Over time wrestling firms like WWE and AEW have had their fingers on the heart beat of popular culture and the love of horror isn’t any completely 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 a listing of the highest supernatural/horror impressed wrestling gimmicks from each WWE and AEW and ranked them on your viewing pleasure.
10. Abadon
AEW star Abadon is likely one of the most unusual wrestling characters going at present. 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 Useless.
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9. Danhausen
Reside, chortle, love that Danhausen.
Whereas many write Danhausen off as only a tacky, gimmicky character, he’s fairly plain. When you have gone to any present within the final 5 or 6 years that he’s at, his meet and greet strains are in depth. He sells out of merchandise quicker than it may be printed. There’s an enchantment to him that individuals clearly gravitate towards, together with lapsed followers and non-wrestling followers.
8. Kane
The early years of Kane’s character have been fairly actually his greatest. Within the late 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 have been an especially dominant and unforgettable tag group (principally because of their presence).
7. Papa Shango
Whereas WWE missed the mark with Boogeyman within the early 2000s, every part in regards to 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 witchy story? Lengthy earlier than Agatha All Alongside there was Alba Fyre and Isla Daybreak — a Scottish tag group 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 major roster run has been fairly lackluster to this point, they’ve introduced in a new member to their coven in current months. With some energy behind them it’s actually a chance {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 might go on to grow to be WWE Corridor of Famers, Edge and Christian. Was it something groundbreaking? No, however many followers beloved it and it was the launching point of their careers. Plus, Gangrel is a brilliant 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 at present, because it was so much completely different from what he’d carried out beforehand and what followers had seen. As a substitute 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 on the subject of wrestling. Not every part he did was successful, however he introduced one thing fascinating and distinctive to WWE in a time that they have 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 at present, it wasn’t all the time that manner. His character happened throughout a time the place wrestling followers have been nonetheless excessive on the likes of Hulk Hogan, The Final Warrior, Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels. “Spooky” gimmicks have been nonetheless comparatively new, however he helped institute change in that manner because the years went on because of his pure charming presence within the ring.
1. Bray Wyatt
It’s unattainable to have a listing of horror-inspired wrestlers and never talk about the unimaginable 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 have been clamoring for one thing fascinating and completely different when he introduced The Fiend, the Firefly Enjoyable Home, and Alexa Bliss taking over the function of Sister Abigail.
