King Parsons King Parsons ( born in 1949 ) is a former professional wrestler better know by his ringname Iceman King Parsons . King was called the Iceman from Jimmy Valiant after he saw him lying on an ice machine at a hotel . Professional wrestling career . His famous catch - phrase was " It be ' s that way sometimes - - have mercy ! " Parsons started wrestling in 1979 after being trained by Nick Kozak . King started for the National Wrestling Alliance ( NWA ) ' s Paul Bosch Promotion in Houston , Texas . Bosch contacted Don Owen and was successful in landing a job for King in the NWA ' s Pacific Northwest territory . Both Don and Elton Owen promoted in Washington and Oregon . While in the promotion , he teamed with Rocky Johnson and won the tag team title . King moved to Barling , Arkansas and lived there while working for the Tulsa promotion and Leroy McGuirk circa 1978 - 79 . King moved to Worland , Wyoming and wrestled for the Rocky Mountain Wrestling promotion for about a year , wrestling in Wyoming , Idaho , and Utah . Bill Ash booked all the talent and the matches . In 1982 , he moved on to Jim Crockett Promotions where he teamed with Porkchop Cash and feuded with Don Kernodle and Jim Nelson over the NWA Mid - Atlantic Tag Team Championship . In 1984 , because of talents and booking agent changes in Charlotte , King then moved on to World Class Championship Wrestling . He feuded with the Von Erichs and Chris Adams . He also formed " Rock ' n ' Soul " with Buck Zumhofe and they had a big feud with Bill and Scott Irwin . He wrestled briefly in the Texas All - Star Wrestling promotion in 1986 and formed the " Dream Team " with Tiger Conway , Jr . They feuded with Mike and Dizzy Golden . Iceman then went on to the Universal Wrestling Federation , where he was snubbed out of a tag team title tournament in 1987 . Parsons feuded mostly with Adams and with Savannah Jack for many months , and his feud with Jack carried over to Ken Mantell ' s new Wild West Wrestling promotion . In late - 1987 , he joined Terry Gordy and Buddy Roberts , after Michael Hayes left the Fabulous Freebirds , to help them get revenge on him . Hayes teamed with Kerry and Kevin Von Erich and they had a long feud that eventually saw Gordy side with Hayes and the Von Erich ' s and Roberts leave the promotion . Parsons was known as the " Blackbird " during this feud and formed a trio called " The Blackbirds " with Perry " Action " Jackson and Harold T . Harris . In the early - 1990s , he moved over to the Herb Abrams - owned Universal Wrestling Federation and feuded with Colonel DeBeers over his treatment of African - American referee Larry Sampson , who was Parsons ' s storyline cousin . In 1992 , Parsons went to the Global Wrestling Federation with Jackson and won the tag team title with him and also won the North American title , which was their top title . Parsons and Jackson feuded with The Ebony Experience . He also worked for the United States Wrestling Association where he was managed by Skandor Akbar and Percy Pringle . After the death of friend Chris Adams in 2001 , Parsons cut back on his appearances . He is semi - retired , appearing from time to time with a few independent promotions in Texas .