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* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: His original angle, was that he was a man believed to have a history of legal trouble, who believed himself to be a the Boogeyman, who kept sneaking past OVW security due to his desire to become a professional wrestler. It actually was not irreconcilable with his WWE back story, either, just that it was never mentioned once he moved up.

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* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: His original angle, angle was that he was him as a man believed but unproven to have a history of legal trouble, who believed himself to be a the Boogeyman, who kept sneaking past OVW security due to his Boogeyman. He also had a strong desire to become a professional wrestler. wrestler, which lead him to continually trespass on OVW property, always coming up with new was to allude security. It actually was not irreconcilable with his WWE back story, either, just that it was never mentioned again once he moved up.
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* PopularityPower: Was ''supposed'' to be a heel, but even when he went after the super popular [[Wrestling/MickieJames Alexis Laree]] fans were chanting "Boogeyman". Its not that they wanted to see him hurt her, he was so funny and charismatic that the fans loved him.

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* PopularityPower: Was ''supposed'' to be a heel, but even when he went after the super popular [[Wrestling/MickieJames Alexis Laree]] fans were chanting "Boogeyman". Its It is not that they fans wanted to see him hurt her, just that he was so funny and charismatic that the fans loved they couldn't help but love him.
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* WhenYouComingHomeDad: He claimed to be Vince [=McMahon=]'s bastard son (it was Hornswoggle, actually it was a prank by Finley, both of whom where Boogeyman's enemies)
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* SummonBiggerFish: He was the reason Matt Striker brought in Big Daddy V.

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* SummonBiggerFish: He was the reason Matt Striker brought in Big Daddy V. He is also the reason Zombie showed up in National Wrestling Superstars, though Zombie was a much less successful example.
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* WrestlingPsychology: A master at scaring his opponents before he even got into the ring.

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* WrestlingPsychology: A Since his matches tend to be over quickly, he had to make up for it by becoming a master at scaring his opponents before he even got into the ring.
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* PopularityPower: Was ''supposed'' to be a heel, but even when he went after and the massively over [[Wrestling/MickieJames Alexis Laree]] fans were chanting "Boogeyman". He was so funny and charismatic that the fans loved him.

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* PopularityPower: Was ''supposed'' to be a heel, but even when he went after and the massively over super popular [[Wrestling/MickieJames Alexis Laree]] fans were chanting "Boogeyman". He Its not that they wanted to see him hurt her, he was so funny and charismatic that the fans loved him.
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* PopularityPower: Was ''supposed'' to be a heel, but was so funny and charismatic that the fans loved him.

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* PopularityPower: Was ''supposed'' to be a heel, but even when he went after and the massively over [[Wrestling/MickieJames Alexis Laree]] fans were chanting "Boogeyman". He was so funny and charismatic that the fans loved him.
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* CompanionCube: The various clocks he carried with him and smashed over his own head. He could be found in random locations backstage reciting rhymes and poems to them. If not to them than to a heart he worse as a necklace and squeezed.

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* CompanionCube: The various clocks he carried with him and smashed over his own head. He could be found in random locations backstage reciting rhymes and poems to them. If not to them than to a heart he worse wore as a necklace and squeezed.
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* ArchEnemy: In succeeding order: Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield, Wrestling/BookerT, Fit Finlay, Wrestling/MarkHenry, [[Characters/WWECommentators Matt Striker]], Big Daddy V

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* ArchEnemy: ArchEnemy
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In succeeding order: Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield, Wrestling/BookerT, Fit Finlay, Wrestling/MarkHenry, [[Characters/WWECommentators Matt Striker]], Big Daddy V



* HesBack: He left wrestling in February 2012, but [[TenMinuteRetirement came back in July]].

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* HesBack: HesBack
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He left wrestling in February 2012, but [[TenMinuteRetirement came back in July]].



* RealSongThemeTune: (in OVW): Creator/JohnCarpenter's "''Film/{{Halloween|1978}}'' Theme".

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* RealSongThemeTune: RealSongThemeTune
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(in OVW): Creator/JohnCarpenter's "''Film/{{Halloween|1978}}'' Theme".
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* HollywoodVoodoo: Actually not part of the gimmick but King Booker accused him of practicing some strange form of voodoo, playing the trope straight.
* HornedHumanoid: He originally had antlers in OVW but they kept falling off.

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* HollywoodVoodoo: Actually not part of the gimmick but King Booker accused him of practicing some strange form of voodoo, playing the trope straight.
straight. Wrestling/JimCornette also described his prop as a "voodoo stick".
* HornedHumanoid: He originally had antlers in OVW but they kept falling off.sliding off to the side.


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* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: His original angle, was that he was a man believed to have a history of legal trouble, who believed himself to be a the Boogeyman, who kept sneaking past OVW security due to his desire to become a professional wrestler. It actually was not irreconcilable with his WWE back story, either, just that it was never mentioned once he moved up.
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* CompanionCube: The various clocks he carried with him and smashed over his own head. He could be found in random locations backstage reciting rhymes and poems to them.

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* CompanionCube: The various clocks he carried with him and smashed over his own head. He could be found in random locations backstage reciting rhymes and poems to them. If not to them than to a heart he worse as a necklace and squeezed.
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* PowerBornOfMadness: The only real way to explain most of his "monster" tropes, since it was admitted on screen Boogeyman was just an actor gone mad, as opposed to a [[Wrestling/DungeonOfDoom Yeti]] or something.
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* WolverineClaws: Wore a clawed glove in ''BobbyLashley vs Boogeyman'', parodying Freddy Krueger.

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* WolverineClaws: Wore a clawed glove in ''BobbyLashley ''Bobby Lashley vs Boogeyman'', parodying Freddy Krueger.
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* NeckLift: Gives one to Bobby Lashley in a promotional video and uses a choke bomb finisher.

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* NeckLift: Gives one to Bobby Lashley Wrestling/BobbyLashley in a promotional video and uses a choke bomb finisher.



* WolverineClaws: Wore a clawed glove in ''Wrestling/BobbyLashley vs Boogeyman'', parodying Freddy Krueger.

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* WolverineClaws: Wore a clawed glove in ''Wrestling/BobbyLashley ''BobbyLashley vs Boogeyman'', parodying Freddy Krueger.
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** 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.



* WolverineClaws: Wore a clawed glove in ''Wrestling/BobbyLashley vs Boogeyman'', parodying Freddy Kruger.

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* WolverineClaws: Wore a clawed glove in ''Wrestling/BobbyLashley vs Boogeyman'', parodying Freddy Kruger.Krueger.
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* DiabolusExNihilo: Very much booked this way and his character certainly lent itself to it. Aside from the vague backstory about his being switched from the fictitious TV show to ''[=SmackDown!=]'', no other background was given for him and his motivations were never explained, beyond threatening to make people face their fears. As part of the build to his proper TV in-ring debut, he'd often just show up or be found in some unlikely place (see PlaygroundSong and ShoutOut below), [[WaxingLyrical recite lyrics]] or just scare/confuse people. It was absolutely ''necessary'', though, since, unlike Wrestling/{{Kane}} or the original heel Wrestling/DoinkTheClown, who would randomly attack people and explain it later, the ''last'' thing that Boogey should have been made to do is explain himself.



* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Very much booked this way and his character certainly lent itself to it. Aside from the vague backstory about his being switched from the fictitious TV show to ''[=SmackDown!=]'', no other background was given for him and his motivations were never explained, beyond threatening to make people face their fears. As part of the build to his proper TV in-ring debut, he'd often just show up or be found in some unlikely place (see PlaygroundSong and ShoutOut below), [[WaxingLyrical recite lyrics]] or just scare/confuse people. It was absolutely ''necessary'', though, since, unlike Wrestling/{{Kane}} or the original heel Wrestling/DoinkTheClown, who would randomly attack people and explain it later, the ''last'' thing that Boogey should have been made to do is explain himself.
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* NeckLift: Gives one to Bobby Lashley in a promotional video and uses a choke bomb finisher.
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* WolverineClaws: Wore a clawed glove in Wrestling/BobbyLashley vs Boogeyman, parodying Freddy Kruger.

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* WolverineClaws: Wore a clawed glove in Wrestling/BobbyLashley ''Wrestling/BobbyLashley vs Boogeyman, Boogeyman'', parodying Freddy Kruger.
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* {{Keet}}: Him jumping back and forth on the ring apron while Kane refused to tag out



* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast

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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFastNamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: It means living embodiment of terror, in case you did not know. The ECW commentators noted "the bottomless pit" is the prison for demons in the Bible.



* OddFriendship: With [=Kane=], and even then it took the big red machine a while to get used to Boogeyman. Even in their first meeting Kane was politely declined Boogeyman's "gifts"-[[TalkToTheFist politely for his standards anyway]]. The first time they tagged together Kane spent ten minutes in the ring before he even ''considered'' tagging Boogeyman in and would stay in another four before doing so. After Boogeyman cleaned up Dave Taylor and William Regal Kane finally took to Boogeyman.

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* OddFriendship: With [=Kane=], and even then it took the big red machine a while to get used to Boogeyman. Even in their first meeting Kane was politely declined Boogeyman's "gifts"-[[TalkToTheFist politely for his standards anyway]]. The first time they tagged together Kane spent ten minutes in the ring before he even ''considered'' tagging Boogeyman in and would stay in another four before doing so. After Boogeyman cleaned up Dave Taylor and William Regal Kane finally took to Boogeyman.Boogeyman but still would not accept his "gifts".



* ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight

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* ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight: He thinks he is one anyway.
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* BlackEyesOfCrazy: His eyes inexplicably turned black when he went to get his revenge on Big Daddy V
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* CompanionCube: The various clocks he carried with him and smashed over his own head.

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* CompanionCube: The various clocks he carried with him and smashed over his own head. He could be found in random locations backstage reciting rhymes and poems to them.
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* ArchEnemy: Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield, Wrestling/BookerT, Fit Finlay, Wrestling/MarkHenry, [[Characters/WWECommentators Matt Striker]], Big Daddy V

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* ArchEnemy: In succeeding order: Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield, Wrestling/BookerT, Fit Finlay, Wrestling/MarkHenry, [[Characters/WWECommentators Matt Striker]], Big Daddy V



* EvilLaugh[=/=]LaughingMad

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* EvilLaugh[=/=]LaughingMadEvilLaugh[=/=]LaughingMad: He laughed a lot while stalking other wrestlers backstage, like an evil laugh. On the other hand he clearly was mad since he believed himself to be the Boogeyman.



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* FacialMarkingsFacialMarkings: Pictured is the usual pattern, but he had others.



* FreakyIsCool

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* FreakyIsCoolFreakyIsCool: The crowds would explode when he went for his bag once they got used to his {{force feeding}} routine. When he caught Katie Lea for interfering in his match with Paul Burchil, even Matt Striker admitted he kind of wanted to see her get wormed.



* HollywoodVoodoo: Actually not part of the gimmick but King Booker accused him of practicing some strange form of voodoo, playing the trope straight.



* ImprobableHairstyle

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* ImprobableHairstyleImprobableHairstyle: When he was not bald, he is know for a low triangular cut in the front with none behind it.



* NoSell: Often would simply gyrate with a bemused expression on his face when struck rather than show pain. Finlay needed a shillelagh to hurt him.

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* NoSell: Often would simply gyrate with a bemused expression on his face when struck rather than show pain. Finlay needed a shillelagh to hurt him. He no sold a ''slingshot drop kick'' from Wrestling/JohnMorrison to the WWECW announce team's horror. Morrison got him to sell a strike to the throat though, guess he still needs to breathe.



* OddFriendship: With [=Kane=].

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* OddFriendship: With [=Kane=].[=Kane=], and even then it took the big red machine a while to get used to Boogeyman. Even in their first meeting Kane was politely declined Boogeyman's "gifts"-[[TalkToTheFist politely for his standards anyway]]. The first time they tagged together Kane spent ten minutes in the ring before he even ''considered'' tagging Boogeyman in and would stay in another four before doing so. After Boogeyman cleaned up Dave Taylor and William Regal Kane finally took to Boogeyman.



* ScareChord

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* ScareChordScareChord: Okay, scare keys. His WWE entrance theme starts with what sounds like an elbow on a piano.



* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Oh, was he ever.

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* 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 gimmicks OVW debut where all the trainees took off running from him.



* 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. During his late run, he got dentures.

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* 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.
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* WrestlingPsychology: A master at scaring his opponents before he even got into the ring.

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* WrestlingPsychology: A master at scaring his opponents before he even got into the ring.ring.
* WolverineClaws: Wore a clawed glove in Wrestling/BobbyLashley vs Boogeyman, parodying Freddy Kruger.
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-->''I'm the BOOGEYMAN!...And I'm coming to GET YOU!''
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On the October 18th episode, Palmer Cannon (real name Brian Mailhot, aka New England indy wrestler Brian Black), in his [[{{Kayfabe}} role]] as [[Creator/{{UPN}} UPN Network]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive representative]], told ''WWE [=SmackDown=]'' General Manager Mr. Theodore R. Long that ''The Boogeyman'' was going to be a new show on the network, then [[{{Kayfabe}} explained]] that something had "happened on the set," but that they had a multi-year holding deal with the guy who was supposed to be the star and that in his opinion "the Boogeyman" would be a great addition for Smackdown, then introducing Long to the Boogeyman himself. Boogeyman recited a shortened version of the "NeverSleepAgain" chant from ''[[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984 A Nightmare on Elm Street]]'', substituting himself for Freddy Krueger, before smashing a clock over his own head and saying, "I'm the Boogeyman, and I'm coming to get you!" Boogeyman would compete on ''[=SmackDown!=]'' and [=ECW=] TV from December 2005 to March 2009.

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On the October 18th episode, Palmer Cannon (real name Brian Mailhot, aka New England indy wrestler Brian Black), in his [[{{Kayfabe}} role]] as [[Creator/{{UPN}} UPN Network]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive representative]], told ''WWE [=SmackDown=]'' General Manager Mr. Theodore R. Long that ''The Boogeyman'' was going to be a new show on the network, then [[{{Kayfabe}} explained]] that something had "happened on the set," but that they had a multi-year holding deal with the guy who was supposed to be the star and that in his opinion "the Boogeyman" would be a great addition for Smackdown, then introducing Long to the Boogeyman himself. Boogeyman recited a shortened version of the "NeverSleepAgain" chant from ''[[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984 A ''Film/{{A Nightmare on On Elm Street]]'', Street|1984}}'', substituting himself for Freddy Krueger, before smashing a clock over his own head and saying, "I'm the Boogeyman, and I'm coming to get you!" Boogeyman would compete on ''[=SmackDown!=]'' and [=ECW=] TV from December 2005 to March 2009.
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* EvilSmellsBad

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* EvilSmellsBadEvilSmellsBad: The orange smoke that came out of his wooden staff.



* 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."

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* 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 ''[=Raw=]''[[note]]Wrestling/ShawnMichaels[=/=][=Kane=][=/=]Wrestling/TheBigShow[=/=]Carlito[=/=]Chris Masters[[/note]]-Team [=SmackDown=][[note]]John ''[=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."
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* FunPersonified

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* FunPersonifiedFunPersonified: Very entertaining, but he was never pushed as a threat to any of the champions of the time. See No Hit Wonder on the Trivia page.



* PartsUnknown: "The {{Bottomless Pit|s}}"

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* PartsUnknown: "The {{Bottomless Pit|s}}"Bottomless Pit"
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* LightningBruiser: He was surprisingly agile. In 2007, he unveiled as ocassional finisher a ''very'' long range diving splash.
* MiniMook: Little Boogeyman, brought in to torment Wrestling/{{Hornswoggle}} during [=Boogeyman=]s' feud with Finlay. Little Boogeyman was not as effective as the big guy though.

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* LightningBruiser: He was surprisingly agile. In 2007, he unveiled as ocassional an occasional finisher a ''very'' long range diving splash.
* MiniMook: Little Boogeyman, brought in to torment Wrestling/{{Hornswoggle}} during [=Boogeyman=]s' [=Boogeyman=]'s feud with Finlay. Little Boogeyman was not as effective as the big guy though.



* 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. During his late run, he got Dentures.

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* 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. During his late run, he got Dentures.dentures.
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* LightningBruiser: He was surprisingly agile. In 2007, he unveiled as ocassional finisher a ''very'' long range diving splash.

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