The Boogeyman

One of the Ruthless Aggression Era’s most singular creations, Marty Wright debuted the Boogeyman character on SmackDown in 2005 after developing it in OVW under Jim Cornette. His greatest in-ring career victory came at WrestleMania 22, dispatching King Booker T and Queen Sharmell in under four minutes. The character’s hook — playing on opponents’ fears and feeding them worms — created a wildly unique act that outlasted every skeptic’s expectations across a near-decade of sporadic WWE appearances.

Currently under a Legends deal with WWE, Wright makes sporadic appearances for the company but has not competed in a WWE ring since the 2015 Royal Rumble, where he was eliminated by the late Bray Wyatt. In 2025, Wright called out Triple H on X, teasing one last run in WWE and reminding a new generation exactly why the Boogeyman still gets under people’s skin.