Background and career
Nelson Lee Frazier Jr. (February 14, 1971 – February 18, 2014) was an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time with the World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment (WWF/WWE) in the 1990s and 2000s under the ring names Mabel, Viscera, and Big Daddy V. A former WWF World Tag Team Champion and WWF Hardcore Champion, he won the 1995 King of the Ring tournament and subsequently challenged for the WWF Championship in the main event of that year's SummerSlam.
Frazier grew up in Goldsboro, North Carolina, where he attended Eastern Wayne High School and took part in amateur wrestling in the ninth grade. He studied commercial art after finishing high school.
Frazier began his professional wrestling career under the ring name "Nelson Knight", as one half of the "Harlem Knights" tag team with his partner and storyline brother Bobby (Robert Horne). They wrestled in the United States Wrestling Association (USWA) and the Pro Wrestling Federation (PWF), twice winning the PWF Tag Team Championship in 1992, before signing with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1993.
Upon entering the WWF, The Harlem Knights were given a new gimmick: Nelson became Mabel, Bobby became Mo, and they were given a rapping manager named Oscar. The new team, dubbed Men on a Mission, donned colorful gear and were introduced to WWF audiences in June 1993, through vignettes portraying them as three African American men trying to make a positive change in inner city neighborhoods, establishing themselves as faces. Men on a Mission made their pay-per-view debut at Survivor Series on November 24, teaming with The Bushwhackers (Luke and Butch) to defeat Bam Bam Bigelow, Bastion Booger and The Headshrinkers (Fatu and Samu) in a 4-on-4 Survivor Series elimination match. At WrestleMania X on March 20, 1994, Men on a Mission defeated WWF Tag Team Champions The Quebecers (Jacques and Pierre) by countout, but did not win the belts. On March 29, they defeated The Quebecers to win the titles at a house show in London, England, but lost them in a rematch two days later in Sheffield, England. In mid-1994, Mabel competed in the 1994 King of the Ring tournament, but lost to IRS in the quarterfinals on June 19. He also lost to Jeff Jarrett at SummerSlam on August 29.
In March 1995, Men on a Mission lost a title match against the reigning tag team champions, Smoking Gunns (Billy Gunn and Bart Gunn). After the match, Mabel and Mo brutally assaulted them, but offered an apology and brought out Billy and Bart after a match weeks later for a handshake. It proved to be a ruse, however, as Mabel and Mo not only beat up Billy and Bart, but also turned on Oscar, becoming heels. Mabel received a push as a singles wrestler, defeating Savio Vega to win the King of the Ring tournament on June 25. After his victory, he became known as King Mabel, with Mo becoming his manager and rechristened as "Sir Mo". King Mabel was awarded a championship belt engraved with "King of the Ring", which was designed and created by belt maker Reggie Parks, but not used on WWF television. At In Your House 2 on July 23, he and Mo defeated Vega and Razor Ramon. As the WWF's top heel, King Mabel challenged WWF Champion Diesel at SummerSlam. Just before SummerSlam, on an August edition of Monday Night Raw, the WWF turned Davey Boy Smith, one of the company's more popular wrestlers, against the fans, replacing King Mabel as the company's top villain. Men on a Mission were to wrestle Smith and Lex Luger, who were then known as The Allied Powers. Luger was not at the event, so Smith convinced Diesel to be his partner. Smith then attacked Diesel during the match and joined King Mabel and Sir Mo in assaulting him; the attack was called the "Royal Plan". At SummerSlam on August 27, King Mabel failed to win the WWF Championship from Diesel. According to Frazier, Vince McMahon planned for him to win the title, which fell through, due to backstage influence from The Kliq. On October 22, at In Your House 4, Mabel fought Yokozuna to a double countout. During this time, Mabel was involved in a high-profile feud involving The Undertaker, after Mabel helped Yokozuna attack a downed Undertaker. Mabel was to hit a series of leg drops on the fallen Undertaker, and he repeatedly struck Undertaker in the face, resulting in Undertaker suffering a legitimate fracture of his orbital bone, which put him out of action for two months. The Undertaker returned wearing a Phantom of the Opera-style mask, teaming with Vega, Fatu and Henry O. Godwinn to defeat Mabel, Jerry Lawler, Isaac Yankem and Hunter Hearst Helmsley on November 19 at Survivor Series. At In Your House 5 on December 17, Mabel lost to The Undertaker in a casket match. After this match, Mabel's push came to an end, wrestling his last three matches in early 1996; he was buried in an eight-second loss to Diesel on the New Year's Day edition of Raw, lost another casket match to The Undertaker on the January 6 edition of WWF Superstars, and failed to win the Royal Rumble match on January 21.
In late 1995, during his WWF tenure, Frazier began wrestling for the Puerto Rico-based World Wrestling Council (WWC). He feuded with Carlos Colón, with the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship being held up after a match between the two. On January 7, 1996, he defeated Colón to win the championship, which he held for a month. He also returned to Tennessee to wrestle for the United States Wrestling Association until he left in March 1997 before the promotion shut its doors in November 1997. He captured the USWA Heavyweight Championship in March 1996 and the MCW North American Heavyweight Championship in February 1998, which were each the top title in the promotion at the time. On December 1, 1996, he appeared at the Inoki Festival in Yoyogi event in Tokyo, Japan, losing to Koji Kitao. Mabel made a one-night-only surprise appearance at Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW)'s November to Remember on November 1, 1998, as a Full Blooded Italians member with Ulf Herman, losing to Spike Dudley in a handicap match.
Sources
Net-worth figure: Celebrity Net Worth (October 2026), in USD. Biography and career facts: the person's Wikipedia article and linked reporting. Snapshot date for all StarWorth figures: 28 October 2026.
