World Championship Wrestling once spent millions on a gimmick ripping off Mortal Kombat’s Sub-Zero, before Midway threatened to sue and WCW immediately gave up: 'We were gonna lose big, like real big'World Championship Wrestling (WCW) spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on a wrestler named Glacier, whose gimmick heavily borrowed from Mortal Kombat's Sub-Zero. Midway, the publisher of Mortal Kombat, threatened a lawsuit, leading WCW to quickly alter the character's appearance and entrance. Despite the significant investment and the legal threat, the Glacier gimmick ultimately failed to gain traction and was eventually abandoned. PC Gamer
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