Top 10 Scariest Wrestlers Of All Time | PartsFUNknown

[@Wurzelknecht]

Underrated scary wrestler: Mankind during his original heel-run from 96 to early 97. What would later become a cuddly teddybear with a silly shirt and tie and sweappants, started as a genuinely terrifying mad man, who delivered unhinged promos like nobody else, squealed like a pig during matches and ripped his own hair out, and just seemed to be unstoppable, being the first real threat to the friggin' Undertaker in years. To me as a kid and massive HBK-mark, nothing seemed as terrifying than the announcement that Michaels would have to defend the WWF Championship against this lunatic at the Mindgames PPV. How was he supposed to win? Even Taker couldn't stop this guy and was 0-2 on PPV against him.

[@undertakernumberone1]

To be fair: one of the defeats was because Bearer turned on Taker, and he was 0-2 for 2 months, from the boiler room brawl til Buried Alive.

[@DanHowsen]

Yeah, I'm not gonna argue for him being top 5, but top 10 for sure. There was a legitimate ~1-year period where I was terrified of going into the basement of my house, for fear of getting mandible clawed.

[@dragonlord5946]

Agreed

[@Wurzelknecht]

@@undertakernumberone1 While that is true, the simple fact that he kept getting the better of Taker and even convinced his loyal friend for six years to turn on him made him scary in my child eyes. In hindsight he probably saved Taker's career.

[@HenryT316]

That multi-part interview he had with JR on Raw 😱

[@Kaltagstar96]

I don't know what it is, but there's something about Abadon's face-paint that makes her look genuinely chilling, like, even people like Muta and Rosemary look like regular people with face-paint, Abadon looks like she was a zombie that was just resurrected an hour before she went out to wrestle. Nice that she gets some much deserved love.

[@tristancall2229]

Her eyes remind me of the lifeless look a shark gets before feeding. Love her!

[@patrickracer43]

Honestly, we need more female characters like Abadon and Rosemary

[@jaredbingham9018]

She reminds me of old school Marilyn Manson

[@corbing7786]

I like her commitment to the gimmick too no pictures of her real face anywhere

[@l228spn]

@@corbing7786 there are, she's very pretty.

[@MemeMathine]

"Abadon... Just unsettling to look at" genuinely an underrated sentence, she actually makes me feel uneasy when she's on screen

[@royshaheer]

I didn't really watch her first match because of that I instinctively avoided watching because of fear tingling in me... I only watched one match and that was time she challenged Hikaru Shida for women's championship....

[@justinl8791]

Her match against Hikaru Shida was good, despite some hokeyness. And her looks are genuinely effectively scary. All she needs is more time in the oven to buck up her in-ring ability.

[@MemeMathine]

@@royshaheer I'll watch her matches but I will feel uneasy which I think is the point, so I guess it's effective look, it's when it gets so effective that you can't watch her matches it becomes a problem😂

[@MemeMathine]

@@justinl8791 with a bit more experience she could be a strong champion in a few years time without a doubt, as far as I know she's fairly new to wrestling but there's not a lot of info about her online, which I actually like, I don't even think her name is known by the general public

[@johnt.campbell316]

I completely agree, but the gimmick feels like it's missing something. Like, maybe it's because she doesn't talk? IDK, tho... Kane didn't talk for the first, like, 2 years of that gimmick and he was terrifying and awesome.

[@jordanfrost25]

Adams nicknames for Undertaker never fail to tickle me 😂

[@Kilawpilath]

I feel like we need a full list of all the Nicknames Adam has come up with for the Undertaker over the years.

[@Zigzagalltheway]

@@Kilawpilath search it. It's there

[@jordanfrost25]

@@Zigzagalltheway I just posted the link to it you're welcome

[@jameseats4144]

Kane scared the crap out of me as a kid. That debut still remains cemented in my brain.

[@NexebNoXV]

New Jack is the scariest wrestler, and it's not even a contest. Admittedly I may be biased, because (and this sounds like a joke but I promise it's not) I've had multiple dreams in which he was stalking me with a knife like a slasher villain, but yeah. New Jack. Rest easy, you terrifying bastard.

[@dusty616l]

theres a freedy kruger joke in there some where but im not gonna find it

[@psionic420]

@@dusty616l something about a cokehead Freddy forsure. And Bitch.

[@Arthurmadhal]

From what I started noticing as I watch more of the Undertaker was he seems less like a supernatural ghost op zombie wrestler thing but instead the aura he gave off was more of that of a old western legend or spirit, some mysterious bearded guy in a trench coat wearing a cowboy hat who suddenly shows up through the mist and defeats the new hotheaded gunslinger and disappears back into the desert. Kinda like Batman, hes almost like a myth until he actually shows up only for a few minutes, gets the job done, then disappears, sound familiar? credit : Mr. bucket

[@shanedawndusk3290]

That makes Undertaker a lot more creepy to me. And eerie and spooky and chilling.

[@zbehrendt]

Thank you for acknowledging Abadon. She is the most uniquely terrifying wrestler working today. Her presentation is so effectively transformative, from the makeup and contacts to her mannerisms and screams, that I genuinely believe I would not recognize her out of character.

[@georgepalmer6762]

Hopefully the rumor mills are right that she'll be in The House of Black

[@jonmarrie9469]

@@georgepalmer6762 I would definitely love to see that

[@Aztyph]

You wouldn't. I've seen a picture of her without her makeup, and the difference is like night and day. It would be like trying to identify Kane without his mask.

[@JeremiahEcks777]

I'm not sure I like Abadon because I think she's far too far. Rosemary fits a better medium. (Abadon is a good wrestler though)

[@iantheweird1384]

Hi just a heads up abadon uses they them pronouns

[@undertakernumberone1]

"Taker wasn't scary!" *looks at the audience reaction at his debut* Sure, tell yourself that...

[@spokoman23]

Exactly.

[@shahsadsaadu5817]

@@spokoman23 that's literally the only time he was scary. In his feud with jake roberts jake was more terrifying

[@RandallWI]

The original monster heel taker was scary... but when he turned face in his feud with Jake... he didn't have that same mystic. But like Adam mentioned ministry taker was also intimidating, until they formed that corporate ministry nonsense

[@psionic420]

He was scary up until Biker Taker in 2000. And then again from 04-10

[@CHANCEFOR27]

The entrance was more scary than the person. I was afraid of Paul Bearer

[@armandotorres8962]

A honorable mention should be given to Waylon Mercy: the OG Bray Wyatt. He shouldn't be on the actual list considering how little we ended up getting, but what we got was a treat.

[@johnt.campbell316]

Yeah... It would've been so awesome if his health was better and he could've had a big PPV match with the Undertaker. Which, I'm willing to bet was the end goal.

[@mattsugrim7132]

I know he isn't a scary wrestler in terms of being spoopy, but if you were to include the crazy road stories, backstage fights and feared reputation, I believe that Haku would absolutely top this list.

[@dazzaMusic]

Haku was the toughest wrestler ever but I wouldn’t say he was scary he never had a scary gimmick

[@mattsugrim7132]

@@dazzaMusic yeah I don't disagree with you I meant that Haku was scary because of the reputation he had, he didn't need a gimmick to make people afraid of him.

[@thursday3843]

There’s a list video on wrestletalk where Adam talked about wrestlers who terrified people backstage and haku topped that list.

[@petehutton3976]

Only guy Andre admitted to be scared of

[@doublej82]

I'm sure the WhatCulture guys would put him at the top of their list

[@BitoyV3]

Honestly, when they had "scariest wrestler" as a Family Fourtunes category om Quizzlemania, I was genuinely surprised no one put up New Jack.

[@austinemms9772]

“In my whole career, 92 people dropped dead of heart attacks. My ambition was to kill 100 and I failed.” So much for “Classy” Freddie Blassie.

[@blacktytrix]

Honorable mention to abyss. Similar to kane, he got less scary with time in certain aspects but just seeing this imposing beast who is willing to do so much to himself and others to win matches and (in my eyes, despite winning only once) being the king of monsters ball is frightening. And rewatching his promo after he was unmasked, abyss is terrifying when he speaks.

[@jakehartley7391]

When i was a kid and he had that wood with nails through, i thought he was so scary lmao

[@jackryan8736]

I couldn't agree with you more if I tried honestly. And Abyss was the first monster wrestler/scary wrestler I saw. You could argue that his more tamer alter ego, Joseph Parks, was - with hindsight now - slightly scary in its own way that Abyss was able to pull off a deceptively charming alter ego that gave off vibes of split-personality disorder, but "The Monster" side of him would always show whenever even a small amount of his blood appeared. (That might just be me that liked that detail and finds it slightly scary with hindsight).

[@dbspew]

Yeah he destroyed his own body through his matches. It's quite sad.

[@JoeyParagon]

I watched him come out and punch a pile of thumb tacks on the ground over and over again for a PROMO. Dude was unhinged. Really a shame people who never bothered to actually watch TNA and just hear it was bad never give him his due.

[@ivancamacho9581]

@@jackryan8736 I could never took Abyss seriously because I was already 20 years old when he debuted and to me he was just a rip off mix between Kane and early Mankind

[@wstine79]

"This sets my 'Oh No senses tingling." His wordplay is scary.

[@paulkrasemann3651]

I could probably make a whole different List just based on Lucha underground tbh. Surprised to see no one from it make the List. Think Matanza at least deserves a Mention, the Mask, the Power, the late introduction as an unleashed beast when Dario Cueto gets desperate. It just clicked. And thats in a Promotion that already had Mil Muertes and the Death tribe roaming around, ruling the Temple at some point. The Blood-feud that Killshot and Fox had, the unnerving Weirdness of Marty the Moth and the by far scariest version of Pentagon Jr., especially once he defeated Vampiro and became Pentagon Dark.

[@Lunacorva]

What really sold Pentagon Jr there. Was his arm breaking spot ended careers. It was a brutal, sadistic storyline moment. In other companies... it's just a cool spot.

[@ArcaneAzmadi]

Marty doesn't get nearly enough respect for how damn scary he could be. When he tore Fenix's mask and went full Abdullah the Butcher on his forehead with a fork right in front of Melissa Santos while shouting that he loves her and he's doing it for her, I straight-up shuddered. Also, Vibora. There's a _world_ of difference between Vibora in LU and Luchasaurus in AEW beyond a mask redesign- Vibora actually _felt_ like something not entirely human, and was so unstoppable that I firmly believe they killed him off in a cinematic backstage scene (with Taya beheading him with a sword) just because they couldn't come up with a scenario where he could be plausibly pinned in an in-ring match.

[@Lynch2507]

The "none of it is praise' part of the New Jack entry really needs to be more popular in the IWC. There's a very bad habit of shrugging off a lot of stuff in wrestling that really shouldn't be shrugged off, something i think has become very prominent recently

[@tapan97]

@@Venemofthe888 it's not personal taste when real life people are victimised. That's just plain being a scumback, which New Jack frankly was. That his character was compelling is an unrelated matter.

[@Hempujonsito]

@MR. CLAW! worked

[@JenMistress]

9:48 Talking about Kane, and saying, "Much like his brother Able." Yeah, I see what you did there. 😉😂🤣

[@godschozen1000]

I caught that too.

[@shaneiacinsaniac]

This is why Adam should be cherished kids

[@MorbidFayde]

The way he said it too, to make it flow "much like his brother, able to..." very very clever

[@wi4101]

Abadon might climb way higher when all is said and done. Hell, she's number 9 *just* on the basis of her makeup. She has a bright future ahead.

[@lobokujo7825]

Adam's Halloween puns both hurt me to a concerning degree, and have me coming back for more. Brilliant little bastard, he is.

[@sheriffkimbo]

All that placement of Taker does is show you wasn't a little kid watching when he debuted. As a kid at the time, I can tell you, he was terrifying.

[@barefootwanderer]

Yes he bloody was. In his initial heel run that bell tooling would silence the crowd. With nothing but a slow walk Undertaker projected an air of quiet menace that was like a physical performance of a Jake Roberts promo. I will miss the tolling of that bell. It creates an instant atmosphere.

[@MorbidFayde]

And then he became not scary at all. He's just cool instead

[@subhankargautam2973]

@@barefootwanderer but his only scary part is ministry of darkness but he can be said more of cool and kane is true scary

[@barefootwanderer]

@@subhankargautam2973 I disagree, early Undertaker - without the pyro and effects was scary, without all that stuff that enhances things. there were kids who watched WWF who had nightmares about him. The ministry of Darkness was a natural extension of this. IMO Kane was scary because he was bigger than taker (and that was so rare), and because they sold it well on commentary (making fire happen helps too). Kane felt more Cool to me than scary. But I witnessed early undertaker live for myself and without pyro or commentary - just his entrance music and his own presence - he was terrifying, huge, and just looking at him sent a shiver down my spine.

[@CanuckWolfman]

"Kane was so physically composed, much like his brother, able..." I see what you did there. Don't think that I didn't.

[@ThatGuyDami]

Explain pls I’m slow😭

[@panchunathadhikary8089]

@@ThatGuyDami Cain and Abel, two biblical brothers that inspired the Brothers of Destruction

[@ThatGuyDami]

@@panchunathadhikary8089 ohhhhhhh I understand most of the Bible stories I just didn’t know he was referring to them

[@MrHawkelement]

Nice catch, friend. Genuinely didn't pick up on that one. Thanks for commenting it.

[@ArcaneAzmadi]

Some interesting picks here. Surprised you didn't include Waylon Mercy or Matanza (I'm also very partial to Mil Muertes, particularly at the start of season 2 of Lucha Underground where he was champion and Catrina controlled the promotion and Mil reigned over the Temple like Shao Khan). Also, I would argue that The Undertaker was actually scary on the occasion of his debut match at Survivor Series 1990. When Ted DiBiase finished introducing him and he strode out to the echoes of DiBiase's iconic evil laugh, people had _never_ seen anything quite like him before. You could see actual fear in the eyes of some of the people in the audience as this silent, black-clad monster _stalked_ to the ring to the strains of a funereal dirge. Roddy Piper's commentary ("LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT HAM-HOCK! CHECK OUT THOSE DRUMSTICKS, BABY!") may have slightly undermined the effect, but for that first match he was a true _monster._

[@sethfreakinrollins9889]

Kane and The Undertaker are two of the greatest characters in sports entertainment history.

[@MrHawkelement]

Agreed, but Kane was much scarier imo.

[@qwilliams1539]

Heh. Underclown great? Heh!

[@tafua_a]

"I killed 92 people by giving them heart attacks. My ambition was 100 and I failed." - Freddie Blassie

[@phoenixfirebird4221]

Damn

[@TheSilverPhoenix100]

Im so glad Jake was put on this list as that dude's promos are legit terrifying, and even taker said that Jake was on the one guy who he went to for advice on how to carry himself. One man though that has to be mentioned though is Minoru Suzuki, basically take all the hype surrounding ECW Tazz and add the fact this dude could and would legit kill you in a shoot sense and that Suzuki.

[@synitaluckey5630]

The fact that Malakai Black sought out Jake Roberts for advice on improving his promo work when he arrived to AEW is testament to how great his character work is.

[@typeoddnamehere2362]

When it comes to Suzuki, you know he must be terrifying when someone like Ken Shamrock found him scary. (Granted, that was before he became really big in pro wrestling, and Suzuki was quite different back in those days, but still...)

[@cvg5184]

What happened to the KofiMania video?! I couldn't finish watching it! Dx

[@chambalam4630]

No Bruiser Brodie? He made audiences legitimately run in fear and was such a convincing monster that it unfortunately let to his killer getting off scott free.

[@PinkFloydBootlegs]

Boogeyman was genuinely horrifying. I remember him returning on an episode of Raw that I went to see when I was younger (first show too) and I was 100% scared but also hyped.

[@MorbidFayde]

I'd throw out a mention specifically to MALAKAI black. he feels like a super soldier sent from another dimension, who we know can legitimately kill us if he wanted to, with the best finisher in the world, the best entrance in wrestling today, and the best mask in wrestling today. he has composure, but with enough intensity and rage to still make you afraid of him

[@jeromelancashire3278]

Was it just me or did they post an Adam Books Kofimania video?

[@JasonMasonYT]

BRO I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIND IT TO WATCG

[@MichaelParthum]

Hey, what happened with the Kofi Mania vid?!?

[@aarondavid5565]

Yeah same, it got private-d. I think it'll be reuploaded

[@MichaelParthum]

Ok, it’s back up. 👍

[@yourstrulytonydollar4733]

Hey Adam, you might wanna consider a part 2 to this list. You left out Bruiser Brody, Suzuki, Abdullah the butcher, Waylon Mercy and so many more. Side note: Abadon is Gorgeous without the makeup.

[@MorbidFayde]

I've genuinely never seen her without makeup. That sentence is weird to me lol

[@logansheffield8641]

@@MorbidFayde it's ridiculously true though. She is gorgeous without the makeup.

[@MorbidFayde]

@@logansheffield8641 intriguing... don't look into that that sounded creepy 😂

[@logansheffield8641]

@@MorbidFayde I wouldn't say there's anything creepy about finding a woman attractive. What you do with that attraction could potentially become the problem.

[@NickCamokidVisneski]

@@MorbidFayde just don't act like Lars Sullivan and you'll be ok

[@christiankarlkarganilla2763]

Kane made me scared for my life especially during the early stages of his unmasking. Taker made me scared of the dark. Back then, I legit thought that if I go out of my bedroom at night, he'd be there lurking waiting to grab and pull me down the grave.

[@garrettplaysgames4349]

What happened to the Kofi Mania video? I got the notification and was looking forward to watching that after work today but it's gone now

[@aarondavid5565]

Yeah same, it got private-d. I think it'll be reuploaded

[@TheShapeshifter]

Bro seriously what the hell? I was literally in the middle of watching it during my lunch break, but I couldn't finish it. Came back and the video was unavailable. I think it wasn't supposed to be uploaded today.

[@willkayl8793]

It’s good to see Abadon on this list. She is genuinely frightening. I would’ve liked to see Rosemary and Su Yung on the list.

[@skepticskeleton1064]

I think in terms of IRL wrestlers New Jack is the scariest as he legitimately intends to kill you and has absolutely no regard for the safety of anyone else in the process. As a human being he is terrifying. In terms of wrestling gimmick I found the fiend to be the scariest character I have personally seen. Not only because the joker vibes I get from the firefly fun house but everything about the fiend specifically from his horror entrance music to the way he looks like he's murdering someone with the mandible claw to the sheer immobile no-selling. Let me in still gives me chills.

[@chipch9667]

Undertaker’s psychotic treatment of Kanyon was pretty scary.

[@PalataoBola0]

You know who keep me stay at night? WWE booking.

[@JaimeD.]

For me, is their releases around April.

[@wojak-sensei6424]

Abadon is still my main empirical proof that cremation should be used rather than proper burials because ZOMBIES EXIST, GUYS!

[@mattd832]

Where’d the Kofimania video go??

[@Mr-mz4bb]

Great video. Also, I kinda geeked out at the Matt Mercer reference!

[@tafua_a]

I wanna defend The Undertaker, because he was scary by the standards of 1990 WWF. You mean to tell me that, in a world of screaming madmen, occupational gimmicks and wacky characters, a gigantic unfeeling, unflinching powerhouse dressed in black and with a backstory that specifically deals with death *isn't scary*? Sure, by today's standards, Taker isn't that scary, but back then he was, at the very least he was really creepy.

[@undertakernumberone1]

It's kinda like complaining Nosferatu isn't scary to (most) modern day horrormovie watchers... congratulations, to an extent it basically set up some of the stuff that would later be taken to new levels. And it had to work with 1920's tech.

[@meloncornets3034]

The Fiend is my favorite. Also, thank you for mention of the fridge. We still yell about yogurt at home when remembering your reaction to the house of horrors match. Edit: Yay for Kane!

[@Himothy_Wayne]

What happened with the Kofi Mania video?!?!? I was just about to sit down and watch it. Nope! Gone.

[@devinphillips9704]

Could you imagine what someone with, say, Asuka's talent could do with Abadon's gimmick? Not trying to take anything away from Abadon herself as a performer, but couple her legit uniquely terrifying look with Asuka's second-to-none ring skills and you've got Highest Difficulty Secret Final Boss there.

[@phoenixfirebird4221]

She could basically already do that as Kana back in her old Japan Wrestling days. She was terrifying.

[@ArcaneAzmadi]

Heel Asuka, with the facepaint and the blowing poison mist in her opponents' faces and the insane cackling as they scream, is already unnerving enough as it is.

[@George-kz5hb]

Great list! Would love a top ten best or worst Halloween Havoc Matches

[@lobokujo7825]

Adam Blampied making a Matt Mercer joke has just blown my in ways I never thought possible.

[@roytaylor5618]

Kane's body size is scary enough. He was still scary when he had no mask

[@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick]

New drinking game idea: Take a shot whenever Adam talks about Arn Anderson, Brat Wyatt, or Jake Roberts, and uses the phrase “southern gothic” or “gothic poetry”.

[@TrueYellowDart]

Mankind. Genuinely surprised to not see Manky on this list as he was genuinely disturbing in his buildup and early career. The squealing, the mask, the rather visceral submission - Mankind became cuddly but he was freaking disturbing for a good while.

[@ArcaneAzmadi]

That's another good one. There were quite a few runners-up for this list, like Waylon Mercy, Mil Muertes, Matanza and Marty "the Moth" Martinez (seriously, that guy was just _disturbing_ when he was in his madness place). Weird, they all seem to start with M for some reason...

[@tapan97]

@@ArcaneAzmadi add Meng, Minoru Suzuki and even Malakai Black to that list

[@Mannibal_Lector]

Adam has gotten rather bold with his New Jack hate now that the guy is dead. Kinda perfectly proves his point.

[@weremaniac]

well the guy was a scumbag, "respect to the dead" or not...

[@willkayl8793]

Listen, dead or not he admitted to trying to kill Vic Grimes and shoot stabbed more than one opponent. He was a terrible person, there’s no way around it.

[@kirkel101968]

Thank you so much for not making this just a wwe list, and thank you for remembering Ox Baker. Great List but Mad Dog Vachon could be on list also, I tell you what. 👍🏼😜

[@Emohawk707]

A Critical Role reference followed immediately by an Army of Darkness reference?! I love this channel

[@JaimeD.]

The Summer of 2013 was to me the best with the vignette videos of *The Wyatt Family* and their appearance raised so many red flags for any roster at the time. Truly, such a brilliant faction at the time...before WM30 happened.

[@cassiusfelix2805]

The Brothers Of Destruction are a tag team that is lost to time. Nobody really talks about them I feel.

[@garethmay4086]

Would love to have seen Bruiser Brody on here, a 6'6 300lb ball of absolute rage and fury swinging a chain with reckless abandon

[@ArkhamInhabitant]

I'm a bit surprised, that Bruiser Brody or Abdullah the Butcher didn't make the list, but was very happy, that Ox Baker wasn't forgotten. That man was so scary in the ring.

[@skylerlambert610]

Abdullah scared the sh*t outta me as a kid!

[@ArkhamInhabitant]

@@skylerlambert610 Me too!! :)

[@tonythomas2391]

1. Boogeyman was the first one I thought of. 2. Pleasantly surprised to see Abadon. 3. You forgot Minoru Suzuki.

[@91drumfreak]

Did not expect the Matt Mercer shoutout, but that made me chuckle 🤣

[@KJdatdude77]

As a huge Kane fan I appreciate the love you gave the big red machine here. One of the best gimmicks of all time!

[@mephosto]

honestly happy that kevin sullivan was given his respect.

[@calumshennan5230]

Man lists on wrestling sure can get boring in 2021. Not these though, it's crazy I still learn something everytime I watch one these every week. Kudos.

[@akshaykotian3063]

This list is sooooooooooo right!! Picture perfect 10 to 1!

[@ithinkthat..6393]

Undertaker. 1- Brought out a dead body of diesel and Orton. 2- Crucified Stone cold. 3- Tried to kill stone cold by piercing his neck. 4- Has ben burnt alive, buried alive and came back to life. 5-Kidnapped stephanie and married her forcefully. 6-Hung big boss man and grangel. And yes he is one of my favourite.

[@Veggieman87]

Huh, today I learned about Ox Baker, and I also learned that he was from the same town as my grandparents!

[@KingsNerdCave]

Undertaker will forever be the greatest spooky/mysterious character but of course because he was cool and really good in the ring. He wasn't scary, but his intense aura made him captivating. Kane I'd say has the best debut for a scary character and was imposing for a few good years. Abandon, glad she got recognition, will hopefully see more screen time and work her way to being one of the best. The Fiend's downfall will forever be a tragedy, but at least in the beginning, he carried the company and was a monstrous presence.

[@undertakernumberone1]

He wasn't scary? Look at the audience during his debut. Parents were shocked and the children scared... bsaically until 1992...

[@KingKhanate1997]

While I disagree that Undertaker wasn’t terrifying in his heyday, I will agree that he has always been more captivating and intriguing as a character.

[@BfMvBROSKI37]

"Kane, just like his brother, able" What wordplay. I see you, Adam.

[@part-timebrock1126]

I think everyone knows that The Undertaker always gonna make this list.... Actually he makes in lots of list because he's the Greatest Ever!!

[@gregorianallanheavans8095]

The first picture was blessed, thank you

[@leonplynn]

Kudos for remembering Freddie Blassie, whom I saw wrestle in the Garden. I think Taker was among the scariest things ever to people waiting for him in the ring.

[@tapan97]

Kudos for surviving Freddie Blassie, whom you saw wrestle in the Garden 😂

[@mattcyr2022]

Original Mankind and Papa Shango should be honorable mentions lol he seems ridiculous now, but his voodoo freaked me out as a kid. I remember being legitimately scared when Undertaker locked Ultimate Warrior in the casket and all the staff had to run out with tools. Good stuff 👍

[@Beeyo176]

I feel sad for people that weren't able to experience OG Kane.

[@iantheweird1384]

Minoru suzuki i think also fits here just that aura is terrifying

[@tequilapapii5936]

I love that i know Adam recorded before Crown Jewel last week basically ripping the franchise , with good meaning lol. But this year’s show was actually really really good 👏🏽

[@cyan3284]

Im surprised Minoru Suzuki didnt make the list...he isnt as scary now that age and injury have caught up to him but jesus christ he was terrifying. A legitimate MMA pioneer who managed to give the impression that he would destroy his opponents in the ring, and sustain that aura with a frankly mixed w/l record

[@balakay9270]

Look at his recent matches with Danielson and Ibushi and tell me that age is slowing him down

[@HarleyMM1328]

That don't call me Shirley reference made me burst out laughing

[@itamarstrauss5170]

As someone who was a kid when the boogeyman was around, he was terrifying to me! You know how much I cried??? 😭😭😭

[@sacrdace8101]

Thank you for the Matt Mercer reference, popped for that.

[@masterakaron]

5:04 -I just about pissed myself laughing. Cheers Adam!

[@nonverbalpie8151]

A honorable mention should go to Haku. The man's reputation still follows him to this day as even now as a old man, no one wants to get on his bad side.

[@Bman32x]

Nia Jax scared me in 2018-2020. Just hoping and inevitably seeing another wrestler get injured was not fun to see

[@juliooquendo220]

Wow Adam Undertaker nicknames are funny and very creative

[@Paarl871]

Bruiser Brody, Brock Lesnar, Minoru Suzuki, Abdullah the Butcher and The Sheik should all be on this list. Especially more so than THE BOOGEYMAN

[@blacktytrix]

It's a hard list to make, I know, but you bringing Brody up makes me realize he totally should've been here. Somehow I didn't even think of him smh.

[@Paarl871]

@@blacktytrix if he went into the crowds, people would literally run away from him. Terry Funk is another one now that I think about it.

[@wildfiremicro6877]

For Jake Roberts: Unlike screaming wrestler promos where you don't need to necessarily understand every word, with Jake he talks so quietly that you lean in and have to understand every word and know exactly what he means

[@maddeninghustle6919]

Except he isn't scary, especially after Austin destroyed him and cut the most iconic promo in the history of wwe.

[@ArcaneAzmadi]

One time Mean Gene held a mic up to his mouth while his mouth moved but nothing could be heard, so everyone strained to hear him, thinking the mic had died. After a few seconds, Jake said "I just got everyone in this arena to pay attention to me and _I wasn't saying a word."_ The absolute _master._

[@undertakernumberone1]

@@maddeninghustle6919 Oh, he was scary... and saying "especially after Austin destroyed him!" is basically the same as saying: "Taker isn't scary, especially after he became the American Badass/after WM30 etc." or similar with Kane. I wanna note: When Taker debut, look at the people in the audience... they are scared, and some of the kids in the audience cried out of fear...

[@JacobHall1601]

That aeroplane reference at the start was so good

[@XOTashk]

Honourable mention should go to Jillian. When I was a kid that fake deformity thing she had genuinely terrified me

[@alexslavinzki2408]

All of the AEW rooster scares me so much that I can't afford to watch it. CM Punk, Jericho, Ruby Soho. Brian Danielson, etc. Make feel like I am watching WWE 2.0 or iMPACT 2007 2.0.

[@thethairishsun]

Early Taker was scary AF. Mind you, I was 9

[@nick-playercharacter8583]

I'd give Dexter Lumis the #9 spot myself. The look in his eyes alone is enough to send chills down my spine.

[@coreywooten95]

Ranks Undertaker at 10: Includes "Biker Taker", a strange laugh, and a Netflix movie as reasons for low rank. Ranks Kane at 2: Completely ignores Corporate Kane. Not a dig at Kane, but Undertaker outside the top 3 just feels wrong.

[@undertakernumberone1]

Especially: "Taker never was scary." Look at the people staring in shock during his debut, and people, not only children, looking legitimately scared.

[@Fantastisch36]

@@undertakernumberone1 well he dont know about this feeling because he started watching wrestling in the 2000s.

[@FrosteeWusky]

10:17 He mentions Corporate Kane right there 😐

[@undertakernumberone1]

@@FrosteeWusky Ignored not in the sense of "not mentiond" but "it didn't really influence the positioning all that much"

[@coreywooten95]

@@FrosteeWusky No, he didn't. He barely alluded to it, saying "I wish he hadn't done a lot of things" while showing a split screen picture of Kane in a suit. And real life Mayor of Knox County Glenn Jacobs is not the same as WWE character "Director of Operations" Kane.

[@butwhyalyssa]

This Undertaker slander is not okay 😂😂 I was bloody terrified of him as a kid.

[@Christian988.]

as a kid the boogeyman terrified me I couldn't play as him in SVR 2006 *(my first wrestling video)* and when he'd be on wwe TV I would no word of a lie cover my face or hide behind the sofa cowering in terror.

[@thomas1245100]

I wasn't ready for a Matt Mercer name drop but for some reason it made me smile.

[@aaronwright9586]

"Demon pumpkin Spice finn balor" i almost spit out my chips🤣🤣

[@joshyboy1983]

*Matt Mercer Eats Babies* Matt, Marish, Sam, Travis, Laura, liam & Ashley: *LAUGHS IM MILLIONS OF DOLLARS*

[@l.j.turner185]

Asuka can be genuinely terrifying ~ when she does her empress entrance she resembles a Japanese warlord with real menace and mystique Then when she starts fighting… The chants say it best

[@zadok23]

Ohhh 100% especially during her time in NXT when she still had an aura of invincibility around her. Even when she sold a move, I could believe she was gonna bounce back or respond in kind with even more viciousness.

[@B_Karmani]

3:17 “Demon Finn - Pumpkin Spice edition”😂😂😂

[@NickyvMLP]

One of these days, Adam will remember that Lucha Underground existed. Matanza Cueto was nightmarish.

[@vampiricboar2775]

I never thought I would see Mercer on a PFK list, but I'm loving it! Now I just want to see Matt play BotC