History Main / WrestlingMonster

** Wardlow, Wrestling/{{MJF}}'s hulking [[TheDragon bodyguard and enforcer]], is a cold, emotionless monster who crushes whoever MJF points him at.

** They also recruited the aforementioned Brian Cage, who is now managed by Wrestling/{{Tazz}}.
** In the women's division, [[RedBaron "the Native Beast"]] Nyla Rose is possibly the most-feared competitor, a Native American [[UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} trans woman]] who is far bigger and more brutal than any other woman in the division (with [[Wrestling/KiaStevens Awesome Kong]] currently absent), sadistically destroying anyone who opposes her.

* 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 brain-damaged retired wrestler 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.

** It's worth noting that WWE took the name "Gangrel" and the whole idea of the Brood, his team with Wrestling/{{Edge}} and Wrestling/{{Christian}}, from this game. Any [=CDs=] that included his music or any releases/publications that included Gangrel always included a mention in the liner notes/credits that Gangrel was a trademark of White Wolf, Inc.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'''s Fast Forward episode, "[[ProWrestlingEpisode Headlock Prime]]", the villainous [[MultipleHeadCase three-headed]] behemoth Triple Threat makes his grand return to 2105's version of Madison Square Garden. In addition to trying to rob the arena's latest wrestling event, he reclaims his old heel persona to prove how "[[PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad soft]]" the field of professional wrestling has become, taking down the main contenders one by one [[ProWrestlingIsReal for real]].

* The King of Dinosaurs from ''Franchise/TheKingOfFighters'', whose gimmick is that he's a beastly and savage dinosaur wrestler whose attacks often involve biting and clawing at his opponents and talks about striking fear into the hearts of the crowd. [[spoiler:He's in fact Tizoc, having undergone a FaceHeelTurn due to him losing a match against newcomer Nelson and wanting to settle a grudge match with him, even though said behaviour is unbecoming of a Face like him, neccesitating the turn. He also has a pretty bad habit of slipping back into his original Tizoc self sometimes, such as going on about justice, before correcting himself. Also, the rest of the cast aren't exactly fooled by his change in the slightest.]]

Is he out [[ToBeAMaster to win championship belts? To stand at the top of the tournament]]? 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]]. [[LightningBruiser 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!

** In the women's division, [[RedBaron "the Native Beast"]] Nyla Rose is possibly the most-feared competitor, a Native American [[{{Transgender}} transwoman]] who is far bigger and more brutal than any other woman in the division (with [[Wrestling/KiaStevens Awesome Kong]] currently absent), sadistically destroying anyone who opposes her.

* Wrestling/DrewMcIntyre is a subtle, but consistent long-term example. Starting from his NXT days, where he won the brand championship to the tune of kicking out the [[Wrestling/BobbyRoode Glorious DDT]] ''three times,'' the giant Scot has gone on to prove, even while he was stuck in the main roster midcard, that he's almost unprecedentedly hard to defeat. It took Drew a 16-foot fall through the announce desk and a [[Wrestling/RandyOrton surprise RKO]] at ''Wrestling/HellInACell 2020'' to lose his first WWE Championship, and he's one of the only people in the known universe to have kicked out of Wrestling/RomanReigns' Spear.

* Wrestling/BrayWyatt was a borderline case up until he lost far too regularly for fans to take seriously any more...and then he became [[MonsterClown the Fiend]], an unstoppable EldritchMonstrosity who can kick out of any finisher on the WWE roster, shrug off weapon shots unfazed, and survive being ''set on fire''.

* Gary Hart's Army had "Mr. Korea" Pak Song Nam. While he was of above average height at an imperial six foot five, Nam was also fairly thin and legitimately sickly. His illness made him ugly and unnerving to look at, but what really put him into monster territory were his hands and feet being abnormally large for his body, to disproportional levels. So even though his arms and legs weren't too thick people still fretted when he tried to cave in the heads of his opponents. Nam was so fearsome he was one of the first wrestlers chosen when it was time for "The Bull Of Woods" Wrestling/DustyRhodes to undergo a HeelFaceTurn.

* Because HUSTLE loved this trope, [[BigBad Generalissimo Takada]] introduced a superpowered cyborg based on him called The Esperanza, who could even shoot wrestlers with FrickinLaserBeams. He was so powerful that not even the legendary Great Muta could defeat him.

** Jake Hager, enforcer of the Wrestling/InnerCircle, and [[TheyCallMeMisterTibbs MISTER]] Brodie Lee, the Exalted One of the Wrestling/DarkOrder, are examples of performers who weren't really booked as monsters in their previous runs in WWE (as Wrestling/JackSwagger and Wrestling/LukeHarper respectively) where their imposing size didn't stand out so much against other large wrestlers. In the comparatively smaller AEW, Hager is an imposing, stoic thug who does Wrestling/ChrisJericho's bidding with brutal efficiency, leveraging his genuine undefeated MMA record. Mister Lee, on the other hand, is a cold, calculating, ''intelligent'' monster who directs the Dark Order with callous brutality, but is a sadistic, violent juggernaut when it comes time to get his own hands dirty, [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking justifying his position as the Exalted One]]. He ended inaugural TNT Champion [[Wrestling/CodyRhodes Cody's]] reign in less than five minutes of pure savagery, shrugging off Cody's opening flurry and ''[[SquashMatch destroying]]'' him without mercy.

* In the first ''Film/SpiderMan1'' movie, Bonesaw [=McGraw=] embodies this during his brief moment on screen. He is kicking the crap out of an entire gauntlet of wrestlers to the point where one has to be carried out on a stretcher. Even though Peter is superhuman, he is still nervous when he gets into the ring. Of course, his demeanor changes once he realizes he can beat Bonesaw.

** The scary thing is, Heyman's WWE promos touting Lesnar as unbeatable might indeed be true, if what Heyman said (in a legit interview about Lesnar's potential as a mixed martial artist) about Lesnar being a once-in-a-lifetime athlete, comparable to Jim Thorpe, UsefulNotes/MichaelJordan, UsefulNotes/WiltChamberlin, Gordie Howe and UsefulNotes/WayneGretzky [[http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2163951-paul-heyman-at-100-health-no-fighter-could-have-touched-brock-lesnar are true]] (and Lesnar, who has had legit health issues including with diverticulitis, remains healthy).

* Cibernético trying to kill off his would be successor, Asesor Cibernético, caused him to come back from the dead as El Mesías, Wrestling/{{AAA}}'s wrestling zombie. In TNA, Mesías was revealed to be Judas, brother of Abyss and son of Wrestling/JamesMitchell.

* 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 then he [[DefeatingTheUndefeatable broke The Streak.]] And now, with a dominating win over Wrestling/JohnCena at Wrestling/SummerSlam 2014 in the books, Lesnar is now being pushed as the ultimate, invincible monster. Being one of the most legit members of the rosters by way of being [[UsefulNotes/UltimateFightingChampionship a UFC champion]] also helps.
** The scary thing is, Heyman's WWE promos touting Lesnar as unbeatable might indeed be true, if what Heyman said (in a legit interview about Lesnar's potential as a mixed martial artist) about Lesnar being a once-in-a-lifetime athlete, comparable to Jim Thorpe, Michael Jordan, Wilt Chamberlin, Gordie Howe and Wayne Gretzky [[http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2163951-paul-heyman-at-100-health-no-fighter-could-have-touched-brock-lesnar are true]] (and Lesnar, who has had legit health issues including with diverticulitis, remains healthy).
* Hitting moonsaults while weighing around 91KG at 1.70 meters (201 pounds and 5'7") was impressive enough, but Wrestling/BullNakano sometimes completely no-sold back suplexes just to drive in how futile her opponent's effort was.

* Papa Shango, who would often drop the wrestling and simply use a Voodoo curse to defeat his opponents, not that he couldn't get it done in the ring.

* Apocalypse in UPW, who was basically a stand in for WWE's Kane. In Wrestling/FightingOperaHUSTLE he was the Himalayan Bigfoot and could take a whole lot of punishment without flinching because of his {{Delayed Reaction}}s but moved really slow. Bigfoot would move a lot faster though if someone poured ice cubes on him.

** Mil Muertes, the man of a thousand deaths. A menacing masked luchador, at the time he debuted he was the largest man on the LU roster. His backstory: He was nearly killed in an earthquake as a young boy, and his soul is linked to a piece of rubble from the quake. Which means now that he has superhuman strength, endurance and durability, and even if he should be defeated, he just comes back even stronger. He was portrayed by El Messias, also known as Judas Messias in TNA.

* 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 the misfortune running into Wrestling/RomanReigns...

* Following the new Brand Extension in 2016, ''Raw'' gained two: Former Wrestling/WyattFamily henchman Wrestling/BraunStrowman for the men, and Wrestling/NiaJax 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.

** The scary thing is, Heyman's WWE promos touting Lesnar as unbeatable might indeed be true, if what Heyman said (in a legit interview about Lesnar's potential as a mixed-martial arts wrestler) about Lesnar being a once-in-a-lifetime athlete, comparable to Jim Thorpe, Michael Jordan, Wilt Chamberlin, Gordie Howe and Wayne Gretzky [[http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2163951-paul-heyman-at-100-health-no-fighter-could-have-touched-brock-lesnar are true]] (and Lesnar, who has had legit health issues including with diverticulitis, remains healthy).

* HUSTLE had a flying vampire tag team.

* Sylvester Terkay cut his teeth in the wrestling business as Predator, the resident wrestling monster of Pro Wrestling ZERO-1. He was brought to WWE and briefly given a monster heel push, but he somehow never really connected with the fans and was released less than a year into his run.

->''"[[http://www.cagematch.net/?id=93&nr=597 I am the reaper of wayward souls,]] I am the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-h.html world heavyweight champion]] and this, this is the holy grail of everyone who steps foot in this ring. And that is why it was so important that I possess it, because every wayward soul would stray from crossing the path of The Undertaker! But now, consumed by the lust of fortune and fame, the recognition that this championship brings will lead them down a road for which they will be sorry they ever embarked. Because that road ends in my yard. For them it will be a graveyard."''

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]]. [[LightningBruiser 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!

* Wrestling/JasonTheTerrible, a {{legacy|character}} monster gimmick that started in Canada's Stampede and is based on the ''Film/FridayThe13th'' films. While no one knows anything about the powers of the villains in the movies, Zodiac claimed Jason was blessed by CosmicEntity The Almighty Luke.

* A literal example is the monster Rhino Wrestler in One Punch Man.

* Wrestling/JasonTheTerrible, a legacy monster gimmick that started in Canada's Stampede and is based on the ''Film/FridayThe13th'' films. While no one knows anything about the powers of the villains in the movies, Zodiac claimed Jason was blessed by CosmicEntity The Almighty Luke.

* Wrestling/JasonTheTerrible, a legacy monster gimmick that started in Canada's Stampede and is based on the ''Film/FridayTheThirteenth'' films. While no one knows anything about the powers of the villains in the movies, Zodiac claimed Jason was blessed by CosmicEntity The Almighty Luke.