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<\/a><\/p>\nAt 6\u20196\u2019\u2019 and 290lbs, Bryan Clark seemed to be the perfect size to have a lengthy, successful run in professional wrestling. Sure, he wrestled from 1989 to 2003, but along way Clark had many of missed opportunities. <\/span><\/p>\n After short stints in WCW and Smoky Mountain Wrestling as ‘The Night Stalker’, Clark got his first real\u00a0major exposure with the World Wrestling Federation in 1993\u00a0under the\u00a0gimmick name ‘Adam Bomb’. The character was supposed to be a guy\u00a0who had survived the Three Mile Island nuclear meltdown and thus had\u00a0multi-colored eyes, and for some reason an overly red tongue. For most of 1993, initially managed by Johnny Polo and later Harvey Wippleman, Bomb would compete in singles matches and didn\u2019t have any major storylines going for him. He had the look, but wasn’t really being utilized.<\/p>\n I remember watching Bomb\u2019s squash matches and being impressed with his agility. He had power moves but he had no problem landing a slingshot clothesline from the apron, or coming off the top rope like the Undertaker, and later Kane, would do. He had a lot of talent and it was never executed correctly.<\/p>\n By 1994, Bomb was losing to Earthquake in under a minute at WrestleMania X. By the summer, Bomb would turn into a baby face after miscommunication with stable mate Kwang, which saw Kwang spray Bomb with a green mist and cause Adam to lose a King of the Ring Qualifying match.\u00a0Clark then\u00a0had a summer program with former partner Kwang. In a short period of time, the fans had gotten behind Bomb in a big way, so much so that his fans were renamed “The Bomb Squad”.<\/p>\n According to Clark himself, he was to get a WWF Intercontinental Championship run in 1995, but\u00a0that never happened and he would leave the company in August, but not before putting over Mabel in short fashion, again in a King of the Ring Qualifying match held at the May In Your House PPV.<\/p>\n Bomb would have been a refreshing face to have in the WWF upper mid-card scene for the company. For the most part, the company only had Bret Hart, the\u00a0Undertaker, Diesel and to a lesser extent Lex Luger as baby face talent that was over with the crowd.<\/p>\n I have been thinking of a time when Bomb could have won the WWF IC Championship, and I recall Shawn Michaels\u00a0winning the belt from Jeff Jarrett in the summer of 1995. Michaels didn\u2019t really need the championship at the time, he was above the strap at that point. Adam Bomb pinning a hated heel like Jeff Jarrett would have been a good start to push Bomb up the card. Instead, the Kliq continued to dominate in politics and subsequently\u00a0the upper card scene, while a talented guy like Adam Bomb left the company.<\/p>\n Clark\u00a0would resurface as Wrath in World Championship Wrestling teaming with Mortis, better known as Chris Kanyon. From the spring of 1997 through early 1998 they were one of the most underrated tag teams in the company. They worked extremely well together and their double team moves were quite impressive. However, considering the amount of \u201cstar power\u201d the company had (and more politicking by some of the same guys that were in WWF), it was never likely\u00a0Mortis & Wrath\u00a0would win the WCW World Tag Team Championships.<\/p>\n After an injury sidelined Wrath, he would return in late 1998 under the same name, but he ditched the Mortal Kombat gimmick. He was much more muscular and dominated WCW television for a couple of months. It\u2019s not ridiculous to say it was looking like he was getting a Goldberg type of push, a noticeable undefeated streak had started for Clark.<\/p>\n The fans were eating up everything he was offering and his finishing move ‘The Meltdown’ was completely over with the fans. As WCW was getting closer to Starrcade ’98, Wrath\u2019s momentum was stopped dead in it’s tracks when Kliq member Kevin Nash pinned him on Nitro to put a feather in his cap. The idea was that Nash could beat undefeated wrestlers and Wrath was the only other undefeated guy on the roster. This was done to give Nash a boost heading into his match with Goldberg at Starrcade.<\/p>\n In my opinion, Wrath could have been a huge name for the company. At that point, WCW really needed some fresh main event guys. Sure, they had Goldberg in that role, but the old-timers still outweighed\u00a0the young guys. And, I suppose Clark wasn\u2019t exactly \u201cyoung\u201d in age, but he was young in terms of exposure and feuding with top talent.<\/p>\n