History Wrestling / JamesMitchell

'''James Mitchell''' (b. 1964 in Orlando, UsefulNotes/{{Florida}}) is a retired American ProfessionalWrestling manager best known for his work in Wrestling/{{WCW}} as '''James Vandenberg''', in Wrestling/{{ECW}} as '''The Sinister Minister''' and under his own name in Wrestling/{{TNA}}. He started in the Carolinas[=/=]Virginia independent scene before getting his first break in Wrestling/{{SMW}} as '''Daryl Van Horne''' as the manager of Prince Kharis, a wrestling {{Mummy}}. It flopped, but he stuck around to manage Kendo the Samurai and a few others. He debuted as Vandenberg at ''WCW [=Uncensored=] 97'' as the manager of [[Wrestling/{{Kanyon}} Mortis]], the antagonist of Wrestling/{{Glacier}} in the Blood Runs Cold storyline. After the feud ended, he had a short-lived commentary segment on ''WCW Saturday Night'' called "The [=Odditorium=]" before it was scrapped. He found success in ECW managing Wrestling/MikeyWhipwreck and Wrestling/YoshihiroTajiri to the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-t.html ECW World Tag Team Titles]] near the end of the promotion's run. He arrived in TNA early on as "Father" James Mitchell, the leader of the New Church. His most famous work there was as the manager for Abyss, and later against him. He also used the Sinister Minister name in Wrestling/{{MLW}} in 2003 as the manager of Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels, Whipwreck and Wrestling/JerryLynn.

* AbusiveParents: To Abyss
* ArchEnemy: (in SMW): Tim Horner; (in WCW): Glacier, [[Characters/WCWInvasion Ernest "The Cat" Miller]]; (in ECW): The FBI; (in TNA): Wrestling/{{Raven}}, Wrestling/{{Sting}}, Abyss; (in MLW): Wrestling/{{Sabu}}

* CarnivalOfKillers: Sent Havok, [[Wrestling/{{Goldust}} Black Reign]], Rellik, Judas Mesías and even Wrestling/{{Raven}} after Abyss

* EvilMentor: To Mikey Whipwreck and Yoshihiro Tajiri

* NiceHat: Wore a Fez as Daryl Van Horne.

* PlayingWithFire: In MLW and TNA, where he blinded CM Punk with a fireball.

* {{Expy}}: Became on to Wrestling/PaulBearer in TNA, only in this case he was sending Wrestling/TheUndertaker expy Mesías after the Wrestling/{{Kane}} expy Abyss, in a reversal to how Bearer's WWE story went.

* CarnivalOfKillers: Sent Havok, [[Wrestling/{{Goldust}} Black Reign]], Rellik, Judas Mesias and even Wrestling/{{Raven}} after Abyss

* [[UnrelatedBrothers Unrelated Father and Son]]: Judas Mesias was supposed to have been his "son." Right before he disappeared from TNA, he claimed that '''Abyss''' was his "son," which would have been impossible since he's only ''9'' years older than Chris "Abyss" Parks.

* CarnivalOfKillers: Sent Havok, [[Wrestling/{{Goldust}} Black Reign]], Judas Mesias and even Wrestling/{{Raven}} after Abyss

* BeardOfEvil

* PlayingWithFire: In MLW.

* PowerStable: The New Church, with Shane Douglas, Wrestling/MikeAwesome, Kobain (Flash Flanagan), Slash (Wolfie D.), Sinn (Kizarny), [[Wrestling/DevonStorm Tempest (Devon Storm/Crowbar)]], Brian Lee, El Vampiro, [=Belladonna=], Malice (WCW's the Wall).

* ArchEnemy: (in SMW): Tim Horner; (in WCW): Glacier, [[Characters/WCWInvasion Ernest "The Cat" Miller]]; (in ECW): The FBI; (in TNA): America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and Wrestling/JamesStorm), Wrestling/{{Raven}}, Wrestling/{{Sabu}} (also in MLW), [[Wrestling/{{Christian}} Christian Cage]], Wrestling/{{Sting}}, Abyss

* {{Heel}}

* LargeHam: The guy's supposed to be ''{{Satan}}'', what would you expect, subtlety?

* SmugSnake

* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Mortis and [[Wrestling/AdamBomb Wrath]] were called Vandenberg's "rare oddities."

* PowerStable: The New Church, with Shane Douglas, Wrestling/MikeAwesome, Kobain (Flash Flanagan), Slash (Wolfie D.), Sinn (Kizarny), Tempest (Devon Storm/Crowbar), Brian Lee, El Vampiro, [=Belladonna=], Malice (WCW's the Wall).

* PowerStable: The New Church, with Shane Douglas, Mike Awesome, Kobain (Flash Flanagan), Slash (Wolfie D.), Sinn (Kizarny), Tempest (Devon Storm/Crowbar), Brian Lee, El Vampiro, [=Belladonna=], Malice (WCW's the Wall).

'''James Mitchell''' (b. 1964 in Orlando, UsefulNotes/{{Florida}}) is a retired American ProfessionalWrestling manager best known for his work in Wrestling/{{WCW}} as '''James Vandenberg''', in Wrestling/{{ECW}} as '''The Sinister Minister''' and under his own name in Wrestling/{{TNA}}. He started in the Carolinas[=/=]Virginia independent scene before getting his first break in Wrestling/{{SMW}} as '''Daryl Van Horne''' as the manager of Prince Kharis, a wrestling {{Mummy}}. It flopped, but he stuck around to manage Kendo the Samurai and a few others. He debuted as Vandenberg at ''WCW [=Uncensored=] 97'' as the manager of [[Wrestling/{{Kanyon}} Mortis]], the antagonist of Wrestling/{{Glacier}} in the Blood Runs Cold storyline. After the feud ended, he had a short-lived commentary segment on ''WCW Saturday Night'' called "The [=Odditorium=]" before it was scrapped. He found success in ECW managing Wrestling/MikeyWhipwreck and Yoshihiro Tajiri to the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-t.html ECW World Tag Team Titles]] near the end of the promotion's run. He arrived in TNA early on as "Father" James Mitchell, the leader of the New Church. His most famous work there was as the manager for Abyss, and later against him. He also used the Sinister Minister name in Wrestling/{{MLW}} in 2003 as the manager of Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels, Whipwreck and Wrestling/JerryLynn.

'''James Mitchell''' (b. 1964 in Orlando, UsefulNotes/{{Florida}}) is a retired American ProfessionalWrestling manager best known for his work in Wrestling/{{WCW}} as '''James Vandenberg''', in Wrestling/{{ECW}} as '''The Sinister Minister''' and under his own name in Wrestling/{{TNA}}. He started in the Carolinas[=/=]Virginia independent scene before getting his first break in Wrestling/{{SMW}} as '''Daryl Van Horne''' as the manager of Prince Kharis, a wrestling {{Mummy}}. It flopped, but he stuck around to manage Kendo the Samurai and a few others. He debuted as Vandenberg at ''WCW [=Uncensored=] 97'' as the manager of [[Wrestling/{{Kanyon}} Mortis]], the antagonist of Wrestling/{{Glacier}} in the Blood Runs Cold storyline. After the feud ended, he had a short-lived commentary segment on ''WCW Saturday Night'' called "The [=Odditorium=]" before it was scrapped. He found success in ECW managing Wrestling/MikeyWhipwreck and Yoshihiro Tajiri to the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-t.html ECW World Tag Team Titles]] near the end of the promotion's run. He arrived in TNA early on as "Father" James Mitchell, the leader of the New Church. His most famous work there was as the manager for Abyss, and later against him. He also used the Sinister Minister name in Wrestling/{{MLW}} in 2003 as the manager of Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels, Whipwreck and Jerry Lynn.

'''James Mitchell''' (b. 1964 in Orlando, UsefulNotes/{{Florida}}) is a retired American ProfessionalWrestling manager best known for his work in Wrestling/{{WCW}} as '''James Vandenberg''', in Wrestling/{{ECW}} as '''The Sinister Minister''' and under his own name in Wrestling/{{TNA}}. He started in the Carolinas[=/=]Virginia independent scene before getting his first break in Wrestling/{{SMW}} as '''Daryl Van Horne''' as the manager of Prince Kharis, a wrestling {{Mummy}}. It flopped, but he stuck around to manage Kendo the Samurai and a few others. He debuted as Vandenberg at ''WCW [=Uncensored=] 97'' as the manager of [[Wrestling/{{Kanyon}} Mortis]], the antagonist of Wrestling/{{Glacier}} in the Blood Runs Cold storyline. After the feud ended, he had a short-lived commentary segment on ''WCW Saturday Night'' called "The [=Odditorium=]" before it was scrapped. He found success in ECW managing Wrestling/MikeyWhipwreck and Yoshihiro Tajiri to the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-t.html ECW World Tag Team Titles]] near the end of the promotion's run. He arrived in TNA early on as "Father" James Mitchell, the leader of the New Church. His most famous work there was as the manager for Abyss, and later against him. He also used the Sinister Minister name in MLW in 2003 as the manager of Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels, Whipwreck and Jerry Lynn.

* [[UnrelatedBrothers Unrelated Father and Son]]: Judas Mesias was supposed to have been his "son." Right before he disappeared from TNA, he claimed that '''Abyss''' was his "son."

'''James Mitchell''' (b. 1964 in Orlando, UsefulNotes/{{Florida}}) is a retired American ProfessionalWrestling manager best known for his work in Wrestling/{{WCW}} as '''James Vandenberg''', in Wrestling/{{ECW}} as '''The Sinister Minister''' and under his own name in Wrestling/{{TNA}}. He started in the Carolinas[=/=]Virginia independent scene before getting his first break in Wrestling/{{SMW}} as '''Daryl Van Horne''' as the manager of Prince Kharis, a wrestling {{Mummy}}. It flopped, but he stuck around to manage Kendo the Samurai and a few others. He debuted as Vandenberg at ''WCW [=Uncensored=] 97'' as the manager of [[Wrestling/{{Kanyon}} Mortis]], the antagonist of Wrestling/{{Glacier}} in the Blood Runs Cold storyline. After the feud ended, he had a short-lived commentary segment on ''WCW Saturday Night'' called "The [=Odditorium=]" before it was scrapped. He found success in ECW managing Wrestling/MikeyWhipwreck and Yoshihiro Tajiri to the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-t.html ECW World Tag Team Titles]] near the end of the promotion's run. He arrived in TNA early on as "Father" James Mitchell, the leader of the New Church. His most famous work there was managing first with Abyss, and later against him. He also used the Sinister Minister name in MLW in 2003 as the manager of Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels, Whipwreck and Jerry Lynn.

* PowerStable: The New Church

'''James Mitchell''' (b. 1964 in Orlando, UsefulNotes/{{Florida}}) is a retired American ProfessionalWrestling manager best known for his work in Wrestling/{{WCW}} as '''James Vandenberg''', in Wrestling/{{ECW}} as '''The Sinister Minister''' and under his own name in Wrestling/{{TNA}}. He started in the Carolinas[=/=]Virginia independent scene before getting his first break in Wrestling/{{SMW}} as '''Daryl Van Horne''' as the manager of Prince Kharis, a wrestling {{Mummy}}. It flopped, but he stuck around to manage Kendo the Samurai and a few others. He debuted as Vandenberg at ''WCW [=Uncensored=] 97'' as the manager of [[Wrestling/{{Kanyon}} Mortis]], the antagonists of Wrestling/{{Glacier}} in the Blood Runs Cold storyline. After the feud ended, he had a short-lived commentary segment on ''WCW Saturday Night'' called "The [=Odditorium=]" before it was scrapped. He found success in ECW managing Wrestling/MikeyWhipwreck and Yoshihiro Tajiri to the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-t.html ECW World Tag Team Titles]] near the end of the promotion's run. He arrived in TNA early on as "Father" James Mitchell, the leader of the New Church. His most famous work there was managing first with Abyss, and later against him. He also used the Sinister Minister name in MLW in 2003 as the manager of Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels, Whipwreck and Jerry Lynn.

* CollectorOfTheStrange: His gimmick in SMW and WCW. As Vandenberg, he was supposed to have been the curator of the Museum of Medical Oddities.

* ArchEnemy: (in SMW): Tim Horner; (in WCW): Glacier, [[Characters/WCWInvasion Ernest "The Cat" Miller]]; (in ECW): The FBI; (in TNA): Wrestling/{{Raven}}, Wrestling/{{Sabu}} (also in MLW), [[Wrestling/{{Christian}} Christian Cage]], Abyss

* RealSongThemeTune: (in ECW): One Minute Silence's "Holy Man"