20 Dumbest Wrestler Names EVER (...That We Absolutely LOVE)

8. Bastion Booger

Imagine, if you will, finally reaching the World Wrestling Federation promised land then being informed that you're so ugly and grotesque that the company plans to make unappealing aesthetics your onscreen character. Mike Shaw lived that life. Well, he did after playing the role of 'Mad Monk' Friar Ferguson first.

That was a tremendous show of, 'We can put anything on TV and you're going to bloody well watch it' from Vince McMahon's team, but they were keeping something back post-Monk. Namely, Bastion Booger. Booger. Booger. BOOGER. Shaw went from dubious man of the cloth to someone who was barely clothed at all to show off his bulbous frame.

He was also named after the contents of someone’s nose. McMahon wanted Bastion to be as over the top disgusting as possible. He'd snatch snacks from fans around ringside and shove them into his gob, then Booger would get a little too close to the camera lens so everyone at home could lose their dinner all at once.

Kids of the early-90s hurled Cheesy Pasta aplenty at the telly, probably. Bastion was unhinged, but the gimmick wasn't built to last. It was built for quick shock value and for people to turn their noses up at Shaw as he mashed bananas, turkey and almost everything else into his face.

Looking back, Booger was never rising above lower-midcard rank, but his name has become synonymous with the worst of wrestling...in a cheerful way. Time has been kind to this chaos, maybe because so many remember Bastion from their childhoods.

Mum and dad certainly recall him. He was responsible for all of that puke on the new carpets.