Charlie Skaggs Charles " Charlie " Scaggs ( October 25 1965 ) is an American professional wrestler , better known by his ring name 2 Cold Scorpio ( or Too Cold Scorpio ) . Scaggs has competed in ECW , WCW , WWE ( as Flash Funk ) , Pro Wrestling NOAH and Pro Wrestling Unplugged . Wrestling career . World Championship Wrestling ( 1992 - 1994 ) . He debuted in WCW as Ron Simmons ' mystery partner at the " Clash of the Champions " in November 1992 . He also had a brief reign as WCW World Tag Team Champion , teaming with Marcus Bagwell in October 19 93 . Although he was released in 1994 , Scorpio competed on the WCW - produced pay per views AAA When Worlds Collide and Kollision in Korea in 1994 and 1995 respectively . Extreme Championship Wrestling ( 1994 - 1996 ) . Scaggs debuted in Extreme Championship Wrestling in 1994 , where he had four reigns as ECW World Television Champion and one reign as ECW Tag Team Champion with The Sandman . During his simultaneous reign as Television and Tag Team Champion , he insisted on being referred to as 2 Gold Scorpio . He was a part of several classic ECW matches using his aerial tactics to impress the crowd , and had feuds with wrestlers such as Taz , Shane Douglas , Sabu , and Mikey Whipwreck . Scorpio lost a memorable match to Taz in which he was jumped afterwards by Doug Furnas and Lance Wright ' s bodyguard ( Brakus ) . Taz came out to make the save and gave a memorable speech afterwards . " I don ' t do this a lot . I ain ' t never heard of anybody named Flash Funk but I know someone named 2 Cold Scorpio and tonight 2 Cold Scorpio showed up . The wrestler , the athlete , the superstar I admire . Now brother I ' m done blowing smoke up your ass and don ' t go off on me either , but if you want to wrestle for a real promotion you ' re welcome in my locker room . " Taz raised his arm left the ring they played 2 Cold ' s music and he danced . On June 10 2005 , Scorpio wrestled at the ECW reunion event " Hardcore Homecoming " , defeating Kid Kash . World Wrestling Federation ( 1996 - 1999 ) . Scaggs made his WWF debut on November 17 at Survivor Series 1996 under the name Flash Funk . During his time there , his gimmick involved dancing , wearing a zoot suit , and being accompanied to the ring by his " Fly Girls " or " Funkettes " ( years before the WWF would debut an admitted pimp , The Godfather , who was accompanied by his " hoes " ) . He later reverted to the Scorpio name re - teaming with WCW teammate and friend Ron Simmons through the summer of 1998 . He would soon after become a member of Al Snow ' s JOB Squad , but it wasn ' t a success . In late 1998 , Flash Funk competed in the WWF ' s Brawl For All tournament , replacing Ken Shamrock . However , he lost in the quarterfinals to The Godfather . In early 1999 , Scorpio requested time off due to personal problems , but was instead released . Pro Wrestling NOAH ( 2000 - 2006 ) . After being released from the WWF , Scaggs made sporadic appearances for Extreme Championship Wrestling , which included a challenge ( against then champion Mike Awesome ) for the ECW Championship on the December 10 , 1999 edition of ECW on TNN . Scorpio would compete for All Japan Pro Wrestling until native members of its roster defected to form Pro Wrestling NOAH in 2000 , and both Scorpio and Vader also joined NOAH . During his tenure in NOAH , he won the GHC Openweight Hardcore Championship , as well as the GHC Tag Team Championship with both Vader and Doug Williams . At a WRESTLE - 1 GP show in October 2 , 2005 , Scorpio teamed up with Sumo wrestler Akebono to face the team of Mitsuharu Misawa and Yoshinari Ogawa . Return to WWE ( 2006 - 2007 ) . In 2006 , 2 Cold Scorpio signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment , much to the credit of friend Booker T ( who brought Scorpio ' s name to management ) . Many assumed Scorpio would somehow be used in the revitalized ECW brand , but after being signed , Scorpio returned to using his Flash Funk character in WWE developmental promotion Deep South Wrestling where he also assumed a mentor role . Scorpio was released on May 11 when creative simply could not find anything for him to do . On " Raw XV " , the " WWE Raw " special on December 10 , 2007 , Funk participated in the 15th Anniversary Battle Royal , where he eliminated Steve Blackman and himself at the same time .