Y’all may laugh at him now, but when Glacier first appeared in WCW, he was a big deal. His debut, hyped forever with those old “Blood Runs Cold” vignettes, really were something that had fans talking. Just who was this guy the company was spending so much TV time on prior to him even stepping foot in a ring?
The idea, I believe, was for him to be the WCW version of Mortal Kombat’s Sub-Zero. Makes sense – MK was a huge deal in the mid 90’s, so doing something similar was at the very least a good idea in theory.
On this night, however, poor Glacier was about to run into a buzzsaw by the name of Bill Goldberg. I kinda don’t like the odds for Bad Mr. Frosty (anyone get THAT reference?).
Give him an A for effort though, as Glacier comes out punching and kicking like a mad man. Unfortunately Goldberg was not phased by Chilly McFreeze’s spinning kick, and in turn does a back flip of his own! All that was missing was some hot dog vendor asking him to do a flip!
Glacier does get a smattering of offense in, deciding to go for a suplex. The big guy is having none of that though, and hits him with the meanest looking neckbreaker I’ve ever seen. Seriously, who takes a bump from one of those, let alone one that has you flopping a foot and a half off the mat?
Glacier tries one more, one last, time with a kick, and to his credit, it knocks Goldberg backwards. Unfortunately, that means it bounces Bill into the ropes, and he uses that momentum to come flying back at Glacier with a nasty spear. One jackhammer later, Bobby Heenan notes that Glacier is “just another snow cone.” Why didn’t WCW ever sell those? Seems like a natural!