10 Most Terrifying Wrestlers Of All Time

10. Ox Baker

At 6'5" with black, bushy eyebrows, looking intimidating came somewhat naturally for Ox Baker. Take those elements combined with the shaved head and Fu Manchu, and you have one scary looking individual.

However, it wasn't just Baker's appearance that made him terrifying. In an era when kayfabe was still alive and well, the big man was said to have killed two of his opponents with his finishing move, the dreaded 'Heart Punch'.

A few days after a match with Baker, a wrestler named Alberto Torres died of a ruptured appendix. However, the AWA decided to blame the Heart Punch as part of the storyline.

Roughly a year later, in August 1972, another one of Baker's opponents, Ray Gunkel, passed away in the locker room after their match. This time, it was a hematoma caused by the finisher that resulted in a heart attack. In essence, albeit indirectly, the move was responsible for someone's death and, once again, was worked into the storyline.

It must have been an uneasy feeling for 1970s wrestling fans to sit ringside in close proximity to villainous-looking, 340-pound man who was said to have killed two people.