Glacier Raymond M . Lloyd ( May 13 , 1964 ) is an American martial artist , professional wrestler , and actor . He is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling from 1996 to 1999 under the ring name Glacier . Early life . Lloyd was born into a law - enforcement family in Brunswick , Georgia . His father , Harold , served as a commander with the Georgia State Patrol for 28 years , while his mother , Lois , worked with the Georgia Driver ' s License Division prior to her retirement in 1999 , and his fraternal twin brother , Ron , is a state trooper . Lloyd graduated from Brunswick High School in 1982 , and played offensive tackle for the football team all four years . In his senior year , he became the school ' s first All - State player . He also competed for the track and field team , in the shot put and discus . A skilled martial artist , Lloyd took up Hung Ga at fourteen , later adding other disciplines such as Judo and Kempo . His school was owned and taught by a former government agent and a U . S . Marshal , before it closed to the public in 1982 . In 1983 , he began competing for the World Karate Association in full - contact tournaments , eventually winning the United States Southeastern Super Heavyweight title . During his WKA stint , he was never knocked out or even knocked down ; his only loss came on a disqualification for stalling , which he attributed to nervousness . However , when the WKA changed its rules in 1985 to allow kicks from the knee up ( they were previously only from the waist up ) , Lloyd opted to retire from competition in order not to jeopardize his football scholarship by risking injury . He played center for Valdosta State University ( the same alma mater as former WCW announcer Scott Hudson ) , under coach Mike Cavan , and was a teammate of former Atlanta Falcons linebacker Jessie Tuggle during his collegiate career . Lloyd graduated in 1987 with a master ' s degree in education , before which he commented in jest to a local newspaper reporter that he and another teammate , R . D . Swain , planned to become world tag team champions . He had a chance to enter the NFL that year , but declined due to the players ' strike and because he had just gotten his first teaching job . Professional wrestling career . Early career ( 1987 – 1996 ) . Lloyd began his wrestling career shortly after graduation . He was trained by Georgia grappler Fred Avery in a makeshift ring set up in Avery ' s backyard , and then cut his teeth on the Georgia independent circuit for two years , during which he was given the ring name " Sugar Ray " Lloyd by Tommy Rich . Lloyd joined WCW ( then the NWA ) for their 1989 Great American Bash tour , in which his debut match was a loss to Butch Reed in Albany , Georgia . He recalled in a March 2001 interview with " WCW Magazine " , " To be in the same ring with a man that big who could move like that was intimidating . " He moved to Atlanta and worked as an assistant high school football coach in Marietta , while participating in Southern Championship Wrestling shows on weekends , where he was further trained by Mr . Wrestling II and Bob Armstrong . From 1990 to 1991 , again as " Sugar Ray " Lloyd , he tag team ed with Swain as " The Blazers , " named such after the Valdosta State athletic mascot . In 1991 , " Pro Wrestling Illustrated " held a contest for readers to come up with a ring name for Swain . Lloyd ' s second stint in WCW was when he was booked to be defeated by The Great Muta at a house show in Atlanta . Following that match , at Muta ' s request , Lloyd joined Muta on a string of WCW house shows before he moved to Japan in 1993 . He joined the UWFI as a guest of renowned shootfighter Nobuhiko Takada , and competed against Japanese and American fighters . Lloyd returned to the United States after UWFI folded in 1996 , and during a conversation with friend Diamond Dallas Page , he mentioned that he was planning to integrate martial arts into his wrestling , which he had been unable to do during the early days of his career . At Page ' s request , WCW president Eric Bischoff , a martial arts practitioner himself , signed Lloyd to a contract . World Championship Wrestling . Blood Runs Cold ( 1996 – 1998 ) . Beginning in April 1996 , Lloyd ' s new ring persona , Glacier , a similar gimmick with the Mortal Kombat ' s character Sub - Zero was introduced via a series of vignettes during WCW programming , which featured the tagline " Blood Runs Cold " . The October 1996 issue of " WCW Magazine " featured a fictional profile of the character that described him as having gone to Japan to study a fighting style that combined martial arts and pro wrestling maneuvers , with a 400 - year - old helmet passed down to him by his master instructor . He was then given the name " Glacier " by his instructor as a symbolization of the power of the elements . Glacier was also given one of the most extravagant entrances in wrestling at the time , which consisted of blue laser lights streaming across the arena and synthetic snow falling from the ceiling . After slowly walking to the ring , he then engaged in a ritual of standing on a center turnbuckle in order to remove his armor and mask , then somersaulting off the buckle and into the center of the ring to perform a kata routine ; this process sometimes lasted as long as two minutes . Moreover , since he was a face character , he also bowed to the referee and to his opponent after the bell rang . The ring was then enveloped entirely by blue light during the length of the match . According to Lloyd in a 2000 interview with the " Hannibal Courier - Post , " production costs for Glacier ' s entrance amounted to nearly half a million dollars , while the costume and armor , designed by Atlanta - based AFX Studios , cost $ 35 , 000 . The armor contained the number 126 carved into the breastplate as a reference to his father ' s badge number . Glacier also wore a blue contact lens in his right eye to top off the outfit , which often prompted comments from " WCW Monday Nitro " analyst Bobby Heenan , such as " [ He ' s ] half man , half Siamese cat . " To further accentuate the character ' s image , Lloyd , a natural brunette , temporarily bleached his hair blond from April to December 1997 . Glacier was originally intended to debut in July , but due to the coinciding appearance and immediate impact of the New World Order at the " Bash at the Beach " pay - per - view that month , his debut was delayed indefinitely ; WCW worked this into a feud with Big Bubba Rogers , who criticized Glacier ' s hype and the overlong wait for his arrival during interviews on " WCW Monday Nitro " with the Dungeon of Doom . His debut finally occurred on September 9 , 1996 , when he pinned The Gambler in a prerecorded match on " WCW Pro " , which was also the only match in which he executed his Cryonic Kick finisher off the top rope before it was changed to a spinning reverse roundhouse kick , and subsequently to standard side kick . Glacier then defeated Bubba on his " Nitro " debut on September 16 , ending the brief feud . The original costume and blue lighting were scrapped , however , after only his fourth match , a pinfall victory on " Nitro " over Mike Wenner on September 30 . Following a subsequent ten - week hiatus off WCW television , he reappeared on " Nitro " on December 2 , in which he debuted a new ring outfit and entrance music , then pinned Hardbody Harrison in a 60 - second squash . After spending the beginning of his WCW career in the midcard , it was not until March 1997 that Glacier was put into his first long - term feud , with Mortis , who was depicted in the new storyline as an Asian pitfighter who was one of eccentric manager James Vandenberg ' s collection of " " rare oddities " " and who had shared a history with Glacier . The angle was titled " Blood Runs Cold " ; the slogan had not been used since the vignettes from the previous year had stopped airing . Glacier defeated Mortis in the pay - per - view debut for both , at " WCW Uncensored " on March 16 , but after the match , Wrath made his first appearance as Vandenberg ' s then - unnamed newest charge , and both men double - teamed Glacier . Postmatch assaults by Mortis and Wrath became commonplace after Glacier ' s " Nitro " matches , and on the April 21 episode , his helmet was also stolen by the pair after he defeated Ciclope in less than one minute . His rematch with Mortis at " Slamboree " on May 18 ended in a disqualification after less than two minutes when Wrath attacked him from behind . Mortis and Wrath then had their way with Glacier for several minutes before he was rescued by Ernest " The Cat " Miller , who had entered the ring from the crowd . On June 15 , Glacier pinned Wrath at " The Great American Bash " , after which another beating commenced , this time after he was handcuffed to the top rope by Mortis , who himself had been cuffed to the turnbuckle prior to the match in order to prevent outside interference . The very next night on " Nitro " , Glacier again defeated Mortis and then was attacked for the last time by Mortis and Wrath after Miller again came to his rescue . From then until " Bash at the Beach " , Glacier wrestled as a tag unit with Miller , mainly in the lower card against luchadors . After Mortis and Wrath finally won their first encounter in the feud at " Bash at the Beach " on July 13 and ended Glacier ' s undefeated streak , WCW promptly shut down the angle due to the creative team ' s inability to further evolve the characters and the storyline . As a result , the backstory between Mortis and Glacier was therefore never revealed . On September 1 , nearly a year after he had made his official debut , Glacier was handed his first singles loss by Buff Bagwell . He and Miller lost their second consecutive pay - per - view affair in November , to the Faces of Fear at " World War 3 " , and Glacier capped off the year with a squash at the hands of Bill Goldberg on December 27 . Despite an undefeated twelve - month singles period from September 1996 to August 1997 , Glacier remained entrenched in the midcard ranks . He was booked as a heel for 1998 , starting with an edition of " WCW Saturday Night " on January 24 in a rematch alongside Miller against Mortis and Wrath . Glacier and Miller were to fight each other two weeks earlier on the program , but it was called off after Glacier was attacked by Mortis and Wrath offscreen beforehand . However , during the tag match , Glacier turned on Miller , allowing Mortis and Wrath to get the win . This brought the " Blood Runs Cold " angle to an official close as Mortis and Wrath were split up from Vandenberg and moved into the singles ranks . Feud with Perry Saturn and injury ( 1998 – 1999 ) . Glacier spent the next three months on a losing streak , jobbing to the likes of Steve McMichael , Prince Iaukea , and Lex Luger on " Nitro " and " Thunder " , while feuding on the side with Chris Adams on " WCW Saturday Night " in a battle of superkick finishers . Glacier then entered a feud with Perry Saturn , starting with an angle in which he cut a promo on the May 11 " Nitro " declaring that his Cryonic Kick finisher was his own move and threatened to take out anyone who used it . This prompted a response from Saturn on " Thunder " later in the week , in which he lambasted Glacier for his in - ring appearance and his claiming ownership of the superkick . Starting with a pin of Sick Boy on May 18 after Saturn ' s outside interference was unsuccessful , Glacier then fought a series of matches against several other members of Raven ' s Flock . He and Saturn then alternated wins on " WCW Thunder , " but the most notable aspect of the angle was that Kanyon , who had recently shed the Mortis gimmick , was regularly conducting sneak attacks on Raven and the Flock in various disguises . On the June 4 edition of " Thunder , " Kanyon ( disguised as referee Nick Patrick ) entered the ring and took out Saturn with a Russian legsweep , allowing Glacier to get the win , and flashed the Mortis mask to Glacier before leaving the ring . The feud died down shortly thereafter when Saturn was moved to a new angle involving Raven and the breakup of the Flock . A Glacier - Saturn matchup ( won by Saturn ) that aired on " WCW Worldwide " on September 26 was the last match broadcast on the program before its format was changed to a recap show . Glacier suffered a severe knee injury during the main event on " Nitro " on June 29 , in which he lost to then - United States champion Goldberg for the fourth time in what would be his only title challenge in WCW . He kept the extent of the injury hidden until after the match and left the ring under his own power , but after rehabilitation proved unsuccessful , he underwent knee surgery . He was out until the November 5 " Thunder " , where he offered his support to Miller , who himself had undergone a heel turn . One week later , he returned to ring action for the first time in over four months , and debuted his new finisher , a version of Terry Gordy ' s Oriental thumb spike ( dubbed the " Ice Pick " ) , for a submission victory over Adams . On November 16 , Glacier , Kanyon , and Wrath reunited for the first and only time since the demise of Blood Runs Cold , when Glacier and Kanyon were scheduled to face each other on " Nitro " after Wrath fought Raven in the previous match , but Raven ' s refusal to wrestle , despite goading by Kanyon , saw it called off . Wrath then took out his frustration by pummeling both Glacier and Kanyon inside the ring before their opening bell , but the match commenced nonetheless with Kanyon ultimately scoring the pin . Glacier made his final WCW pay - per - view appearance with a loss to Wrath at " World War 3 " on November 22 , and closed out the year with another series of matches against Saturn on " Thunder " and " Saturday Night " , in which Miller ' s manager , Sonny Onoo , repeatedly interfered . By early 1999 , Glacier was again booked to lose to lower - card opponents so that WCW could finally kill off the character and allow Lloyd to transition into a new one . This came to a head on February 6 , when he was pinned on " Saturday Night " by Al Green . Five days later , a series of skits aired on " Thunder " in which Glacier , tired of his gimmick , sold his armor , mask , and helmet to Kaz Hayashi and Miller ; Onoo convinced the gullible Hayashi to buy the gear for ten times Glacier ' s asking price . For a short time , Miller came out to Glacier ' s music and entrance , while Hayashi wore his armor and mask to the ring . Though Lloyd had not appeared on television following the end of Glacier , he , along with Gene Okerlund , Alex Wright , and other WCW personalities , attended the public grand opening of the " Nitro Grill " at the Excalibur Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on May 22 , 1999 ; the restaurant lasted only sixteen months and closed in September 2000 . Coach Buzz Stern ( 1999 ) . On August 19 , Lloyd made his first televised appearance in six months , this time on " Thunder " in the first of several promos as Coach Buzz Stern , featuring longtime independent wrestler Luther Biggs . The clips were filmed at the WCW Power Plant and served to introduce the storyline of Stern choosing the clumsy Biggs as his protege , and aired until the end of September , when Biggs was pinned by Bobby Eaton in his in - ring debut on " Thunder ; " Stern put Biggs in a postmatch full nelson as punishment . Over the following month , Stern served as Biggs ' manager for only three additional matches : a squash loss to Meng on " Thunder " , a pinfall victory over Dave Burkhead on " Saturday Night , " and a match against Barry Darsow ( wrestling as Blacktop Bully ) on " Worldwide " , which Biggs won only after Stern ' s outside interference . Though the Stern character was inspired by Lloyd ' s days as a high school football coach prior to his WCW career , and had received buildup in Mark Madden ' s weekly WCW . com column , he received an indifferent reception from fans , and after Lloyd himself wrestled his only match as Stern in a November 4 " Thunder " loss to Eddie Guerrero , the angle was shelved and both Stern and Biggs were removed from television . Lloyd was one of many wrestlers released by the company on November 21 , 1999 as part of a cost - cutting measure . Independent circuit ( 1999 – present ) . Along with Dusty Rhodes , Lloyd co - founded Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling ( TCW ) in 2000 , which held shows throughout the Southeast and whose roster featured additional WCW castoffs such as Scotty Anton ( Scotty Riggs ) , Barry Windham , Big Ron Studd , and Chad Fortune . Lloyd wrestled under his real name , and was the TCW Heavyweight Champion from July to October 2000 , when he was dethroned by Windham . During WCW ' s " Mayhem " pay - per - view on November 26 , a Glacier promo from 1996 was re - broadcast , this time with the tagline " Blood Runs Colder , " after which he was openly buried by the announce team . The promos were aired infrequently on " Nitro " and " Thunder " , and during " Starrcade . " The night after " Starrcade , " Norman Smiley was seen on " Nitro " watching a promo on a backstage monitor , then happily reacting to having " " a real hero " " in WCW . Lloyd returned to WCW in January 2001 , and Glacier was now played out in the angle as a superhero parody , with him pledging to watch Smiley ' s back during matches . In separate contests against Mike Awesome and Bam Bam Bigelow on " Thunder " , an overpowered Smiley lost decisively both times because Glacier took his time coming to the ring in order to interact with fans . He then entered the ring after the fact to pose for the fans before pushing Smiley out of the way to perform his old kata routine . Though Lloyd never wrestled an actual match , the gimmick was a surprisingly mild success given the previous history of the character ( a fan during the Bigelow match was seen on camera holding a sign that read " Glacier is My Hero " ) , but the angle abruptly ended and Glacier was not seen again following a skit on the February 7 edition of " Thunder " in which he was pummeled offscreen by Sean O ' Haire inside his dressing room . Lloyd left WCW ( which ceased operations six weeks later ) permanently and returned to the independent circuit . On April 21 , he the won the TCW tag belts with Jorge Estrada . One of the highlights of Lloyd ' s wrestling career was fulfilling a childhood dream of winning the NWA World tag team titles , which he accomplished with Jason Sugarman on December 28 , 2002 , but Sugarman retired shortly after due to a career - ending injury . In 2002 , he rejuvenated his Glacier gimmick to team with Big Ron Studd , with whom he won the tag title for the second time in his TCW stint on January 3 , and then enjoyed a second reign as TCW Heavyweight Champion . After TCW folded in 2003 , Lloyd made sporadic appearances with Georgia Championship Wrestling , and held a backstage position with TNA Wrestling . He again wrestled as Glacier as part of Ultimate Christian Wrestling ' s " Ultimate Armageddon Tour 2006 " , and participated in the CHIKARA King of Trios tournament in Philadelphia on March 2 , 2008 , teaming with Los Ice Creams as their mystery partner in a first - round loss against Team Mexico . Lloyd also feuded with TNA and IWA star Ricky Vega on the Florida independent Circuit in 2008 . He then made a return appearance in the 2009 King of Trios tournament on March 27 , 2009 , teaming with Al Snow and D ' Lo Brown in another first - round loss , this time against The UnStable of Vin Gerard , Colin Delaney , and STIGMA . Acting career . In addition to wrestling , Lloyd has pursued an acting career in both film and television . He had auditioned ( unsuccessfully ) for a part on the CBS program " Walker , Texas Ranger " back in 1997 , and though he had expressed interest in an acting career in an interview with WCW journalist Chad Damiani the next year , he finally appeared in his first film , a low - budget movie titled " Blood Bath , " in 2002 . He guest - starred in the season finale of the USA Network series " Burn Notice " , which aired on September 20 , 2007 . Lloyd also worked as a stuntman at Disney - MGM Studios in Orlando , Florida , playing the part of a German flight engineer in the " Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular ! " show until November 2004 . Personal life . Lloyd also volunteered his time as he contributes as a celebrity to create awareness to programs such as the 8th Annual David Maus Foundation Gold Tournament held at Grand Cypress Golf Club & Hyatt Regency in Orlando , Florida on May 18 , 2012 . Ray played along with athletes from the NFL such as Mark Carrier , Mark Duper as well MLB former player Barry Larkin , NBA Players Nick Anderson and Bo Outlaw in addition Chris Kirkpatrick of N ' Sync and Golfers Jim Thorpe , David Rose and many others . Lloyd also helped raise awareness Breast Cancer for the non - profit organization Rock Pink in conjunction with " The Monsters in the Morning " radio show in the annual Monsters Celebrity Bowling Tournament on June 30 , 2012 at Boardwalk Bowling in Orlando , FL . Ray participated on Team Aqua Pool Dealer alongside Hell ' s Kitchen Season 5 Winner Danny Veltri and Entertainer / Swimming Pool Executive Jim DeBerry .