20 Secret Highlights Of WCW That WWE Won't Tell You About
15. The Unexpected Glory Of Ernest Miller
As fun as Glacier was, his greatest gift to wrestling fans was delivering unto us the joy that was Ernest "The Cat" Miller. Miller became a wrestler when his suburban Atlanta dojo was visited by the premier strip mall karateka of the 1990's: Eric Bischoff. Although the Cat was originally supposed to be the also-ran partner of a sure-thing superstar, he connected with WCW audiences almost immediately and left Glacier in the dust.
Paired with Sonny Onoo, the Cat tapped into some crazy potent heel charisma and began dancing a la James Brown before, after, and during his matches. He was so good, though, that he wound up being one of the biggest heroes of WCW in its dying days, the promotion's stalwart commissioner locked in battle with Ric Flair's "Magnificent Seven" stable.
Unfortunately, WWE didn't get Miller's appeal whatsoever, and his brief time in that company is best remembered for the time he danced at the Royal Rumble, and his commentary run on Velocity that you were definitely remembering as being Jonathan Coachman until just now.