The Story of Adam Bomb in the WWF

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Wrestling Bios Presents - The Story of Adam Bomb in the WWF
Adam Bomb is one of the more recognizable gimmicks and stars of the WWF's "New Generation" era. While many point to this character and make mention of everything wrong with mid 90s WWE, others actually have fond memories of Bryan Clark playing the Adam Bomb character. While Adam Bomb didn't reach main event status, or even win a championship title within the WWF, he was a very capable professional wrestler that seemed to be missing the "it" factor.
This mini documentary from Wrestling Bios takes a look at the Adam Bomb character in the WWF, from his dominating first months within the company to his slip into lower midcard of the World Wrestling Federation. Topics covered include:
00:40 - The Three Mile Island Accident and the Adam Bomb character
03:20 - The Nightstalker in WCW
04:48 - The Adam Bomb WWF Debut
06:10 - How Bryan Clark almost became The Ringmaster
08:50 - Adam Bomb at The Survivor Series 1993
10:35 - Adam gets squashed in his WrestleMania debut
15:08 - Why Adam Bomb left the WWF
Much More!
#wwe #documentary #wrestling

[@Venemofthe888]

I did like Adam Bomb as a character design he looked cool to me but im probably the only one who thinks this lol

[@TFitz1]

Venemofthe888 I thought he was cool and creepy as a heel

[@batteytehoukamau9962]

Venemofthe888 me too

[@Tauttuk]

Your comments solidifies us as brothers.

[@akbarthedon218]

You're not! I think that 2.

[@xxxCyber24xxx]

He looked really cool to me

[@DJVexillum]

This guy was my absolute favorite as a kid. He had it all, and would have looked fantastic with the IC belt around his waist!

[@Twizzforsberg]

Yes spot on he was nr 1 for me

[@wolfieform9514]

Brian Clarke was underrated never given the credit he deserved. Again another great bio brilliant 👍😎👍

[@danhathaway7984]

Deserved to go much farther than he did. He was great as Wrath and later in Kronik even if the gimmicks he was working weren't the most original

[@JeremiahEcks777]

Very underrated.

[@chase5298]

agreed, he's actually my second cousin (by marriage) and i've met him a couple times. Used to be cool, kinda just trafficking drugs these days though lol.

[@marcuscicero5033]

I’m convinced Wrestling Bios gives himself a 5 minute break before moving onto the next video.

[@marcuswhitlow548]

That long? I dunno...

[@markcox1028]

You're being generous, I think he's working on 8 at the same time...

[@marcuscicero5033]

Jah Will B Dunn Wrestling Bios is his gimmick name. I wouldn’t call the Undertaker, Mark if I were to meet him.

[@reggie3819]

I think he never takes a break 💪🏾

[@austinryan9382]

Dude works hard.. really does his homework!

[@TheWavy87]

Should've been a star for Vince. He did thing that Nash and Sid couldnt physically do

[@conor-_C]

Like what

[@LordDeBahs]

@@conor-_C not having weak legs ?

[@MachineGunMikeWalls]

One of the best big men in all of wrestling. He had the size of Crush, Sid, Diesel, or Taker, but he could do a slingshot flying clothesline over the top rope from the ring apron. Very agile for such a big guy. Always felt like McMahon dropped the ball on him. Really believe this guy had the potential of being a huge star. Another thing is when Clarke & Adams became KroniK, i felt both WCW & WWE made a big mistake not making the tag team into LOD or Demolition level stars. Felt the same with Powers of Pain - Warlord & Barbarian. Such a great opportunity completely overlooked. - Btw, imagine the electricity in the crowd and the intensity of KroniK coming out to a song like "Warriors of the World" by Manowar. Go take a listen!

[@Christoochi]

That's all great. I'm still mad Supply and Demand didn't get a run with the belts

[@kefkarothsephka7708]

WWF!!!

[@herculesbrofister265]

Something about huge monsters don't work well as tag teams. Even the Skyscrapers, if you remember them, didn't really accomplish much in the short time they were together, despite having two future stars.

[@ennbee2051]

I knew him. Stalker (Bryan Clark) always said he was a crappy wrestler, so...

[@mantaheld-895]

Bryan Clarke was a victim of the "Kliq". There are videos on youtube, where he lost against 1-2-3 Kid, Razor Ramon, Shawn Michaels etc. His look was really impressive and his gimmick was great. Sad, sad!

[@superlex611]

He got the tools

[@lukef3559]

he could have been fantastic. imagine if aew had existed, he could have requested release and then turned up on dynamite not glowing in the dark and been a badass.

[@darthsoros787]

MantaHeld-89 he sucked

[@alanguages]

@@superlex611 Adam Bomb was considered injury prone. Hence, many times his push would keep on stalling.

[@superlex611]

@@alanguages how he got injury prone ?

[@RalfEngelmann]

I was a fan of Adam bomb back in the day. And I was disappointed that he never got a title run despite of his dominant appearance. Its sad how his WWE career just faded away. It's even worse with Bam Bam Bigelow. A man of this size with this amazing skill set and the legit fighter appearance should have been covered all over with titles and should have stayed on top of the game for many years.

[@Torq50]

That Kronic Tag team was Iconic!!! Put a magnifying Glass on that Run!!

[@kevinpayton2664]

Kronik was a great team.

[@DETSRC313]

Yeah he kind of dismissed that run Whats up with that? I was a huge Kronic fan. Always tuned in when they came out in WCW. And was in "markout" mode when they made their WWE debut. I distinctly remember bitching about how they weren't on WWE TV after that iconic debut.

[@williamhunter4181]

@@DETSRC313 - Yeah, they wrestled Undertaker and Kane. Although they didn't win, they were the first (and probably only) team that didn't turn tail and run away from the Brothers of Destruction.

[@pgoughms]

I always liked Bryan Clarke but I was introduced to him for the first time as Wrath. To me, an 11 year old kid (at the time) Wrath looked like a big muscular beast, strong & silent and he had a great (very underrated) finisher at the time, The Meltdown. He did go on a streak in WCW but it was totally overshadowed by Goldberg.

[@paulearl8203]

Nash beat him clean in a face v face match for absolutely no reason and killed his push.

[@ZekeThePlumber86]

Been waiting on this one!! I always love early 90's ridiculous WWF characters. Great job on 100k my man!

[@adamwendt8972]

You wonder if his career trajectory would’ve been different if he left for the ECW in the mid 90’s. Paul Heyman would’ve known how to book the guy and play to his strengths.

[@dkres82]

Adam Wendt true.

[@dustinmichel7608]

He would have been mike awesome before mike awesome. Speed/agility/size/power.

[@at0micwerew0lf]

Ive been looking forward to this for a long time...IMHO Clark is SUPER underrated, and later underutilized and lost in the NWO saturated WCW.

[@skinnypippen9580]

Nash WCW win over him derailed his push!

[@BrandonJXN2]

Adam Bomb was one of my favorite wrestlers when I was a kid.

[@fernandoguajardo2750]

I heard Adam bomb was a serect character for the wrestlemania arcade game

[@TRJ2241987]

It is true that he was intended to be in the game. Here he is with the Midway development team. pbs.twimg.com/media/DSJnsZlVoAA9Ovs?format=jpg&name=small

[@DVX_BELLORVM]

The game came out in '95, which lends credence to the idea that Adam Bomb was being planned for an IC title push.

[@MaximusJohal]

Adam Bomb was good i remember as a kid watching him hoping he'd fight Warrior.

[@WallyTony]

Same here. Total dream match for my 8 year old self.

[@joker167able]

He was burried by the kliq backstage to Vince 🤓

[@mattbowie9479]

I always thought Brian Adams was pretty underrated an underused compared to some others with less talent that got more involved pushes.

[@Minyin3737]

Thanks for this. Adam Bomb was one of my favorite wrestlers as a kid.

[@steverobertson1729]

Adam Bomb has always been my favorite wrestler. Everything about the dude was awesome, his gimmick, his outfits (loved that he had several with different color patterns), his huge size, his move set, his agility...the list goes on. He totally deserved a title run PLUS a few high profile rivalry storylines. To me, Adam Bomb is the greatest WWE star of all time

[@MrAladdino]

For me too!!!

[@marcuswhitlow548]

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[@KaMui1987]

Actually Adam Bomb left a high impression on me. For me he was one of the most memorable wrestlers from the early 90s WWF.

[@KM-iv9xy]

Same for me

[@ronaldisrow8055]

Sorry you lost cable ruff

[@andrewmelville4570]

Preferred his Wrath gimmick but very agile wrestler and I would say underrated

[@FistyClown]

Loved Adam Bomb and all of Clarke's gimmicks. Real shame he never got the recognition he deserved.

[@Itsmushy_890]

I have request. My favorite cruiserweight of all time. THE ULTIMO DRAGON!

[@brandonpage7087]

I remember the Adam Bomb character. Brian Clarke definitely had potential, & it was completely wasted, in both WWF & WCW. Had no idea that he had been in WCW first, though.

[@superlex611]

Lack of respect

[@newjerseyballer]

looked like he was getting a push after he left Mortis, but ended up in a tag team with Crush

[@rickyalmeida6236]

For that era he was misused and could have been a big player in WWF underrated

[@coopercostantino17]

You are definitely one of the top tier wrestling channels on KZbin, along with Cultaholic and Wrestling with Wregret you’re among my favorite ones.

[@sheikybaby]

Sad ending for the man.

[@willmason212]

This is such an excellent channel. Thanks for all the work you put in!

[@horrorstew3577]

I always enjoyed Adam bomb/Brian... Definitely underrated. Great look and great worker. I always wanted his career to be bigger and better.... Thanks for the video

[@nickm393]

I forgot that Adam Bomb was around long enough to be on some In Your Houses.

[@MrBiscuit75]

He had some in ring skill for a big man for sure. Loved his finisher the "meltdown"!

[@azarazar007]

Adam Bomb was one of my favorite wrestlers of early 90s WWF.

[@dad7275]

I enjoyed this, but I'd liked to seen more on his Wrath run. He had such potential. His look increasingly got better in WCW with Wrath. He also appeared on a WCW video game with some full motion video. 😋

[@gavinsuddarth696]

I always liked the character and how he looked. Shame it came at the end of the era when he should have excelled.

[@justinpeterson3686]

To go from Johnny Polo to Raven is a huge shift in character.

[@samclark379]

What about surfer dude Scotty Flamingo?

[@FreneticZetetic]

His shoot interview with Hannibal recently was excellent, for those who haven't seen it! Also - I had no idea his Hasbro figure was so rare!

[@Sickillj]

He is actually from harrisburg florida, ive just been speaking to bryan. You should of contacted him, he would of been happy to help. He is a really cool dude

[@derekforshort]

Your channel is so 🔥. You really show characters that SOOO many people forgot or never knew of that I actually really liked as a kid!

[@cloficc7234]

He was one of my favorites as a 10 year old kid and I always practiced his finisher with my pillow lol

[@cloficc7234]

I stand corrected, it was actually Duke Droese's finisher, nonetheless, Adam Bomb was the man!

[@cloficc7234]

@Pushups are great Glad to see there's still people out there who don't just trash compact the gimmick era. My first PPV was Summerslam '93, so I pretty much grew up with it, and thinking back, I probably wouldn't have nearly enjoyed it as much if it was just two dudes with their real names wrestling in tights.

[@caseyj8313]

The good ole days

[@michaelh3470]

I can't believe you did Adam Bomb. I loved this character as a child.

[@baggyobeast]

He was my favorite for a while and I totally forgot about it until now. I liked his character

[@knowur10sand18s]

Hell yes! I've hoped for and suggested an Adam Bomb/Bryan Clark bio before so I'm gonna pretend I helped make this possible! 😝 Thank you so much for this! Most underrated wrestler of the 90's

[@joshmajinvegetawix9462]

It took a good minute to find this. Vince called him Mayhem in and a 6-man tag. It just kept bringing up the game. Thankfully he was tagged as Adam Bomb in a video

[@eltornadoAfm]

My first live wrestling show was the August 93 show in London Ontario where Undertaker pinned Adam Bomb

[@grdray6974]

I remember him in Kronic in WCW.

[@frod79]

bring more of these early 90s characters, love that they get a whole video to themselves.

[@avgoldhead7207]

One of my favs wrestlers in the early 90's. Very underrated and after seeing this I subbed.

[@atd2480]

He was one of my fav wrestler, Adam Bomb, Wrath, Bryan Clark. I loved all of his gimmicks. He should have been a top heel if not Wwe Champion or wcw chanpion

[@MichaelSmith-lx2dt]

Would love a video on The Warlord or Barbarian

[@bodenlosedosenhose1590]

One of my favourite guys when I started watching wrestling in 1994.

[@chadkimmel8957]

Great video. I really dig the videos on somewhat “obscure” wrestlers and gimmicks

[@imogenaris1697]

Brian Clark was an underrated talent in the Cartoon Network era. What was missing with him was a good "gimmick". I don't remember his promos as Adam Bomb, which is probably why he had mouth pieces representing him. If you try to picture him in a faction back then, such as with the Heenan family, Jimmy Hart's stable, or with Fuji's crew- you can't. He wouldn't have fit in well. He was intimidating to look at & had some solid moves though. Maybe he was missing charisma as well. Billy Jack Haynes was pretty stoic, but he got over with fans in the prior era. His best work was with Kronik. They were over with fans but for some reason they were under pushed by Vince & co.

[@dominic4072]

I remember hoping for a storyline between Adam Bomb (powered by infinite nuclear power) and The Undertaker (powered by the infinite power of death). Set up like that, a clash between the two would have been pretty good!

[@richardmille_1599]

Should of been IC Champ in ‘95 but ... this is why Bam Bam was Gone by late ‘95 “Kliq Rlues!” . Another Great Bio Bro.

[@FrostyBalls01]

I loved Atom Bomb when I was a child. I remember dressing up as him for Halloween in the early 90’s. Wish I could of seen him wrestle a lot more.

[@KastleKrossface]

Adam Bomb was a childhood favorite!

[@teashdrinks714]

I never heard of this guy this channel teaches me history man I thought I knew a lot

[@dreday5880]

I know I'm in the vast minority, but I would love a video on Juventud Guerrera and Psicosis in their ECW and WCW days

[@Hgoenge81]

He looked so damn cool! With the bloody tongue and the contacts. He just needed a push he never got.

[@leomdk939]

Adam Bomb wrestled Shawn Michaels on the Action Zone in March of 1995, which was aired about one week before Shawn Michaels main evented Wrestlemania 11 against Diesel. It was nearly a ten minute match, and pretty decent. I think that should have been included, because it shows they hadn't given up on Adam Bomb yet and the IC title run he was promised may have been sincere at the time he was told of the plans. This HBK match would have been about 2-3 months before he was told of the plans to make him IC champ. Sometimes plans change -- doesn't necessarily mean he was lied to. Maybe he didn't live up to expectations.

[@hutchdaniel2703]

I actually really loved this character

[@johngarcia6661]

i was still a die hard wcw fan during the kronik days,The warth era too

[@Cognizant-ut9oj]

I saw him live 1994 in Innsbruck. He wrestled in jeans back then. Damn time flys.

[@CMWaters]

Two things about this: -I remember he did have a mini feud in 94 with Bam Bam Bigelow on Superstars (something to remember is that up until Nitro's debut, Superstars was just as if not more important than Raw) -He had a fun merchandise gimmick in his face days with mini footballs shaped like warheads that he'd punt into the crowd post match

[@GWinterbornYT]

There was a long period of time where WCW had a bunch of guys on their contracted roster that they weren’t using but were still paying. WCW was run like they had unlimited resources. That’s probably what happened here.

[@wawaelias8842]

After all these years he was Adam bomb because a bomb went off , i thought he was Adam bomb because his finisher was the A-bomb , i just got wowed , thanks to wrestling bios !!!!

[@bastih.5264]

Thanks for that. I started watching WWF in 1994 and Adam Bomb was one of the first wrestlers I saw. I liked his agility. Just like Crush. Maybe they should've paired them together back then. The tag team division was so weak in 1995 and an agile power house team could've really worked out great.

[@superlex611]

They are struggling

[@t8r507]

Me and my friends used to watch WCW nitro and I liked Wrath's premiere match, he came out and just stomped some guy in the corner about 10 times till the Ref called the match because Wrath wouldn't stop kicking him, It was one of the funniest asskicking entrance's ever, great memories

[@chipskylark172]

This’ll be interesting for me I don know a whole lot about Adam bomb i saw him in Kronik but Adam bomb was before I started watching

[@TheFriendlyWeirdo]

I always thought that Brian Clark, from what I’ve seen, was really underrated. He had a good look, was decent in the ring, and I think he doesn’t get as much love as I think he could’ve.

[@intheknow1202]

Bryan Clark is the real deal. I followed his whole career and am a HUGE fan! He was wronged in so many ways and really underused. He had the talent and potential to be way bigger than Undertaker and Hulk Hogan. No man his size had the agility or moves he did! He had an amazing look, charisma and ring presence. He was the total package and deserved so much better than he got. He should have a lot more titles put on him.... Politics 🙄 I had the amazing chance to meet him and he was so sweet and kind. He took the time to have a conversation with me and didn’t just brush me off. He was gracious and a real Southern gentleman. You would never know he was famous. He has done a lot of good for communities as well, with Toys for Tots, Special Olympics and Sheltie rescue in honor of his dog that just passed away. He really deserves to be in every Hall of Fame there is! Definitely should be 1st ballot!

[@volksfestchecker838]

Excellent video! I also think that it was shame, what Vince did to him. And I always loved him as a heel, especially his intimidating entrance music. 😎

[@TheGrowlerCatB2BGame]

Gonna watch this later. Just gonna thumbs this up for now because I know it will be good. Thanks for all your hard work. Best YT wrestling channel ever! Also, Wrath had a great pump handle slam. Looked vicious!

[@johns1187]

According to Jim Cornette, WWE Creative department had a huge part in all those gimmick mistakes in the early to mid 90's. Sounded like a bunch of graphic designers Vince thought were the latest cutting edge thing to modernize wrestling. Any experienced wrestler like Ax and Smash from Demoliton if they were given mgmt status to oversee creative would have said Adam Bomb needed dark colours and a non-flamboyant manager.

[@AndreEichstedt]

ADAM BOMB was a great Character with so much more Potential ;-) I liked him. ;-)

[@davekemp1808]

I think the thing that was missing, at least in his WWF run, was mic work. In-ring is only so much, a guy who can use the stick is often that big difference maker & not saying he wasn't good on the mic, but we never really saw him cut a promo, it was always Polo/Raven or Harvey doing most of the work. Another talented big man buried because he had a manager, imo.

[@superlex611]

It was a lack of respect

[@jwavada]

Possible idea for a future video: the life and career of Brian “Crush” Adams.

[@dropinthebucket]

I'd love to see you do a video on the birth of the Mr McMahon character in 1997, how he quickly jumps from commentator to on screen owner within weeks

[@delucas66]

I saw his first match on tv. I thought he was awesome. Especially his finishing move.

[@farronvanover]

He has always been a favorite, back from being NightStalker in Smoky Mountain Wrestling to WCW/WWF

[@TFitz1]

I still think the idea was cool. When he first started as a heel and had that creepy music and reflective glasses it had a chilling vibe. I think going babyface killed it

[@NateMac434]

He was such a mark for himself he had an Adam Bomb tattoo on his arm. When Vince walked up to him and made him quit doing his finish because it was Diesel’s, Scott Hall walked up to him and said, “Hey now you should put and “ED” on the end.” Adam Bombed😂

[@Wesker1984]

Smacks of The Kliq politics of course.

[@Realbryanclark]

Thats a lie, I called Hall out on other things..He is a Pu** and afraid to thrown down. FACT

[@CraigCairney83]

Didn’t mind Adam Bomb throughout ‘93. Kinda fizzled out tho and his face turn really didn’t work.

[@DrRawBalls_TheDummy]

Love the intro bro lol takes me back to the early data of the WWF 👌🏻 👍🏻

[@josephkenefic5086]

Not even a wrestling fan and I watch all these videos. I kinda liked it back in 1990-1995 or so. Haven't watched it since, but these vids are awesome.

[@ronniemorales5485]

I loved him in WCW! I used to think he was so huge! I remember when he had a match on Nitro with Kevin Nash. I was so happy and hoped he would win the match... He should have got a title run... Atleast an United States title run

[@Purplegorillaz]

One of my fav Wrestling Characters

[@metalmadsen]

Great video as usual. I think this is the best wrestling channel on KZbin. 👍 from Denmark 🇩🇰

[@marcuswhitlow548]

Definitely one of my favorite as well, if not my number one. Dude just gets straight to the facts without being pretentious or any so-called "comedy". That's hard to find in the current KZbin wrestling climate and it's damn well appreciated.

[@metalmadsen]

Neocon Ingsoctrination no 😊 it’s not ours to sell.

[@icandodgebullets7869]

I loved his entrance and the focus on eye colour really matched with his ring name when I used to watch wwf

[@DaveHorgan.]

I liked Adam Bomb as a kid and I only got to see bits of WWF back then, so I woulda liked to have seen more of him. I think if Brian switched gimmicks it coulda benefited him more.

[@flacorocks2513]

I loved the Adam Bomb character. The smart wrestling fan in me knew he was doomed when paired with Harvey Whippleman.

[@thereilneid2868]

New subscriber & appreciate the hard work ur putting in. Thanks & I will definitely recommend you.

[@theantilifeequation8150]

Always surprised Clark didn't get a huge push, was a big powerful guy with a great look, he had all the tools to make it in McMahon's WWF.

[@iammodestykazi6914]

Adam Bomb WWF ! Had a nice physique like Crush Had decent moves & was agile in the ring Had pretty good attire & colour combination Had a decent Titantron & Entrance Theme Had an effective Finishing Move Overall i loved his character 👌🏻👍Wish he was there more time with WWF !

[@freddiejohnson6137]

Always was confused when he was a heel why he was never given any kind of long term feud with anyone as he could have been a great at being the monster. Saying that the same thing really happened with his singles push in wcw as wrath he got to a certain point of being dominant then they didn't know where to go with him. Although, that was probably more backstage egos that stopped that push.

[@jasonglover1425]

I saw him live from the 5th row when I was 15 and even then I saw what they were seeing. He wrestled in a way that almost looked like he was counting dance steps. That didn't translate to TV but as I was watching him that night I was thinking that it was easy to tell his attacks weren't real.

[@robertlehto4667]

IMO he was the only one who made the pumphandle slam look genuinely devastating. With everyone else it always looked kinda weak.

[@Riz_]

Thank you so much for this bio. I really liked the character and thought he had been treated badly. I know it is a very dated gimic but for what ever reason, I was a huge fan. He had a really good finishing move as well.