Scariest WWE Wrestlers Ever

At one time, WWE used to specialise in bringing in over-the-top characters however has relied totally on simply presenting wrestlers doing their craft for the final decade. With that mentioned, the concept of a terrifying wrestler has a robust historical past in WWE.

Managers like Bobby “The Mind” Heenan and Mr. Fuji introduced in monster wrestlers to terrorize babyfaces. There are loads of examples of the monsters that made babyface so heroic. Even within the Perspective Period, when Stone Chilly and The Rock have been on high, there have been monsters round to terrorize the plenty. In trendy instances, wrestlers like Aleister Black and Bray Wyatt held the torch excessive for monster characters.

20 Mideon Wasn’t Scary For Lengthy

Horrible Gimmicks Ruined His Character

Beginning as a member of the Godwinn household, it was in 1999 that Phineas could be kidnapped and brainwashed into becoming a member of the Ministry of Darkness and taking up his new identify, Mideon. The character began as a soothsayer (fortune teller).

The character did not accomplish a lot in addition to “discovering” the European Championship and being topped the champ earlier than receiving the “bare Mideon” gimmick change. The idea and look of the character was a lot scarier than it ever got here off on tv.

19 The Boogeyman Scared And Disgusted Audiences

His Aura Did not Translate To Championship Success

Being billed from The Bottomless Pit, Martin Wright portrayed an fascinating character who would seem in surprising locations across the enviornment, bash a clock over his head, and recite nursery rhymes in an try to scare his opponents. The actual kicker got here within the type of his worms that he would eat whereas additionally forcefully feeding his competitors.

The Boogeyman stayed with the WWE till 2009, when Wright was launched from his WWE contract. It would not be lengthy, nonetheless, earlier than Boogeyman received his foot again within the WWE, as he began making occasional appearances beginning on the finish of 2012, earlier than receiving a Legends contract in 2015.

18 Luna Vachon Did not Look Like Different Wrestlers

She Stood Out Amongst Her Friends

Luna Vachon made her official WWE debut at WrestleMania 9, the place she accompanied Shawn Michaels to the ring for his match towards Tatanka. Issues would instantly kick off for Vachon as she launched into a feud towards Sensational Sherri, resulting in her partnership with Bam Bam Bigelow.

As scary as Vachon may very well be, she got here to the WWE at a foul time, because the New Technology period was catered to be very child-friendly and the scariest she may actually be was a Saturday morning cartoon character. Her time in Excessive Championship Wrestling and a later return to WWE have been significantly better examples of how horrifying she may very well be.

17 Bull Nakano Turned The Antithesis Of Alundra Blayze

The Two Feuded Over The Girls’s Title

With Bull Nakano lastly being inducted into the WWE Corridor of Fame in 2024, what higher time to look again on the character she portrayed and the way she simply was one of many scariest wrestlers within the girls’s division? Nakano’s time within the WWE was quick and noticed her primarily feud with Alundra Blayze, however the two capitalized on that and had some stellar matches.

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The 2 had a heated feud over the Girls’s Championship, a title she was capable of maintain as soon as, earlier than Nakano departed WWE and had a short stint in WCW. After her work in america, Bull Nakano retired from wrestling, having only some appearances within the enterprise afterward, together with her position as commissioner for Sukeban, an all-female Japanese professional wrestling promotion within the States.

16 Viscera & To A Lesser Extent, Huge Daddy V

The Gimmick Modified Quite Rapidly

Nelson Frazier Jr. performed just a few characters throughout his time in WWE, however the scariest was undoubtedly his run as Viscera. Viscera was launched to followers as an enforcer of the Ministry of Darkness. He wore white-out lenses, bleached his hair, and sported a bodysuit. Coupled with Frazier’s construct and general imposing presence, Viscera was a really horrifying sight to behold.

What made him so efficient was that he was effortlessly scary, which is fairly uncommon within the enterprise. Sadly, his in-ring work by no means matched his intimidating presence and his matches have been typically marred by very middling and botch-filled offense.

15 The Brood Have been A Vampire-Like Trio

Edge & Christian Broke Out After The Brood

Beginning with the arrival of Gangrel, who beforehand labored as The Vampire Warrior, the faction of The Brood began to take form. Quickly after each Edge and Christian debuted and aligned themselves with the vampiric character with all males portraying members of a vampire cult.

The unique formation of the trio did not final lengthy and break up in the summertime of 1999. One other widespread tag workforce on the time as a substitute took Edge and Christian’s roles in The Brood, these being Matt and Jeff Hardy, long-time rivals of Edge and Christian.

14 Kevin Thorn & Mordecai Had Potential

His Tenure Was Brief Lived Each Occasions

Kevin Fertig had a number of gimmicks throughout his time in WWE beginning as a personality named Seven whereas in Ohio Valley Wrestling, later turning into Mordecai, and finally Kevin Thorn whereas within the WWE rebrand of ECW.

Mordecai and Kevin Thorn stand out as his hottest. After getting some extra coaching in OVW and a short while away from the WWE, Fertig was rehired and introduced in to work on ECW with a brand new vampire character alongside his valet Ariel. The unique plan was to have them associate with Gangrel, much like a 3rd model of The Brood, however these plans by no means materialized.

13 The Wyatt Sicks Proceed Bray’s Legacy

They Additionally Appear Simply As Scary

After quite a few hints, movies, takeovers, and anything the faction may do, the June seventeenth episode of Monday Night time Uncooked marked the official debut of the brand new Wyatt Sicks faction. Led by Bo Dallas portraying his Uncle Howdy character, he’s flanked by the next members: Dexter Lumis, Erick Rowan, Nikki Cross, and Joe Gacy.

The group’s debut was one of the crucial fascinating the corporate has had, with a number of backstage members wanting like that they had been attacked, and the notorious Chad Gable wanting like he had been killed. The Wyatt Sicks have solely been capable of seem just a few instances since debuting, however every look has been simply as scary because the final.

12 Waylon Mercy Helped A New Technology

Bray Wyatt Would not Exist With out Waylon

Dan Spivey performed Waylon Mercy in solely a handful of matches however made a giant impression in that point in the direction of the top of his profession. This character was impressed by Robert De Niro’s portrayal of Max Cady in Cape Worry.

His work with this character finally influenced the creation of Bray Wyatt’s backwater cult-leader character, as each males labored intently to convey it to life. So even when followers did not get take a look at Waylon Mercy, his spirit lived on in Bray Wyatt.

11 Bray Wyatt Created Some Of The Most Attention-grabbing Characters

The Fiend Turned The Largest Act At One Level

Bray Wyatt’s Fiend persona was probably the most horrifying factor WWE had given followers in years. It was a callback to males like Mankind, who got here to the ring in a masks, with ominous music, and solely cared about hurting folks. Nevertheless, Bray Wyatt added one thing to his efficiency.

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He was The Fiend, the scary monster who desires to harm anybody and everybody who will get in his means. There was additionally Bray Wyatt, who acted as a rehabilitated kids’s present host who wished folks to comply with him. It’s much like Mick Foley, who himself had a number of personalities. Bray Wyatt is a genius and one of many scariest wrestlers in WWE historical past. Together with his passing in 2023, he leaves behind a terrifying legacy in WWE.

10 Doink The Clown Shifted Dramatically

Turned A Goofy Character After A Few Months

Wanting again on Doink the Clown it’s straightforward to see him as a silly gimmick. Nevertheless, the unique reserving for Doink was not what the character morphed into. See, when Matt Bourne got here to WWE, he took on the position of Doink, and he was a terrifying WWE character.

Doink the Clown was not the lovable prank-pulling clown wrestler that others portrayed him as later. Doink was an evil clown. He was sinister and cheated to win, utilizing dastardly techniques. When he noticed youngsters within the viewers, his aim was to scare them. The unique Doink the Clown was good and scary, and it solely took WWE a short while to destroy him.

9 Papa Shango Was An Early Try At Horror In WWE

Charles Wright Portrayed Many Characters

When Godfather acquired his WWE Corridor of Fame induction, he spoke concerning the totally different gimmicks he needed to painting earlier than he discovered the one which clicked. He mentioned taking part in the Godfather gave him an opportunity to be himself, whereas different characters noticed him develop into a censored model of himself and an MMA fighter.

With that mentioned his first character was a scary wrestler generally known as Papa Shango. His whole goal was to return in and feud with Undertaker, giving one scary supernatural character an excellent scarier one to battle. He was a voodoo priest and will management Undertaker when he received the urn, however his time was quick in WWE.

8 Mankind Was A Sick & Twisted Character

Foley Took Off In Surprising Methods

As talked about, Bray Wyatt is modern-day Mankind. Earlier than Mick Foley got here to WWE, he was Cactus Jack. He was a brawler and a hardcore wrestler in WCW, Japan, and ECW. When WWE signed him, they gave him a scary gimmick change — Mankind.

Mankind was a mentally unstable individual with schizophrenia who got here to the ring in a masks and would typically sit within the nook, ripping his hair out, whereas screaming “Mommy.” He lived in boiler rooms and destroyed everybody he received his palms on. This led to his feud with Undertaker and Foley turning into a legend. The gimmick would shift and see Mankind develop into extra like the true Mick Foley.

7 OG Bloodline Members, The Wild Samoans

The Brother Duo Captured Quite a few Tag Titles

Wanting on the modern-day Samoan Dynasty in WWE, followers see the trash-talking Usos, The Tribal Chief Roman Reigns, and the mega-successful Hollywood film star Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Nevertheless, at one time, the concept of the Samoans was scary — with even modern-day examples of Umaga exhibiting monsters who destroyed their opponents.

Within the ’90s, the Samoan Swat Group was a scary duo that ran throughout WCW and WWE. Nevertheless, this all began again within the ’70s with a tag workforce comprised of Afa and Sika — The Wild Samoans. They barely spoke and have been two of the scariest wrestlers on the planet, profitable 21 tag workforce titles alongside the way in which.

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5 The Kamala Character Has Not Aged Nicely

James Harris Performed The Character As Nicely As Anybody May

Within the ’80s, there was a supervisor within the territories referred to as Basic Skandar Akbar. He introduced in monsters from throughout wrestling to work for him in Devastation Integrated. These males included Kamala, One Man Gang, Lacking Hyperlink, and lots of extra. Many of those wrestlers went on to WWE with totally different gimmicks.

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Kamala stored his gimmick in WWE, as a Ugandan savage. He all the time had a handler in Devastation Integrated generally known as Friday and stored it in WWE. He had Elegant Freddie Blassie managing him when he arrived and was a scary monster who ran throughout everybody till Hulk Hogan lastly ended the menace. His last feud in WWE was towards Andre the Big.

4 The Duo Of Luke Harper & Erick Rowan Have been Menacing

Their Time In The Wyatt Household Was Wonderful

The proper backing duo for Bray Wyatt got here within the type of Luke Harper and Erick Rowan. Beginning because the “sons” of Wyatt, the 2 captured the NXT Tag Group Championships, exhibiting that they have been a faction to be feared. That worry continued as they debuted on the primary roster till the group broke aside.

Harper would discover success as a singles star whereas Rowan began to flounder, ensuing within the duo pairing again up, now being generally known as The Bludgeon Brothers.

3 Jake “The Snake” Roberts Talked Like No One Earlier than

Scared His Foes With His Voice

Jake Roberts proved that you might be threatening with no need to be large or put on some elaborate apparel. Roberts utilized his phrases to scare opponents, plus some assist from his pet snake Damien.

Regardless of having an incredible profession and feuding with a number of the greatest names the corporate needed to provide on the time, Roberts by no means discovered himself any championship gold within the promotion earlier than winding down his profession in 1997. Roberts nonetheless works within the wrestling enterprise now and again with All Elite Wrestling.

2 The Huge Crimson Monster, Kane

Followers Nonetheless Speak About His Horrifying Debut

When Undertaker first appeared in WWE, he was Kaine the Undertaker. WWE dropped the identify Kaine and Undertaker was all that remained. Nevertheless, Paul Bearer turned on Undertaker and began to inform tales of a long-lost brother that Undertaker had named Kane.

The story was that Undertaker burned down his household’s mortuary as a toddler and killed them. His brother, although, survived and was burned and pushed mad. That was Kane, who then returned to WWE and sought revenge towards Undertaker. For years, Kane was even scarier than Undertaker and reigned hellfire and brimstone onto these he crossed paths with.

1 The Undertaker Is The Pinnacle Of Scary Gimmicks

His Legacy Is Untouchable

Undertaker is the primary instance of WWE making a scary character with a foundation in horror films and turning him into one thing particular. When Undertaker was in WCW, he was only a massive man. When he got here to WWE, he was the Deadman, a zombie-like character who got here to the ring and put his opponents in physique baggage on the finish of matches.

When the Perspective Period arrived, Undertaker morphed into extra of a supernatural cult chief. He had superhuman powers, which included taking pictures electrical energy and even ascending after his “demise” in a single match. He led a bunch referred to as The Ministry the place he was his scariest, and he turned a real icon over time in WWE.