James Lamar Mitchell (born February 26, 1965) is an American professional wrestling manager, who is currently signed to the WWE where he performs on the SmackDown brand where he manages The Kimber Bombs. He is known his appearances with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as James Vandenberg, Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) as The Sinister Minister, and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under his own name.
Professional wrestling career[]
Early career and Smoky Mountain Wrestling (1989–1995)[]
World Championship Wrestling (1997–1999)[]
Extreme Championship Wrestling (2000–2001)[]
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2002–2004, 2005–2008)[]
The New Church and The Gathering (2002–2004)[]
Alliance with Abyss and departure (2005–2008, 2013)[]
World Wrestling Entertainment (2005, 2009, 2018–present)[]
Mitchell appeared at the World Wrestling Entertainment-produced ECW reunion pay-per-view ECW One Night Stand on June 12, 2005. He & Whipwreck accompanied Tajiri to ringside for his match with Super Crazy and Little Guido.
He was due to continue managing wrestlers and working with the WWE's version of Extreme Championship Wrestling after its re-launch, however, a contract between Mitchell and WWE was never signed, and he ceased making any further appearances on ECW.
In June 2009, Mitchell was going to try out for WWE's developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling but was told that he needed to pay $1,000 to try out and that manager tryouts had already occurred in January 2009.
Mitchell returned to the WWE on the April 10, 2018 episode of SmackDown as the new manager of the former two-time World Tag Team Champions Decay. In 2020 after Abyss became a WWE Producer and Crazzy Steve left WWE Mitchell began managing The Kimber Bombs.
In Wrestling[]
- Wrestlers managed
- Prince Kharis
- Abdullah the Butcher
- The Iron Sheik
- Paul Orndorff
- Brad Anderson
- Peggy Lee Leather
- Judy Martin
- Kendo The Samurai
- Jimmy Garvin
- Mortis
- Wrath
- Mikey Whipwreck
- Yoshihiro Tajiri
- Jerry Lynn
- Balls Mahoney
- Moondog Spot
- Rick Michaels
- Raven
- Christopher Daniels
- Abyss
- Crazzy Steve
- Rosemary
- Black Reign
- Rellik
- Judas Mesias
- Vampiro
- Kimber Lee
- Cherry Bomb
- Teams and stables managed
- The Rare Oddities (Mortis and Wrath)
- The Unholy Alliance (Yoshihiro Tajiri and Mikey Whipwreck)
- The Disciples of the New Church (Mike Awesome, Shane Douglas, Kobain, Brian Lee, Malice, Sinn, Slash, Tempest, and Vampiro), with BellaDonna (valet)
- The Gathering (CM Punk and Julio DiNero)
- The Lost Boys (Azrael and Gabriel)
- Decay (Abyss, Crazzy Steve and Rosemary)
- The Kimber Bombs (Kimber Lee and Cherry Bomb)
- Nicknames
- "Devil"
- Entrance themes
- "Sinister Music" by Boner (ECW; used while part of the Unholy Alliance)
- "Holy Man" by One Minute Silence (ECW)
- "Left Behind" by CFO$ (WWE; April 10, 2018 – present)