Over time wrestling firms like WWE and AEW have had their fingers on the heartbeat of popular culture and the love of horror isn’t any totally different. Many gimmicks have come and gone, and whereas the early days of WWE was all abut the muscular, colourful babyfaces, stars like The Undertaker and Bray Wyatt broke down doorways right into a much more cinematic approach to wrestling with their spooky characters. With Halloween rapidly approaching we’ve compiled an inventory of the highest supernatural/horror impressed wrestling gimmicks from each WWE and AEW and ranked them on your viewing pleasure.
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10. Abadon
AEW star Abadon is without doubt one of the most unusual wrestling characters going in the present day. A lot of the AEW roster is pretty cookie cutter, however they command the eye of everybody within the room with their brightly coloured hair, facial piercings and funky face paint. Their zombie-like gimmick permits them to maneuver methodically within the ring, screeching when chopped throughout the chest. However as soon as Abadon actually will get going, they resemble Zack Snyder’s Daybreak of the Lifeless.
9. Danhausen
Stay, snort, love that Danhausen.
Whereas many write Danhausen off as only a tacky, gimmicky character, he’s fairly plain. You probably have gone to any present within the final 5 – 6 years that he’s at, his meet and greet traces are in depth. He sells out of merchandise sooner than it may be printed. There’s an attraction to him that individuals clearly gravitate towards, together with lapsed followers and non-wrestling followers.
8. Kane
The early years of Kane’s character had been fairly actually his finest. Within the late Nineteen Nineties when he would assault “followers” within the crowd, it actually gave off a vibe like a slasher movie on the time. One thing within the useless of horror icons Michael Myers, Jason Vorhees, and even Leatherface. His backstory with The Undertaker was cinematic, and The Brothers of Destruction had been an especially dominant and unforgettable tag workforce (largely resulting from their presence).
7. Papa Shango
Whereas WWE missed the mark with Boogeyman within the early 2000s, every thing concerning the Papa Shango gimmick was infinitely higher. His feud with The Final Warrior the place he’d go on to place a curse on him and he’d begin bleeding out of his cranium is sufficient to give any younger youngster the heebie jeebies. As a result of, naturally, if he can curse a man like that, what’s stopping him from doing it to the remainder of us? And the voice? Completely terrifying!
6. Alba Fyre & Isla Daybreak
Who doesn’t love a great witchy story? Lengthy earlier than Agatha All Alongside there was Alba Fyre and Isla Daybreak — a Scottish tag workforce that has made waves in WWE since their arrival. The Unholy Union have a ton of chemistry collectively and followers have been captivated by them since their time in NXT. Whereas their essential roster run has been fairly lackluster to date, they’ve introduced in a new member to their coven in latest months. With some energy behind them it’s definitely a risk {that a} witchy secure may work.
5. The Brood
The 90s had an actual fascination with vampires in popular culture. From The Misplaced Boys to Interview with a Vampire, WWE capitalized on this phenomena by introducing a blood-sucking secure comprised of Gangrel and two recent faces that will go on to turn into WWE Corridor of Famers, Edge and Christian. Was it something groundbreaking? No, however many followers liked it and it was the launching point of their careers. Plus, Gangrel is an excellent underrated in-ring performer.
4. Mankind
Mick Foley has had many persona shifts throughout his legendary profession. His Mankind character arguably set him on the trajectory to turning into the legend that he’s seen as in the present day, because it was quite a bit totally different from what he’d performed beforehand and what followers had seen. As an alternative of the hardcore brawler that followers had come to like with Cactus Jack, Mankind was way more sinister — tenting out in boiler rooms, his pig squeals throughout matches … terrifying stuff.
3. The Wyatt Sicks
As you’ll see talked about all through, Wyatt is an absolute mastermind relating to wrestling. Not every thing he did was successful, however he introduced one thing attention-grabbing and distinctive to WWE in a time that they had been struggling to attach with followers in any respect. Whereas his passing was completely devastating, his legacy lives on within the Wyatt Sicks secure led by his brother and fellow skilled wrestler, Bo Dallas.
2. Undertaker
Though The Undertaker is well-known and a fan-favorite character in the present day, it wasn’t at all times that means. His character happened throughout a time the place wrestling followers had been nonetheless excessive on the likes of Hulk Hogan, The Final Warrior, Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels. “Spooky” gimmicks had been nonetheless comparatively new, however he helped institute change in that means because the years went on resulting from his pure charming presence within the ring.
1. Bray Wyatt
It’s inconceivable to have an inventory of horror-inspired wrestlers and never focus on the unbelievable thoughts of the late Bray Wyatt who led the profitable Wyatt Household secure. Within the later years of his profession, he actually dove deep into the spooky waters. He confirmed WWE personnel that followers had been clamoring for one thing attention-grabbing and totally different when he introduced The Fiend, the Firefly Enjoyable Home, and Alexa Bliss taking over the function of Sister Abigail.
