On July 6, 1998 Mabel made a one time, surprise return to the World Wrestling Federation to challenge, and lose to, the new King of the Ring: Ken Shamrock.
He made an official return in 1999, first appearing at the pre-show for the Royal Rumble, before appearing on the show itself, on which he was "kidnapped" by The Undertaker, his Acolytes (Bradshaw and Faarooq) and Mideon. The next night he was re-christened Viscera and began acting as the Ministry of Darkness' enforcer, adopting a more gothic look in the process; including white out contact lenses, a white mohawk, and a black bodysuit.
After the July 1999 break up of the Ministry, the Viscera character floated around the mid-card, frequently teaming with fellow former Ministry member Mideon, and becoming part of the burgeoning hardcore division -- winning the Hardcore Championship once before he parted ways with the company again in 2000.
In March 2003, Frazier, using his Nelson Knight name, made a surprise appearance at a weekly NWA: Total Nonstop Action pay-per-view at the side of Ron Killings. He appeared again the next week, but didn't stay with the company beyond that.
He made a number of other independent appearances, including returning to the Memphis area and winning the Memphis Championship Wrestling Southern Heavyweight Championship.
Frazier, returning to the Viscera name, returned to the World Wrestling Federation — now renamed World Wrestling Entertainment — in September 2004. His first appearance had him and fellow former Ministry of Darkness member Gangrel surprise and attack the one-time stable leader, The Undertaker, on behalf of John "Bradshaw" Layfield. After just two weeks on SmackDown!, however, he was moved to the RAW brand.
In his first three months on the RAW brand, Viscera mainly wrestled on RAW's sister show HEAT, only making sporadic appearances on the actual RAW show. He had his first major angle on the brand in April 2005 when he was aligned with Trish Stratus to take part in a feud against Lita and her (kayfabe) husband Kane. While they were working together, Viscera and Stratus were featured in a segment during which he attempted to "seduce" her, only to be rebuffed until he "took care of" Kane. That segment began a gimmick change for Viscera, who transformed in to "The World's Largest Love Machine"; he started wrestling his matches wearing pajamas and making overtly sexual gestures in the ring. He was also put into an angle where he was smitten with RAW ring announcer Lilian Garcia, and tried different tactics to seduce her every week. At the June Vengeance pay-per-view Garcia reciprocated, proposing to him in the center of the ring, only to get turned down and left in the ring crying when The Godfather arrived with a number of his "hos" to show Viscera what he would "be leaving behind" if he got married.
After the Lilian Garcia storyline ended, Viscera was paired with the like minded "ladies man" Val Venis to form the tag team V-Squared. They teamed together for nearly nine months, mainly on HEAT, and though their record could be considered respectable — they even challenged for the Tag Team Title on a few occasions — they never held the title. When Venis was put out of action with a (legitimate) injury in April 2006, Viscera went back to singles wrestling. His first storyline back on his own was an attempt to reconcile with Lilian Garcia, only to be interrupted and attacked by Umaga during his proposal. Two weeks later, when Garcia was (legitimately - accidentally) knocked from the ring apron by Charlie Haas, spraining her wrist the incident was worked into a storyline. Haas and Viscera began fighting over Garcia — after Haas apologized — and then both men turned on her and formed a tag team when she declared she only wanted to be friends. The team was split when Haas was put back together with Shelton Benjamin to reform The World's Greatest Tag Team.
On June 17, 2007, Frazier was sent from the RAW brand to ECW in the supplemental section of WWE's draft. Three weeks later he debuted on ECW's weekly television program completely repackaged as Big Daddy V, a powerhouse "hired gun" character in the employ of Matt Striker.
Update:
August 9th, 2008: Big Daddy V has been released from the WWE.
He made an official return in 1999, first appearing at the pre-show for the Royal Rumble, before appearing on the show itself, on which he was "kidnapped" by The Undertaker, his Acolytes (Bradshaw and Faarooq) and Mideon. The next night he was re-christened Viscera and began acting as the Ministry of Darkness' enforcer, adopting a more gothic look in the process; including white out contact lenses, a white mohawk, and a black bodysuit.
After the July 1999 break up of the Ministry, the Viscera character floated around the mid-card, frequently teaming with fellow former Ministry member Mideon, and becoming part of the burgeoning hardcore division -- winning the Hardcore Championship once before he parted ways with the company again in 2000.
In March 2003, Frazier, using his Nelson Knight name, made a surprise appearance at a weekly NWA: Total Nonstop Action pay-per-view at the side of Ron Killings. He appeared again the next week, but didn't stay with the company beyond that.
He made a number of other independent appearances, including returning to the Memphis area and winning the Memphis Championship Wrestling Southern Heavyweight Championship.
Frazier, returning to the Viscera name, returned to the World Wrestling Federation — now renamed World Wrestling Entertainment — in September 2004. His first appearance had him and fellow former Ministry of Darkness member Gangrel surprise and attack the one-time stable leader, The Undertaker, on behalf of John "Bradshaw" Layfield. After just two weeks on SmackDown!, however, he was moved to the RAW brand.
In his first three months on the RAW brand, Viscera mainly wrestled on RAW's sister show HEAT, only making sporadic appearances on the actual RAW show. He had his first major angle on the brand in April 2005 when he was aligned with Trish Stratus to take part in a feud against Lita and her (kayfabe) husband Kane. While they were working together, Viscera and Stratus were featured in a segment during which he attempted to "seduce" her, only to be rebuffed until he "took care of" Kane. That segment began a gimmick change for Viscera, who transformed in to "The World's Largest Love Machine"; he started wrestling his matches wearing pajamas and making overtly sexual gestures in the ring. He was also put into an angle where he was smitten with RAW ring announcer Lilian Garcia, and tried different tactics to seduce her every week. At the June Vengeance pay-per-view Garcia reciprocated, proposing to him in the center of the ring, only to get turned down and left in the ring crying when The Godfather arrived with a number of his "hos" to show Viscera what he would "be leaving behind" if he got married.
After the Lilian Garcia storyline ended, Viscera was paired with the like minded "ladies man" Val Venis to form the tag team V-Squared. They teamed together for nearly nine months, mainly on HEAT, and though their record could be considered respectable — they even challenged for the Tag Team Title on a few occasions — they never held the title. When Venis was put out of action with a (legitimate) injury in April 2006, Viscera went back to singles wrestling. His first storyline back on his own was an attempt to reconcile with Lilian Garcia, only to be interrupted and attacked by Umaga during his proposal. Two weeks later, when Garcia was (legitimately - accidentally) knocked from the ring apron by Charlie Haas, spraining her wrist the incident was worked into a storyline. Haas and Viscera began fighting over Garcia — after Haas apologized — and then both men turned on her and formed a tag team when she declared she only wanted to be friends. The team was split when Haas was put back together with Shelton Benjamin to reform The World's Greatest Tag Team.
On June 17, 2007, Frazier was sent from the RAW brand to ECW in the supplemental section of WWE's draft. Three weeks later he debuted on ECW's weekly television program completely repackaged as Big Daddy V, a powerhouse "hired gun" character in the employ of Matt Striker.
Update:
August 9th, 2008: Big Daddy V has been released from the WWE.
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