History Wrestling / Boogeyman

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

'''Martin "Marty" Wright''' (b. 1964) is an American actor and {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er best known for his time in Wrestling/{{WWE}} from 2005-2009 as '''The Boogeyman'''. Wright had tried out for ''Wrestling/WWEToughEnough'' but was rejected after he admitted that he had lied about his age. Despite this, he got a developmental deal and was assigned to [=WWE=]'s farm league Ohio Valley Wrestling, who ran a storyline about him snooping around and causing mischief on their property. In July of 2005, vignettes started airing on ''[[Wrestling/WWESmackDown WWE [=SmackDown!=]]]'' promoting "The Boogeyman," all of which ended with [[{{CatchPhrase}} "I'm the Boogeyman, and I'm coming to get you!"]].

* EverybodyJoinTheParty: As odd as it could sound, Boogeyman is honorific 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."

* FunPersonified: 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.

* 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, though Morrison got him to sell a strike to the throat though, guess he still needs to breathe.

* PayEvilUntoEvil: Boogeyman used to appear in development leagues to attack other scary monsters like him. Among otheer 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 face tumor, which was probably not [[IncrediblyLamePun malignant]] but nonetheless made her life unhappy.

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

* DefeatMeansFriendship: Years after being defeated in his feud against Finlay, Boogeyman came to save him from Wrestling/JohnMorrison and Wrestling/TheMiz in ECW and teamed up with him against them.

* EverybodyJoinToTheParty: As odd as it could sound, Boogeyman is honorific 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 they couldn't see a reason to say no. As put by Wrestling/TripleH, "you can't have enough nerds, freaks, and weirdos."

* HollywoodVoodoo: Actually not part of the gimmick but King Booker accused him of practicing some strange form of voodoo, playing the trope straight. Wrestling/JimCornette also described his prop as a "voodoo stick".

* 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.

* 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.

* 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. It actually was not irreconcilable with his WWE back story either, just never mentioned again once he moved up.

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

* CarryABigStick: He did, with [[OminousFog orange smoke coming out of it]], along with the orange smoke that was part of his entrance.

* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: He was a bodybuilder before he got into wrestling, and Wrestling/MichaelCole and Wrestling/{{Tazz}} both acknowledged his strength during the replay of the finish of his match against Simon Dean on the December 2, 2005 ''[=SmackDown!=]''.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Even before getting the Boogeyman gimmick, Wright competed in Tough Enough with domino mask-like black makeup and triangular haircut. You could tell he had enthusiasm for the thing.
* 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 wore as a necklace and squeezed.

* DissonantSerenity: While he always shouted his catch phrase, Boogeyman was relatively soft spoken for a professional wrestler almost every other time he talked.

* 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, 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.

* FolkMusic: Sang "Oh My Darling, Clementine", with worms crawling around his head, to [[Wrestling/MikeBucci Simon Dean]] before their match, Boogeyman's TV in-ring debut, on the December 2, 2005 episode of ''[=SmackDown!=]''.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Debuted in OVW at the age of '''40'''.
* OddFriendship: With [=Kane=], and even then it took the big red machine a while to get used to Boogeyman. 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 but still would not accept his "gifts".

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

* PowerBornOfMadness: The only real way to explain most of his "monster" tropes like his power to turn out the lights, since it was admitted on screen Boogeyman was just an actor gone mad, as opposed to a [[Wrestling/DungeonOfDoom Yeti]] or something.

** Made an appearance at Royal Rumble 2015, facing [[Wrestling/TheWyattFamily Bray Wyatt.]] It was very short, but just as disturbing as it sounds.

* LostInCharacter: While we don't know what happened on the set of his proposed UPN show that cause it to be canceled, 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.

* PerkyFemaleMinion: Sometimes managed by Jackie Haas

** TheBusCameBack: Returned less than a month later.

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

** Wrestling/TheUndertaker in ''[[VideoGame/WWEVideoGames [=SmackDown=] vs. RAW 2009]]''

* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: His original angle was him as a psychologic 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 trespassed on OVW property, always coming up with new ways to elude OVW's security. It actually was not irreconcilable with his WWE back story either, just never mentioned again once he moved up.

* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: His original angle was him as a psychologic 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 trespassed on OVW property, always coming up with new ways to allude OVW's security. It actually was not irreconcilable with his WWE back story either, just never mentioned again once he moved up.

* FinishingMove: Goodnight (pumphandle powerslam), Boogeyslam/Supernatural Driver (inverted body slam), falling chokebomb and a long-range diving splash. He also had an unnamed finisher in OVW which saw him lifting two-handed an opponent by the neck and chokeslamming him one-handed to the side.

* LightningBruiser: Not only strong, Boogeyman was surprisingly agile. Aside from his usual power moves, he unveiled in 2007 a diving splash in which he jumped more than half of the ring before landing on his opponent.

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

* WhenYouComingHomeDad: He claimed to be Vince [=McMahon=]'s bastard son (it was Hornswoggle, actually it was a prank by Finlay, both of whom where Boogeyman's enemies) Still, makes sense. Given what Boogeyman believes about himself and people calling Vince [=McMahon=] Satan for years.

* FreakyIsCool: 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.

* 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) Still, makes sense. Given what Boogeyman believes about himself and people calling Vince [=McMahon=] Satan for years.
* WrestlingMonster: The rare babyface variety.

* NeckLift: Gives one to Wrestling/BobbyLashley in a promotional video, and otherwise uses several chokeslam-type finishers.

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

* 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.

* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: His original angle was him as a man believed but unproven to have a history of legal trouble, who believed himself to be the Boogeyman. He also had a strong desire to become a professional wrestler, which lead him to continually trespassed on OVW property, always coming up with new ways to allude OVW's security. It actually was not irreconcilable with his WWE back story either, just never mentioned again once he moved up.

* DarkIsNotEvil: In [=WWE=].

* EvilVsEvil: Again, Boogeyman was not exactly evil, but he used to appear in development leagues to attack other scary monsters like him. He destroyed OVW's resident masked psycho Jacob Duncan and unmasked him, and later he chased DSW's Freakin Deacon' to eat his pet spider.

** His facepaint, creepiness and twisty movements inevitably evoke Wrestling/TheGreatMuta, especially judging the reaction he elicites in his opponents.

* PartsUnknown: "The Bottomless Pit"

* BlackEyesOfCrazy: His eyes inexplicably turned black when he went to get his revenge on Big Daddy V

* ConfusionFu: To the point that it really took some time before any of his opponents were able to put together any kind of offensive strategy against him, since he had such a psychological advantage before the match even started.

** His facepaint, creepiness and twisty movements inevitably evoke Wrestling/TheGreatMuta, especially judging the reaction he elicites in his opponents.

* FinishingMove: Goodnight (pumphandle powerslam), Supernatural Driver (reverse body slam), chokebomb.

* {{Keet}}: Him jumping back and forth on the ring apron while Kane refused to tag out

* LightningBruiser: Not only strong, Boogeyman was surprisingly agile. In 2007, he unveiled as an occasional finisher a diving splash in which he jumped more than half of the ring before landing on his opponent.

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

* {{Expy}}: The Boogeyman's gimmick/character was often compared to [[Characters/WWENewGeneration Papa Shango]].

* LightningBruiser: He was surprisingly agile. In 2007, he unveiled as an occasional finisher a ''very'' long range diving splash.

* 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.

* LostInCharacter:

'''Martin "Marty" Wright''' (b. 1964) is an American actor and {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er best known for his time in Wrestling/{{WWE}} from 2005-2009 as '''The Boogeyman'''. Wright had tried out for ''Wrestling/WWEToughEnough'' but was rejected after he admitted that he had lied about his age. Despite this, he got a developmental deal and was assigned to [=WWE=]'s farm league Ohio Valley Wrestling. In July of 2005, vignettes started airing on ''[[Wrestling/WWESmackDown WWE [=SmackDown!=]]]'' promoting "The Boogeyman," all of which ended with [[{{CatchPhrase}} "I'm the Boogeyman, and I'm coming to get you!"]].

* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: His original angle was him as a man believed but unproven to have a history of legal trouble, who believed himself to be the Boogeyman. He also had a strong desire to become a professional wrestler, which lead him to continually trespassed on OVW property, always coming up with new was to allude OVW's security. It actually was not irreconcilable with his WWE back story, either, just never mentioned again once he moved up.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: Seemed to be this towards [[Characters/WWEDivas Jillian Hall]] and Sharmell, with the expected results.

* 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)

* SpeakOfTheDevil: In OVW he would appear, and usually squash, who ever spoke his name.

* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: His original angle was him as a man believed but unproven to have a history of legal trouble, who believed himself to be the Boogeyman. He also had a strong desire to become a professional 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 never mentioned again once he moved up.