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Kung Fu Jedi · Oct 31, 2013

I'll go with this guy.

bjork · Oct 31, 2013

Dragonzord said:
Nailz was creepy looking but dat voice make you want to shit yourself and you were such a mark that you thought he was straight up a murdering convict. Waylon was evil like Doink because he'd switch from friendly personality to evil rapist. And he was fucking huge and hillbilly as fuck looking.

LOL @ bold. Got in a bigass argument with my dad back then, because I was like "well, how do you know he didn't escape from prison? Listen to him!"

industrian · Oct 31, 2013

ido said:
And for some reason Vader always scared me. He had a way of really making it look like he was hurting his opponent.

Dan27 said:
That's because most of the time he was...

Yup. Go stiff or go home.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LjzgoSKryc

Not to mention Vader was a legit tough guy. His eye thing was fucked up.

Bob White · Oct 31, 2013

Bob Backlund always made my skin crawl. Creepy ass dude.

Parallax · Oct 31, 2013

Bob White said:
Bob Backlund always made my skin crawl. Creepy ass dude.

It really helped that they sold the cross face chicken wing like it was one of the most devastating moves in the business.

Deleted member 47027 · Oct 31, 2013

Parallax said:
It really helped that they sold the cross face chicken wing like it was one of the most devastating moves in the business.

Yeah. You can thank the Enhancement Talent!

The Culture Vulture · Oct 31, 2013

He can also name all the presidents in order. SPOOKY

Swig_ · Oct 31, 2013

Are you guys serious about Golddust? I haven't watched wrestling in years and if I remember right he was around in the late 90s.. I don't remember him being scary, at all.

The Culture Vulture · Oct 31, 2013

Kod1ak said:
Are you guys serious about Golddust? I haven't watched wrestling in years and if I remember right he was around in the late 90s.. I don't remember him being scary, at all.

Homophobia.

Linkhero1 · Oct 31, 2013

I think his name was Heidenreich. Dude was insane.

Striker · Oct 31, 2013

The Culture Vulture said:
It's almost like people aren't scared of Abyss anymore.

Same reason no one is scared of Kane anymore. They ruin them.

Waylon Mercy was a good choice, guy played the character brilliantly. Mankind in the 1996 timeframe was great also.

TheWarrior · Oct 31, 2013

Viscera/ Ministry of Darkness

Acorn · Oct 31, 2013

Kod1ak said:
Are you guys serious about Golddust? I haven't watched wrestling in years and if I remember right he was around in the late 90s.. I don't remember him being scary, at all.

His theme and entrance always seemed eerie to me, then when his finisher became a straight up kick to the balls with a dudes legs round the turnbuckle...yeah fuck that.

The Culture Vulture said:
Homophobia.

Not so much. He was just really out there, I never knew what sort of crazy shit he'd do next, similar to Taker in the Ministry.

bjork · Oct 31, 2013

Striker said:
Same reason no one is scared of Kane anymore. They ruin them.

Waylon Mercy was a good choice, guy played the character brilliantly. Mankind in the 1996 timeframe was great also.

It's a lack of kayfabe. Kane kills people in the ring and whatever, but he also speaks about the Fed? What the hell?

Maybe kayfabe is impossible nowadays, but it seems like a very small bit of it could go a long way, especially with people being conditioned to follow wrasslers on twitter and whatnot.

Hoya Destroyer · Oct 31, 2013

Snaku said:
Sid Vicious' leg.

Vince McMahon said:
COULD YOU PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PUT THAT AS A CLICKABLE LINK INSTEAD OF SUBJECTING US TO HORRIBLE MEMORIES

Guaranteed lols like these, are why I can never resist entering wrestling threads, even though I dont care about it IRL.

YesManKablam · Oct 31, 2013

Cerebral Assassin said:

Would

probably be suplexed by

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Threi · Oct 31, 2013

Anyone remember snitsky?

His gimmick was a ball of wtf

Megadragon15 · Oct 31, 2013

Scary Sherri Martel.

Deleted member 47027 · Oct 31, 2013

Threi said:
Anyone remember snitsky?

His gimmick was a ball of wtf

I remember him punting a baby into the crowd.

ZeroRay · Oct 31, 2013

The creepy award definitely goes to the short lived team up of Kevin Sullivan, Buzz Sayer and Cactus Jack. I present: The Slaughterhouse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOabqAiqqUM

kusoge said:
Chris Benoit

Yeah, probably. I actually had trouble sleeping after it happened. I was such a fan.

McLovin · Oct 31, 2013

They changed undertakers right? When he first came out(I was a kid) him and paul scared me lol.

Manbig · Oct 31, 2013

joedan said:
Papa Shango. Can't forget when he put a spell on the Ultimate Warrior and had him bleeding and vomiting.

Hell yes! Hindsight obviously changes things now, but when I was a kid this guy's antics freakin traumatized me!

And then he became a Boxer.

and then... An African American Extremist Boxer?

johnny_park · Oct 31, 2013

Cerebral Assassin said:

Would give her the D

ropkick

Ovid · Oct 31, 2013

Papa Shango

adj_noun · Oct 31, 2013

No contest.

Doesn't get much scarier than a half man half bull. Mantaur could gore people way before Rhino...at least until he took his head off.

Cough.

Anyway, in second place,

Oooooo it's Beetlejuice! Well, the Juicer. Still though. Oooooo!

Kano on the Phone · Oct 31, 2013

entremet · Oct 31, 2013

Papa Shango as well.

Bodacious · Oct 31, 2013

When I was a kid in the 70's, George "The Animal" Steele freaked me out so much I would change the channel. Covered in hair, acting mentally impaired, blue tongue ... yikes!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpDlKyrB9Wk

Ninja Scooter · Oct 31, 2013

I start watching my back if Natural Born Killaz comes on Pandora.

VoxPop · Oct 31, 2013

Manbig said:
Hell yes! Hindsight obviously changes things now, but when I was a kid this guy's antics freakin traumatized me!

And then he became a Boxer.

and then... An African American Extremist Boxer?

Then a pimp

the-complete-undertaker-vs-mankind-rivalry-6-discs-7367d_original_original_crop_340x234_display_image.jpg

My vote goes to the original pet rat loving, hair pulling, sticking his fingers down peoples' throats Mankind. I was legit fearing he would put an end to my childhood role model HBK's title run by making him puke and pass out.

McNei1y · Oct 31, 2013

Damn you got a name change.

I'd say old school Kane.

Anth0ny · Oct 31, 2013

when I was a kid I thought The Undertaker killed people for real

bah gawd would you look at the carnage

strobogo · Oct 31, 2013

Vince McMahon said:
Dude's got an incredible mind for the business and is a consummate professional. I love Kevin Sullivan. He understands the business perfectly. I love him and Gary Hart - a LOT.

Sullivan was responsible for pretty much all of the first 6ish months of the nWo, which were the best time ever for the group. He was really the driving force of that angle before it got over run with low card dudes and stupid shit. He gets the business and would be an asset in any company today.

Striker · Oct 31, 2013

bjork said:
It's a lack of kayfabe. Kane kills people in the ring and whatever, but he also speaks about the Fed? What the hell?

Maybe kayfabe is impossible nowadays, but it seems like a very small bit of it could go a long way, especially with people being conditioned to follow wrasslers on twitter and whatnot.

I think that plays into it a lot, but just in general the booking kind of sways my outlook on them. Kane still tried some monster like promos or whatever, but I still couldn't buy it because of how often he'd lose or look like a goon.

On my 1996 Mankind vote: the mannerisms, the sounds he'd make while applying the Mandible Claw, the voice, his theme music, just great stuff.

jmdajr · Oct 31, 2013

Cerebral Assassin said:

Current version of Chyna is much scarier

krae_man · Oct 31, 2013

Vince McMahon said:
Yeah. You can thank the Enhancement Talent!

Bret Hart was enhancement talent?

OnPoint · Oct 31, 2013

Koko Beware.

Cerebral Assassin · Oct 31, 2013

Kano on the Phone said:

I was waiting for some sad fucker to post that.

jmdajr said:
Current version of Chyna is much scarier

True, but I didn't want to traumatise people.

triplestation · Oct 31, 2013

kusoge said:
Chris Benoit

lol

Manbig · Oct 31, 2013

ZeroRay said:
The creepy award definitely goes to the short lived team up of Kevin Sullivan, Buzz Sayer and Cactus Jack. I present: The Slaughterhouse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOabqAiqqUM

Yeah, probably. I actually had trouble sleeping after it happened. I was such a fan.

Buzz Sawyer was awesome inside the ring.

Outside the ring though...

GungHo · Oct 31, 2013

Note: Hector Guerro was under the costume.

Gigarator · Oct 31, 2013

DeaconKnowledge · Oct 31, 2013

Goldust wasn't scary. He was confusing. And Brilliant.

Here's a guy who wants to be in the movies and has a hot chick on his arm, but there's just something...off about this guy. Everything about him conflicted with everything else.

Character was way ahead of his time. I think he would have been massive if he debuted 10 years later.

Perspicacity · Oct 31, 2013

Vince McMahon said:
I remember him punting a baby into the crowd.

Snitsky's evolution from [Guy who accidentally caused a miscarriage that was mostly Kane's fault] into [guy who has an irrational hatred for all babies and wants them destroyed] was amazing
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x34upb_snitski-come-to-the-highlight-reel_sport

Exr · Oct 31, 2013

Papa Shango and Mankind... trail at 2nd and 3rd to Giant Silva. His massive head and wild hair are nightmare fuel.

foxuzamaki · Oct 31, 2013

Vince McMahon said:
Is it the Undertaker? The Boogeyman? The Yet-Tay?

Or something more terrifying? Who is the scariest?

Kane should have been the 2nd person you should have thought of

Junior Asparagus · Oct 31, 2013

Papa Shango was my first thought too.

Village · Oct 31, 2013

I'm sure he intimidated some people.

joedan · Oct 31, 2013

Bodacious said:
When I was a kid in the 70's, George "The Animal" Steele freaked me out so much I would change the channel. Covered in hair, acting mentally impaired, blue tongue ... yikes!

Never even knew his tongue was blue. Probably because I had a black and white TV in the 80s. lol.

Pristine_Condition · Oct 31, 2013

Fans of the territory years will tell you the Original Sheik was the scariest guy in wrasslin.

My list would be:

Great Muta (#1 with a bullet)
Kishin Liger (Jushin Liger's alter-ego)
Terry Funk
The Road Warriors
Undertaker
Cactus Jack (Mankind too)
New Jack
Vampiro (Lucha)
Charlie Manson (Lucha)

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