History Wrestling / Boogeyman

* WolverineClaws: Wore a clawed glove in ''Bobby Lashley vs Boogeyman'', parodying Freddy Krueger.

Not to be confused with the 1980 horror film ''Film/TheBoogeyMan''. For the imaginary being used to frighten children, see ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight.

-->''I'm the BOOGEYMAN!...And I'm coming to GET YOU!''

* NothingIsScarier: Type 3 (HeWasRightThereAllAlong). On the November 11, 2005 ''Wrestling/{{WWE SmackDown}}'', there was a scene with Wrestling/{{Edge}} and Wrestling/{{Lita}} backstage with Edge talking about how ''[=SmackDown!=]'' [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure General Manager]] Wrestling/TeddyLong putting him in a Street Fight against Wrestling/{{Batista}} can't happen and that he was going to talk some sense into Batista and that he was going to put some security on the door so nobody could come into the room. Edge walked out and the room got briefly dark before lighting up again and THE BOOGEYMAN popped up from behind the couch! He told the scared Lita, "Close your eyes! [[CatchPhrase I'm the Boogeyman, and I'm coming to get you!"]], sending Lita screaming from the room.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Oh, was he ever. Best exemplified by his third match on Smackdown which cut to a shot of nearly everyone else in the locker room and their reactions to him... better yet the gimmick's OVW debut where all the trainees took off running from him.

[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_Wright The Other Wiki]] has a good writeup on him and you can find out about his movie career at [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0942630 IMDB]].

* BadassGrandpa: Debuted in OVW at the age of '''40'''. OlderThanTheyLook, indeed.

* HornedHumanoid: He originally had antlers in OVW but they kept sliding off to the side.

* NothingIsScarier: Type 3 (There All Along). On the November 11, 2005 ''Wrestling/{{WWE SmackDown}}'', there was a scene with Wrestling/{{Edge}} and Wrestling/{{Lita}} backstage with Edge talking about how ''[=SmackDown!=]'' [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure General Manager]] Wrestling/TeddyLong putting him in a Street Fight against Wrestling/{{Batista}} can't happen and that he was going to talk some sense into Batista and that he was going to put some security on the door so nobody could come into the room. Edge walked out and the room got briefly dark before lighting up again and THE BOOGEYMAN popped up from behind the couch! He told the scared Lita, "Close your eyes! [[CatchPhrase I'm the Boogeyman, and I'm coming to get you!"]], sending Lita screaming from the room.

* CanonDiscontinuity: Boogeyman's original gimmick in OVW, directly inspired from Wright's own tenure in the show under his real name, was that of a crazed Tough Enough contestant who wanted to be a wrestler despite his elimination. In WWE, Boogeyman was RetConned to a crazed actor who participated in a TV series and got too much into the character. While those two backgrounds are admittedly not impossible to reconcile in storyline, the former was never mentioned again once he moved up.

* DarkIsNotEvil / CreepyGood: Despite his overall creepiness, Boogeyman definitely seemed to be a force of good in his own, weird way.

** His facepaint, creepy look and twisty movements inevitably evoke Wrestling/TheGreatMuta, especially judging [[OhCrap the reaction]] he elicites in his opponents and the fact that he ends usually being a good guy despite his darkish presence. He even used his worms to gain advantage over his opponents like Muta's Asian mist.

* PayEvilUntoEvil: Boogeyman used to appear in development leagues to attack other scary monsters like him. Among other deeds, he unmasked OVW's resident psycho Jacob Duncan and chased DSW's Freakin Deacon' to eat his pet spider. He also devoured Wrestling/JillianHall's facial tumor, which was probably not [[IncrediblyLamePun malignant]] but nonetheless made her unhappy.
* PerkyFemaleMinion: Sometimes managed by Jackie Haas in the independent circuit.

* ShoutOut: Sang [[Film/MaryPoppins "A Spoonful of Sugar"]] to John "Bradshaw" Layfield on the November 25, 2005 ''[[Wrestling/WWESmackDown WWE SmackDown]]'', while eating something from a bowl, when [=JBL=] found him in a van in the garage while looking for "''[=Raw=]'' guys trying to invade my show," during the build to the Team ''[=Raw=]''[[note]]Wrestling/ShawnMichaels[=/=][=Kane=][=/=]Wrestling/TheBigShow[=/=]Carlito[=/=]Chris Masters[[/note]]-Team ''[=SmackDown=]''[[note]]John "Bradshaw" Layfield[=/=]Wrestling/RandyOrton[=/=]Wrestling/{{Batista}}[=/=]Wrestling/ReyMysterioJr[=/=]Wrestling/BobbyLashley[[/note]] match at ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries'' that Sunday. Boogeyman said his catchphrase, smashed the clock (which had gone off) over his head, took another spoonful of whatever was in the bowl, did his evil laugh and called JBL a "noob."

* ToothyIssue: A couple of his front teeth got knocked out during training but he decided that the new look fit the gimmick better so he kept it that way. It made making chewing motions while keeping the worms alive for regurgitation easier, for instance. During his late run, he got dentures.

* RealSongThemeTune
** (in OVW): Creator/JohnCarpenter's "''Film/{{Halloween|1978}}'' Theme".
** In the independents, he uses Music/MarilynManson's CoverVersion of [[Music/{{Eurythmics}} the Eurythmics]]' "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This").

!!! "THE BOOGEYMAN is coming to get you if you don't read these tropes!":

** His gimmick/character was often compared to [[Characters/WWENewGeneration Papa Shango]], although certainly less classically Voodoo and more... whatever Boogeyman was.

** Creator/DonaldTrump, who Wright has since claimed "didn't want to sell the gimmick."

* DarkIsNotEvil: Despite his overall creepiness, Boogeyman definitely seemed to be a force of good in his own, weird way.

* CanonDiscontinuity: Boogeyman's original gimmick in OVW was that of a crazed Tough Enough contestant who wanted to be a wrestler despite his elimination, directly inspired from Wright's own tenure in the show under his real name. In WWE, the character was RetConned to a crazed actor who participated in a TV series and got too much into the character. Those backgrounds are admittedly not impossible to reconcile in storyline, but the former was just never mentioned again once he moved up.
* CarryABigStick: Carried a pretty impressive wooden staff with [[OminousFog orange smoke coming out of it]]. It was mostly for show, however, and he only used it as an offensive weapon in only a couple of occasions.

** His gimmick/character was often compared to [[Characters/WWENewGeneration Papa Shango]].

* FinishingMove: His main finisher was the Goodnight (a pumphandle powerslam), though his first one in the WWE was the Boogeyslam or Supernatural Driver (an inverted falling slam, facefirst to the ground), which only used once before adopting a falling chokebomb fan-nicknamed as Boogeybomb. He also had long-range diving splash, rarely used, and an unnamed finisher in OVW which saw him lifting two-handed an opponent by the neck and chokeslamming him one-handed to the side.

* HonoraryTrueCompanion: As odd as it could sound, Boogeyman is honorary member of D-Generation X, along with The Great Khali and Hornswoggle. It happened basically because he (well, all of them) politely asked to participate in a special reunion of the stable, and the members couldn't see a reason to say no. As put by Wrestling/TripleH, "you can't have enough nerds, freaks, and weirdos."

* LostInCharacter: While we don't know what happened on the set of his proposed UPN show that cause it to be cancelled, we do know that he was merely supposed to be playing the Boogeyman before coming to believe he really was Boogeyman. Despite this, he still followed Palmer Cannon's orders, to an extent.

** MeaningfulName: His role in OVW to randomly attack {{heel}}s or any wrestlers who call him by name suddenly makes more sense when you remember a Boogeyman's purpose is to {{scare em straight}} and the Bible warns about calling the names of certain things, a being from the pit would probably be one of them.

* PayEvilUntoEvil: Boogeyman used to appear in development leagues to attack other scary monsters like him. Among other deeds, he unmasked OVW's resident psycho Jacob Duncan and chased DSW's Freakin Deacon' to eat his pet spider. He also devoured Wrestling/JillianHall's facial tumor, which was probably not [[IncrediblyLamePun malignant]] but nonetheless made her life unhappy.

* PutOnABus: Released in September 2006.
** TheBusCameBack: Returned less than a month later, before being released again in 2009.
*** And again in the 2012 Slammys, if only for a brief cameo.

* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: His original angle was him as a psychologically troubled man believed but unproven to have a history of legal trouble, who believed himself to be the Boogeyman. He had a strong desire to become a professional wrestler, which lead him to continually trespass on OVW property, always coming up with new ways to elude OVW's security.