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GLACIER REVEALS THE HUGE WWE NAME HE ALMOST USED FIRST AND THE ORIGINAL ONE ERIC BISCHOFF WANTED FOR HIS CHARACTER

Grab a coat and watch the ice.  This week, Club Runs Cold as "Glacier" himself, Ray Lloyd, joins James Guttman on ClubWWI.com for a one hour uncut shoot interview covering his entire career from top to bottom with tons of new information you won't hear anywhere else.
 
The success of Ray Lloyd doesn't rise and fall with the Glacier character.  From achievements on the gridiron and karate circuit to scenes in No Holds Barred and TV's Burn Notice, this school teacher has excelled in more careers than most people even dream of having.  Hear about it all on ClubWWI including his storied wrestling career during WCW's greatest days with topics like: The Huge Cost Of His Glacier Character, The Carnie Handshake, How He Paid To Save His WCW Job... Twice, The Midnight Debate With Eric Bischoff That Convinced Him To Use The Glacier Name, Dusty Rhodes, Locker Room Pet Peeves, Young Stars Who Don't Get It, The Angle He Proposed To Work With Lance Storm, Getting Tired Of His Own Vignettes, Kanyon's New Love Of Texting, The False Story On His Wikipedia Page, Curt Hennig, Demolition, Terry Taylor, D.D.P., Ernest Miller, and More.
 
A subject that often comes up on ClubWWI.com is original gimmicks.  Was Glacier the first name that WCW offered?  Were there others?  James asks and Ray answers…
 
"We started with about 150 names and they just kept pooling them down and pooling them down and pooling them down.  The funny thing is three of the final ten names – one of them was obviously Glacier – one of them was Cryonic, which Eric really liked.  I went through my notes the other day and just found this…"
 
Lloyd goes into detail on the secret meetings Eric held in order to "work the boys" and how one lead to a midnight debate between all the members of Blood Runs Cold (Kanyon and former ClubWWI.com guests Bryan Clark, Ernest Miller, and James Mitchell).  He also explains the compromise they came to and the length Bischoff went to in order to get his "pet project" over. 
 
However, the story takes a twist.  Although Easy E pushed for Cryonic, there was another name on the final tally that, if chosen, would have drastically altered wrestling history…
 
"On the notes, they have the final top ten list of names they had come down to.  Now at the time, Steve Austin was up with Vince (McMahon).  He had just left WCW and was trying to figure out what he was going to come up with and, of course, he came up with Stone Cold.  Right about the time, before he came up with his, one of the final ten names on that list was 'Stone Cold'."
 
Guttman and Lloyd both laugh at how it could have changed the face of the business.  Ray seems happy that didn't happen though.
 
"So I just laugh my butt off and say, 'I think they found the right guy to have that name.'"
 
The discussion doesn't end there.  It's over one hour with the man who most fans will never forget.  Remember, Glacier is just one of over 150 stars on ClubWWI.com for less than five dollars a month. Among the other guests you can hear from are: Jesse Ventura, Bobby Lashley, Terry Funk, Jerry Lawler, Vince Russo, Lance Cade, Trevor Murdoch, Eric Bischoff, Nikita Koloff, Nunzio, Armando Estrada, Dangerous Danny Davis, Ronnie Garvin, Jim Mitchell, Ahmed Johnson, Bobby Heenan, Terri Runnels, Kevin Nash, The Iron Sheik, Balls Mahoney, Francine, Sid Vicious, Paul Bearer, Brian Knobbs, Bruno Sammartino, Bryan Clark, Sean Mooney, Scott D'Amore, Tito Santana, Al Snow, Tod Gordon, JJ Dillon, Charlie Haas, Tom Prichard, Jacques Rougeau, Paul Roma, Jim Powers, Tammy Sytch, Too Cold Scorpio, The Honky Tonk Man, Ole Anderson, Kid Kash, Ivan Koloff, Jackie Gayda, Mr. Hughes, Scotty 2 Hotty, Dawn Marie, John Heidenreich, Jimmy Hart, Jimmy Valiant, Rick Martel, Bad News Brown, Nick Bockwinkel, Dory Funk Jr, Diamond Dallas Page, Rob Conway, Sylvain Grenier, Mike Bucci, Samu, Erik Watts, Buff Bagwell, Christian Cage, Jazz, Demolition Ax and Smash, Koko B. Ware, Ricky Morton, Lance Russell, Bruce Hart, Dustin "Goldust" Rhodes, Damian Demento, Fred "Shockmaster" Ottman, Justin Credible, Cpl. Kirchner, One Man Gang, Scott Steiner, Shawn Stasiak, Ted DiBiase, Ivory, Chris Masters, Elix Skipper, Kamala, Samoa Joe, Giant Bernard, Bill DeMott, Juvi "Juice" Guerrera, Nora "Molly Holly" Greenwald, Ni ck Dinsmore, Harley Race, Bull Buchanan, D-Lo Brown, Road Warrior A nimal, Missing Link, Rikishi, Slick, Nidia, George Steele, Christy Hemme, Disco Inferno, Paul Ellering, Vito, Steve Blackman, Bushwhacker Luke, AJ Styles, Chris Daniels, Dennis Stamp, Shawn Daivari, Kevin Sullivan, B.G. James, Ron Killings, Zach Gowan, Dan Severn, Earl and Dave Hebner, Baron Von Raschke, Spike Dudley, Rodney Mack, Downtown Bruno, Larry Zybszko, Rick Steiner, Mae Young, and many, more.

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