Marty Boogeyman Wright was, at one point, literally only famous because hed lied about his age to enter the fourth season of Tough Enough in October 2004. He was forty, not thirty as hed told them he was. Given that the age limit for the competition was supposed to be thirty-five, he was cut from the programme. Given Wrights size and look, he was given the opportunity to try out off camera in WWEs developmental promotion, Ohio Valley Wrestling, and the Boogeyman gimmick was slowly brought in. As time went on, it became clear that Wright couldnt work. Not in the slightest. The character, however, was actually getting over. The Boogeyman was that rarest of creatures, the monster babyface: hed appear to get you when youd done something wrong. Hed only ever have five-minute matches or so, not enough to properly expose his complete inability to wrestle, but still managed to injure himself twice in the process despite the majority of his act featuring him messing around with some worms, hitting himself in the face with an oversized alarm clock, and violently twerking in amongst some dry ice. Unlike poor Sid Eudy, barely anyone could tell that Wright couldnt work because his character was heavily protected. Still, it wasnt enough to save his career. His lack of ability, combined with his propensity for injury and his advancing age, would see him released several times before WWE finally gave up on The Boogeyman.
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