made the gimmick stand out. His move set was pretty much all martial arts based with a lot of kicks,leg sweeps,thrust shots etc. he also did some high flying as well. His finisher was the ''Cryonic Kick' which was just a standing side kick. They should've added in FINISH HIM! before every kick.
After some squash matches and being taken off TV as well for a few months, his first and biggest feud of his career would start in March of 97 when he would feud with Mortis. This feud would weird as hell with the whole '' blood runs cold'' stuff. Glacier would defeat Mortis at Uncensored that year but after the match Wrath aka the former Adam Bomb would debut and attack em post match continuing the feud. They would then steal his sacred ''helmet'' of all things. Man was this angle stupid as hell. He would face Mortis again at Slamboree that year in a quick match as Wrath would come in for the DQ. Glacier would get his revenge at the Great American Bash as he would finally defeat Wrath. It was after that that he needed some help so they would bring in Ernest Miller(I'm the greatest!) to help him finally take down his foes. At Bash at the Beach that year Glacier would get his first defeat in a tag match against Mortis/Wrath.
After that match the gimmick was heading downhill. He would go on to have more losses as 97 went on with the gimmick losing more and more steam.They never explained his whole connection with Mortis by the way. By early 98 they turned em heel which really went nowhere as he was basically a jobber by this point. He would have a brief feud with Perry Saturn over the use of the Cryonic Kick that Saturn would win in the end. By early 99 the gimmick was dead in the water as a segment aired on Thunder of Glacier selling his ring gear to Sonny Ono and Kaz Hayashi.
He was released later that year after a brief gimmick change in ''Buzz Stern''(Don't ask) He would return to the gimmick one more time during the last few months of WCWs existence but this time the gimmick was a running gag for the commentators. He would be Norman Smiley's ''protector'' but he'd always be late getting there. The angle didn't last long and he would be gone right before the company folded.
So there you have it. WCW put a lot of money and time into the gimmick but this went belly up fairly quickly. Other than the entrance I cant give this gimmick much credit. Blood runs cold indeed.
What are your memories/thoughts of Glacier? Share them below!!
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Post by JokerFC on Jan 20, 2019 15:41:29 GMT -5
I remember the vignettes... Then when debuted I was whoa looks badass. But I thought he was meh in ring.
That being said? I kept hoping he'd get a figure from TB... Lol.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2019 15:46:29 GMT -5
Being that I was a big mortal kombat fan at the time, I liked the gimmick. The guy who played Glacier is a legit martial artist and his stuff looked good in the ring. Wasn't there one match he had where it snowed in the ring throughout the short match? I met Glacier recently at a wrestling con and I must have talked to him for 10 minutes! He was in full gimmick too. I loved playing him in the revenge video game.
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Post by The Brain on Jan 20, 2019 15:47:07 GMT -5
I remember the vignettes... Then when debuted I was whoa looks badass. But I thought he was meh in ring. That being said? I kept hoping he'd get a figure from TB... Lol. I'm really surprised they didn't make a figure of em. The look alone would've sold me on it.
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