Chip Minton
Encyclopedia
Nathan "Chip" Minton III (born June 9, 1969) is an American
bobsledder and professional wrestler
who competed in the late 1990s in bobsleigh
while competing full time in the now discontinued World Championship Wrestling
(WCW).
, Minton worked as a prison
guard before going into both professional wrestling and bobsleigh
. Minton played American football
while in high school in Macon, graduating in 1987. Minton got interested in bobsledding while watching the 1992 Winter Olympics
in Albertville
as a prison guard.
in St. Moritz
. Competing in two Winter Olympics, his best finish was fifth in the four-man event at Nagano in 1998
. At the 1998 games
, Minton was 6 ft. 1 in. (1.85 m) tall and weighed 245 lbs (111 kg), the heaviest person for the entire American team for those games.
, Minton competed as a professional wrestler in the WCW under the name of "Mr. World Class" Chip Minton. He feuded with Chris Adams in 1998, primarily over the use of the name World Class, which Adams felt was a potshot to his earlier days in World Class Championship Wrestling. Minton competed through the late 1990s.
athlete ministry based out of Coppell, Texas
. He is also a parent and still living in Macon.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
bobsledder and professional wrestler
Professional wrestling
Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...
who competed in the late 1990s in bobsleigh
Bobsleigh
Bobsleigh or bobsled is a winter sport in which teams of two or four make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled that are combined to calculate the final score....
while competing full time in the now discontinued World Championship Wrestling
World Championship Wrestling
World Championship Wrestling, Inc. was an American professional wrestling promotion which existed from 1988 to 2001. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, it began as a regional promotion affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance , named Jim Crockett Promotions until November 1988, when Ted Turner and...
(WCW).
Early life
A native of Macon, GeorgiaMacon, Georgia
Macon is a city located in central Georgia, US. Founded at the fall line of the Ocmulgee River, it is part of the Macon metropolitan area, and the county seat of Bibb County. A small portion of the city extends into Jones County. Macon is the biggest city in central Georgia...
, Minton worked as a prison
Prison
A prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime...
guard before going into both professional wrestling and bobsleigh
Bobsleigh
Bobsleigh or bobsled is a winter sport in which teams of two or four make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled that are combined to calculate the final score....
. Minton played American football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
while in high school in Macon, graduating in 1987. Minton got interested in bobsledding while watching the 1992 Winter Olympics
1992 Winter Olympics
The 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 8 to 23 February 1992 in Albertville, France. They were the last Winter Olympics to be held the same year as the Summer Olympics, and the first where the Winter Paralympics...
in Albertville
Albertville
Albertville is a commune in the Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.The town is best known for hosting the 1992 Winter Olympics.-Geography:...
as a prison guard.
Bobsleigh
Minton won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1997 FIBT World ChampionshipsFIBT World Championships 1997
The FIBT World Championships 1997 took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland and Lake Placid, New York, United States . St. Moritz hosted a championship event for the record eighteenth time...
in St. Moritz
St. Moritz
St. Moritz is a resort town in the Engadine valley in Switzerland. It is a municipality in the district of Maloja in the Swiss canton of Graubünden...
. Competing in two Winter Olympics, his best finish was fifth in the four-man event at Nagano in 1998
1998 Winter Olympics
The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 7 to 22 February 1998 in Nagano, Japan. Seventy-two nations and 2,176 participans contested in seven sports and 72 events at 15 venues. The games saw the introduction of Women's ice...
. At the 1998 games
1998 Winter Olympics
The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 7 to 22 February 1998 in Nagano, Japan. Seventy-two nations and 2,176 participans contested in seven sports and 72 events at 15 venues. The games saw the introduction of Women's ice...
, Minton was 6 ft. 1 in. (1.85 m) tall and weighed 245 lbs (111 kg), the heaviest person for the entire American team for those games.
Professional wrestling
After the 1994 Winter Olympics1994 Winter Olympics
The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 12 to 27 February 1994 in and around Lillehammer, Norway. Lillehammer failed to win the bid for the 1992 event. Lillehammer was awarded the games in 1988, after having beat...
, Minton competed as a professional wrestler in the WCW under the name of "Mr. World Class" Chip Minton. He feuded with Chris Adams in 1998, primarily over the use of the name World Class, which Adams felt was a potshot to his earlier days in World Class Championship Wrestling. Minton competed through the late 1990s.
Ministry
Since retiring from wrestling, Minton has worked full-time for Team Impact, a ChristianChristian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
athlete ministry based out of Coppell, Texas
Coppell, Texas
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 35,958 people, 12,211 households, and 9,781 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,418.5 people per square mile . There were 12,587 housing units at an average density of 846.6 per square mile...
. He is also a parent and still living in Macon.
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- BrainbusterBrainbusterA brainbuster is a professional wrestling throw in which a wrestler puts his/her opponent in a front facelock, hooks his/her pants, and lifts him/her up as if he/she was executing a vertical suplex. The wrestler then falls onto his/her back so that the opponent lands on his/her head while remaining...
- Standing splash, sometimes from the top rope
- Brainbuster
- Signature moves
- Arm drag
- Back slide
- Biel throw
- DropkickDropkickA dropkick is an attacking maneuver in professional wrestling. It is defined as an attack where the wrestler jumps up and kicks the opponent with the soles of both feet; this sees the wrestler twist as he or she jumps so that when the feet connect with the opponent one foot is raised higher than...
- Hip toss
- Lariat
- Leg dropLeg dropA leg drop or legdrop refers to an attack used in professional wrestling in which an attacking wrestler will jump and land his leg across a fallen opponent's chest, throat, face or head or in some cases, the groin/lower-abdominal area...
- Hurricanrana
- PowerslamPowerslamA powerslam is a professional wrestling body slam move in which the wrestler performing the slam falls face-down on top of his/her opponent. The use of the term "powerslam" usually refers to the front powerslam and the scoop powerslam.-Emerald Flowsion:...
- Scoop slam
- Side headlock
- Snap suplex
- Sunset flip
- Turnbuckle thrust
- Vertical suplex
- NicknameNicknameA nickname is "a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name....
s- "Mr. World Class"