10 'Scary' Wrestlers That Were ANYTHING BUT

[@westbronco9066]

You were not a kid when the Boogeyman debuted and it’s obvious. He was terrifying to me when I was 6

[@Zigzagalltheway]

@@VelvetMetrolink it's a list where they should ask kids😂

[@incitingariot9925]

He was scary to me on mushrooms lmao

[@tafua_a]

The man behind the gimmick gave it his best efforts. If his scary factor were more than eating worms, we'd be talking about the second coming of DDP and Undertaker imo

[@snerdterguson]

That's why Jake the Snake is the scariest. His promos are still scary when you see them as an adult. He just came across as a very dangerous man.

[@RasenKamehamehaX100]

​@@VelvetMetrolink To be fair, when I was a kid, Undertaker and Kane didn't really scare me, nor did Mankind. Maybe because I'd seen them since before I could even form sentences....The Boogeyman though? He scared the living shit out of me.

[@silverzombie4477]

If Boogeyman debuted 10-20 years earlier, he would’ve been bloody massive.

[@andrewramsdale]

I found boogeyman really scary cuz I was little when the ruthless aggression era happened

[@Howyanow]

Me too had nightmares about him

[@deciduous_reaper]

trust me same here i grew up during the end of the Attitude Era but started watching WWE during the Ruthless Aggression era and he was so creepy yet amazing

[@HoV326]

Same. I literally got a nightmare of him once, haha

[@justinwulf6488]

Exactly who ever wrote the script to this video had no idea what he was talking about apart of me thought that was the real boogieman

[@missmoanypants]

He’s creepy, I’m sure he scared a lot kids and a few adults.

[@Randomperson-ht2ey]

Boogeyman really only scared me with his entrance, thats about it. The idea that WWE hired the Boogeyman which meant he wouldn't be in my closet so I was kinda relieved.

[@robertmccray228]

The boogeyman didn't really scare me it was just a nasty figure I'm glad they got rid of him he was eating worms and looking like a real jackass he couldn't wrestle he was just a big mistake and he was a real clown he didn't win any matches and he didn't win any belts

[@itamarstrauss5170]

Actually I saw the boogeyman for the 1st time when I was 8 and the guy legit brought me to tears because I was so terrified

[@recklezzd6427]

As a kid I was very scared of the boogeyman .

[@tafua_a]

I had a weird opinion of him. He was like a "more fun Undertaker". I really wanted to see the two fight. I loved Boogeyman as a kid.

[@irajr.1325]

Same. The first time I saw him on tv, I didn't get very much sleep that night, and I was scared that I would wake up to him standing next to me in bed.

[@bekleedee]

I didn't find him scary, I bloody loved him BUT....I won't lie, I was a weird kid that wore a hell of a lot of black and had a ton of piercings.....still do to be fair but that's not the point lol

[@irajr.1325]

@@bekleedee You're pretty brave, and I greatly respect that. I'm no longer afraid of him ever since around my junior year of high school, but like I mentioned, you're very brave. Incredible. :)

[@3da615]

I love how everybody is defending Boogeyman, like he legit gave me nightmares as a kid.

[@TheAntiSanta]

C'mon, now, Boogyman was god damn terrifying to children.

[@dimitrescu182]

Yeah as a kid, he actually the only one who creeped me out.

[@badatvideogames177]

Exactly

[@Iz_El_BeastBoy]

I seen him at my cousins wrestling event and all you could hear was kids screaming and running away when he went towards the fans and the fact he threw worms into the crowds

[@badatvideogames177]

@@Iz_El_BeastBoy Funny story actually. I remember looking at the Boogeyman on a TV event like you and straight not even wanting to look at him and legit couldn't sleep that night. To remind you, IT WAS A TELEVISED EVENT THAT I WAS WATCHING ON MY TV. HE WASN'T EVEN INTERACTING WITH ME AT ALL.

[@Angryginger2421]

When I watched WWE when he was still with WWE I wasn't afraid of him I was probably around 8-9 maybe a bit younger than that but I wasn't afraid of Boogyman even his intro.

[@marks6737]

Around 1993 when I was 4 or 5, I used to think Undertaker lived behind my green house. If my football went near there I was frozen with fear 😂

[@EssexAggiegrad2011]

Any particular reason?

[@ShadowknightEX]

That picture of Hogan without facial hair facing down Sting was the scariest part of this video

[@ChristopherJohn4389]

People in the comments: Boogyman scared me when I was a kid Me as a kid, watching Leprechaun: 😲

[@trosinesss]

Speaking of scary wrestlers, did you know? Rellik is killer spelled backwards. Crazy I know.

[@Kas58223]

Well Don West always said it too

[@princealigorna7468]

How the heck did Rellik and Black Reign not make the list? Rellik was just...I don't know what the fuck he was. And Dustin Rhodes, at the lowest point in his life both physically and mentally, playing essentially Golddust as a horror villain wasn't scary, unless you count sympathetically cringing at watching one of your favorite superstars unraveling at the seems as scary. It was sad more than anything. TNA had Abyss. They had Father James Mitchell. They had Judas Messias. They had Awesome Kong for a different kind of horror. They didn't need those two.

[@MichaelTaylor-qp2xf]

Holy shit!!

[@madamefeast4824]

MarkyD

[@Scaramanga7]

The finest in Kevin Sullivan's bag of tricks.

[@turtlehead2]

I was scared of Abdullah the Butcher when I was like 4. 40 years later, Abadon gives me the uneasiness

[@Tajesiir]

If u were ACTUALLY 4 40 years ago u would be dead

[@turtlehead2]

@@Tajesiir so I can’t be 44 right now?

[@madamefeast4824]

@@Tajesiir I don't get it.

[@ryannunez1545]

Weren't you a little too young to watch wrestling

[@Rando1975]

@@ryannunez1545 no. I'm 46 and I was watching Atlantic Grand Prix wrestling when I was 4.

[@user-yz1tl7wj5c]

Bro the Boogeyman used to pop up out of nowhere, he's the legit reason I used to check behind the shower curtain as a kid everytime I used the bathroom

[@PhantomFTW.]

Now after Vince has repeatedly buried The Fiend, Abadon is the only one who scares me these days. She's something else.

[@HxCMusicMaster]

The fiend sucks tho... Feels way too forced and overly-gimmicky.

[@KaiMoya420]

The Boogeyman was at my Walmart recently. He said he had a show coming up and needed a clock with 2 bells. Not sure where though.

[@HoV326]

Can we call Retribution "scary" though? They just seemed like a discount version of the SHIELD and the Nexus

[@geleneceline2310]

Lol😂

[@saulj11510]

Idk why but Kane unmasking and Undertaker taking Kane to "Hell" scared the soul outta me 😅😭

[@SchatzProductions]

I’m one of those weirdos that was watching Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, and Michael Myers when I was 5

[@ThePeachTube]

Six year old me would like to argue with the fact that the boogeyman is on this list

[@alexanderveritas]

Yeah, I remember my first reaction to seeing *The Boogeyman* as a kid being: _What, he eats live worms?! Bleah, that’s disgusting!_

[@farstar1165]

Your comment about mantar being a guitar and mandolin hybrid was great!

[@euphoricheavymetalpancakes8728]

The boogieman was scary asf, way to show your age. You obviously were too old at the time. I'm sure not a single adult found the Undertaker scary when he debuted

[@jack-2604]

@@HonkeyKongLive what does matching an era have to do with anything? Putting the boogieman on here was a wrong decision as u can see every single top comment said they were scared by him growing up

[@djgulston]

@@HonkeyKongLive So does that mean if The Undertaker debuted when The Boogeyman debuted, then The Undertaker wouldn't be scary? Or if The Boogeyman debuted when The Undertaker debuted, then The Boogeyman would be scary?

[@Njpro]

Taker had me hiding behind the sofa whenever I was home alone during his funeral home promos 😩

[@markhalm9889]

Black Taurus is Mantaur done right. He's over on Impact right now.

[@LaNoLaCola]

I kinda saw Retribution as a poor man's Dark Order

[@noahaxinn7880]

Being like 5 or 6 years old when the Boogeyman was around, he was terrifying, also Viscera when he was Big Daddy V kinda scared me a bit for some reason until the undertaker choked him out with Hells Gate

[@DukesMusic84]

You nailed it about Boogeyman, he was a reaction to how weird and crazy pop culture was at the time.

[@Yoloidelic]

Boogeyman genuinely gave me nightmares as a kid, thought rounding corners I was gonna get a mouthful of worms LMAO

[@VanillaBear9915]

Dude. I absolutely LOVE the Boogeyman and wish he stayed.

[@yooooo649]

I was kid when Boogeyman debuted and I was terrified

[@ShadowknightEX]

I think the thing about the boogeyman not being scary is as much because he was a face as anything. As a kid I was scared of Undertaker and Kane as heels, but had absolutely no problem cheering them when they were faces

[@TeamForwood]

The only wrestler who scared me was Naked Mideon. What a terrible sight. Kane & Undertaker never scared me,but their entrance themes did in the past

[@PlatinumRoseLady]

Xanta Klaus always sounded like some kind of antidepressant to me. I never thought The Undertaker was scary. Compelling? Yep. Sexy? Double yep. Scary? No. The one wrestler that looked scary to me? Leatherface in Japan. I mean you've got a huge masked guy with a chainsaw shooting out sparks. You cannot blame the fans for running like crazy.

[@2flawless]

I actually thought the fiend was pretty scary until he lost to Goldberg then the Universal championship then to randy Orton now I even imitate him😁

[@lordtrigon1733]

I love the Boogeyman, I don’t care what y’all think he’s my guilty pleasure! 😆

[@nightstreak]

Kane is flipping terrifying, well was in his prime still remember almost falling into the next row from just his entrance

[@bastienclo2388]

As a kid i was not terrified by Undertaker Kane or The Boogeyman,i was terrified by Mark Henry a lot when he was doing the hall of pain gimmick,i don't know exactly why😅

[@Zigzagalltheway]

Me too.😂 best run of his career

[@djgulston]

Probably because Mark Henry seemed too real. He felt like a legitimately angry human being who would beat the living shit out of you just for looking at him wrong.

[@KekeDalton]

I remember when I first seen the boogeyman during John Cena’s promo when the opened the door. I was scared of him every time they showed him

[@kentucky_ken]

Abaddon and The Fiend is something else for me.

[@seanhicks8924]

Let him in. He's not scary

[@geleneceline2310]

The fiend isn't scary but abandon is if I see her at night time I think I'm going to shoot my self in the head

[@NickCamokidVisneski]

I still remember my first time seeing both... But I most fondly remember Abadon's return... Shida had just beaten Anna Jay to retain. Shida walks up the stairs and suddenly the chimes ring. I freaked out in all the right ways

[@NickCamokidVisneski]

@@geleneceline2310 out of excitement? Also I wanna see Abadon vs Britt Baker

[@geleneceline2310]

@@NickCamokidVisneski no I Rather die than get anywhere near her

[@HxCMusicMaster]

Boogeyman scared the shit out of 10 year old me.... You guys did him dirty by putting him on this list. I remember going to a taped ECW/smackdown show, and sat near the ring. I was scared shitless that he'd do a surprise entrance through the crowd... Was constantly looking over my shoulder lol.

[@dangagnon946]

The horror movie references in this video got me hyped

[@clarencesburner3039]

I didn’t stop being scared of the boogeyman until I was 15 even now my heart skips a beat every time I hear his theme song

[@Deadshot_Raptor]

I'm still scared by Kane/Glen Jacobs. I always fear he would destroy me if I looked at him wrong.

[@whitemamba24xe98]

Idk about y’all, but Giant Gonzales outfit was pretty damn scary

[@angelthecholo]

"Hald mandolin half guitar" That one was good

[@HerczegYoni]

YES

[@flamethrowerflufsalisbury]

When I was 5, around 82 or 83, we went backstage at a Championship Wrestling from Florida. We met some of the faces but I looked into the heels dressing room. Kevin Sullivan stood up, looked at me & said "I hate kids!". It scared the ever living shit out of me

[@joshb1771]

I was young when Boogeyman was around so I found him scary

[@namikstudios]

Abadon is the first really genuinely scary looking one I can remember. Even when I was growing up in blissful ignorance of kayfabe during the Nitro era, I can't remember ever being as unnerved by a character as I am by her.

[@bunyan4.20]

Another thing so stupid about Kevin Nash when he was Oz is the fact it says with Wizard why would he be with a wizard he is one that gimmick was so stupid on so many levels

[@DHPrince2028]

I loved the boogeyman, I was like 9 when I first saw him and he's always been one of my favorites.

[@gabehernandez6206]

Still have no idea why but my family tell me as a toddler I was absolutely terrified of Rikishi of all people 🤣 lmao I was born in 2000 btw

[@hayden05551]

never get sick of hearing the santino cornet beef can just imagine it happen

[@savagestrike8459]

Mankind's debut and early matches scared the shit out of me as a kid. That was disturbing. Because of that he's one of favorite wrestlers to this day.

[@RhysJacobs17]

Yeah my little sister would disagree about Boogeyman, I wasn’t allowed to watch wrestling when she was in the house in case she saw him 😂

[@ALG2602]

So I see that I'm definitely not the only one who was scared of the Boogeyman as a kid...

[@joshreese8330]

Love the vids!

[@tamzidmohsinkhan3333]

Undertaker vs Mordecai was a missed opportunity match that never happen

[@thejuhlerofdk]

The only "wrestler" that has ever scared me, was Jillian and her voice...

[@DuffyJ1111]

Well I was 9 years old during the Black Scorpion gimmick and I ate it up. Scared the hell out of me. I watched(listened) to the reveal on a scrambled channel 1 because we didn't have the money to buy the PPV.

[@HopeAuq]

I think the most surprising thing is Cornette of all people was defending The Boogeyman

[@HoV326]

Am I the only one who thought Mantaur was a little person? I've only ever seen close up pictures of him with the mask, so I just assumed it was a little person considering how big the mask was in proportion to the guy's body

[@princealigorna7468]

You mean you basically thought he was El Torito?

[@HoV326]

@@princealigorna7468 yeah basically

[@princealigorna7468]

@@HoV326 I guess I can kinda see it. The head on the costume does make him look smaller than he is

[@Nick_C1997]

Never heard of Trytan before, but he kinda looks familiar.

[@alexfirefly1956]

Nice. Now do 'scary' wrestlers that were absolutely terrifying please :)

[@Xehanort10]

1:40 The Boogeyman was more disgusting than scary.

[@GamingSaturnMoonManBoy]

4:23 this part got me 😂😂😂😂

[@coltkillergaming5685]

The boogeyman had some really scary moments

[@BulletAgario]

My aunt used to terrify me when she said the boogeyman was coming if I didn’t go to sleep.

[@zackschilling4376]

I dont care what anyone says, the Vinnie Vegas "Toilet Seat Sized Hand" promo is golden. And was Oz supposed to be scary? I love all the Kevin Nash Pre-Diesel gimmicks.

[@jamesonecell]

Abyss, Umaga and Ezekiel Jackson used to terrify me as a kid

[@BrandonHcpt]

List idea: Top 10 wrestlers who had the longest careers in wrestling

[@yourBrainOnDrugs]

Does Terry funk count? Cuz he's been retired too many times.

[@samclark379]

Abdullah The Butcher. A career that lasted the better part of 50 years.

[@lordevyl8317]

Dustin Rhodes' WCW "Seven" gimmick scared the shit out of me, but not for the right reasons. LOL

[@nickday1627]

I read an article saying the black scorpion was going to be the ultimate warrior but they weren't able to get him signed

[@snerdterguson]

First wrestler that scared the crap outta me was Jake the Snake Roberts. I had nightmares about what he did to George Sells at Wrestlemania 2. After him it was probably Undertaker, but I have to admit, I was terrified every time I watched wrestling that I would be subjected to a Bushwhackers match.

[@still-standingrunner810]

Boogeyman and Kane scared the absolute piss out of me when I was a kid.

[@david.tousignant20]

We're blessed with The Fiend character and storyline. Bray Wyatt is brilliant! He carried characters on his shoulders whom had flopped if others had tried.

[@ChristopherJohn4389]

When Crush turned on MachoMan. The only time I was actually very scared as a child.

[@GiFTheGreat]

You drop this vid on my birthday...and a young me was TERRIFIED by Giant Gonzalez. I was DONE with wrestling after he (in my mind) killed the Undertaker at the Royal Rumble. I was at my cousin's house and I immediately called my dad to pick me up. There was a 17 foot Bigfoot looking man on tv that just killed the Undertaker. I was absolutely done.

[@Ranger1812]

Umaga was scary to me as a kid, just in how seemingly unstoppable he was.

[@TheRemuspotter]

What happened to yesterday's video on wasted stars in WCW?

[@Moxleygirl]

Right, I put it in my watch later and when I went to watch it, it said private

[@RagnarokMic]

Giant Gonzalez had a fantastic outfit and I will not stand for your slander.

[@BaByFaCeBAYkid1]

Hell no.. The Boogeyman scared the shit out of me as a kid 😂

[@PhilC1982]

In wrestling given that it is entertainment, the only thing that really gives me the chills is moves done wrong….. and that kei en tai….. val Venus moment.

[@plaguedloc4538]

For me it was Papa Shango when he made the ultimate warrior throw up I think I was like 6 years old and I actually cried 🤣

[@Vesperitis]

Every mention of Mantaur compels the Gravity Falls nerd in me to scream "MANTAUR-TAUR"

[@Montaq_]

HALF MAN, HALF.....TAUR!!!

[@yoglaiiiii]

As a kid I was super scared by Giant Gonzalez.

[@hunterballard67]

I think the first wrestler who genuinely scared me was Brock Lesnar. Unhinged tank who knows how to properly wrestle? Nah, I'm good

[@human_hope]

Christmas creature is so ridiculous. How the hell did they come up with that?

[@D.A.B1994]

Worst part about the Oz gimmick? During the entrance with Kevin Sullivan as the wizard he accidentally killed the monkey that he had on a leash.

[@HerczegYoni]

daamn Boogeyman xd ive feared him so much when i was 14 or so

[@ryanprior1294]

Me being Australian and this being a small world I have a friend who Is actually related to Nathan Jones. He told me about how he was doing this movie or play.. I forgot about what it was called tho as I had that conversation about 6 years ago now. I hope he is doing well 😊

[@hey_its_kev]

Boogeyman is why I started watching wrestling. When I was like 9/10 lol

[@BronzeAgeBryon]

As a wrestling fan from the age of 7, I can remember wanting Jim Helwig (Ultimate Warrior) to be the Black Scorpion. But as a teenager, I didn't always see the turd in the punchbowl that was WCW in the 90's. So when it was Flair....sigh. Sorry Al Perez.

[@80sclassic63]

I thought Al Perez was black scorpion but called a audible at the last moment and put Flair in there!

[@kingsinferno5009]

I had honestly never even really recognized that retribution was supposed to be scary. I had never seen them that way but now I can see it. They just aren’t scary lol

[@jerransperarman9411]

good video

[@Surv1vor1993]

This will sound so stupid to say but the first wrestler that scared me was Triple H I was 9 years old watching SummerSlam 2002 with my grandma. I was too young to understand wrestling and kayfabe, so I was legitimately horrified when Triple H struck Shawn Michaels with the sledgehammer

[@incitingariot9925]

Back in the day it was George Steele. Eating the turn buckles. Then when I was 11yo I met him, and he was the nicest celebrity I met til that time. I had met a few others but they were jerks. Cept Jack Palance, dude was a sweetheart. But not as kind as mr Steele.

[@Joshua-xf2os]

The boogeyman scared me a lot when I was a kid

[@AllTheWeirdestProject]

I heard that The Ye-Tay was going to be Giant Gonzales, but he wasn't medically cleared.