Line #26 Wrestling/JamesMitchell


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3	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/ImpactWrestling 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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5	!! "Sinister Tropes":
6	* AbusiveParents: To Wrestling/{{Abyss}}.
7	* ArchEnemy: (in SMW): Tim Horner; (in WCW): Glacier, [[Wrestling/ErnestMiller Ernest "The Cat" Miller]]; (in ECW): The FBI; (in TNA): Wrestling/{{Raven}}, Wrestling/{{Sting}}, Abyss; (in MLW): Wrestling/{{Sabu}}.
8	* BaldOfEvil: In his later years.
9	* BeardOfEvil: Goatee with connected mustache
10	* TheCameo: Led Mikey and Tajiri to the ring for the Three-Way-Dance between Tajiri, Little Guido Maritato and Super Crazy at ''ECW One Night Stand 2005.''
11	* CarnivalOfKillers: Sent Havok, [[Wrestling/{{Goldust}} Black Reign]], Rellik, Judas Mesías, and even Wrestling/{{Raven}} after Abyss.
12	* CollectorOfTheStrange: His gimmick in SMW and WCW. As Vandenberg, he was supposed to have been the curator of the [[MuseumOfTheStrangeAndUnusual Museum of Medical Oddities]] in [[UsefulNotes/{{Taiwan}} Taipei]].
13	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Mortis and [[Wrestling/BryanClarke Wrath]] were called Vandenberg's "rare oddities."
14	* {{Expy}}: Became one 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.
15	* EvilLaugh: As the Sinister Minister.
16	* EvilMentor: To Mikey Whipwreck and Yoshihiro Tajiri.
17	* {{Fingore}}: In ''Forever Hardcore'', he relates the story of how he blew off a chunk of finger by packing too much flash paper into his fireball device while drunk before ''November to Remember'' 2000. The explosion also slashed his wrist and stomach with shrapnel.
18	* {{Heel}}: At all times.
19	* HollywoodSatanism: His entire gimmick from his becoming the Sinister Minister until he retired.
20	* 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. He got better though.]]
21	* LargeHam: The guy's supposed to be ''{{Satan}}'', what else would you expect from him?
22	* MeaningfulName: Daryl Van Horne was the name of the Devil character in ''Literature/TheWitchesOfEastwick.''
23	* NonActionGuy: He lost a Last Man Standing match to Raven at ''TNA #70'', November 5, 2003, but it really wasn't his role. During an in-ring confrontation with Abyss, he said, "What am I going to do, beat you up?"
24	* PlayingWithFire: In MLW and TNA, where he blinded CM Punk with a fireball. It was also how he blew off a chunk of finger.
25	* PowerStable: The New Church, with Wrestling/ShaneDouglas, Wrestling/MikeAwesome, Kobain (Flash Flanagan), Slash (Wolfie D.), Wrestling/SinnBodhi, [[Wrestling/DevonStorm Tempest (Devon Storm/Crowbar)]], Brian Lee, El Vampiro, [=Belladonna=], Malice (WCW's the Wall).
26	** He took the Gathering (Wrestling/CMPunk and Julio Dinero) away from Raven.
27	* RedBaron: "Father," "Devil"
28	* SinisterMinister: Well, duh.
29	* TraumaticHaircut: Gave one to Raven in TNA.

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