Wrestlers who legitimately scared you .

Your Face · 24-05-2015 12:01am #1

What wrestlers really scared you for whatever reason?

For me, it was Arn Anderson because he was a normal guy.

Stereomaniac · 24-05-2015 12:05am

When I went to a house show in the early 1990s I was pretty scared when The Undertaker came out, despite the fact that he was my favourite guy along with Bret when I watched T.V.

Robsweezie · 24-05-2015 12:07am

WWF kane with his mask on. and that voice box thing he used to talk with. and his theme song....

the undertaker and his theme song, along with that eye roll sent the ****s up me. I used to have nightmares about being in the ring, the lights go out, the gong, the fog descends, and im stuck there paralysed as he walks to the ring. I tried to run but id always fall over, and im sure I got chokeslammed a few times.

Moneymaker · 24-05-2015 12:19am

Vader. I was terrified of him as a 6 year old in 1993.

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Ruu · 24-05-2015 12:26am

There wasn't very many like Vader!

endacl · 24-05-2015 12:27am

Giant Haystacks.

None since the 70s.

rovert · 24-05-2015 12:36am

They are Wrestling tonight to be honest:

Early 90s Undertaker and Papa Shango gave me the heebie jeebies as a child.

Pentagon Jr from Lucha Underground would have probably given me nightmares if he was around back then:

vintagecosmos · 24-05-2015 12:37am

Jake the snake Roberts

chakademus · 24-05-2015 12:37am

Papa Shango.

Agent Coulson · 24-05-2015 12:40am

In the mid 80's when I was a kid Fit Finlay and his ex wife Princess Paula wrestled in our local youth centre he legit scared the sh1t out of us all as did Princess Paula in head dress.

Pentecost · 24-05-2015 12:43am

Vader definitely. Though I thought he was cool as **** at the same time.

ctrl-alt-delete · 24-05-2015 12:48am

I was going to say Papa Shango too, i've only just learned The Godfather was the same person.

DrumSteve · 24-05-2015 12:51am

Jake was a great heel though, seems legit.

For me, it has to be the shockmaster though.

DrumSteve · 24-05-2015 12:52am

ctrl-alt-delete wrote: »

I was going to say Papa Shango too, i've only just learned The Godfather was the same person.

Next thing, you'll say he was the goodfather too! Haha as if...

Drexel · 24-05-2015 12:53am

The undertaker, doink the clown, papa shango. They all scared the bejesus out of me when I was a kid.

What a pansy!

Chip Whitley · 24-05-2015 1:46am

Definitely Papa Shango for me too.

I wonder will there be a thread on this in 25 years time and will many of today's kids say Bray Wyatt.

DrumSteve · 24-05-2015 2:25am

Brendão wrote: »

Definitely Papa Shango for me too.

I wonder will there be a thread on this in 25 years time and will many of today's kids say Bray Wyatt.

Id say there are adults who will say Bray now.

poeticmakaveli · 24-05-2015 2:30am

Hahaha that's crazy, papa shango for me too! So everyone can agree he was one scary dude!!

eh i dunno · 24-05-2015 10:55am

Sid justice actually gave me nightmares

Agent Coulson · 24-05-2015 10:58am

eh i dunno wrote: »

Sid justice actually gave me nightmares

Sid breaking his leg gave me nightmares.

Dancor · 24-05-2015 11:22am

Early 90's Undertaker and Kamala.

Omackeral · 24-05-2015 12:08pm

Paul Bearer used to scare the life out of my younger brother. We shared a room and when we went to bed our dad would knock the lights off and I'd go 'Oooooohhh Yeeeeeessss' and my little bro would be sh*tting it.

aaaaaaaahhhhhh · 24-05-2015 12:53pm

The Boogie Man still scares me to this day.
When he does that feckin walk, I still run out of the room.

eh i dunno · 24-05-2015 12:57pm

This list is not complete without nailz. Freaky evil looking yoke

Rock Lesnar · 24-05-2015 1:27pm

George "the animal'' Steele would be up there for me when i was younger

Cianan2 · 24-05-2015 1:30pm

These days Brock Lesnar, legit scary dude

bur · 24-05-2015 4:47pm

eh i dunno wrote: »

Sid justice actually gave me nightmares

Good shout, like a near 7ft tall Michael Rooker.

jaykhunter · 24-05-2015 4:48pm

eh i dunno wrote: »

This list is not complete without nailz. Freaky evil looking yoke

Absolutely. Papa Shango too. Freaky as a child.

Virtanen · 24-05-2015 8:15pm

Brendão wrote: »

Definitely Papa Shango for me too.

I wonder will there be a thread on this in 25 years time and will many of today's kids say Bray Wyatt.

Not gonna lie, when I started getting back in to wrestling last year, Hell in a Cell was the first thing I watched. I had never heard of Bray Wyatt. So when he made his grand appearance at the end of the night, I had absolutely no idea who he was, or what was going on. I genuinely got caught up in the moment, and was actually scared of him in that moment.

the groutch · 24-05-2015 11:05pm

Zeus, aka Tom Lister
not so much in the tv angle, but in No Holds Barred.

gimmick · 25-05-2015 9:19am

When I was very young I was completely afraid of Kamala.

elfy4eva · 25-05-2015 9:23am

I used to **** myself when jake roberts would win he'd put the python on the loser thought it would eat them.

razorblunt · 25-05-2015 9:56am

elfy4eva wrote: »

I used to **** myself when jake roberts would win he'd put the python on the loser thought it would eat them.

I genuinely believe my fear of snakes comes from the Macho Man Randy Savage incident.

Stereomaniac · 25-05-2015 11:19am

I think me fear of weddings came from that incident.

Andy_rse · 26-05-2015 12:08am

The Mountie, or more so his shock stick. Gave me the creeps as a youngster and thought it was legit. Haha!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoAV-YFZh5o

Stereomaniac · 26-05-2015 2:13am

I can't remember was I in awe of some of these guys or was I scared. Kane's 1998 was scary-ish.

RedemptionZ · 26-05-2015 2:48am

Don't know if I could say I've been scared by a wrestler, the Boogeyman's promos were very well done though, as were the Wyatt's. Though I think it's more for creepiness rather than scariness. Taker and some of the more established stars who had that kind of gimmick weren't as frightening imo because they got more ring time and thus felt more human or familiar or something.

Stereomaniac · 26-05-2015 3:12am

The closest thing to the sort of feelings of fear I would have had as a child would be in recent years when The Undertaker's entrance at WrestleMania briefly gave me the goosebumps. But that is more because it elicits an emotional reaction from me on those nights.

big syke · 26-05-2015 8:52am

The rat petting, hair pulling, psychotic Mankind from 1996. His debut vs holly and hollys mouth foaming after the mandible claw was pretty scary!

brianregan09 · 26-05-2015 7:24pm

Can't believe no one has mentioned Waylon Mercy yet....christ he gave me the creeps big time

also Damien Demento ....he was like a **** papa shango if i remember right and yep plus 1 to the guy who mentioned Nailz he looked legit nuts

eh i dunno · 26-05-2015 8:36pm

brianregan09 wrote: »

Can't believe no one has mentioned Waylon Mercy yet....christ he gave me the creeps big time

also Damien Demento ....he was like a **** papa shango if i remember right and yep plus 1 to the guy who mentioned Nailz he looked legit nuts

waylon mercy didn't last long did he? Odd character though

brianregan09 · 26-05-2015 11:31pm

He was kind of a rip off of Robert De Niro's Cape Fear Character i think either way he creeped me out no end

Omackeral · 27-05-2015 12:13am

eh i dunno wrote: »

waylon mercy didn't last long did he? Odd character though

Very creepy. He was heel but used to shake hands with his opponents and the referees before the match started. Watch this vignette and he gets creepy around 55 seconds in... ya know what I mean?!?!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fyZbSOQYhw

titan18 · 07-07-2015 10:51pm

Undertaker and The Ministry of Darkness storyline scared the hell out of me as a kid. Undertaker, Paul Bearer and his urn, Gangrel,Edge and Christian as like a vampire group, Viscera, Mideon. Bradshaw and Farooq were kind of normal though, they were about it.

Mankind was a scary guy around the same time before the whole Rock and Sock stuff, when he was living in the boiler room. His matches and ring intensity also helped keep that scariness going.

Itssoeasy · 07-07-2015 11:10pm

Rock Lesnar wrote: »

George "the animal'' Steele would be up there for me when i was younger

And yet if you hear him talk he comes across as an extremely well spoken and well adjusted person. It's probably a testament to how good he was at his character.

skipper_G · 08-07-2015 12:12am

Bob Backlund when he snapped was very unnerving, legit gave me nightmares

Stereomaniac · 08-07-2015 1:16am

Not a wrestler, but I was always a bit scared Brutus Beefcake would cut someone's head off.

Itssoeasy · 08-07-2015 1:29am

But to answer the question the undertaker in his original character incarnation scared me. Also the ministry of darkness and the sacrificing left me a bit un easy.

Stereomaniac · 08-07-2015 1:37am

I was more scared that something was going to go wrong when they were crucifying Steve Austin. The Undertaker will probably always have an effect on younger viewers though I'd say.

Ageyev · 08-07-2015 7:19am

eh i dunno wrote: »

This list is not complete without nailz. Freaky evil looking yoke

Yep. He was way out there for the time. Dressed as a prisoner, came through the crowd and attacked Bossman with his stick, had nomusic iirc, maniacal look on his face.

dar100 · 25-06-2016 10:08pm

Your Face wrote: »

What wrestlers really scared you for whatever reason?

For me, it was Arn Anderson because he was a normal guy.

None, I'm busy paying bills ðŸ˜„ðŸ˜„ðŸ˜„

Wrestlers who legitimately scared you .

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