History Wrestling / JamesMitchell

* NiceHat: Wore a fez as Daryl Van Horne.

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:On the March 24, 2020 episode of Impact, he is killed off in the Undead Realm after being betrayed and stabbed by Havok.]]

* PowerStable: The New Church, with Wrestling/ShaneDouglas, 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).

* SinisterMinister: [[CaptainObvious Well, duh.]]

James Mitchell (born February 26, 1965) 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.

* CollectorOfTheStrange: His gimmick in SMW and WCW. As Vandenberg, he was supposed to have been the curator of the Museum of Medical Oddities in [[UsefulNotes/{{Taiwan}} Taipei]].

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

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.

* 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}}.

* CelebrityResemblance: James Lipton of ''Inside the Actors' Studio.''

* LargeHam[=/=]SmugSnake: The guy's supposed to be ''{{Satan}}'', what else would you expect from him?
* MeaningfulName: Daryl Van Horne was the name of the Devil character in ''Franchise/TheWitchesOfEastwick.''

* UnrelatedBrothers: Judas Mesías and Abyss are both his kayfabe sons in TNA/Impact Wrestling. This would be impossible in real life; he's only 10 years older than Gilbert Cosme and less than''9'' years older than Chris Parks.

* [[UnrelatedBrothers Unrelated Father and Son]]: Judas Mesías 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.

* MeaningfulName: Daryl Van Horne was the name of the Devil character in ''TheWitchesOfEastwick.''

'''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.

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