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Bryan Emmett Clark (born March 14, 1964) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling (WCW), the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), and All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) under the ring names The Nightstalker, Adam Bomb, Wrath and his real name. He is a former two-time WCW World Tag Team Champion and one-time AJPW World Tag Team Champion with his KroniK teammate, Brian Adams.

Professional wrestling career

American Wrestling Association (1989–1990)

Clark made his wrestling debut in 1989 under the ring name The Nightstalker, after completing training under Jody Hamilton and DeWayne Bruce in Atlanta, Georgia. After working matches on the independent circuit, Clark joined the Minnesota-based American Wrestling Association (AWA). He appeared at live AWA house shows and television events, mainly in the midwestern United States, with some of these matches being broadcast on ESPN's AWA Championship Wrestling show (ESPN Classic continues to air re-runs of the show). Wrestling legend Ox Baker began to manage Clark during this time, providing for some classic promotional segments with Baker on the microphone. The Nightstalker had a feud with The Trooper (Del Wilkes, later to be known as The Patriot). This began as The Nightstalker appeared during a Trooper match versus W.T. Jones on April 13, 1990, at an ESPN televised show in Rochester, Minnesota. Ox Baker began to challenge any and all wrestlers to include Larry Zbyszko, even telling The Trooper that he "couldn't even join the boy scouts". Clark's in-ring look included black and white face paint, while gripping an over-sized hatchet.

World Championship Wrestling (1990–1991)

As the AWA went into dormancy in the fall of 1990, Clark made the jump to World Championship Wrestling (WCW). He made his first appearance on the November 10 edition of WCW Saturday Night and defeated enhancement talent Gary Jackson. Ten days later, Clark was defeated by Sid Vicious at Clash of the Champions XIII: Thanksgiving Thunder. He then formed an alliance with The Big Cat and was scheduled to team with him against Vicious and Dan Spivey at Starrcade. Clark would miss the pay-per-view and be replaced by The Motor City Madman.

Clark would be absent from WCW until October 1991, when he made an appearance as a masked "ghoul" at Halloween Havoc. Two months later he replaced an injured Diamond Studd at Starrcade to team with Rick Steiner in a losing effort to Vader and Mr. Hughes. He would depart WCW shortly thereafter.

Universal Wrestling Federation (1992)

Clark moved onto Herb Abrams' Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF), making his first appearance on June 19, 1992, at a TV taping in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He had three matches, defeating Johnny Kid and Jake Steele while losing by disqualification to Death Row 3260.

Smoky Mountain Wrestling (1992–1993)

Clark joined Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW) in October 1992 after being suggested to booker Jim Cornette by Paul Orndorff, making his debut on a show in Knoxville, Tennessee, losing to SMW Heavyweight Champion Brian Lee by countout. He later defeated Tracy Smothers to become the promotion's second-ever SMW Beat the Champ Television Champion on February 2, 1993. Clark lost the title to Tim Horner six days later, and left the promotion soon thereafter when he was offered a contract by the World Wrestling Federation.

World Wrestling Federation (1993–1995)

On March 8, 1993, Clark received a tryout match for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), wrestling Reno Riggins at a WWF Superstars taping in North Charleston, South Carolina as The Nightstalker. He had another tryout match the following night at a WWF Wrestling Challenge taping, defeating Ricky Nelson. In May 1993, Clark debuted as Adam Bomb, the newest client of Johnny Polo. Wearing luminous green contact lenses and sporting a red tongue, Bomb's gimmick was that of a survivor of the infamous Three Mile Island nuclear meltdown accident that took place in Pennsylvania in 1979, which was further emphasized by his ring name being a pun on the "atom bomb". Furthermore, the Adam Bomb character was actually billed from Three Mile Island. Seven months after his debut, Harvey Wippleman replaced Polo as Bomb's manager because Polo wanted to focus on managing WWF Tag Team Champions The Quebecers. The Adam Bomb concept and costume was designed and created by Tom Fleming.

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 1994 Royal Rumble, where he was the final entrant in the match. However, he lasted less than five minutes before being eliminated by Lex Luger. He also was one of nine wrestlers who helped Yokozuna beat Undertaker during a Casket match. Following the Rumble and a feud with Earthquake, at WrestleMania X, Bomb was defeated by Earthquake in 35 seconds. The two had a more competitive rematch the following night on Raw, which Bomb also lost. Bomb would soon turn face after his manager Harvey Wippleman turned on him in favor of his new client, Kwang, leading Kwang in attacking Bomb. As a face, Adam Bomb 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 WWF Superstars before abruptly quitting the promotion in August 1995. Clark cited unhappiness with pay and the rigorous WWF travel schedule as his reasons for leaving. Clark also claimed that a promised run with the WWF Intercontinental Championship, which would have resulted in higher pay, was not fulfilled and a significant factor in his decision to leave.

Independent Circuit and England (1995–1996)

After leaving WWF, Clark continued using the Adam Bomb name in the independent circuit and England in 1996 where he worked for Hammerlock Bomb Alert Tour with Andre Baker.

Return to WCW (1997–2001)

Blood Runs Cold (1997–1999)

At Uncensored on March 16, 1997, Clark rejoined WCW as Wrath, a helmeted martial artist, who joined Mortis to attack Glacier after Glacier defeated Mortis. Wrath would then team with Mortis as the two were managed by James Vanderberg to feud with Glacier. Wrath's first televised match occurred on the May 12 episode of Nitro, in which he defeated Scotty Riggs. At Slamboree, Wrath attacked Glacier during a rematch between Glacier and Mortis, and then Wrath and Mortis double-teamed Glacier until the debuting Ernest Miller made the save. Miller began teaming with Glacier to feud with Wrath and Mortis. The four characters, collectively known as "Blood Runs Cold", was WCW's attempt to tap into the popularity of the Mortal Kombat video games. Wrath would then compete in his first pay-per-view match at The Great American Bash against Glacier, which Wrath lost. At Bash at the Beach, Wrath and Mortis defeated Glacier and Miller to hand Glacier his first pinfall loss in WCW.

Wrath and Mortis would then feud with The Faces of Fear (Meng and The Barbarian), defeating them in a match at Fall Brawl. The following night, on Nitro, Wrath and Mortis unsuccessfully challenged The Outsiders (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) for the World Tag Team Championship. At World War 3, Wrath participated in the namesake match to earn a future World Heavyweight Championship opportunity. Scott Hall won the match. The Blood Runs Cold 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…