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* United States champion [[Wrestling/RusevAndLana Rusev]] may border on it, but so far he's been billed as an indestructible fighting machine who has so far defeated everyone in his path, with only [[Wrestling/JohnCena one person]] unofficially giving him his first real defeat since his debut. And then he had bad luck running into Wrestling/RomanReigns...

* Following the new Brand Extension in 2016, ''Raw'' gained two: Former Wrestling/WyattFamily henchman Braun Strowman for the men, and Nia Jax of the Samoan wrestling dynasty for the women. Both have routinely squashed [[{{Jobber}} jobbers]] (up to three at once in Strowman's case), and each also has [[CurbStompBattle curb stomped]] a main roster opponent twice (Wrestling/SinCara for Strowman, Wrestling/AliciaFox for Nia). Both are sold as unstoppable monsters in their respective divisions, with the ''Raw'' commentary crew often wondering how one stops Strowman, and Strowman has even gone so far as to personally threaten ''Raw'' general manager Wrestling/MickFoley in the name of getting better competition. As a result, he got Wrestling/SamiZayn.
** Conversely, ''[=SmackDown=]'' has only one: Baron Corbin. He hasn't bothered much with jobbers, unlike Strowman and Jax, and went straight up after the main roster superstars that irked him, such as Kalisto and Wrestling/JackSwagger, curb stomping almost all of them. His finisher, the End of Days, has never been kicked out of after he's delivered it to his opponent. And at the ''Wrestling/RoyalRumble'' Corbin did the thing many other wrestlers would consider impossible: he eliminated Strowman.

** Conversely, ''[=SmackDown=]'' has only one: Baron Corbin. He hasn't bothered much with jobbers, unlike Strowman and Jax, and went straight up after the main roster superstars that irked him, such as Kalisto and Wrestling/JackSwagger, curb stomping almost all of them. His finisher, the End of Days, hasn't been kicked out of every time he does it to his opponent. And at the ''Wrestling/RoyalRumble'' Corbin did the thing many other wrestlers would consider impossible: he eliminated Strowman.

Is he out [[ToBeAMaster to win championships]]? Does he live [[PerformanceArtist to entertain the fans]]? Is it [[MoneyDearBoy all about]] [[WrestlingDoesntPay the money]]? No, all he cares about is destruction, preferably the destruction of other living things. His shadow stretches far, his footsteps fall hard, he strikes swiftly, his BattleCry being the only warning, [[TheVoiceless if you're lucky]]. He's as strong as he is fast, as tough as he is agile, he's savage and is likely from PartsUnknown. He's a monster!

* Conversely, [=SmackDown=] has only one: Baron Corbin. He hasn't bothered much with jobbers, unlike Strowman and Jax, and went straight up after the main roster superstars that irked him, such as Kalisto and Wrestling/JackSwagger, curb stomping almost all of them. His finisher, the End of Days, hasn't been kicked out of every time he does it to his opponent. And at the ''Wrestling/RoyalRumble'' Corbin did the thing many other wrestlers would consider impossible: he eliminated Strowman.

* United States champion Wrestling/{{Rusev}} may border on it, but so far he's been billed as an indestructible fighting machine who has so far defeated everyone in his path, with only [[Wrestling/JohnCena one person]] unofficially giving him his first real defeat since his debut.

** Cage "The Machine" is another example- bulging with muscles, stuffed with brutality and almost impossible to put down, he absolutely [[BerserkButton HATES it]] when an opponent gets up after he's knocked them down and will make them pay for their audacity. Not a perfectly straight example as although he's a power wrestler, he's also ''startlingly'' agile for his size (like most of the LU roster) and is easily capable of flying over the top rope in pursuit of his victims... which only makes him even ''more'' intimidating!
** Matanza Cueto quickly stole the mantle of the biggest monster in Wrestling/LuchaUnderground. His brother Dario Cueto entered him as the last man in Aztec Warfare, and Matanza made quick work of nearly half the active roster, winning the Lucha Underground title in emphatic fashion.

** And that's if you're lucky enough to not cross paths with the arm-breaking [[TheDreaded Pentagon Jr]].

* The ProWrestlingEpisode of ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' has Amethyst [[VoluntaryShapeshifting turning into]] a huge (male) wrestler named Purple Puma to compete in the local circuit and proves pretty much unstoppable. In a possible inversion, Amethyst is ''actually'' a [[MagicalGirlWarrior super-powered]] alien, but [[PaperThinDisguise but seems to be trying]] to pretend she's a human so the other Crystal Gems won't find out about her. Amethyst is also [[PercussiveTherapy too interested]] in [[ProWrestlingIsReal beating people up]] to cultivate any specific image, only managing to be an effective heel thanks to Steven's showmanship once he becomes her tag partner.

* Mordecai, a zealous Christian-in-all-but-name out to prove strength in the faith of God to all the sinners of the world, was one of the many monster characters WWE introduced with the failed long term plan of feuding with The Undertaker. Unfortunately, Kevin Fertig (the man who played him) had stage fright issues, and had to go back to developmental. He later got called back up and repackaged as Kevin Thorn, a wrestling vampire out to feed on the blood of ECW. Kevin Thorn was a "legit" ECW monster after they ran weeks worth of parodies such as shambling zombies for [[Wrestling/JimFullington the Sandman]] to beat with his cane. Fans suspect he was there to meet the science fiction requirement, back when SyFy was still called Sci Fi.

* Wrestling/{{Kane}}, being the little brother of the Undertaker. He was less known for winning titles than for torturing the rest of the roster. Doomsday (his USWA gimmick) was a prototype of this character. In more recent days, it's been shown that Kane is extremely intelligent and fully aware of his monstrous nature, and has even served as the voice of reason at some points; he warned Wrestling/AJLee off of starting a relationship with him by explaining that his psychosis makes him "not exactly boyfriend material", and is currently serving as the (relative) StraightMan in a team with [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]].

* Wrestling/BrockLesnar, the Next Big Thing. Smackdown had a nice amount of cruiserweight wrestlers to feed him and he was faster than most of them too. He also out-muscled those in his weight class and was pretty much booked to be an invincible heartless bastard, helped by the fact he [[RealLifeWritesThePlot broke Hardcore Holly's neck,]] and the fact he finished a match when his own was broken! And now, with a dominating win over Wrestling/JohnCena at SummerSlam 2014 in the books, Lesnar is now being pushed as the ultimate, invincible monster. And then he [[DefeatingTheUndefeatable broke The Streak.]]

* Wrestling/BrockLesnar, the Next Big Thing. Smackdown had a nice amount of cruiserweight wrestlers to feed him and he was faster than most of them too. He also out-muscled those in his weight class and was pretty much booked to be an invincible heartless bastard, helped by the fact he [[RealLifeWritesThePlot broke Hardcore Holly's neck,]] and the fact he finished a match when his own was broken! And now, with a dominating win over Wrestling/JohnCena at SummerSlam 2014 in the books, Lesnar is now being pushed as the ultimate, invincible monster.

* A story in the ''Manga/{{Batman}}'' manga has a masked wrestling Monster Heel known as the Hangman (guess the gimmick), who tries to set himself up as an AntiHeroSubstitute for Batman. It is revealed that he was outright evil from the beginning, talking a mentally-disabled man into committing a robbery so that he could [[EngineeredHeroism kill him to set up his rep]] as a ruthlessly effective vigilante. The story climaxes with Batman invading a wrestling show and challenging him to a "[[GimmickMatches loser unmasks]]" match.

* Hitting moonsaults while weighing around 91KG at 1.70 meters was impressive enough, but Bull Nakano sometimes completely no-sold back suplexes just to drive in how futile her opponent's effort was.

* The ProWrestlingEpisode of ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' has Amethyst [[VoluntaryShapeshifting turning into]] a huge (male) wrestler named Purple Puma to compete in the local circuit and proves pretty much unstoppable. In a possible inversion, Amethyst is ''actually'' a [[MagicalGirlWarrior super-powered]] alien, but [[PaperThinDisguise but seems to be trying]] to pretend she's a human so the other Crystal Gems won't find out about her. Amethyst is also [[PercussiveTherapy too interested]] in [[ProWrestlingIsReal beating people up]] to cultivate any specific image, only managing to be an effective heel thanks to Steven's showmanship ocne he becomes her tag partner.

* Missy Sampson, Aka Big Van Missy, WSU's riff on Vader.

* There was an attempt to get world judo champion and STO innovator Naoya Ogawa some monster cred by having him squashing smaller wrestlers and then fight evenly with Wrestling/{{Goldberg}}.

* The ProWrestlingEpisode of ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' has Amethyst [[VoluntaryShapeshifting turning into]] a huge (male) wrestler named Purple Puma to compete in the local circuit and proves pretty much unstoppable. In a possible inversion, Amethyst is ''actually'' a [[MagicalGirlWarrior super-powered]] alien, but [[PaperThinDisguise but seems to be trying]] to pretend she's a human so the other Crystal Gems won't find out about her. Amethyst is also [[PercussiveTherapy too interested]] in [[ProWrestlingIsReal beating people up]] to cultivate any specific image, only managing to be an effective heel thanks to Steven's showmanship one he becomes her tag partner.

Another is that Brody and Gonzalez were going to have a match together once, but Brody didn't want to do it because he tought Gonzalez was to small, wich he also said to his face (he called Gonzalez a "fucking midget" to be precise.) Gonzalez then stabbed Brody but apparently did not intend to kill him. Unfortunately, Brody had taken 7 asparins because he wanted to get a good bloodflow in his match (a common trick in Pro Wrestling) and as a result he was bleeding too heavily for the doctors to save him. However, at the end of the day nobody knows why Gonzalez did it.

* Parodied in ''NachoLibre''. The local monster team is made of two hairy, horned, beast men who squeal like pigs...and are only three feet tall...and pull of some of the most impressive offensive maneuvers in the whole film.

* The ProWrestlingEpisode of ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' has Amethyst [[VoluntaryShapeshifting turning into]] a huge (male) wrestler named Purple Puma to compete in the local circuit and proves pretty much unstoppable. In a possible inversion, Amethyst is ''actually'' a [[MagiclGirlWarrior super-powered]] alien, but [[PaperThinDisguise but seems to be trying]] to pretend she's a human so the other Crystal Gems won't find out about her. Amethyst is also [[PercussiveTherapy too interested]] in [[ProWrestlingIsReal beating people up]] to cultivate any specific image, only managing to be an effective heel thanks to Steven's showmanship one he becomes her tag partner.